Dorset snow: Hundreds trapped on A35 (From Dorset Echo)

IT WAS snow go in Dorset yesterday as a fierce Arctic blizzard whipped in bringing chaos to the region for a fourth day running.

Main routes were disabled and railway signals froze as temperatures plummeted to minus four degrees and up to eight inches of snow fell in some areas.

Emergency services said they were some of the worst conditions they had experienced.

Dorset snow caused 100 crashes in 15 hours (From Dorset Echo)

POLICE are warning motorists to drive carefully after dealing with 100 accidents in 15 hours during the cold weather.

Emergency services were stretched to the limit after blizzards brought much of the county to a standstill on Monday.