Driver forced to eat snow after 9 hours in car
Drivers were trapped on the M3 near Winchester for nine hours on Friday night - with some forced to abandon their cars. Snow and ice brought roads around Basingstoke and Newbury to a standstill. Staff at the North Hampshire Hospital today described heroic efforts from nurses who trudged through the snow to get to work. One drivers said he was forced to eat snow. Penny Silvester reports.