One of the UK's biggest electronics retailers has collapsed into administration after talks with buyers failed to secure a sale.

Maplin, which has more than 200 stores and 2,300 staff, will continue to trade through the process.

The firm has a head office in Rotherham.

The business faced the slump in the pound after the Brexit vote, weak consumer confidence and a withdrawal of credit insurance.

Maplin has 2,335 staff, 217 stores and an annual turnover of £235.8m.

It operates in the UK and Ireland and has head offices in London and Rotherham.

Children under 10 are not legally responsible for a crime but the police do record the statistics.

The view from York's Scarborough Railway Bridge earlier.

Image source, Andy Darbyshire

Taken during one of those moments of calm, in between swirling, view-obliterating snow, by Andy Darbyshire.

There's been plenty of snow at Steeton in West Yorkshire.

Earlier, we showed you an image of a man making his way along on skis.

Well, now you can see Adrian Stokes in glorious video bringing a touch of Alpine travel to the streets of Yorkshire.

There have been many heroes dealing with the snow today across the region.

This was the scene on Thorpe House Road in Sheffield at 11:00 this morning where a stranded ambulance with a patient in the back was helped by Edale Mountain Rescue.

Thanks to @LaylaYAY, external for the picture.

Image source, @Laylayay

Jay in York decided to make the most of today's weather.

Leeds Rhinos prop Keith Galloway announces his retirement from professional rugby league at the age of 32.

A baby has been rescued in North Yorkshire after getting locked in a car.

Firefighters were called to the incident in Rawcliffe on the outskirts of York this morning.

Fire and rescue officials say when crews got to the scene a mechanic had managed to get in to the car without causing any damage.

The child was released unharmed.

Slow traffic and delays to your journey are expected across South Yorkshire because of snowy conditions.

The A1M southbound is completely closed at J5 M18 following an earlier accident involving 13 vehicles.

M1 Southbound is closed at J31 - J30 after an earlier accident. Queues back to J32. Slow northbound in the same area.

Some bus services are being diverted, others are terminating short of their destination if roads are too tricky.

The advice is to visit the Travel South Yorkshire website , externalfor the latest changes.

Appointments are going ahead as planned unless the staff at Sheffield Hospitals have contacted you directly.

But some home visits are being affected

Steve in Helmsley stumbled across this bemused looking sheep earlier.

Caption competition anyone?

Patients in South Yorkshire are being told appointments are going ahead as planned unless they've been contacted directly and told otherwise.

You'll remember the recent craze for "slow TV" - programmes that amble along, like the two hour "the canal trip".

Basically just a camera on a canal boat travelling along. That's it, no gimmicks, no music, just canal, boat and birdsong.

Some people called it boring, other inspirational, here's West Yorkshire's version - a drive to Elland this morning along Blackley Road in the snow.

Thanks to Andrew P Sykes for sending it in!

The A1 is closed in both directions between the A57/A614 and B6387 in Nottinghamshire because of a multi-vehicle crash with long delays in both directions, says Highways England.

On other roads:

• The A1 northbound has been closed about three miles north of Alnwick due to a three-lorry collision, external
• There are major problems on both the M1 and A1(M) in South Yorkshire
• The A11 in between Thetford and Norwich is nearly cleared and work is under way to also clear the A47
• The A12 in Norfolk is closed southbound between the B1370 and B1375 due to a multi vehicle collision.
• A lane is closed on the M62 (pictured) in West Yorkshire between J30 and J31 near Castleford following a van fire

Image source, Highways England

BBC News Travel

This gives you a bit of insight to how people reacted to the poor driving conditions this morning.

People seem to have decided to park up and pick it up later.

Here's the latest picture of conditions at Leeds Bradford Airport.

The runway is currently closed to planes both landing and taking off.

Image source, Leeds Bradford Airport

A full scale snow clearing operation is currently underway.

Phil Forster, the airport's Aviation Development and Corporate Affairs Manager, says they're hoping to have the snow cleared by 13:30 this afternoon.

Staff members at Maplin headquarters in Manvers, Rotherham face an uncertain future after talks with buyers failed to secure a sale of the electrical chain.

Nationally, Maplin, which has more than 200 stores and 2,300 staff, will continue to trade through the process.

Image source, Google

The business faced the slump in the pound after the Brexit vote, weak consumer confidence and a withdrawal of credit insurance.

These factors made it "impossible" to raise capital, boss Graham Harris said.

Many train services have faced cancellations and delays this morning because of the snow.

The ones that did make it through looked pretty good as they whipped up the snow behind them.

This one was filmed at Leeds' Kirkstall Forge station.

Travel conditions out there today are not great to say the least.

So if it's bad for you, it's also bad for these crews:

If you've been in an office for the last few hours, before the last load of snow fell in West Yorkshire, you'd be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss is about.

Well, this is what it's been like for many motorists who set off at about 08:00 this morning.

Image source, Lynn Greenwood

This is Bingley Bypass a little earlier on this morning.