Storm Eunice continues to make its presence felt today with much of Aberdeenshire experiencing heavy snowfall – and there is a new yellow warning for ice from 6pm till 9am tomorrow.

The weather has had a considerable affect on Aberdeenshire schools with a number closed today (including Banchory Devenick) and others closing around lunchtime (such as Lairhillock). Services were working across the network to assist in specific situations where schools had opened this morning but were having to close early with buses unable to run. For the full list of closures visit https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/Apps/schools-closures/

The council’s Waste Service vehicles operating out of Inverurie and Banchory depots have had to be taken off routes due to the deteriorating conditions. They will look to include missed routes into Monday collections where possible.

The household recycling centres at Westhill, Banchory, Alford, Inverurie and Ellon are closed and sites at Huntly and Turriff closed at 2pm. Other sites are managing to stay open.

A2B and Ready2Go bus services were also cancelled and passengers contacted.

The Community Testing provision in Westhill and Inverurie was cancelled today due to the weather and road conditions. Council staff are still on site at Asda in Fraserburgh and will continue to monitor the situation.

The council’s winter maintenance operations are in full swing with around 150 staff involved in ploughing, gritting and footway clearing across the region. Despite efforts by the council and BEAR Scotland, some routes are closed owing to heavy snowfall and vehicles becoming stuck. The A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route was closed northbound this morning from its junction with the A956 at Cleanhill due to jackknifed lorries at the A93 junction. Currently the A93 Glenshee and the B974 Cairn O’Mount are closed to all traffic. To see the council’s planned gritting for each day and a host of other roads information visit: https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel