I WOULD like to nominate Aleia, age seven, of Fishergate Bar area, as the first snow angel of the year.

As soon as the snow started falling on Saturday afternoon, she was right in there, helping keep the driveways off Margaret Street clear and safe. She carried some very heavy buckets of grit, and she invented a new method of spreading it so that we could work fast and without any waste.

I would like to say a big thank-you to Aleia and I hope she will be around to help again if the snow keeps coming.

Dr Ben Young, Margaret Street, York.