Dave Lobley, from the We Love The Yorkshire Dales group, says he imagined the legendary Mother Shipton would have known it was going to snow this morning and brought a warm coat and hat...

Image source, Dave Lobley

The Knaresborough statue of the Tudor prophetess, believed to have predicted events such as the Great Fire of London, was unveiled in the town of her birth last year.

But it looks like she was caught out by today's Siberian blast.

Your snowy pictures are welcome: you can send them in by clicking this link.

Snow has closed more than 30 schools in North Yorkshire, many of them in the more rural areas.

Take a look at North Yorkshire County Council's website, external to find out whether your school is affected.

About 50 schools in West Yorkshire - mostly in the Bradford area - are to remain closed today due to the bad weather or will open later to allow staff and pupils to travel there safely.

For the full lowdown on the situation where you live, take a look at your local council website:

Leeds City Council school closures, external

Bradford Council school closures, external

Wakefield Council school closures, external

Calderdale Council school closures, external

Kirklees Council school closures, external

Police have warned to watch out for wildlife in the adverse weather conditions.

The warning comes after they had to wake up this frosty Barn Owl to rescue it from a possible messy end in the early hours of this morning:

The Labour MP for Rotherham has launched a website to help people spot and prevent child sexual exploitation.

Image source, UK Parliament

The website is the latest in Sarah Champion's Dare2Care campaign, external launched in 2016 in the wake of the town's child sexual exploitation scandal.

Charity Barnardo's said the resource will help parents and professionals recognise signs of abuse earlier.

Ms Champion said she "would not rest until all children can grow up without fear of abuse".

Colin Briggs
Look North

Well, the Beast from the East is here and the bulk of the snow at the moment stretches from North Yorkshire up through Teesside and into Northumberland.

Showers on and off since the early hours have given Newcastle a couple of inches of snow. City centre roads have generally been treated, but away from that conditions have varied greatly.

The A19 through Teesside is down to one lane in many parts. It's closed southbound at Crathorne, in North Yorkshire, near the A184 Ellerbeck junction, after an accident. And police report the A1M at Leeming is difficult at present.

Meanwhile in rural County Durham, the main A68 is closed at Rowley Bank after an accident involving a lorry.

Snow is affecting parts of North Yorkshire this morning, with police warning conditions are "treacherous" in Harrogate and Craven.

Here's the latest from North Yorkshire Police:

About 20,000 American Rainbow Trout have died due to criminal damage at a North Yorkshire hatchery.

The deaths occurred after an unknown person entered the Bolton Abbey Trout Hatchery, near Strid Wood, between about 14:00 on Saturday and 11:00 on Sunday.

They are believed to have diverted an "essential" water supply pipe to a large storage tank containing the fish.

As a result, the oxygen supply to the fish was cut off and the fish died, police say.

Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to contact police.

BBC Weather

A cold and frosty start with outbreaks of snow spreading southwestwards through the morning.

It will brighten with sunny spells, but there will be further snow showers.

Tonight, frequent snow showers will push in off the North Sea, heaviest and most prolonged across eastern parts.

There'll be a widespread frost as temperatures drop to -5C:

BBC News Travel

If you're catching a train in Yorkshire this morning, things seem to be pretty much running to time so far from our main stations.

However, services from York station are being affected by the snowy weather, with trains to Preston, London Kings Cross, Plymouth and Manchester currently suffering delays.

You can keep up to date by clicking on the links below.

• York Station, external
• Leeds Station, external
• Sheffield Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external
• Wakefield Station, external
• Bradford Forster Square Station, external
• Bradford Interchange Station, external

One of the first casualties of the snow in North Yorkshire this morning has already been announced:

We're being warned to expect major disruption caused by snow across Yorkshire this morning.

The Met Office has issued amber "be prepared" warnings for large parts of eastern England, with up to eight inches possible in parts of the Yorkshire Dales.

Some rail companies have drawn up revised timetables and gritters have been out through the night in an attempt to keep major roads clear.

North Yorkshire Police say areas around Harrogate and Craven are particularly bad, with snow and ice and they're warning that some areas are "treacherous".

The fire service says its Ripon crew has just released a man from his overturned car on Dishforth Road in Sharow, leaving him in the care of paramedics.

And the A19 in North Yorkshire remains closed southbound between the A67 at Crathorne and the A684 at Ellerbeck due to an accident involving a lorry.

Experts urging schools, high streets and even takeaways to get on board in the fight against obesity.

Sarah Champion launches the Dare2Care website to help prevent child sexual exploitation.

The skull and bones of Martin Radford, missing since 2015, were found on farmland near Barnsley.

Yorkshire's top stories so far today include:

• Police identify man after bones discovery in Barnsley
• Man, 28, arrested on suspicion of murder
• Man jailed for stabbing his wife at least 20 times in Bradford
• Trainer pays tribute to boxer Scott Westgarth
• Man charged over imitation firearm in York pub

Here's the latest forecast for Yorkshire tonight and, as we expected, it looks like we're going to get some snow:

We'll keep you up-to-date with the latest situation tomorrow as it moves in.

Don't forget there'll be a full forecast on BBC Look North tonight at 18:30 on BBC One and BBC Radios York, Sheffield and Leeds will have the latest too.

Q: What do the gritting teams in Leeds do when it's not snowing?

A: They line up their gritters and take some nice snaps...

I doubt the camera will be coming out over the next few days though:

Ali Al-Essaie says he saw his brother Aseel arguing with three men in a car just before he was shot.