DCSIMG

Snow causes A179 delays and children go home early

EARLY FINISH: Pupils being collected from West Park Primary School. Picture by Frank Reid

EARLY FINISH: Pupils being collected from West Park Primary School. Picture by Frank Reid

YOUNGSTERS from a Hartlepool school were allowed home early due to the snowy conditions.

Parents of children at West Park Primary School, in Coniscliffe Road, in Hartlepool, received a text message from school staff saying that the kids could go home from 1.30pm today.

So dozens of mums and dads and grandparents made an early school run to collect the youngsters who were delighted to be given time off from their learning to have fun in the white stuff.

A spokeswoman for the school said: ”We sent a text around to parents saying that the children could go home early from 1.30pm but we are open all day.

“The head teacher Mark Parry made the decision for health and safety reasons.”

Meanwhile a busy road where a lorry became stuck due to the ice and snow is now clear, say police.

The lorry came to a halt before 1pm and was unable to move as it travelled east-bound in the second lane of the A179 between Hart Village and the A19.

Traffic was reportedly backing up as the stricken lorry blocked the carriageway for around an hour.

Keep logging on for further updates and send any weather pictures to mail.news@northeast-press.co.uk


 
loading...
Find It

"Business owner? - Claim your business and Advertise with us"

In association with qype logo

Looking for...

Featured advertisers

Jobs

Search for a job

Motors

Search for a car

Property

Search for a house

Weather for Hartlepool

Tuesday 21 May 2013

5 day forecast

Today

Cloudy

Cloudy

Temperature: 8 C to 13 C

Wind Speed: 12 mph

Wind direction: North

Tomorrow

Light showers

Light showers

Temperature: 4 C to 13 C

Wind Speed: 20 mph

Wind direction: North west

Press Complaints Commission

This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the Editor by clicking here.

If you remain dissatisfied with the response provided then you can contact the PCC by clicking here.

Hartlepool Mail provides news, events and sport features from the Hartlepool area. For the best up to date information relating to Hartlepool and the surrounding areas visit us at Hartlepool Mail regularly or bookmark this page.