Dorset Police "Thanks for your support"

Dorset Police have issued a message to the local community thanking them for their support during the bad weather.

As well as responding to emergencies, the neighbourhood policing teams are still out in communities this evening speaking to people, offering advice and reassuring the public.

Most are on foot, although specialist vehicles are being used, particularly in the very rural areas in the north and west of the county.

Police community support officers in Poole have been out and about clearing snow from driveways and pavements and pushing cars out of the snow. Traffic officers have also been on call on Dorset's roads, assisting stranded vehicles and directing traffic.

The latest weather update from the Met Office is that conditions will slowly improve over the weekend. Main routes across the county have been treated, however, travel advice remains the same this evening, if your journey is not essential, police would urge the public not to travel if at all possible.

Officers are urging people who had to abandon their vehicles at the side of the road during the weather conditions, to only collect it when it becomes safe to do so.