You have been busy over the Christmas and the New Year snapping pictures of beautiful scenes in the North East and Cumbria.

Christmas is always associated with some concepts that go hand in hand: Santa Claus, family gatherings, lights in the streets ...

Columbus has seen snow at Christmas only twice, with a trace amount dusting the area in 2010. “Technically, it’s a white Christmas in Columbus,” The Ledger wrote on Christmas night.