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In times of crisis you can always depend on Boris Johnson for some mots justes and he certainly delivered today declaring that today we had:

"The right type of snow, just the wrong type of quantity..."

South West trains are still at a halt, the heavy snow that has fallen today is set to freeze overnight bringing treacherous conditions to the roads and it looks likely that all school closures will continue in the Kingston, Merton and Sutton boroughs tomorrow.

For the benefit of those of you who turned off the alarm and opted for a duvet day, blog reader Simon has e-mailed some photos which show precisely why there were no train services from Worcester Park this morning: