More than 100 staff from Oxford City Council have been out working to clear the snow in Oxford today.

Staff from the city works department started working at 4.30am and have been clearing snow on footpaths and roads in hilly areas like Barton and Wolvercote.

Some staff who were on annual leave have also joined the team of highways, refuse and street cleaning staff to salt the streets.

Colin Bailey, head of city works, said: “The whole team has pulled together and we are working hard to clear the streets of snow.

“We have had staff out from 4.30am and as the morning has gone on we have had more staff join in the effort.

”We now have about 100 staff helping with clearing the snow, and there is about 30 people dealing with the city centre.

“This work will carry on through the morning and we will be regularly monitoring the situation.”

City councillor John Tanner, board member for a cleaner, greener Oxford, said: “We should all be very proud of the tremendous effort by the city works team to deal with the snow and ice in Oxford.

“The city council is committed to keeping Oxford moving and safe in these very snowy conditions. I take my hat off to our employees.”

There will be no waste or recycling collections in the city today because of the bad weather conditions, which have closed the disposal facilities.

Garden waste collections have also been suspended to release vehicles to help with waste and recycling collections tomorrow.