After the Met Office issued an Amber weather alert for snow and ice, and warned of a dangerous weather phenomenon, some parts of the region could be hit with up to 40cm of snow. It comes after the Met Office upgraded their weather warning for the North East, warning of heavy snow.

This excellent timelapse shows the arrival of snow at Huck's Bridge over Crookdale Beck in Cumbria last night. It was filmed over 10 hours and shows the snow falling on the A7 between Shap and Kendal. It was captured by Farson Digital Water Cams and a live feed can be found here.

Heavy snow and freezing rain has brought widespread disruption across the U.K. with several major airports forced to suspend flights and many roads in the north of England unnavigable