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Drivers warned of icy conditions on England's roads Drivers warned after accidents due to icy conditions
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Motorists are being warned to drive with extreme care as freezing conditions around England continue. Motorists are being warned to drive with extreme care after freezing conditions in England led to a series of accidents.
Gritters have been out in force across the country - but some areas have seen roads closed because of ice. No-one is thought to have been hurt but a 25-mile (40km) long section of the A1 northbound in North Yorkshire was shut on Monday morning.
The Met Office has warned of icy patches on untreated roads with temperatures falling as low as -4C. A police spokesman said there were a number of collisions involving jack-knifed lorries and other vehicles.
Much of England remains under a "level three" alert, which warns of severe cold weather and icy conditions. Schools have also been affected with about 55 closed in Essex.
A 25-mile long section of the A1 northbound in North Yorkshire was shut following a series of accidents in what police described as "treacherous" conditions. A total of 39 were closed in East Sussex with a further 19 closed in Kent and Medway.
No-one is thought to have been hurt in the collisions on a long stretch of the road between Allerton Park, near York, and the Catterick area. A handful of schools were also closed in the East Midlands, Warwickshire, Surrey and Yorkshire.
A police spokesman described conditions as "something of an ice rink". Severe weather warnings are in place across England with ice posing a major hazard on roads and pavements.
Over the weekend some drivers were forced to spend hours in their cars trapped in gridlock as the snow and ice brought many roads in England to a standstill. Some rail services continued to suffer following the weekend's big freeze.
Cars were stranded for seven hours on the M25 in Hertfordshire, while up to 100 motorists were stuck on the M40 in Oxfordshire. Southeastern hoped to operate a normal timetable, but said cancellations and delays were "very likely".
More than 100 vehicles had to be abandoned on the A50 in Uttoxeter, in Staffordshire, after two lorries jack-knifed between the A518 and B5030. In Portsmouth a broken-down train and electrical supply problems caused delays, disruption and cancellations to South West Trains services.
Flights in and out of Heathrow Airport were cancelled ahead of the arrival of the adverse weather conditions in order to minimise disruption to travellers by giving them some advance notice. Passengers had to switch to buses to get to Portsmouth, while rail services on the busy routes to and from London Waterloo were hit.
A BAA spokeswoman said 753 flights operated out of the airport on Sunday - that figure would normally be closer to 1,300. In a statement, the operator said: "These low temperatures are set to continue for several days. Please take care when travelling and allow additional time for your journeys."
British Airways has said it will allow passengers scheduled to fly on Sunday to re-book for journeys between Monday and Thursday. The weather also lead to flights being cancelled or delayed.
Stansted Airport briefly shut its runway during Saturday night, while flights at a number of other English airports including Birmingham and Leeds Bradford were delayed. Heathrow Airport axed half of all flights on Sunday night but the airport, which had 2.4in (6cm) of snow, hoped to resume normal service on Monday.
The airports were all expected to be open as normal on Monday but advised passengers to check with their airlines prior to travelling as some flights could still be affected by the weekend's disruption. A spokeswoman said: "We are expecting everything to operate as our normal schedule. There may be some cancellations and reshuffling as a result of yesterday's disruption."
Rail services were also affected by the adverse conditions. With only 50% of the 1,300 scheduled flights going ahead on Sunday many travellers faced a night sleeping on terminal floors.
Services operating on Greater Anglia, Southeastern, Southern and London Midland were among those disrupted. But Heathrow insisted its "snow plan" had worked "far better" than in previous years.
Southeastern hoped to operate a normal timetable on Monday but said icy conditions and frozen snow cancellations and delays today were "very likely". A spokesman said: "We took the decision with airlines and air traffic control yesterday to reduce the flight schedule in advance.
Greater Anglia said it would be running its trains at a maximum speed of 60mph to ensure snow and ice did not build up on the underside of the trains. "By cancelling flights in advance, airlines have been able to re-book some people on to flights that are departing, and passengers have had better quality information about whether they can fly or not."
The Heathrow Connect service was suspended but is now operating normally. The airport faced heavy criticism following severe weather in December 2010 when it almost ground to a halt.
In London, on the underground network, the Central line had severe delays after a train broke down in the snow on Saturday night. Forecasters warned of continuing icy conditions as temperatures hovered around freezing in many areas on Monday morning, although Church Fenton in Yorkshire recorded -8.6C (16.5F) with visibility less than 100m.
Five Tube lines were disrupted or suspended but Transport for London (TfL) said the city was "open for business". At the weekend scores of travellers were caught up in the conditions as airports closed runways and rail services were delayed.
London Ambulance Service experienced a surge in 999 calls with 2,500 coming in between midnight on Saturday and noon on Sunday - an increase of more than 26% on the same period last Sunday, it said. Drivers were trapped in their cars on the M40 and M25 and elsewhere roads were gridlocked as a result of accidents and jack-knifed lorries.
Church Fenton in North Yorkshire and Wattisham in Suffolk recorded 16cm of snow, while up to 15cm was forecast for parts of Cumbria, Lincolnshire, East Anglia, North Yorkshire, the Peak District and the Midlands. Tube lines also faced disruption and football matches and horse races were called off.
In Kent the A20 and Jubilee Way out of Dover were closed but are now passable. Port passengers have been advised to check with ferry operators before travelling.
In the East Midlands the cold weather and poor road conditions forced the cancellation of the Championship match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest.
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