Heavy snow causes travel chaos with schools closed and 24-car pileup on motorway mirror.co.uk

Schools and roads are closed and drivers are facing treacherous conditions – including blizzards – and delays as a fresh blast of heavy snow causes "carnage" two weeks into spring. Police have responded to a number of crashes – including a 24-car pileup in a "sudden microburst" of hail and snow in Lancashire – and they're urging drivers to slow down or stay home as parts of England and Scotland look like a winter wonderland in April. Blizzard conditions were reported in strong winds in Northumberland and Cumbria, and a number of roads have been closed in Scotland where wintry conditions are wreaking havoc and snow ploughs were even getting stuck.