THE first snow of winter fell across Oxfordshire today with up to 5cm in some parts of the county.

January has so far been unseasonably mild with its fair share of winter sun, but the county awoke this morning to a blanket of snow.

Oxfordshire County Council deployed its gritters and roads into Oxford early today were running as normal with no major hold-ups reported.

Forecasters predicted the snow showers would continue "intermittently".

The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for much of the country.

Heavy snow is forecast in London and south-east England, south-west England, east England and the east and west Midlands this morning.

MeteoGroup UK forecaster Tony Conlan said: "We have had a bit of snow moving south through England and Wales overnight, but it has not been snow everywhere - in some areas it has been rain such as the west coast."

He said there would be further wintry showers over, mainly, parts of eastern England but nowhere was expecting much in the way of an accumulation of snow because the air was not quite cold enough.

Last week, gale force winds battered Oxfordshire causing chaos with trees uprooted and power lines down.

The week before, torrential rain and severe flooding hit parts of the county.

Source: Witney Gazette

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