With the snow blanketing the North East, here are five handy hints for driving in snow and ice from Frank Bird from Highways England.
Five handy winter driving tips
Here are some of the snowy scenes we have been waking up to in parts of England.
Read MorePolice are appealing for information after a man died following an accident near Hartlepool at the weekend.
A silver Honda Accord crashed into a fence after leaving North Lane, near Elwick Village, at about 12:20 on Saturday morning.
The 34-year-old driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 23-year-old female passenger was taken to James Cook University Hospital where she was treated for a fractured collarbone and minor injuries.
The "beast from the east" is upon us, and the cold weather is set to stay.
A yellow warning for snow is still in place for the North East and will remain there until 23:55.
The Met Office will elevate the warning to the Amber level at 06:00 tomorrow, where it will remain until 18:00 on Thursday.
The Amber warning means we can expect frequent and heavy snow showers, which may lead to travel delays and interruptions to power supplies.
Keep up to date with the weather where you are.
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Northumbria Police have warned people not to worry about loud bangs they might hear in the Jarrow area of Newcastle today.
The force have officers carrying out training at Viking Park.
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A second man has been charged with murder after another man died from a head injury 11 days after being attacked.
Michael Price, 36, was injured in the Victor Street area of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, in the early hours of 13 January.
He died on 24 January at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
Christoper Hills, 30, from Houghton-le-Spring was arrested yesterday and charged with murder. He is due to appear before magistrates this morning.
Paul Watson, 30, of The Crescent, Chester-le-Street, has previously appeared before magistrates in Newton Aycliffe charged with murder.
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Tonight's FA Trophy quarter-final replay between Spennymoor Town and Bromley FC has been called off because of the frozen pitch pictured below.
An alternative date hasn't been announced at this time.
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The Kaiser Chiefs, Postman Pat and artist Lubaina Himid will take part in the 80-day Great Exhibition of the North.
Read MoreApart from Liverpool, other airports around England say they have been largely unaffected by the weather so far.
Newcastle is fully operational, as are Leeds Bradford, Gatwick and Heathrow.
A spokeswoman for Manchester says some flights have been delayed due to aeroplanes being de-iced and flights to Naples have been cancelled due to bad weather in the Italian city.
BBC Weather Watchers have been out in force this morning to make the most of the beautiful scenes left by the snow fall.
This is a frozen lake in Middlesbrough. Picture taken by Dazzler.
GeoffW was out in Saltburn this morning.
The unsuitably named littlemisssunshine captured this lovely snap of Consett this morning.
If you like the outdoors and taking pictures - you could become a BBC Weather Watcher as well. Head to the page for more details.
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BBC Tees
We hope you're having a pleasant day in the snow, but we don't advise copying this slush puppy.
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Ian Jackson sent us these photos of the scene from his house looking out at the snow at Twice Brewed where there is a pretty thick covering.
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The gritters and ploughs have also been out at Newcastle Airport.
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Unbelievable scenes on the beach at Tynemouth this morning.
Dressed only in shorts, people have been going into the sea for an early morning dip.
With heavy snow fall and freezing temperatures - you have to admire their bravery.
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Paul Mooney
BBC Weather
We've got Met Office severe weather warnings in place for most of the region from now right through until Thursday night and they could well be extended to cover the later part of the week.
There are lots of yellow warnings in place for snow and, as it's expected to become more widespread, there are a couple of amber warnings as well.
Further snow showers will come in from the east as we head into the evening.
There'll be further snow spells through the morning, which could be heavy and persistent.
Although they're expected to clear away to the south-west to leave some sunny spells, heavy snowfall is expected later.
It will be very cold tonight with winds and frequent snow showers or longer spells of snow pushing in from the east.
John Reed, head of technical services at Durham County Council, explains the gritting situation to BBC Newcastle's Claire Hawthorn:
Gritters 'have been out since 01:30'
John Reed, head of technical services at Durham County Council, has been explaining the kind of preparations the authority makes over the winter months.
"We have staff on stand-by throughout the winter season, which for us runs from the start of October to the end of April," he said.
"They're on stand-by 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we have an extensive number of farmers who help us in more challenging conditions."
