BenIreland published Nottinghamshire gritters on standby for cold snaps after mild...

Gritters are on standby after a quiet festive season, with colder temperatures likely to hit the county in the coming weeks and months.Nottinghamshire's drivers have been out just nine times this season, compared to 30 by New Year's Day 2015- although two of those runs fell on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.The county's gritting fleet, of 31 vehicles and 23 staff, filled its salt stocks to nearly 20,000 tonnes ahead of this winter and – through close scrutiny of weather forecasts –