As it happened: Third day of snow disruption

Summary

Public transport still seriously affected
Cold weather expected to last into next week
Amber warning for snow is lifted but yellow alert remains in place
A number of drivers are freed after being caught in snow drifts in Easter Ross

Live Reporting

Laura Pettigrew, Sandy Murray and Graham Fraser

Snow drifts affecting the M90published at 08:38 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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More than 170 schools shut in Aberdeenshirepublished at 08:37 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
Ken Gibson
BBC Scotland Aberdeen
More than 170 schools in Aberdeenshire have taken the decision to close - just two are fully open this morning.
In Moray, 29 are fully closed and three have transport problems.
Moray Council says it has had particular problems with fresh snow falling overnight on the coast.
In Aberdeen, one is closed while about 30 are opening later than normal or closing early.
Traffic returning to busy Glasgow roadpublished at 08:35 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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The scene at the Forth bridgespublished at 08:34 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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All Scottish Borders schools shut for the day once morepublished at 08:31 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC news website
All the schools in the Scottish Borders are shut for a third consecutive day.
In neighbouring Dumfries and Galloway, however, the situation is improving with a number of primaries and secondaries which were shut on Thursday reopening today.
Glasgow Central deserted again this morningpublished at 08:28 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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Drifts 'as high as police car' on Balmore Road in Glasgowpublished at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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No Virgin trains expected on west coast line between Carlisle and Scotlandpublished at 08:23 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
Virgin has said it does not expect to run any services between Carlisle and Scotland for the rest of the day.
It said Network Rail was working to clear the route but had been unable to do so.
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The train operator said it expected its other services to be busy.
It said customers with tickets to or from Edinburgh/Glasgow from Wednesday 28 February to Sunday 4 March (inclusive) could travel on any of its Scotland services during that time.
Drifting of lying snow likely to be an 'added hazard'published at 08:17 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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Snow drifts continue to cause disruption in Dumfries and Gallowaypublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
Colin Colthart
BBC Radio Scotland, Dumfries
A warning against travel remains in force for Dumfriesshire with snow drifts continuing to cause severe disruption.
Police are urging motorists to stay off the roads while an amber weather alert remains in place until mid morning.
There are multiple road closures still in place and gritting and snow plough operations.
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The DGVost team remains in operation
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A number of roads are shut across the region
Dumfries and Galloway's resilience team is co-ordinating response to the weather emergency from a bunker at council headquarters
It includes the Virtual Operations Support Team (DGVost) online public information system which is providing updates on its website as well as through social media., external
A92 'passable with care' north of Inverbervie after vehicles stuck in the snow are freedpublished at 08:05 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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Snow showers likely to continue when yellow alert replaces amber warningpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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North Glasgow police warn of road blocked by snowdriftpublished at 08:01 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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Empty M8: Very few cars on motorway through Glasgowpublished at 07:56 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
Pictures taken on Friday morning in Glasgow suggest people were heeding the "do not travel" warning. There were very few cars on the M8 through the city.
Angus Council anticipates schools reopening at the start of next weekpublished at 07:47 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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Cars stuck in drifting snow in Aberdeenshirepublished at 07:45 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
Around 30 vehicles are stuck because of drifting snow on the A92 north of Inverbervie.
Bill Lennox from Aberdeenshire Council told BBC Scotland drifting snow was causing problems across the north east.
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Things have certainly been difficult overnight. We've had moderate snowfall all over Aberdeenshire - all be it patchy. The bigger issue now is drifting of snow onto roads, particularly right down our east coat Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Mintlaw areas are particularly bad, as is Laurencekirk and Inverbervie. And as usual the higher routes on Upper Deeside and Upper Donside are struggling a wee bit.
A 'quiet' commute on Friday morningpublished at 07:38 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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'Dangerous' conditions with 10ft snow drifts in South Lanarkshirepublished at 07:31 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
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Scale of the rail network snow clearing operation underlinedpublished at 07:25 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
The scale of the snow clearing operation on Scotland's rail network has been demonstrated by ScotRail.
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It posted images of Network Rail's independent snowploughs on arrival in Carlisle last night.
School closures stack up in the Highlandspublished at 07:23 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2018
Thousands of pupils are off school today around the country with a number of councils shutting all their primaries and secondaries.
In the Highlands, the number of closures on its website was continuing to rise., external
The current total is 37.