Snow has been causing major disruption to roads, buses, tram and rail travel in the East Midlands
Many schools in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire closed for the day
A council in Nottinghamshire issued a plea after a number of children were seen on a frozen pond. Meanwhile, an event dubbed "Britain's most brutal endurance race" will still get going in Derbyshire this weekend
There are a number of properties without power in the East Midlands, and bin collections have also been affected
A yellow weather warning for snow and ice remains in place across the region for Saturday, and covers north Derbyshire on Sunday
Here's another fantastic shot of the current view from Buxton.
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David Clements, a trucker who is on his way to Burton-upon-Trent from Leicester, is stuck on a lay-by on the A511 near Coalville.
"I don't think I'll get there - not for a few hours at least," he said. "To get out of this lay-by will take me half an hour.
"I think they've done a good job on trying to clear the roads."
Clements stopped in the lay-by overnight, in a bid to get some food from a vendor, but they have failed to turn up.
"I love the snow, I really do, but when you're at work, it's not fun at all," he said.
"It's just something you've got to put up with."
National Highways says tonight's closure of the A52 between Radcliffe-on-Trent and Bingham has been cancelled due to the weather.
It said: "Although this part of the network has not been affected by snow, crews have been redeployed to more heavily impacted areas to deal with issues caused by the storm."
A number of rail services across the East Midlands have been affected by Storm Goretti in the past 24 hours.
There are currently no services operating from Birmingham towards Nottingham, Manchester or Cardiff, with only a limited service running on other routes.
Nick Westcott, CrossCountry's service delivery director, said the past day had been "extremely challenging" for both workers and customers.
"Storm Goretti has had a significant impact on the CrossCountry network, particularly across the West Midlands," he said.
"Heavy snowfall in the Birmingham area resulted in several trains being stranded and prevented access to our depot, meaning many trains were unable to refuel overnight.
"Ongoing difficulties for crews travelling into Birmingham have further affected operations.
"Customers are strongly advised to check before travelling; tickets dated for travel today can be used on CrossCountry services up to and including Monday 12 January."
Micheala Gill lives in Leabrooks in Derbyshire. She says she woke up to about a foot of snow and a number of stranded vehicles.
"There's a lorry stranded on the main road right outside my house parked in a bus stop", she says, adding that as her husband was returning home from work this morning, "he came across lorries stranded everywhere" at the local Cotes Park Industrial Estate.
"I gritted the roads near me off my own back last week, mainly so I could gain access to my own drive," Gill says.
"A couple went past me and thanked me, saying it was the first grit they'd seen."
Residents say they are still waiting for someone to fix a telephone wire that fell down overnight in Willesden Avenue, Mackworth, Derby.
Ryan Michael, who lives on the road, said a neighbour had removed the wire from the road and temporarily "wedged" the wire on to a tree while they waited for someone to fix the issue.
Image source, Ryan MichaelThe Met Office has issued a yellow warning for ice starting at 12:00 on Friday and concluding at 12:00 on Saturday.
It said partially thawed snow refreezing, accompanied by freezing fog and a few wintry showers, would bring the risk of ice into the weekend.
You have been sharing pictures of your dogs out in the snow across the East Midlands this morning.
Here's a selection of some of them.
Image source, moorsidewalker
As we reported earlier in the week, a number of railway lines were closed ahead of Storm Goretti.
The Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester was closed at 18:00 GMT on Thursday and services will not be in operation again until Saturday.
A number of East Midlands Railway services through Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire were closed from 20:00 on Thursday.
It was hoped they will resume at 10:00 today after Network Rail confirms it is safe to do so.
You can read more about the disruption here.
Image source, Network RailDerby City Council leader Nadine Peatfield has said the authority will make "every effort" to ensure grit bins are well stocked amid the ongoing cold weather.
She told the BBC bins in the city had been topped up in anticipation of Storm Goretti.
However, complaints have been made by residents following Peatfield's recent radio interview over grit bin levels.
You can read more here.
Derbyshire County Council said it had reopened the A5004 (Long Hill) and A53 (Axe Edge).
The authority added it was still working to open the A537 (Cat and Fiddle), A57 (Snake Pass) and A6024 (Holme Moss).
Winnatts Pass is still closed due to abandoned vehicles, said the council.
We've been sent this dramatic image showing a man using a shovel to dig a path for his car after getting stuck on the A515 near Tissington in Derbyshire.
Image source, Rod Kirkpatrick/RKP PhotographyDerbyshire County Council's library service has warned some libraries may be opening late or be closed today.
The service has advised anyone planning to visit a library to ring ahead to check it is open.
Matt Weigold
Derby
The M1 may have reopened but delays remain on the northbound carriageway. This is the view from near junction 28.
Vanessa Clarke
Education reporter
It's been a tricky start to the day for schools in some of the worst affected areas. Many head teachers have been up early, weighing up whether it is safe to open their doors this morning.
Parents have been checking their phones for updates confirming whether schools are open, running a delayed start, or scrapping classes altogether for today.
Here in Glossop in Derbyshire, it's been a slushy commute. Pupils arrived at the school gate in their wellies, hats and gloves hoping the snow will last so they can build a snowman at breaktime.
Jakki Rogers, head teacher of St Luke's primary school in Glossop, says she was up at 05:00 this morning discussing with other local head teachers what the situation was and checking the forecasts.
Some of the teachers in the school have a long commute and she was keen to make sure they could all get safely to work.
The number of properties without power in the East Midlands has increased from about 492 to more than 900, according to the National Grid, external.
It adds it has managed to restore power to 147,983 properties in total across the South West, Midlands, and South Wales since Storm Goretti began affecting services.
Here's another selection of wintry pics uploaded to the BBC Weather Watchers website.
The first was taken in Stapleford.
Image source, Peanut44This photo of Coalville could be hung on a wall.
Image source, PaulartistAnd Winster in Derbyshire looks suitably wintry in this photo.
Image source, Absie
Simon King
BBC Weather
We've got some official snow depths from Met Office weather stations after the overnight snow from Storm Goretti.
However, official snow observations are quite limited across the UK, so this perhaps doesn't give the full picture of the snow situation this morning.
Our BBC Weather Watchers are sending us lots of pictures of snow cover right across the Midlands, parts of Wales and into the Peak District - and over higher ground there have been significant accumulations.
Heidi Booth
East Midlands
Bus driver Remy Joshua said his vehicle was stuck in snow at Alfreton bus station.
Joshua said about 20 people were waiting to board his bus when he arrived at 06:00 GMT.
"When I tried to come out, I couldn't come out because the snow is so thick and now I am stuck," he said.
Kayode Opatoyinbo, 33, is also stuck in Alfreton after finding out his bus back to Derby was cancelled during his night shift.
"I should be sleeping by now but there are no buses," he said.
"I'm still hoping to get a bus back at the moment but we will have to see. I'm hoping it will show up but I can't see any."
National Highways says all lanes have now reopened on the M1 northbound between junctions 28 and 29 after a lorry crash led to three lanes being closed earlier.