There is 5 to 10 cm of snow across the District with more forecast. There is some disruption to public transport and road travel. It looks as though many schools will be shut. All of which means that we will expect to offer a limited service this morning.

We will be opening phone lines pretty much as normal as a priority, but the face to face reception will not be able to open till 10am. It is likely that we will be operating with a skeleton staff, at best, at the end of the day.

At present the refuse and recycling service has yet to go out. An assessment will be made at around 9am’ but it is unlikely that we will be able to collect today. The request to residents will again be to out out their refuse and recycling on the appointed day and leave it until collected.

We are doing some footpath gritting in the centre of St Albans, Harpenden and the villages, but stocks are very limited.

Other individual services are likely to be limited, with assistance being given to the meals on wheels service, which also has distributed extra meal packs. As usual help has also been offered to HCC. The Market is up and running, its extent will depend on the traders and customers. We know of no other major service issues at present.