The Ben my Chree set sail from Douglas at 8.09am bound for Birkenhead with a scheduled arrival time there of 12.24pm

The Ben is due to return from Merseyside at 2pm this afternoon arriving back in the island at 6.15pm.

And the boat is scheduled to sail to Heysham tonight at 8pm.

There are no UK newspapers in the island today.

Wholesaler G. E. Whites was hoping to fly the papers over but it is reported the plane has been grounded by snow in the UK.

Here is the latest weather forecast for the island from the met men and women at Ronaldsway:

’Cloudy and very cold again day, with some outbreaks of light snow at first, but these will die out later in the morning to leave dry conditions for the rest of the day.

’Any accumulations of snow will be small. The strong easterly winds will ease through the day, becoming moderate or fresh in many places, with the maximum temperature 3 Celsius. Also, large waves will again break on to exposed promenades at high tide.

’Tonight will start dry, but later a little patchy rain, sleet and snow may develop.

’Then tomorrow (Sunday) will be cloudy and dull with some outbreaks of rain and drizzle, as snow becomes increasingly confined to the hill tops. Less cold with temperatures reaching 5 or 6 Celsius, in fresh easterly winds.’

Police said that the ’main roads around the island are open this morning however some of the minor roads are slippy so please take care if you are driving this morning.’