The A19 has reopened northbound between Castle Eden and Easington after 20 crashes this afternoon.
Southbound it its still shut between Castle Eden and Sheraton after the earlier pile up and a jack-knifed lorry.
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The Press Association photographers in the North-East are reknowned for their photojournalism skills, and their ability to capture the flavour of an event.
Here are a few of Owen Humphreys' snaps from the roads in our region today.
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Image source, PABaby Sienna arrived after her parents pulled over in the snow, realising they wouldn't make it to hospital in time.
Read MoreLes Goss, a guitar technician with indie rock band the Pigeon Detectives, hailed a Gregg's bakery driver a "legend" after he gave out cakes to drivers stuck on the A1.
"We were in Edinburgh trying to get back to Leeds when we we got stuck near Berwick," he said.
"I thought I'd have a walk up the road and I got a couple of miles away and I saw a guy from Greggs on the back of his wagon.
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"He said 'do you want some cakes? I'm going to take them this way if you want to take some that way'.
"I thought it was a pretty cool thing to do. He's a legend."
Roisin Currie at Greggs said: "We are incredibly proud of Jon and his act of kindness in what must have been a very tough situation for him and all the other poor people stuck on the A1 in this cold weather.
"We hope that his kind gesture was able to help make everyone's day a little bit better."
Dozens of fundraisers will be sleeping rough at the home of Newcastle United this evening, despite the region suffering the harshest winter weather for years.
The fifth annual charity CEO Sleepout will see the volunteers bed down in sleeping bags by the side of the pitch.
The so-called Beast from the East is not deterring them, even though blizzards and temperatures as low as -10C have brought chaos to the North East.
Just to add to the mix, the Met Office's current amber warning for snow has been extended until 10:00 tomorrow.
More than 100 fundraisers are taking part to raise money for charities tackling homelessness and poverty.
Laura Woolley took this in Loftus, Teesside.
She writes: "Where’s my front garden gone?!"
Image source, LAURA WOOLLEYThese were the winter scenes in the wilds of Weardale, County Durham, today.
Amy Willis had been unable to get to work so spent the day helping out on her boyfriend's farm near Stanhope.
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Image source, Amy WillisA baby girl has been born by the side of the road during a snow storm.
Daniella Waring went into labour this morning at home in Catterick, North Yorkshire, and she and her husband Andrew set off for hospital.
Heading across the A66, they ran into heavy snow and realised they did not have time to get to hospital.
They pulled over on to the side of the road in County Durham and Daniella gave birth before paramedics, who were driving up and down the road looking for her, arrived.
Image source, COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBoth mother and baby were "happy and warm" when they were eventually located at Elton by a response car.
After being checked over at the scene, they were driven to hospital by a North East Ambulance Service crew.
The newborn girl has been named Sienna.
Hospital trusts in Sunderland, Newcastle and Teesside have offered staff beds.
Read MoreWe all know we're a tough lot in the North East but it comes to the cold but event though it has been bitter this week the temperatures are still a lot warmer than other parts of the world/
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Emma Spry works out at Revelin Farm in Newbiggin, Teesdale, and sent us this video of some heavily pregnant sheep who needed rescuing from a snow drift.
As she points out, farmers very definitely don't get snow days...
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Alex Chandy, 19, from Peterlee, who is a student at Northumbria University student, was in his car with his girlfriend when they crashed on the A19.
He told BBC Tees: “I’m Just in shock to be honest, both of us in the car are pretty lucky to come away without serious injuries. I think a lot of the cars behind are lucky to walk away too.
Image source, Alex Chandy“I was the first car that started it all off to be honest, just before Peterlee a huge gust of wind just hit my car, I couldn’t see a thing, next thing I know we’re spinning round and round and we hit the central reservation, the same thing occurred with the car behind us.
“The car hit right in the side of us, and that created a domino effect and 14 cars behind us have all crashed."
Image source, Alex ChandyThe section of the A19 in North Tyneside where 12 vehicles crashed is now passable, but drivers are still being warned to take care:
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Vette Normanly has been in touch to send us this picture.
She says: "We made the most of our snow day yesterday, building a new visitor to the Tynemouth Lodge Hotel!"
Image source, Vette NormanlyThere's been another crash on the A19, but this time in North Tyneside involving 12 vehicles:
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