Essex: Saturday snow updates (From Braintree and Witham Times)

9:42pm

9:33pm

Maldon's Promenade Park earlier today, courtesy of the Maldon Carnival Facebook page:

8:02pm

5:56pm

4:03pm

4:02pm

The Essex Weather Centre tweeted this picture of snowfall in Danbury:

2:57pm

2:14pm

Sarah Broome, of Bocking, sent in this photo of the snow bunny made by Dylan Millbank, eight, and Harvey Millbank, five.

2:08pm

Gritters will be back out on the roads in Essex from 3pm today. Track their progress by clicking this link.

1:27pm

Overhead line problems in the Clacton area are causing delays and cancellations to  trains at Braintree and Witham stations.

12:33pm

Stansted Airport on Twitter: "Stansted runway open, some delays occurring. De-icer teams working round the clock to keep planes moving. Apologies to those pax affected. Please check with your airlines for up to date info."

12:19pm

Patrick Penn, of Mallows Field, Halstead, sent us this photo. He writes: "Martin and Billybob's feeble attempt at a snowman"

11:24am

More on that road accident in Witham Road, Wickham Bishops, just before 7am today. Thankfully there were no injuries.

An Essex Police spokesman said: "Officers attended and found that a Skoda Octavia and a Volkswagen Jetta had been in collision but that no-one was injured.

"A passing motorist in a Land Rover assisted in moving one of the vehicles to the side of the road as it had suffered wheel damage and the road was fully clear at 8.10am."

11:16am

The latest forecast from the Essex Weather Centre suggests snow will continue throughout today, becoming lighter overnight and dying out by tomorrow morning. Temperatures will remain close to freezing throughout the weekend.

http://www.essexweather.com/forecast.html

11:03am

In football, Maldon and Tiptree's match at Brentwood Town today has also been postponed.

10:59am

Braintree Town's Blue Square Premier match at home to Alfreton has been re-arranged for this Thursday (March 28).

10:56am

10:54am

Tiptree Road in Wickham Bishops is partially blocked due to an accident at the junction with Witham Road and The Street.

10:43am

Debbie Farrell took this photo of her son Joshua with his sledge on the Fairview estate in Braintree:

10:26am

An academy trial day at Halstead Town Football Club has been called off due to the weather. It will be rearranged for a later date, according to first-team manager Mark Benterman.

10:23am

As always, we'd love to see your photos if you are out and about in the snow today. Email your Braintree or Witham pics to bwtpost@nqe.com, Halstead pics to hgpost@nqe.com, or Maldon and Burnham pics to mbsdistrict@nqe.com

10:18am

Tom Jackman took this photo in Rayne Road, Braintree, this morning:

10:12am

The weather has affected today's sporting fixtures. Braintree Town's home match against Alfreton has been postponed. Witham Town and Heybridge Swifts have also had home matches today called off.

A pitch inspection is taking place at 10.30am for Maldon and Tiptree's match away to Brentwood.

10:06am

Essex Police has advised motorists to only travel if necessary today.

As of 10am, there had been 12 road accidents reported to police in the county since midnight, although most of them are not believed to have been weather-related.

A spokesman said: "However further snow is expected today and conditions may deteriorate so police would advise motorists to only travel if necessary."