WATCH the moment four local heroes helped residents get home in Heswall.

After a heavy snow shower last night, many residents took more than three hours to get home.

Videos sent in by Maria Danvers show builder Angus Cooper, Alex Finn, Alana Finn and a man called Lee on hand to selflessly help those motorists stuck in icy conditions on Telegraph Road.

Maria told the Globe: "On Telegraph Road, four people helped so many get home. The main guy was called Lee, he was brilliant.

"There were three others giving up their time and working hard to help others Angus Cooper, Alex Finn, Alana Finn our locals.

"They dug the snow, threw sand, guided traffic and reassured drivers for over three hours to help others.

"They are local heroes." 

A Met Office yellow warning for ice came into force at 4pm on Tuesday and ran until 11am today (Wednesday) covering much of the country.

Another warning has been issued for tonight from 6pm and Thursday until 11am.

Wirral Globe:

Kind-hearted locals helping drivers get home in Heswall. (Picture: Maria Danvers)

Deputy chief meteorologist, Tony Wardle, said: “Our latest forecast shows signs of a change to less cold weather from Friday due to a westerly wind pattern, rather than colder northeasterly winds as previous forecasts suggested.

“Beyond this briefly less cold spell, it looks like temperatures will once again take a downward turn with the chance of snow, ice and frosts returning next week.”

“Looking further ahead, there are signs for a generally cold theme continuing into February."

In Wirral the council had come under fire at the apparent 'lack of grit' on the roads.

However, a council spokesman reassured drivers that its gritters were out on three separate occasions last night and this morning.

A council spokesman said: “We had our gritting fleet out on three separate occasions last night and this morning carrying out treatment on all scheduled gritting routes. Repeated treatment was necessary as wintry showers were washing away previous spreads of salt.

“Because we are spreading more salt in these conditions and crews are having to return to the depot to reload, each of the main gritting routes is taking up to five hours to complete so the teams were pretty much working solidly to keep the key routes across Wirral clear overnight and this morning. Collectively, they spread more than 300 tonnes of salt in that 12-hour period over 430km of road.

“We have staff monitoring detailed forecasts from our meteorological specialists and road surface temperatures 24 hours a day, seven days a week from November until April in order to make decisions on when to deploy gritters. Our gritting fleet are on permanent standby and can be deployed in less than an hour’s notice if necessary.

“We are proud of our winter maintenance service and the staff who work so hard to deliver it.

"We are continuing to monitor conditions and forecasts around the clock and we have ample capacity of salt to get out and treat roads whenever it is needed to keep Wirral moving.”