this is bbc news. the headlines at 8.00. up to 30cm of snow falls in some areas of the country, affecting travel on the roads and trains, leaving thousands of homes without power and causing cancellations and delays at major airports. there have been no available stands for the planes to pull in to, there have been problems across the airport. the foreign secretary leaves iran without any agreement to release the jailed british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. disgraced celebrity publicist max clifford dies in hospital at the age of 7a. he had been serving an eight—year sentence for historical sex offences. qatar signs a £6 billion arms deal with the british defence contractor, bae systems. the brexit secretary warns the uk could still refuse to pay its divorce bill if it doesn't get a trade deal with the eu. also coming up — city are celebrating in the manchester derby. as guardiola's men set

a new premier league record, to go 11 points clear at the top of the table. and at 8.30 — me, my mind and i follows three radio 1 listeners who got in touch wanting to share their mental health experiences. good evening and welcome to bbc news. an amber weather warning has been issued for much of england and wales as heavy snow continues to cause disruption for travellers across the uk. there's been delays and confusion at heathrow where over 100 flights have been cancelled. passengers have been stranded on the tarmac on planes arriving at the airport. elsewhere, a further 50 flights have been cancelled at stansted and at birmingham international,

east midlands and belfast international also affected. there's been temporary closures on a number of motorways and a roads, including the m1 and m40, due to numerous breakdowns and collisions. the railways have also been affected — a landslide has halted crosscountry train services between birmingham and bristol for the rest of the day. electricity supplier sse says up to 2a,000 homes in 0xfordshire, berkshire and wiltshire are without power. and school closures have already been confirmed for monday across worcestershire, walsall and shropshire, due to the snow. 0ur correspondent richard lister has spent the day in gerrard's cross, in buckinghamshire. few people this far south had expected to see snow when they woke up expected to see snow when they woke up this morning. they certainly

didn't expect it to hang around as long as it has done. the roads are slushy and the pavements are slippery. getting from a to b where it has snowed has been something of the treacherous ordeal for many, and that's been the story for millions of people around the country. much of people around the country. much of britain looked like a christmas ca rd of britain looked like a christmas card today. scotland and northern england had been expecting snow, but this was buckinghamshire, and it wasn't pretty. breakdowns and blizzard conditions on the m25 near gerard ‘s cross made for slow going. 0n thea gerard ‘s cross made for slow going. 0n the a 3k near newbury, two stuck lorries and the southbound carriageway had to be closed. in wales, some smaller communities were cut off entirely and thousands of people had lost power. this is by far the worst i have ever seen. it's probably the worst snow i've ever seen, to be honest. it's about a

foot deep. in the midlands, they had hoped gritters would keep the roads safe, but needed snowploughs in redditch. it's been a long day for breakdown services like the rac, which is getting five calls a minute. i had problems starting it. i tried started it last night and this morning. mark says everything he's dealt with today has been weather related. only travel if you have to. if you are going to travel, make sure you have a fully charged phone and warm clothing in case you get stuck for hours. this car at least got going again. this is one ofan least got going again. this is one of an estimated 25,000 breakdowns across the uk today, 15% more than usual. everything from flat batteries to people stuck in their drives because of snow. it's not just motorists who've been having

problems. 70 flights were cancelled at heathrow, and luton and stansted had problems as well. unhappy passengers at east midlands airport. a bit frustrated. they could have told us when we checked in that the flight told us when we checked in that the flight was cancelled. we've been waiting around for six or seven hours. a p&0 ferry ran aground in calais due to high winds. no one was hurt and it was refloated, but this was a day to stay at home. listened to me! where we live, we never get any si'iow. to me! where we live, we never get any snow. just sleet. to me! where we live, we never get any snow. just sleet. i like snow because you can make snow angels and snowmen, and i find it really fun. and maybe do some of this. it's been a great day for snowmen, sledging and snowballs, but what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at

rush hour. gritters are out in force as the roads ice up, ready for a difficult day tomorrow. the met office says for the next 2a hours you've got to watch out for the ice. in some places, it is still snowing, which means that the rush—hour tomorrow morning could be dreadful in places. you really do have to ta ke in places. you really do have to take care, and before you set out, ask if you really need to make that journey. if you live in an area that has had snow, make sure that your child's school is open. there is a real possibility of snow and ice bringing down tree branches and disrupting power lines. 2a,000 people in wiltshire, berkshire and 0xfordshire are without power, and that could rise tomorrow. highways england are saying, if you don't need to take to the roads tomorrow

and it's snowy, tried to find a way out of it. make sure you are well prepared, wearing warm clothing, food and drink, and medication if you need it and need to have access to it. richard lister reporting there. on the line is matthew cole, a bbc political reporter who is currently stuck inside a plane on the tarmac at heathrow, after it landed over two hours ago. he is still waiting for his bags. tell us what happened. we eventually arrived and then waited on the tarmac for an hour and a half and we still haven't got our bags. we are already 7.5 hours late, and no bags at all. it must be frustrating. what are you being told? nothing. we were advised that the bags would arrive on the carousel, that was about 15 minutes ago. no bags at all. we then had to wait to be able to depart the

plane and wait at the steps, and then we had to wait for the bags. you get the impression that it is more about making money at the airport than dealing with snow, dealing with de—icing planes, dealing with de—icing planes, dealing with de—icing planes, dealing with customers. another passenger spoke to us who has experienced the same problems as you. they said there was a knock—on effect, that flights were delayed, planes waiting on tarmac, then problems getting their bags, as a knock—on effect. problems getting their bags, as a knock-on effect. it's quite amazing that we are a first world country and we have a little snow, and in fa ct and we have a little snow, and in fact there is no snow here at heathrow at all. we haven't seen any. the problems may be due to bad traffic, not having enough de—icer is, all poor organisation. it is just not good enough and this is not

a first world service at a major airport. what are you going to do? are you going to go home? no, because we need our bags. we are just waiting and waiting, and hopefully the bag will turn up eventually. we may have to wait overnight. who knows? nigel, we wish you luck and hope that the bags come soon. thank you for talking to us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages. at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the parliamentary journalist tony grew, and entertainment reporter caroline frost. the foreign secretary borisjohnson, has held talks with the iranian president, to try to secure the freedom of citizens with dual nationality, currently being held in iranianjails. they include nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who's accused of working against the regime, which she denies. mrjohnson described his visit to tehran as "worthwhile". today, mrs zaghari—ratcliff‘s

husband said he hoped his wife would be home for christmas. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, reports. borisjohnson spent nearly an hour with iran's president. that access itself, seen as a good sign as improving relations. the foreign office says both sides spoke forthrightly about obstacles in the relationship and the need to make progress. borisjohnson raised the case of dual nationals in iranians prisons, including nazanin zaghari—ratcliff. the foreign secretary met some of her family in tehran. in london, her husband richard is much happier, showing me pictures of his iranian family and delighted by the fact she didn't have to face a possible court appearance. he told me about the family meeting with borisjohnson. the foreign secretary also met with herfather and had a long chat with him, talked and said, i have raised her case with everyone i have met. i'll keep worrying

and battling for her. don't worry, we will do what we can. they came away pretty helpful. if there has been progress, where might it have been made? the foreign secretary has been careful to say nothing publicly while in iran. but a foreign office statement says the two sides discussed the full range of issues, including banking matters and concerns about the consular cases of dual nationals. those banking matters include two major in iranian grievances. one, that no uk bank will open an account for iran's embassy in london, fearful it could put them in trouble with us authorities. there are signs that could be sorted soon. second, the iranians want britain to pay a long—standing debt of around £400 million. a way to do that without breaching sanctions looks closer. both sides say these issues say they are not linked to prisoner releases, but giving one side something

it wants often helps the other to give in return. one gift to britain would be the reunion of nazanin zaghari—ratcliff with her three—year—old daughter, seen here just before her arrest in april last year. the family is feeling much more positive. the foreign office delegation left iran sensing both sides wanted to resolve the difficult issues in the relationship. the disgraced publicist max clifford has died. he was 7a. he'd suffered a heart attack in prison, where he was serving an eight—year sentence for eight indecent assaults against teenage girls. danny shaw reports. he was the pr supremo who could make or break a reputation. but when max clifford's past caught up with him, his own career lay in ruins. the last three years of his life was spent in prison in failing health and this morning, after suffering a heart attack, he died in hospital. the allegations in respect

of which i have been charged are completely false. max clifford always denied the claims of indecent assault that eventually led to his downfall. but his trial heard evidence of his manipulative behaviour and how he promised to boost the careers of aspiring models and actresses in return for sexual favours. he was found guilty of eight charges against four women and girls, the youngest victim was 15. for 30 years, he provided sensational stories for the tabloids. he represented this lady, who had an affair with sven—goran eriksson. it was clifford who helped expose the relationship between a former conservative mp david mellor and this woman. though parts of it were not true.

this story was also fiction but it made the great headlines. his death leaves many unresolved legal issues. he was being sued by his victims and appealing against his convictions, protesting his innocence to the end. the qatari government is buying 2a typhoon jets from bae systems. britain's defence secretary gavin williamson signed the deal, in the region of £5 billion in doha. around 5,000 bae employees are involved in building the typhoon. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent joe lynam, who told me the deal would help securejobs. the entire value of the deal is £6 billion, because 5 billion will go to bae systems for these eurofighter jets, but £1 billion will go to other projects, all to be made by british companies. that is why gavin williamson signed those deals. for

bae systems, it secures work, making this be eurofighter typhoon jet bae systems, it secures work, making this be eurofighter typhoonjet into the 20 20s. this be eurofighter typhoonjet into the 20 205. it this be eurofighter typhoonjet into the 20 20s. it will not protect the job cuts already been announced, but it does extend the manufacturing programme for the typhoon jet being made by the ae. it's good news for them but will not necessarily save jobs. does this deal have a wider significance? qatar is in the middle ofa significance? qatar is in the middle of a blockade led by its neighbours. they have accused qatar of supporting terrorism, a claim it flatly denies, but it means that flights cannot get into qatar on other countries. i am guessing that qatar hoped that by signing such a huge deal with the uk government, £6 billion, to support british jobs,

that it will at least curry favour with london and the foreign office when it comes to this battle versus the saudis on this issue. we don't know what will come of that, but we certainly welcome the jobs bit for the uk. the chair of kings college hospital, lord robert kerslake, has resigned, citing government policy as a reason. he said he was stepping down from his post because the government and regulators were not stepping up to the challenges faced by the health service. an update on the bad weather. over 100 schools will be closed tomorrow in gloucestershire, both secondary and primary schools. people are advised to look at the official school ‘s website to check on the status of their own school. the weather is one of the headlines here

this evening on bbc news. up to 30 centimetres of snowfalls in some areas of the country, affecting travel on the roads and trains, and causing delays and cancellations at major airports. the foreign secretary leaves iran without any agreement to release the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the disgraced celebrity publicist, max clifford, dies in prison at the age of 7a. he'd been serving an eight—year sentence for historical sex offences. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello and welcome. manchester city continue their seemingly relentless march towards the premier league title. ahead of the manchester derby today, pitching table—toppers city against second—placed united, there was a feeling if their city rivals couldn't stop them, then who could? their 2—1 win once again underlining their dominance so far this season. tim hague reports. listen to the raw. and why not?

second at home to first, mourinho at home to guardiola. everything in place, but could the spectacle live up place, but could the spectacle live up to the actual? city may have had an early penalty, but it was away from the penalty area where most of the action was taking place. yet this game ignited after all. city's domination of possession rewarded just before half—time. not the man you would expect a pop up in a set piece, that david silva was the scorer. what happened next will have left pep—macro furious. marcus rashford had no such problems. one of the men who let united back into the match put them behind again. nicolas otamendi's eventful afternoon continues. then david de

gea was great once again. his opposite number was equally impressive. united's best chances of the game is saved in quick succession by edelson. a 14th straight premier league win to extend their win to 11 points. if this was manchester versus manchester, there's only one team in this city tonight. it's been a day of derbies. liverpool managerjurgen klopp incensed over a penalty awarded to everton which saw them earn a 1—1 draw in the merseyside derby. a match watched by natalie pirks. mohamed salop at the home side ahead in spectacular style. liverpool had dominated the match, until lovren wasjudged to have brought down dominic calvert—lewin with that push. wayne rooney scored up —— stepped up to score in a merseyside

derby for the first time in his career. arsenal are back to fifth in the table. charlie austin opens the scoring for the hosts afterjust three minutes. arsenal then had to wait for the apa minute before giroud came on as a substitute to rescue the draw. the final of the uk snooker championship between ronnie o'sullivan and shaun murphy is into this evening's final session. they were tied at 4—1; heading into the evening session. o'sullivan is chasing his sixth uk title, which would draw him level with the record held by steve davis. this plant shot helped him go seven frames —— go to seven frames. in rugby union's european champions cup, wasps were well beaten in a high scoring game away at la rochelle.

the french side top their group, and scored six tries in this match, including two from levani botia as they won 49 points to 29. wasps though did manage to score five tries of their own, to take an extra bonus point. the other game in that group was affected by the weather but still went ahead with ulster beating harlequins 17—5 at the stoop. premiership champions exeter chiefs have suffered an 18—8 defeat at the hands of leinster. it means leinster open up a six—point lead at the top of pool 3. the two sides face each other again next weekend. saracens' match against clermont auvergne was postponed. great britain have topped the medal table at the european cross country championships in slovakia. andrew butchart won bronze and led the gb senior men to a bronze medal in the team standings. britian's senior women struck gold in the team event. charlotte taylor was the first athlete home in sixth place.

that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on bbc news throughout the evening. the brexit secretary, david davis, says britain won't pay the divorce bill for leaving the european union if there's no final trade deal with the eu. today, he's been giving details of the kind of future arrangement he'd like to see. meanwhile, the labour party has suggested it may be willing to pay for access to the european single market in order to retain its benefits. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. the strain was beginning to show. this was the prime minister on her early morning dash to brussels on friday. it was meant to be the easy bit, but getting the eu to talk trade proved tricky and serious challenges lie ahead. the eu has called for more clarity about what kind of relationship britain wants in future. today the brexit secretary tried to give it. canada plus, plus, plus. so what on earth does that mean? well, canada has negotiated a wide range of trade deals over seven years. but it doesn't include financial services.

a canada plus deal would cover this vital industry for the uk. what else could we expect? look at any free—trade deal, what you see is agreement on where product standards normally comply. that's what it comes down to. sometimes you see other things. in the free—trade deal between europe and canada, they say on labour standards, they will not go below the ilo, the international labour organisation minimum. but he made clear that paying a divorce bill to the eu would be dependent on getting a good deal. i don't expect to see an awful lot of seasonal goodwill when ministers finally discuss what kind of deal they want to do with the eu just before christmas. already, for example, the brexit secretary and the chancellor seem to disagree over whether we should pay a divorce bill under all circumstances. but one thing has become clearer today. what labour would do ifjeremy corbyn moved in here to number ten. the shadow brexit secretary suggested it would be economically damaging if britain moved too far away from eu rules and regulations.

what sort of britain do we want to be? do we see europe as our major trading partner in the future? or, do we want to rip ourselves apart from that? and he suggested, like norway, labour wanted to stay close to the eu and may be prepared to pay for access to its single market. norway pays money in. they do it on a voluntary basis, but there may be... would you accept it? there may have to be payments, that would have to be negotiated. and the shadow foreign secretary would consider staying close to the eu's customs union, which might restrict the ability to do trade deals. we have always been pragmatic and realistic. most of our trade is with the european union. we are just stating a fact and so we should not be kiboshing that. the political parties have contained some of the disagreements in europe by being a bit ambiguous about the future. with trade talks about to start, difficult decisions can no longer be deferred.

ian watson, bbc news. the white house says it's "unfortu nate" the palestinian authority is refusing to meet vice president pence and discuss the future of the region, after further protests against president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. demonstrators gathered in several cities in the region, including istanbul, cairo and the moroccan capital rabat, where thousands attended a rally declaring thatjerusalem is the palestinian capital. and clashes have broken out in the lebanese capital beirut, where protesters threw stones and set fire to tyres near the us embassy. speaking at a press conference in paris with president macron, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the sooner palestinians accept the decision, the better will it be for peace. paris is the capital of france, jerusalem is the capital of israel, it has been the capital of israel for 3,000 years, it has been the capital of the jewish

state for seven years, we respect your history and your choices and we know that as friends, you respect ours. i think this is also essential for peace. i think what peace requires is to be built on the foundation of truth. and the facts of the past and of the present, this is the only way that you can build a realistic and successful future. in response, president macron said that he believed a two—state solution was the only peaceful way forward. translation: i explained my disapproval of the recent declarations by the president of the united states which france considers in breach of international law. i believe that the statements do not serve security, including the security of israel and the israelis. france remains convinced that the only solution in accordance translation: i explained my

disapproval of the recent with international law and in accordance with our long—term commitments is to enable the establishment of two states living side by side in peace and this can only happen, thanks to negotiations. time to see what else the weather has in store. it has been a weekend of wintry weather. we have seen ice and snow around. parts of wales with the snowiest, with sennybridge seeing over 33 centimetres. ice will be the main hazard tonight, as the sleet and snow eases away from the south and snow eases away from the south and the sky is clear. still some showers across northern scotland and

northern ireland. in the countryside, very low temperatures. a bitterly cold start to monday morning. do watch out for those very slippery conditions on any untreated roads. ice will be a widespread problem first thing on monday. an area of low pressure causing disruption across parts of spain, portugal and france. the lowest part of that low pressure will cause problems in south—east england. away from the south—east england, a little bit quieter. some sunshine, but a really sharp frost. a lot of light snow around. for scotland and northern ireland, some sleet and snow showers continue through the course of the day, blowing in on that chilly, northerly wind. we will continue to see showers the north and western parts. that rain could produce some snow in parts, but it

will clear away by the last part of the afternoon. despite the sunshine across many parts of the country, temperatures will struggle to get above freezing for many of us. as low— pressure above freezing for many of us. as low—pressure clears rain away from the south—east and winds ease, we are likely to see a lot of ice and a sharp frost, with temperatures in the countryside down as far as —12 degrees in some areas. some freezing fog patches to contend with first thing as well. some of that fog lingering for much of the day. where you do not see fog, you may see some sunshine. temperatures around one 28 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... up to 30cm of snow has fallen in some areas of the country, affecting travel on the roads, railways and at airports

and causing hundreds of school closures tomorrow morning. the foreign secretary has left iran without any agreement on the release of the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. qatar has signed a £6 billion arms deal with the british defence contractor, bae systems. it includes the confirmation of a large order of fighterjets. now on bbc news, throughout 2017 newsbeat has been following three radio 1 listeners who got in touch wanting to share their mental health experiences. bex, laura and mat invited us to have an intimate glimpse into their lives because they wanted to be able to show us first—hand what it's like living with conditions including anxiety, ocd, and anorexia. as you might imagine, their stories encompass highs and lows. as such, some of the things they share with us you might