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| Snow closes Manchester and Liverpool airports and schools | |
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| Heavy snow is causing widespread disruption for commuters and air passengers across Greater Manchester. | Heavy snow is causing widespread disruption for commuters and air passengers across Greater Manchester. |
| Greater Manchester Police tweeted there had been multiple reports of crashes on the motorway network because of the weather. | Greater Manchester Police tweeted there had been multiple reports of crashes on the motorway network because of the weather. |
| Manchester Airport and Liverpool Airport both closed runways due to the conditions. | Manchester Airport and Liverpool Airport both closed runways due to the conditions. |
| Boroughs including Trafford, Salford, Oldham and Stockport confirmed they had closed schools due to snow. | |
| Passengers on the Metrolink tram service were also hit by delays caused by frozen points while buses ground to a halt in Wigan. | |
| Traffic cameras showed slow-moving traffic on the region's motorway network as snow blanketed sections of the carriageway, causing treacherous driving conditions. | Traffic cameras showed slow-moving traffic on the region's motorway network as snow blanketed sections of the carriageway, causing treacherous driving conditions. |
| Highways England responded to questions from Twitter users, reassuring them motorways had been gritted. | Highways England responded to questions from Twitter users, reassuring them motorways had been gritted. |
| A spokesman for Manchester Airport said the runway was closed at 07:30 GMT. | |
| Work by airport's airfield team was ongoing to clear snow at 09:20, added the spokesman. | |
| Liverpool Airport's runway was closed from 07:00. | Liverpool Airport's runway was closed from 07:00. |
| A spokesman said overnight efforts to clear runways were thwarted as more snow fell in the early hours. | A spokesman said overnight efforts to clear runways were thwarted as more snow fell in the early hours. |
| Flights were being boarded in the hope the runway would be cleared of snow and ice and reopened by 10:00, the spokesman continued. | |
| Schools across the region were closed because of the weather. | |
| Among the worst hit boroughs was Trafford, which had notified parents of pupils at 32 schools of closure by 09:30. | |
| Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) said there would be no services leaving or arriving at a bus depot operated by Stagecoach in Wigan until at least 10:00 GMT because it was cut off by snow. | |
| Bolton Council said it had suspended refuse collections on Wednesday because of the weather. | |
| Metrolink said it had been running trams overnight to stop snow and ice building on overhead lines and tracks and it had also gritted platforms. | Metrolink said it had been running trams overnight to stop snow and ice building on overhead lines and tracks and it had also gritted platforms. |
| It said Network Rail was dealing with a points failure in Timperley. | It said Network Rail was dealing with a points failure in Timperley. |
| Highways England said there were delays of up to 90 minutes on the M6 southbound between junction 27 for Standish and junction 25 for Wigan while work was ongoing to clear snow from two lanes of the carriageway. | |
| A spokesman for Highways England said the North West's motorways were gritted at 20:00 on Tuesday, at 02:00 on Wednesday and again at 08:00 on Wednesday. | A spokesman for Highways England said the North West's motorways were gritted at 20:00 on Tuesday, at 02:00 on Wednesday and again at 08:00 on Wednesday. |
| "The whole of the network is open with a lane closed here and there because of the snow," the spokesman continued. | "The whole of the network is open with a lane closed here and there because of the snow," the spokesman continued. |
| "It is very slow going in places." | "It is very slow going in places." |
| Commuters across other parts of the UK are also facing travel delays because of snow and ice. |