DERBYSHIRE: Travel and wind warning

The Met Office has warned of winds of up to 80mph hitting the region, today, Thursday, December 5, and urged drivers to be careful in exposed rural areas.

Warnings included a risk of severe gales as a band of rain also begins to move south towards the East Midlands.

There will also be a risk of wintry showers and frost towards the evening, according to the Met Office, as temperatures plummet.

A619 Bakewell Road Baslow, both ways at B6012 Bakewell Road.

A619 Derbyshire - An accident on A619 Bakewell Road in Baslow near the B6012 Bakewell Road junction.

M1 Derbyshire, southbound between A52 Brian Clough Way Nottingham [M1 junction 25] and A50 Derby [M1 junction 24A].

M1 Derbyshire - Heavy traffic on M1 southbound between J25, A52 (Nottingham) and J24a, A50 (Derby).

A38 Kingsway Derby, southbound at A52 Ashbourne Road.

A38 Derbyshire - Slow traffic on A38 Kingsway southbound in Derby at Markeaton Island.

A38 Little Eaton, southbound at A61 Alfreton Road.

A38 Derbyshire - Slow traffic on A38 southbound in Little Eaton at Little Eaton Island.

A50 Chellaston, eastbound between J3 A514 Swarkestone Road Swadlincote and J2 A6 Derby.

A50 Derbyshire - Heavy traffic on A50 eastbound in Chellaston between J3, A514 (Swadlincote) and J2, A6 (Derby).

A52 Brian Clough Way Bramcote, eastbound between A52 Derby Road and A6514 Clifton Boulevard.

A52 Nottinghamshire - Slow traffic on A52 Brian Clough Way inbound in Bramcote between Bramcote Island and The Qmc Island.

A52 Brian Clough Way Derby, westbound between A5111 Raynesway and A61 Sir Frank Whittle Road.

A52 Derbyshire - Heavy traffic on A52 Brian Clough Way inbound in Derby between the A5111 Raynesway junction and Pentagon Island.