If you live in the Durham area and need to empty your bin after a missed collection, Annfield Plain household waste recycling centre (HWRC) has now reopened.

Middleton Teesdale HWRC will however remain closed today due to the weather conditions.

A number of road closures are still in place in the Tyne & Wear and Northumberland areas.

These include:

• A1: From Denwick to the Scottish Borders.
• A68: From Corbridge (A69 interchange) northbound.
• A696: From Ponteland northbound. The road is still closed with local access as far Kirkwhelpington.
• Fellside Road, Whickam to Broadway, Burnopfield.
• Hylton Lane West Boldon to Kingsway Road to Addison Road.
• A192 Laverock Hall Road.

What do you do when the snow cancels all your work?

Sit at home with your feet up? Get the sledge out?

Not in Seaham, they don't.

Electrical contractor Retroflo has offered to use its redundant 4x4s to drive doctors and nurses to work instead.

A message on its Facebook page, external reads: "To all doctors, nurses and support staff of vulnerable people in the East Durham and Sunderland area, if you are stuck at home and can't travel due to the weather then call us.

"We believe you people do a great job keeping our country mobile and healthy so it's our turn to give back."

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A Virgin trains spokeswoman said: “On our east coast route, due to extreme weather conditions we are advising customers not to travel today.

"We are unable to run any services north of Newcastle.

"For customers who would prefer to postpone their travel, tickets will be also valid for your journey on any Virgin Trains East Coast service between Saturday 3 March and Wednesday 7 March inclusive. A full refund will be available to those who choose not to travel."

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Services are not running on the west coast route between Carlisle and Scotland for the rest of ay.

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Any type of bus ticket will be accepted on Arriva services, the company has announced.

This means that Go North East and Stagecoach tickets will be valid on Arriva buses, due to weather conditions.

In a statement, Arriva explains: "If the first bus is an Arriva service and you don’t have a ticket with us, but have a valid bus ticket for another operator, jump on-board and get out of the cold."

The offer will be in place until Sunday evening.

There are several flood warnings in parts of our region for this afternoon.

The warnings mean flooding is expected,

Areas affected include:

• North Bank of the Humber Estuary in the west of Hull, external
• North Sea at Roker, Sunderland, external
• North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth, external
• South Cornwall Coast At Mounts Bay, seafront properties, external
• South Cornwall Coast from Lands End to Lizard Point excluding Mounts Bay, external
• Swanage Bay, external
• Tyne Estuary at North Shields, South Shields and Howdon Pans, external

South Tees Hospitals are reassuring people that any appointments today are running as normal.

Barney the Cocker Spaniel loves his new snow home in Elsdon, Northumberland

It took his owner two hours to build the igloo, which Barney has claimed as his own.

Image source, Deb and Gary Hudson

Image source, Deb and Gary Hudson

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Assistant Chief Constable at Cleveland Police, Jason Harwin, has been reflecting on an "extremely challenging" week for the force.

He told us: "Demand has been more than we'd anticipate at this time of year and we've got staff going beyond what we'd normally expect them to do.

"The picture is a little bit better today than it was yesterday."

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As it stands, Middlesbrough's game against Leeds tonight is on following work to clear the Riverside's pitch and stands of snow.

A final meeting between the club, Cleveland Police and Middlesbrough Council will take place at lunchtime. Kick-off is scheduled for 19:45.

Boro have Adama Traore available after the red card he was shown in the draw with Sunderland was rescinded, but Grant Leadbitter (hamstring) is a doubt.