so close but it was a it was hard. 50 close but it was a great experience and i learnt a lot. just missing out on that medal and hope to rectify that. she will have her fellow scots with her in both events. she is a tough competitor and she will get a good shout out. two dundee harriers in the team at a world championships. it is great and so world championships. it is great and so many youngsters have been inspired by seeing us out there competing. it is great to have two people that have run at a local club who still compete in the world championships. herb bid for another golden rule gets under way on thursday night. the winter weather has grabbed the headlines. but it's nothing compared to what the vertical skiiers had to endure when they took part in the european ski

mountaineering championships. this was the scene on the southern slopes of the mount etna volcano. a spectacular setting and a dogwas even prepared to brave the cold and accompany the skiiers. the race had to be delayed for two days as the freezing conditions became simply unbrearable. it was exhausitng workjust to reach the finish line. you have to just hope it was worth it! that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. let's get more now on the heavy snow and freezing temperatures that have caused disruption and created treacherous driving conditions across parts of the uk. we can speak to our correspondence

in maidstone and newcastle. peter whittlesea, thanks for joining in maidstone and newcastle. peter whittlesea, thanks forjoining us. clearly it is dark behind you and we can still see this now but there has been a big problem from lorries on the motorway there. there has been a problem all day. in the last ten minutes, it has been snowing on and off and what happened today until lunchtime is the m20 was closed. there has been a number of minor accent —— accidents on both sides of the carriageway that cause delays of up the carriageway that cause delays of up to two hours in both directions. the big question is what will happen tomorrow? the critters have been going up and down the motorway but this is the problem. this is still here and as the temperatures are going to plummet tonight, that will turn to ice and this road is like an

ice rink already. it isn'tjust causing problems on the roads. just next to the motorway is a high—speed rail link used by eurostar and local trains to london. the ice has meant there have been speed restrictions on the railway and it has caused delays. southern rail have been saying that they hope they will be running a normal timetable tomorrow but if the situation deteriorates overnight, they will put an emergency timetable in overnight. a few facts of what the situation has been here in kent. companies have had 255 weather—related calls, 185 collisions in the area and the band of snow came across kent, sussex and surrey and because of bats, 339 schools in kent were closed, 100 in sussex and also a0 in surrey. in this part of england, the forecasters last night got everything is spot on. if they get

it right to night, there will be another five centimetres of snow. we will have to really wonder what will happen on that. it depends whether that snow goes on higher ground and that snow goes on higher ground and thatis that snow goes on higher ground and that is often where the problems have been. many thanks for the latest from the m20. let us go to newcastle and peter harris. it looks pretty nippy out there and i gather the worst is yet to come for you. without wishing to state the obvious, we are having from —— a visit from the beast from the east. people have walked to —— working to a good covering of snow. not to the extent peter has been describing. it was the usual rush—hour problems and after that, it tended to settle down and the police here in newcastle, northumbria police didn't deal with some serious problems. lots of

schoolchildren have had an extra day off today because of the weather problems. on the first day of this, you can at least enjoy the picturesque element of some of this but the novelty does wear off. that is the problem because from six o'clock in the morning, the met office has an amber weather warning out across the north—east of england. we are expecting more frequent snow showers and it remains in place for a long time till six o'clock on thursday evening. we are expecting the possibility of more traffic disruption. we have one or two flood alerts out now in the north—east around the tyneside coast and with the wind is picking up tomorrow, there are some concerns from the environment agency waves coming over the top to tyneside. the top line here is in the next couple of days, more of the same. many thanks for the latest from

newcastle. and also to peter whittlesea in kent. we are going to stay with this because apart from the disruption, the weather has given the perfect opportunity for oui’ given the perfect opportunity for our weather watchers to capture the snowy conditions. purdeykinds snapped these incredible icicles at brae hill in cornwall. snow—topped roofs greeted terry in maidstone. and as temperatures plummeted, paul thomas captured this image of icicles in cwmbwrla, in swansea. well, let us catch up with the latest prospects on where the weather is going, where the beast from the east is going to hit. the cold is staying with us for the next few days with more snow on the soraya —— on the horizon. kent was particularly badly hit. for the next

few days, there will be further heavy snow showers and that will bring more heavy disruption. the wind chill becomes more of an issue as well. in the short term this cold air is coming in from siberia. you can see the extent of the cold across europe. ning thing falling from the sky as snow is coming from europe. more others turning dry and clear over western parts. north—east england and eastern and northern scotla nd england and eastern and northern scotland through the night, some sports will dip as low as minus seven celsius. we are concerned about the snow piling up wednesday into thursday and we have an amber met office warning meaning be prepared. some nasty travelling conditions getting going for the central belt and those major routes in scotland wednesday to thursday. due to the frequency of these snow showers, some sports will get one

heavy snow shower after another. elsewhere on wednesday, scattered snow showers around and some sunny spells. these are the top temperatures. by day, these are the temperatures. by day, these are the temperatures and this is what it feels like in the wind. some sports feeling in minus double figures. it will strengthen further as the day goes on due to this weather coming up goes on due to this weather coming up feeding moisture into the cold air in place. the snow showers continue on thursday. live in parts will see a spell of snow and blizzards and icy conditions moving up blizzards and icy conditions moving up thursday into friday. snow showers filtering to northern ireland and still running into north—east england. we maintain amber warnings into thursday. this isa amber warnings into thursday. this is a new one amber warnings into thursday. this is a new one across western amber warnings into thursday. this is a new one across western parts of england and wales going into thursday where we will see some

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