Stranded motorists make way home - 11 words


Hundreds of people who were stranded because of blizzards and icy conditions are now starting their journey home.

More than 500 people spent the night in leisure centres in Cornwall as traffic ground to a halt.
This included a coachload of 40 teenagers from Cornwall College in St Austell and about 60 children.
Forecasters are warning that Saturday night could see heavy snow fall again in eastern and western Scotland and lighter snow in East Anglia.

More than 300 pupils trapped in a snowed-in school in Newquay avoided an overnight stay after being rescued by family and friends using tractors and four-wheel drive vehicles.

The Royal Marines were called in to rescue up to 1,000 motorists stranded in snow on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
Cornish police believe it will take most of the weekend before everything returns to normal.


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