- Roads treacherous as grit stocks run low
- Airports closed, trains and buses cancelled
- Couple saved from ditch in Cornwall after 7 hours
- 21,000 homes without power in West Country
Britain suffered a fifth day of transport chaos today as heavy snow forced thousands of schools to close again as roads were blocked, trains cancelled and airports shut.
Giant falling sheets of ice on the Severn crossings joining England and Wales smashed car windscreens this morning, prompted both bridges to be closed.
Hundreds of drivers in Devon had to be rescued after becoming stranded during the blizzards overnight and today, many roads were still closed or impassable.
The AA was receiving more than 250 breakdown calls every 15 minutes. It said its staff will have handled 70,000 call-outs in the past five days by tonight.
As much as 1ft fell in places, aggravating the already treacherous conditions on the roads due to lack of grit and black ice.
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