Summary

  • More than 400 schools were closed across Northern Ireland on Friday

  • Disruption and delays on the roads with some bus services affected

  • Airports open but passengers advised to contact airline about possible cancellations

  • A yellow - be aware - weather warning for snow and ice is in place until midnight

  • Picture: Snow at Belfast's Waterworks - by Bill Corr

  1. Iciclespublished at 10:31 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    brrr

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  2. Housing Executive closurespublished at 10:28 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    updated list below.

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  3. Can't make your hospital appointment?published at 10:24 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    Please pick up the phone.

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  4. Anyone beat this?published at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    A foot of snow in Craigavon.

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  5. Mountain rescue transporting staff to hospitalpublished at 10:10 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    The Moune Mountain Rescue team have been out since 05:00 GMT getting essential staff into Daisy Hill Hospital.

    Conditions in the area are treacherous and making it impossible for many staff members to travel.

    Mourne Mountain RescueImage source, Mourne Mountain Rescue
    Mourne Mountain RescueImage source, Mourne Mountain Rescue
    Image caption,

    Mountain rescue ambulance battles the snow drifts

  6. Is today your bin day?published at 10:04 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    Belfast City Council will have the bin crews out and about.

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  7. Mourne Wallpublished at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    That's one brave hiker!

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  8. Not the first time he had to dig himself out of a slippery bind...published at 09:57 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

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  9. Roads updatepublished at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    Lany Road between Hillsborough and Moira, the Front Road in Drumbo, and the Blackskull to Donaghcloney roads are impassable.

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  10. Moneyslane Road now openpublished at 09:52 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

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  11. The big ship sails!published at 09:46 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

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  12. Breakfast timepublished at 09:42 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

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  13. Don't let it slip awaypublished at 09:37 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    top tips on avoiding falls.

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  14. Army called in to help stuck drivers in GBpublished at 09:33 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    While the snow continues to disrupt things in Northern Ireland, the situation is even worse in the rest of the UK with the Army having to be called into help rescue hundreds of drivers stuck in the snow.

    Passengers stuck in a train overnight in EnglandImage source, Robert Luther

    Blizzards brought many roads to a standstill and even the trains were badly affected, with hundreds of passengers being stuck on a train overnight near Christchurch in Dorset.

  15. Still making deliveriespublished at 09:29 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    No such thing as rescheduling new arrivals! Here's a tweet from Coombe Woman and Infants Hospital in Dublin, where the business of delivering newborns will go on rain, snow or shine.

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  16. Bleak view from Divis Mountainpublished at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    Hmmm. Rather you than us, John.

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  17. All quiet on the Banbridge frontpublished at 09:21 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    BBC News NI's Richard Morgan is out and about in what appears to be an empty Banbridge...

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  18. Blocked roads in Armagh and Tyronepublished at 09:18 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

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  19. More St Moritz than Moira...published at 09:15 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

    We're getting plenty of pictures of large snow drifts this morning and one of the most impressive collections comes from Moira - if that was the Alps, we'd be grabbing our skis...

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  20. Many roads around Moira impassablepublished at 09:10 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018

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