Sheffield Snow Chaos

Sheffield seems to have been one of the worst hit areas in the country in last night's snow. The city saw cars abandoned and gridlock for hours on major routes. A spokesman for the RAC said drivers were experiencing "big problems". He said: "We are rescuing people who are bogged down in snow there. That seems to be the biggest area of problems in the UK. We are seeing higher volumes of calls than we would usually get on a Saturday this time of year.

"Some motorists are abandoning their vehicles."

Drivers took to Twitter to complain of the long queues and post pictures of roads blanketed in heavy snow.

At around 2.30am one driver said he had been in a queue for more than four hours.

Declan Pitts posted a picture of a snowy country road and wrote: "I'm alive after 3 hours of crazy snow torn driving across what seems like the whole of England."

A coachload of people travelling from Sheffield to London had to take refuge in a church after their bus became stuck in the snow before leaving the city, passenger Chloe McIntosh said, "Some people from the houses nearby have come and offered us tea. Then they opened up the church." More snow showers are predicted for South Yorkshire later on on Saturday (27 Dec) but they're not expected to be as bad as those on Friday night.