Bet some parents would rather leave them there fore the weekend :0)

School closures are often due to the fact that the staff cannot get there to look after the children. Many of the staff commute some distance nowadays. Those who remember the "good old days" probably had teachers that also walked to to school from a relatively short distance.

Bad in North Wales, had the day off as the factory closed at 9am. Son travelling up from London and struggling with the conditions.

Quite thick snow here between Portsmouth and Southampton. Some schools etc. closed. Panic buying in local shops for bread etc, I am sorry to say! All for a bit of white stuff that in other countries I have lived in would be normal.

I had to switch off the TV last night as I was turning into, perhaps already am, an angry old man because of the way they were reporting that snow was on the way was as if it was going to be a major national emergency.