Snow shuts more than 400 schools in Devon and Cornwall

A car driver escaped with minor injuries near Exmouth

Snow is causing major disruption across Devon and Cornwall, with about 460 schools closed after 18cm (7in) of snow fell in some areas.

Business leaders predicted that the local economy was losing £10m a day due to the snow.

Many bus services were cancelled, including First Bus in north Devon.

Flights in and out of Exeter and Plymouth airports have been suspended and Newquay Airport is open but many flights have been cancelled or delayed.

In Cornwall, 213 schools are closed and in Devon about 250 schools are closed.

Flipped car

The A39 Barnstaple to Kentisbury Ford, A3072 Bickleigh to Crediton, A386 at Station Hill, Torrington and B3232 at Newton Tracey near Barnstaple are all closed.

The A361 North Devon Link Road was closed but has reopened with drivers advised to use caution.

The B3391 in the Blackdown Hills on the Devon/Somerset border cannot be accessed from Honiton.

Snow is expected to continue throughout the day, with road temperatures not due to rise above freezing.

Bus services in Exeter were cancelled in the snow

First Great Western and South West Trains are running revised timetables.

A car driver escaped with minor injuries when his car flipped over on to its side at Lympston near Exmouth.

The First Great Western train company was unable to run services between Newton Abbot and Paignton in Devon, while there were delays to its trains between Bristol and Newport/Cardiff and between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth.

The Eden Project in Cornwall remains closed for a second day because of the weather.

Some admissions have been cancelled at North Devon Hospital in Barnstaple.

Some staff stayed overnight at the hospital.

The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital said it had been able to maintain priority patient services.

A significant number of non-urgent operations have been cancelled.

Rubbish collections suspended

Outpatient clinics at the Royal Cornwall, West Cornwall and St Michael's hospitals are going ahead as scheduled.

Homeless support charities said they had seen an increase in clients.

The Salvation Army said its Devonport House building in Plymouth had seen a rise in the number of people on Safesleep scheme.

Mike Temple, of Devonport House, said: "Normally we would get in the Safesleep area we would get four of five. That's gone up to 15 during the cold snap."

Rubbish collections in east Devon have been cancelled for the third day running.

All waste and recycling collection services in Plymouth have been suspended.