this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. red weather alerts meaning there is a risk to life have been issued in south—west england and south wales. hundreds of drivers have been stranded on a m80 in scotland. we're in the car and we're warm. there's not much to see it's like a car park. cars everywhere, no one has got their lights on anymore. i think everyone is trying to sleep. more snow is expected during the day — with severe travel disruption when storm emma blows into the south—west from the atlantic. and there's a warning from the national grid that there may not be enough gas to meet demand today. big industrial users are asked to cut back. we'll bring you all, the latest weather developments. also coming up... the head of the european council, donald tusk, has warned that if britain leaves the single market and customs union, trade restrictions with the european union will be inevitable.

i will be asking in london if anyone has a better idea for preventing a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. matt hancox says the government is formally closing bill everson inquiry into the media. good morning. it's thursday 1st march. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. as the country faces another day of weather disruption the met office has issued another red ‘danger to life‘ warning for snow to come in to effect at three o'clock this afternoon. the latest warning covers an area stretching from south west england to south wales with heavy snow and blizzard conditions expected

together with strong winds leading to severe drifting. overnight hundreds of motorists were stranded on roads and motorways. more than 300 people are still stuck on the m80 in scotland after more than 17 hours in freezing conditions. across the country there's widespread travel disruption. more than 20 rail operators are running a reduced service. more than 200 people spent the night at glasgow after flights were suspended , edinburgh and east midlands airports are also closed. and there's a warning today that there may not be enough gas to meet demand. household supplies are not likely to be affected, but the national grid has said the extreme weather has meant it may limit supplies to industry and large businesses. throughout the day we are going to be live around the uk herring about

the impact the snow is at —— having. we will be in the south—west with that red weather alerts which is coming into force later. first, to one of those motorists stuck on the m80. john gent is stuck on the m80 outside stirling — he's trying to get home to plymouth. how long have you been stuck back? since eight o'clock last night, so 15 hours now. when did you realise you are going to be stuck? probably an hour after it stopped, i thought if it doesn't get started soon, it was snowing if it doesn't get started soon, it was snowing snow “— if it doesn't get started soon, it was snowing snow —— so if it doesn't get started soon, it was snowing snow —— so much that there was little chance of this moving again. how have you spent the night? i grabbed a few hours sleep

through the night running my car engine to keep warm and put on warm clothes. fortunately i have a suitable of —— suitcase full of clothes and was able to lay up and keep warm. did you have food and water with you? were you prepared for the possibility that something like this might happen? not on this scale. i have food before i arrived in thejam. the scale. i have food before i arrived in the jam. the local people on the neighbouring states have been bringing over bottles of water and there is a motorway bridge 400 yards away and they have set up an area where they are making tea and coffee for people. who is dimming that? the local people, the people that have been coming down who live in a hair. they have been handing out blankets and giving out tea and coffee.

they have been handing out blankets and giving out tea and coffeeli they have been handing out blankets and giving out tea and coffee. i am sure that is much appreciated by those of you stuck there. nice to know they are thinking of us stuck there when they are in their warm homes. can you give us any idea of how many vehicles are stuck there as far as how many vehicles are stuck there as faras faras how many vehicles are stuck there as far as far as you can see?” how many vehicles are stuck there as far as far as you can see? i would say hundreds if not thousands. i have been here 15 hours but some have been here 15 hours but some have been here for 16 hours. i can imagine people have been here longer than i have and haven't got enough fuel in the car to keep their engines warm and keep warm also.” don't know if you can show us what you are saying, we will see if it works. while you do that, have you been given any indication about when you might be able to get moving? none at all. i have seen police cars

driving around near here but no one has stopped to talk to us. we saw the five brigade last night but no one has given us any idea of when we might be on the move. —— fire brigade. i did get a cup of tea from the local people and there was talk that it the local people and there was talk thatitis the local people and there was talk that it is moving at the front of the queue but i am not sure if that is true or not. a long journey ahead. i have got to get to devon and there is red warnings there. i hope we have friends i can stay with. thank you very much for talking to us. perhaps you will let us talking to us. perhaps you will let us know later on that you have hopefully made some progress on your journey. thank you. we can now go to

monmouth and phil. give us a sense of what it is like there. you can see light flurries of snow. they have been steadily falling since this morning that there is not a great deal of accumulation. this is gloucestershire and there is a covering of snow. this way, you can see the traffic is moving quite freely at the moment. as you say, that red weather warning is in effect ready for three o'clock this afternoon when things are likely to get worse. further south—west and heading up this way, probably into the forest of dean, this part of wales and further up into herefordshire. that red warning

means there is a potential risk to life and it is possible a lot of people out are getting things done before things get bad. there are more than 1000 schools now shut in wales but in gloucestershire, just 22 so far but some are planning to shut earlier today and i presume many will be shut tomorrow. i have been around worcester and road conditions are pretty good at the moment. we will be getting updates but things are bitterly on pleasant but things are bitterly on pleasant but not as terrible as we were hearing from that poor chap that was stuck all night. people if they have two are getting out now and winding down as that red warning comes closer. like i said, some schools

are shutting this afternoon and people are going to make... if they have got any sense, they will try and get home by late afternoon u nless and get home by late afternoon unless they absolutely have to go out. with that red weather warning, the best thing is to be safe and tucked up at home. it is not nice at the moment but this isn't anything like we have seen this winter. we bracing ourselves for much worse to come. thank you very much. do go and get warm. we canjoin ben brown made gateshead in the shadow of the angel of the north. it is pretty brutal here. it feels like minus eight here. it feels like minus eight here. really brutal winds are around. 30, 40 mph. blizzards, very heavy snowfalls. we did see some

people out with their sledges having some fun here but they have gone now. it is pretty miserable. we can now go to south wales. the snow has set in here at first light earlier than we initially expected. you join me above the normally busy a470 which leaves cardiff to the brecon beacons and beyond. as phil explained earlier, it is moving quite nicely and things are not too bad here at the moment although we are in the middle of what will be from three o'clock this afternoon, the red zone. saying that, as i see the red zone. saying that, as i see the traffic moving nicely, there is some travel disruption. the advice

from cardiff airport is for people to look at the flight information. there are train cancellations between cardiff and the south wales valleys between cardiff and london also. there are ferry cancellations between wales and ireland. things are looking 0k between wales and ireland. things are looking ok with that red weather warning coming into place at 3pm this afternoon lasting until two o'clock tomorrow morning. across other parts of south wales and mid wales, there is an amber warning other parts of south wales and mid wales, there is an amberwarning in place from 12 midday today until eight tomorrow morning, because of which come around 1000 schools have decided to shut their doors today. many of those coming to the decision to shut yesterday, pre—empting what was to come and many won't reopen until monday morning. two health boards have also decided to cancel some appointments. those health boards being bevan health boards and

gwent boards being bevan health boards and gwe nt and around boards being bevan health boards and gwent and around swansea and the vale of glamorgan. there are sporting fixtures being cancelled. cardiff blues will not play. there are st davids day celebrations on hold and speaking of which, many of those people who have been calling over the years for the 1st of march, st davids stay to be a public holiday, for today at least, they have had their wish. thank you very much indeed. the roads around here where we are in the north—east of england, we are close to the aone, they are passable. there have been snow ploughs. we saw quite a few stranded vehicles and a few emergency vehicles but people are driving. the aa have been warning the roads in general around the

country are treacherous. in some places, like an ice rink. around the country now, we are in the grip not only of the beast from the east, the siberian conditions, but storm emma is now coming up from the south. we have huge disruption to airports, flights, trains, roads and motorways with some of the worst... drivers are stranded for many hours because of jackknifed lorries. are stranded for many hours because ofjackknifed lorries. that is one example. in lincolnshire, the raf have been helping hospital workers get to work and helping ferry patients around as well. a dire situation and lots of parts of the country and it is brutally cold where we are here. thank you very much. the weather playing havoc with our signal but we did manage to him

most of what ben was trying to say to us. we will have more information throughout the programme. the prime minister will meet the president of the european council, donald tusk, in downing steet today. they'll discuss brexit during a working lunch and tomorrow, theresa may is expected to reveal more detail of her vision for britain's long—term future relationship with the eu. let us talk to norman smith who is braving the weather in downing street. a couple of big things. let's talk about the border and donald tusk saying big uk has to come up with a good idea. from the uk's point of view, they are saying they have published what they think should happen with the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland but it sounds like the eu wants more detail. they do. what is interesting is we seem to be ina do. what is interesting is we seem to be in a pretty tough stand—off

now between the eu and the british government over the northern ireland border and that reflects the state of the negotiations more broadly because some of the language, some of the proposals emanating from brussels have angered brexiteers here. it has resulted in that rebar from theresa may in the commons yesterday. this morning, donald tusk adopting a hard minded approach saying that mrs may cannot expect a frictionless deal if she leaves the single market and the customs union. we know that is one of mrs may's redlines. we are going to leave both will stop interesting to hear donald tusk saying he expects other eu countries to back the proposals outlined yesterday including northern ireland because the hope of british government ministers have been eu leaders would be a bit more pragmatic. donald tusk seems to be

suggesting it is not going to be the case. northern ireland, as you say, the view of donald tusk is a common regulatory area, in effect keeping northern ireland within the eu customs union is the best answer to avoid that threat of a hard border. this is him speaking this morning. until now, no one has come up with anything wiser than that. in a few hours, i will be asking in london whether the uk government has a better idea that would be as effective in preventing a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. let us talk about the uk government, the suggestion that people who arrive from other eu countries during the transition phase could be granted indefinite leave to remain. is that a big concession? depends

from each end of the telescope you look at it. the government point of view is that after we actually leave the eu next year, people from eu will still be able to come and work and live here. they will still be able to have indefinite right to stay but there will be two crucial changes. one is they will not automatically be able to bring family members in at the transition period unless they meet this income threshold of around £19,000. they have to be earning that if they want to come in. the second thing centres on the european court ofjustice. the british government saying they cannot be covered by the european court ofjustice if there are any disputes. there is still a row to be had here but the fact is that those arriving during the transition period will still enjoy residency rights and still be able to claim benefits, they will have access to

housing, access to education. in many ways, nothing substantial changes in terms of freedom of movement during the transition phase. norman, thank you very much. walmart has become the latest to impose new restrictions on the sale of guns following the school shooting in florida in which 17 people died. it says people and the age of 21 will no longer be able to buy weapons and ammunition in its stores. in an apparent change of stance, president trump has urged congress to pass comprehensive gun laws. we report from florida where stu d e nts laws. we report from florida where students have been going back to school. they lined the walkway for a hug and

comfort after their journey back after so much pain and loss. is that —— inside, the focus was on helping them heal and teachers gave the stu d e nts them heal and teachers gave the students the space to readjust. today was a roller—coaster. we weren't sure what to expect. all of our kids are at different stages of healing. it was a tough day for the cole who lost her friends, nicholas, and still mourns his absence.” cole who lost her friends, nicholas, and still mourns his absence. i saw him at the beginning and in the morning, i saw him and we wished each other at happy valentine's day. memorial wraps around the school and honours the students and staff members killed. among the condolences from schools across the country, posters read, neveragain. they have adopted the slogan as the name for their campaign to push the stricter gun measures. this is the first time they have been so vocal

about gun control. despite the stu d e nts about gun control. despite the students return to classes, they vowed to keep up the momentum. they have a march on washington later this month. president trump held a meeting which seem to support backtracked —— background checks the gun purchasers and other measures. we are going to come up with some ideas and hopefully we can put them ina partisan ideas and hopefully we can put them in a partisan bill. it would be beautiful to have one bill that everybody could sport. senator chris murphy called out the influence of the powerful gun lobby, the nra. big leap —— the gun lobby has added peter bauer. i wish it wasn't the case but it is. if we end up doing is the stuff that the gun industry supports, this is not worth it. this urgency is a direct result of this stu d e nts urgency is a direct result of this students wanting to keep gun safety at the top of the agenda. it has had

at the top of the agenda. it has had a strong impact. major retails, while matt —— walmart and dicks sporting goods, raised the gun age from 18 to 21 years old. in the last short while, the government has announced it will not press ahead with the second part of the levies an enquiry into press standards and regulation. —— leve nson standards and regulation. —— levenson inquiry. let's talk about the history. it was done and dusted in 2012. it was that wide—ranging investigation into the culture of the press. a very large amount of information that they wanted to investigate could not be investigated that the time because

there were dozens of pending court actions taking place. there was a lwa ys actions taking place. there was always going to be a levenson two. it was to look at the improper conduct with news international is, the news of the world and other media organisations. this was looking at all the press. also looking at all the press. also looking at all the press. also looking at whether the police received corrupt payments or otherwise complicit misconduct. it was looking at the question of illegal activity in the media and in the police and the relationship between the two. it had the potential to be very embarrassing. since then we have many court cases and people have been to prison. there have been 40 people sent to prison as a consequence of these different cases. matt hancox said today this is in the past and it would not be proportionate and not bea

would not be proportionate and not be a national interests to press ahead with this. he is saying we know how bad it was and we don't need to know any more labour says there is an awful lot still to come out and this was a promise made to the victims. culture secretary outlining his reasons for this decision but tell us about the to that. lots of other people will have wa nted that. lots of other people will have wanted this second part of the inquiry to go ahead. furious that they were told you will get your moments to explain what was going on and particularly when it comes to legal issues. relationships between the police why that information came out, how it came out. lots of these court cases have happened but they have not been widely publicised. all of this would've been case to look at the web of relationships. we have individual cases but what was actually going on within the institutions? that is what this was

all about. there is a second element which is the crime and courts act. essentially, if you go through the history of the press, there have been moments of crisis followed by an inquiry, saying by let's have a stronger regulator to ensure these abuses don't carry on. each time what has happened is the regulator started out pretty strong and then people have believed it has begun to backslide. they needed a system whereby you can ensure the regulator remained firm. this is what section 40 was which was a fairly draconian thing where if you went to court and you lost a libel action or you won a libel action, if you weren't signed up libel action, if you weren't signed up to formally recognised regulator that was backed up by government regulation, then you would pay both sides. it was a draconian, pretty strong measure but it was one to ensure the newspapers signed up to a regulator that really did have teeth. thank you very much for that.

let's get the latest now on the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in north—eastern nigeria. the girls were kidnapped nine days ago when suspected boko haram jihadists raided the all—female school in the town of dapchi. parents are still waiting for any news of their whereabouts. the bbc‘s stephanie hegarty has visited the school and has this report. this is a secondary school in dapchi town. militants came last monday night and abducted 110 schoolchildren. over here is the dormitory where most of the girls were at the time. this is a secondary school in dapchi town. it was around 7pm in the evening when they came and on this side of the compound, right down at the far end is a gate where they supposedly entered. girls heard them coming and trucks firing guns and letting off explosives and they started running from the dormitory all the way along here. this is the path that many of the girls took to get away. the main exit is down that way and you can see some of their discarded sandals. they are littered all along this path, here. they ran here towards the main

gate but it was locked, so most of the girls ran this way and tried to scale the wall. but what they found on the other side was more boko haram. we spoke to one girl who managed to escape. she ran off in the other direction but she saw some of her friends being taken and put into a truck by the militants and as we know, they were taken away. stephanie hegarty reporting from dapchi in nigeria. the national grid says it is having a serious effect on gas supplies and has asked suppliers to provide more amid warnings they might not be enough gas to meet the highest level of demand. simon jack enough gas to meet the highest level of demand. simonjack is with me for the latest. what has given rise to

this? there is an ingress -- increasing demand. you have had constrictions on supply, some outages from supplies from northway and in wales. some of the supplies have been cut off. you add surging demands and you get a potential deficit. it is set at five o'clock in the morning and it is basically the national grid saying they are not sure there is enough gas in the system to meet the demand. does that mean you will turn on your cocker or central heating and it will not work? no. it is the first early warning shot of a number of measures they can take to bring the supply and demand back into balance. that includes asking heavy users to use less and one of the big chemical companies has been asked by ben national grid to dial down their usage by 20%. viewers may be asking are there not stocks held in reserves ?

are there not stocks held in reserves? last summer, there was a big gas storage facility that was closed down and there were warnings that the time asking if they wanted to do this. because they said there was stuff come from overseas, they would be fine. if you look at energy usage today, wind is the number—1 source of energy at 70 —— 27% and coal is coming in at 24% and that would be phased out by 2025. a lot of people are saying this is not a crisis but what it is, is an indication when you get a cold snap like this that the supply is very tight. it raises the question about future fuel supplies. nuclear power is down at 15% today. you have an ageing nuclear fleet. is down at 15% today. you have an ageing nuclearfleet. wind is really the main piston on which the country is firing today. a lot of people are saying it is a sharp reminder to say

don't be complacent about keeping the lights on. do we need to think very ha rd the lights on. do we need to think very hard about how we invest in our future? most definitely. thank you very much for that explanation. kensington palace has announced prince william will treat the east and has been welcomed by the israeli and has been welcomed by the israeli and palestinian authorities. let us check the all—importa nt and palestinian authorities. let us check the all—important weather forecast. more significant snowfall in the forecast. amber areas across northern ireland but it is down towards the south—west where we have a red warning across south wales, devon and somerset. significant disruption is likely. at the moment

we have a bit of a lull across southern areas. light snow across central areas but later this afternoon it will ramp up. heavy snow showers into northern parts of england and scotland. bitterly cold. temperature is not above freezing. add on a stronger wind than yesterday. it will feel like these temperatures. but it is through later on this afternoon the bread warning is valid from 3pm this afternoon so take action to be hunkered down by this point as the snow moved in. 15 or 25 centimetres. 40 or 50 centimetres likely in these areas, widely across wales and south—east england. the snow continuing into the morning as well. there is more on bbc weather news. keep up—to—date this afternoon and on the website. breaking news from the court.

sentencing details for the former royal marine who was convicted at nottingham crown court for murdering 83—year—old dog walker peter writer. he has beenjailed for at least 83—year—old dog walker peter writer. he has been jailed for at least 28 yea rs. he has been jailed for at least 28 years. that sentence was handed down for the murder of 83—year—old peter crichton as he was walking his dog ‘s on august the 5th last year, so the sentence given to legs under palmer. 28 years. it is now time for the sport. hello and thank you. the england by hello and thank you. the england rugby union head coach eddiejones says he was physically and verbally abused while returning by train to scotla nd abused while returning by train to scotland on sunday. england lost the six nations match at murrayfield on saturday. he suffered abuse on the train from edinburgh but this is

footage of him at manchester, oxford road, being accosted and sworn at by a group of men. come on! jones then attended a manchester united match as a guest of sir alex ferguson before continuing his journey to london by train when he was abused again. in response, the scottish rugby union condemned the behaviour. the verbal abuse suffered by eddiejones. behaviour. the verbal abuse suffered by eddie jones. it behaviour. the verbal abuse suffered by eddiejones. it added, it does not represent the values of our sport or its fans. the dignity eddie and the england team showed on saturday is in contrast to the ugly incident. and the british transport police are continuing their enquiries over the incident. tottenham's head coach says that the use of the aiyar against rochdale was embarrassing. the referee used the system that is being trialled in the system that is being trialled in the cup competitions this season on

three occasions to disallow a goal or award a penalty and then subsequently disallow the penalty. five minutes of extra time was added at the end of the first half to allow for stoppages as the spurs boss feels as though the technology is negatively affecting the game. i think we have the better referees in europe or the world and our referees are so, in europe or the world and our referees are so, so in europe or the world and our referees are so, so good but i don't know if is going to help them or create more confusion. if you watched today, there was more confusion than help. football is a context of emotion and if we are going to kill this emotion, i think we are going to change the game. as for the game itself, it was 1—1 at half—time. a second—half hat—trick in the space of 12 minutes from fernando llorente, as we can see. spurs went through 6—1 in the

end and will face swansea in the quarterfinals. world heavyweight boxing champion says the sport has a huge problem with doping, as he prepares to defend his title against louise ortiz on saturday. the cuban has twice been banned for taking drugs. the winner of the fight in las vegas is in the winner of the fight in las vegas isina the winner of the fight in las vegas is in a position to face the winner of the anthonyjoshua versus joseph parker out. he tells the bbc he doesn't think eddie hearn wants a josh shaw wilder flights to go ahead. he does it on purpose because he wa nts to he does it on purpose because he wants to continue to make his money. asa wants to continue to make his money. as a fighter, i don't thinkjoshua is scared but i do think he is hesitant. i don't think he has enough confidence in himself, against a very confident opponent. you know. we will see. it is all on them but at the end of the day, it is an joshua to them but at the end of the day, it is anjoshua to because he is a fighter and he has to make this

happen. in response to those comments, eddie hearn told the bbc... andy murray could return to competitive tennis before the grass court season gets underway as the returns after hip surgery. he has been out for the best part of eight months. he had surgery injanuary and was initially intending to return in time for queens or wimbledon but could start hitting on a practice court again as early as the end of the month. that is all the sport for now. i will have more for you in the next hour. thank you. see you later. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse will publish its first completed report this morning. the findings will focus on the forced migration and abuse of thousands of children

many of whom were in care, who were sent to australia, new zealand, canada and africa following the second world war. following the second world war. the british and australian governments have apologised, but today's report is likely to condemn the programme and highlight the failure to detect and prevent the abuse. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. they have been called britain's lost children. at the end of their lives, they are still blighted by the horrors they face when very young. the liner arrives at fremantle from great britain with 931 new migrants... many were in care when sent in the post—war years to live abroad as they were told in the sunshine. but some ended up in places like this the boys school in western australia. the enquiry was told it was run by paedophiles who use their position to inflict vicious abuse. we were 16 miles from perth. we had

no parents, we had no relatives and there was no where we could go. these brothers, these paedophiles must have felt they were in heaven. the enquiry had horrific evidence, but also the failure of the british government to detect and stop it. the evidence has been in the national archives ever since but was never fully considered until this enquiry. those like david hill, who fought for the rights of their fellow migrant children, and documented their pain, will be reading the report closely today. it is expected to say that none of this should ever have happened. police are questioning three men they arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after an explosion in leicester killed five people. a flat and a polish supermarket was destroyed on sunday, with three family members living in the upstairs flat thought to be have been killed. the men arrested are from the east midlands, east anglia and the north west. police say there is no evidence the explosion was terror related. more now on theresa may's meeting

with european council president, donald tusk today. they'll discuss brexit over a working lunch, before the prime minister's speech tomorrow, where it's expected she'll reveal more detail fro britain's future relationship with the eu. joining me from westminster is former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith. thank you for your time this morning. let's talk about what donald tusk has been saying ahead of his meeting with theresa may. he has asked the government to come up with asked the government to come up with a better idea, in his words, for preventing a hard border on the island of ireland. do you accept the uk government needs to come up with more detail on the proposals? ensure the government will do. i think there are very good reasons why they what they describe as a hard border is not going to happen so it is

worth putting because they will pertain when we have a trade arrangement. three examples why — the first is what nobody seems to have reported is the head of hmrc and the head of defra, both responsible for the transport of goods through the border — both have said that when really there is no problem whatsoever and no need for a ha rd problem whatsoever and no need for a hard border in the uk because all the systems they are working on and are ready will be ready in time and therefore they said there was no need for a hard border and checks. second point, at the moment we cooperate with the irish government and the irish police to look and try and the irish police to look and try and stop the illegal arms and drugs and stop the illegal arms and drugs and that works without the hard border by using both internal mechanisms in both countries and the third area, and if we can do that for illegal stuff, it is much easier to do it with goods, which already crossed the border at different tax levels. the third area which is

worth looking at is an eu report which says there is no need for borders and the eu commission should spend its time sorting this out because it would be good for the whole of the eu if they improve their border processes. they would be no need for hard borders in northern ireland or the uk or any other border with an external nation and that is exactly the attitude we need. if the uk isn't part of a customs union how could there not be a border of some sort? all the elements to do with any exchange after a trade arrangement or whatever is done absolutely for the most pa rt whatever is done absolutely for the most part externally, that is to say for example where goods are shipped into places like felixstowe from outside the european union, mostly containerised before they get onto the glories that are now shipped, they are scanned. they are all done and processed before they leave the starting point. they are then

sealed. the seal is then scanned and checked to see it isn't broken. the scanning them says these are the goods that were declared and off they go. it takes a matter of seconds. why has the government not spelt out more detail on this sooner? it seems to me in the absence of the sort of detail the eu ‘s request in, this whole issue, the tension has ratcheted up with the weeks and months that have gone past. i agree that the tension is somewhat unnecessary. i want the government and theresa may and her collea g u es government and theresa may and her colleagues will be setting out in much more details. i believe tomorrow they will set out a clear idea of the kind of relationship with europe we want after we left. did you think this is cake and eat it territory, wanting a frictionless border and yet not wanting to be pa rt border and yet not wanting to be part of the customs union? there are borders between countries that have trade arrangements and countries that have known. that is not the

issue. the issue is getting it sorted. the real point is the european union also has a measure of blame here because i think they have rather use the irish government and the border to make a stick to beat a dog, as it were, to try and batter the uk into a poor deal. those accusations are flying back and forth on both sides, the border and the good friday agreement are being used. you don't need the brains of an archbishop to figure that out because you know what is going on. they say we have a firm position and then the uk comes in. when it comes in with its proposals then i believe it gives the grounds for what i call a more reasoned approach by both sides and i think that will be welcome. a final question on the transition phase and this offer that during the transition phase, migrants from the eu would come into the uk and granted indefinite leave to remain. how is that going down in

the party? i think the proposal is that when they arrive if they arrive during that period they have the right to invoke the five—year process that is if they want to have indefinite the still have to show that they have been here for some five years to be able to do that and thatis five years to be able to do that and that is all it saying that instead of them having to start from scratch they will be allowed to do that. will lead to a surge in migrants?” don't think so. the reality is we still take more eu migrants than go back. that is still the case. i don't think it is going to be a surge in reality. when we finish the invitation period the government through that should reserve the right that anybody who comes in at that point, once they are registered, if they are undesirable and if they are people we believe have the records or difficulty, we should reserve the right to be able to say, i'm sorry, you're not fit to see here and we want you out. that

will be right after we leave but i would like us to reserve that for even those coming in in the period. otherwise i recognise leaving the invitation period we will want to make sure we have everything sorted out so there is as little problem as possible. swings and roundabouts on this one. i think most people may not want it but will accept it, providing that when we leave officially and when we have finally finished the implementation period and taken back control of all borders and we have a migration policy that stops the numbers that are coming in and gets them down so that people who are particularly in the low—paid area of work can actually see their incomes rise rather than have unfair competition. iain duncan smith, thank you very much. the met office has upgraded its weather warning for south wales and the south—west of england is freezing temperatures affect most of the uk. red weather alerts — meaning there is a risk to life — have been issued in south—west

england and south wales. phil avery joins phil averyjoins us now. the red warning that you mentioned about scotland that was in fours right until ten o'clock this morning has now lapsed. but i have to say that the red warning was embedded within a larger lower grade amber warning, that stays in four is widely across northern and eastern parts of scotland, across much of the north and north east of england as well. there is still a suggestion from the met office that there are destructive weather forces in place across much of that northern and eastern part of the british isles. just because the red has gone that doesn't mean to say that particular neck of the woods is a trouble just yet. coming a little bit further to the south, there is a widescale amber warning the south, there is a widescale amberwarning and a the south, there is a widescale amber warning and a middle grade

amberwarning-a nd'a middle—grade i wales and rest of today but it is that the rest of today but it is that period from this afternoon as storm emma comes out and starts to throw these bands of continuous snow. so, in places it is getting much worse before it gets better. fair comment? absolutely so, particularly within the next let's call it 12 or 18 hours, a quarter of

the british isles in the south—west, which has for the most part escaped the worst of the conditions so far and it is now becoming their turn. it is the highest level of warning andi it is the highest level of warning and i can't stress that enough. it is the sort of warning where people are advised, this could be life—threatening. don't travel u nless life—threatening. don't travel unless you have to. you will get stranded and get caught with these conditions. we are talking ten or 20 centimetres of snow quite widely being blown around by gale force winds, 60—70 mph gusts. and on higher ground and winds, 60—70 mph gusts. and on higherground and in winds, 60—70 mph gusts. and on higher ground and in the southern health, we could be looking at 40 or 50 centimetres of snow being blown around, with drifts. very strong winds. we don't get very many red warnings ina winds. we don't get very many red warnings in a season. there was a time when we had a couple but i can't remember the last time that happened. when will we get out of this? towards the weekend. it will feel

less brutally cold and there will still be further episodes of snow. thank you very much. in a moment the summary of the business news but first the headlines. a red weather warning has been issued for heavy snow in south wales and south west england — meaning there is a risk to life. theresa may is to meet the eu council president, donald tusk later to discuss brexit negotiations, including proposals for the irish border. the culture secretary has announced the government is formally closing the leveson inquiry into press standards and regulations. in the business news: national grid has warned it may not have enough gas to meet uk demand today as demand hits a six—year high. the grid has asked suppliers to provide more. if there is a gap between supply and demand, large gas users like industry and big businesses will be asked to use less gas. consumers will only be asked to

reduce their use as a last resort. we've got the latest pmi figures for february — the purchasing managers index is seen as an indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector. any figure over 50 shows growth — the figure for last month is 55.2 — but it was 55.3 injan and this latest figure is the second—lowest level since the brexit vote. carpetrights share price has plunged 30% this morning after they issued their second profit warning of the year and admitted they are in talks with their banks, which they say "remain fully supportive". in january the retailer warned that full—year profits would be between £2m and £4m compared with previous expectations of £14m — they now expected to report a small underlying pre—tax loss for the year to the end of april, blaming "continued weak

consumer confidence". a report on the uk car industry after brexit suggests a no deal scenario would cost thousands ofjobs and millions in investment. the select committee report suggests the uk must closely align itself to the eu's trading model for its car sector to survive. joining us now is the chair of the industrial select committee. thank you forjoining us on the news channel. a very strong stance, suggesting we need that close alignment to the eu trading model for the car sector to survive and suggesting without it the industry is in trouble. we took evidence from a number of businesses in this country, car manufacturers and also suppliers, and from every one of them the message was loud and clear, that if there is a hard brexit and no deal that would be catastrophic for the british car industry. the impact of ta blets british car industry. the impact of tablets which would be 10% on car

exports as well as tariffs on all of the components that are made to produce cars as well as customs checks and changes in how vehicles are certified to be roadworthy, all of those changes would make it very difficult for car manufacturers in this country to compete with those in the rest of europe. we are urging the government as part of these brexit negotiations to ensure that for the car sector at least we would have very close alignment to the current regulatory framework, no ta riffs current regulatory framework, no tariffs and no customs checks. we heard from tie a tie yesterday saying they would continue to invest —— from toyota. nissan say they are optimistic. these big players are not so pessimistic. in private, we heard from many car industries, we heard from one of those as well. they say they are

investing in their new model in derby and that is great but also yesterday it was said that the government needed to ensure friction free trade between the uk and the rest of europe after brexit, otherwise that will impact further investment so i think we are singing from the same hymn sheet. what's the car manufacturers in this country are saying is once we leave the european union we still need to ensure that terrorists free trade and customs free, frictionless trade as well. honda gave evidence to the select committee, they said that a 15 minute delay at customs would cost their business £850,000 a year so cost their business £850,000 a year so if we have delays of an hour or two hours at customs compared to what you have now, that could be a significant cost for every, a factor in this country. it is a great sector, a great british success story. one in ten my factoryjobs in this country is in the automotive

sector so we need to get it right to protect jobs and sector so we need to get it right to protectjobs and investment. thank you for your time. before we go that's just take a quick look at the markets because there has been quite a lot of movement. carpets right is down since that announcement. on the flip side, burberry have finally appointed a new creative director. up almost 7%. and merlin, owner of the london eye and legoland so that visitor numbers we re and legoland so that visitor numbers were up three and a half percent last year. share price up almost 1296. last year. share price up almost 12%. back to you. let's go back now to the disruption being caused by the snow. the transport situation. this is victoria at london paddington. all wrapped up against the cold. how are things looking. yes, it is so cold inside paddington

station it has actually been snowing. i apologise if i end up swearing. my face is so frozen i can no longer feel it. they have now reopened the station. they are now running a heathrow service every half an hour or so. there have been one service running to didcot parkway. all other services have been cancelled. passengers have been coming here to try and work out what is going on. there is information when they do have trained up on the boards behind me here and they do have extra staff on the platforms and in the concourse trying to deal with all of their concerns and queries and enquiries coming in at the moment. it does mean that all great western railway services are very disrupted at the moment. it is the west of the country bearing the brunt of the travel disruption today. this is the london terminus for great western railway trains and has been since the 18 hundredths.

lots of the fast high—speed trains are stopping at redding and not coming all the way in so if you are trying to travel into london at the moment and you are in the west, don't even try and other. it is very difficult and the conditions trying to get here so for those trying to get to heathrow, make sure you plan ahead for your journey. get to heathrow, make sure you plan ahead for yourjourney. even though heathrow airport is open, there are delays and cancellations. 200 flights cancelled so far out of heathrow and there is one heathrow express service going once every half an hour or so and likely to be very busy indeed. all the useful information for us. thanks very much, victoria. shoppers have until the night to spend paper £10 notes. the bank of england says there are 200 million of them insecure nation and they been phased out since last september, replaced with notes depicting jane austen. and you might

notice 26 new designs of the 10p piece. the coins are a celebration of great britain, many decided by the public. a stands for the angel of the north and the z is for zebra crossing. james bond, a cup of tea and stonehenge are also featured. first, we leave you with the weather forecast. i'm sure you haven't escaped the news that we have heavy snow on the way. more disruptive weather for many parts of the united kingdom and the focus really through this afternoon through south wales and the south—west of england we are expecting heavy snow and blizzards to move their way in. this is the big picture — the current warnings in the north—east, both in their england, amber warnings enforced. a

large amber area england, amber warnings enforced. a large amberarea in england, amber warnings enforced. a large amber area in wales and the south—west but within that, the red warning. the highest level of warning. the highest level of warning from the met office across parts of southern wales in towards devon and somerset. through today we will continue with those heavy snow showers moving their way into northern and eastern areas. a lull in the moment in the snow across the south but it will get heavier into the afternoon. it will feel cold with maximum temperature is at best around freezing. a stronger winds today compared to yesterday so that will make the wind—chill, the feels like temperature, lower. gales in the south—west later as well. it is all the south—west later as well. it is a ll courtesy the south—west later as well. it is all courtesy of storm, which is currently in the bay of biscay, moving further northwards later. the heaviest of the snow is just offshore, sitting in the english channel but it will move in and buy the ceiling, significant problems with this red warning area. if you haven't made yourjourneys by this

point then you really will be in trouble because we are looking at 15 or 25 centimetres of snow and 40—50 centimetres over the high ground over the south—west and the hills of wales. elsewhere, the snow will continue. overnight tonight further showers in the north and east although they will ease into the early hours of friday morning. another cold one and we will see widespread ice into friday. during friday we will still have some showers in the north—east and then we are looking at more snow moving its way back into the south—west. that will gradually move its way for the north. still some uncertainty as to how much snow will push further north that disruption likely until the morning across many areas. feeling cold. into the weekend, it will still be cold. there is still the risk of some snow and of course where you have the snow on the

ground already it is not going anywhere fast. goodbye. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. red weather alerts meaning there is a risk to life have been issued in south—west england and south wales. hundreds of drivers have spent the night stranded in snow on the m80 in scotland. we're in the car and we're warm. there's not much to see it's like a car park. cars everywhere, no one has got their lights on anymore. i think everyone is trying to sleep. more snow is expected during the day with severe travel disruption when storm emma blows into the south west from the atlantic. and a warning from the national grid there may be insufficient gas to meet demand — big industrial users are asked to cut back. we'll bring you all the latest weather developments.

also coming up... the head of the european council, donald tusk is to meet theresa may shortly with a warning over the northern ireland border. i will be asking in london whether the uk government has a better idea that would be as effective in preventing a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. the child abuse inquiry demands the government pays compensation to victims sent abroad as children. and culture secretary matt hancock says the government is formally closing the leveson inquiry into the media. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live.

as the country faces another day of weather disruption the met office has issued a further red ‘danger to life' warning for snow to come in to effect at three o'clock this afternoon. the latest warning covers an area stretching from south west england to south wales with heavy snow and blizzard conditions expected, together with strong winds leading to severe drifting. overnight hundreds of motorists were stranded on roads and motorways. more than 300 people are still stuck on the m80 in scotland after more than 17 hours in freezing conditions. across the country there's widespread travel disruption. more than 20 rail operators are running a reduced service. around 200 people spent the night at glasgow airport after flights were suspended, edinburgh and east midlands airports are also closed. and there's a warning today that there may not be enough gas to meet demand.

household supplies are not likely to be affected, but the national grid has said the extreme weather has meant it may limit supplies to industry and large businesses. we can go to wales now. their worsening conditions and it has been snowing much heavier over the last half—hour or so that is is why there has been an upgraded a weather warning. we are up to a red weather warning. we are up to a red weather warning for south east wales from three o'clock this afternoon until early tomorrow morning. you join me above the normally busy a470 road which brings many people into

cardiff. it is fairly quiet out there. people are heeding advice to stay at home unless absolutely necessary. the main roads on our way up necessary. the main roads on our way up here are coping nicely with things but saying that, the police called by as early and we had a word with them and they warned the conditions were much worse a few miles up north towards merthyr tydfil. the welsh government are urging people not to travel unless absolutely necessary. there is travel disruption on the railways. there are train journeys cancelled between cardiff and the south wales valleys. also cardiff and london. there are problems at cardiff airport and the advice is the people to look at the latest flight information. we have had ferry cancellations between wales and ireland. that red weather warning coming in place at three o'clock in

worsening conditions here in the south—east and across other parts of south—east and across other parts of south wales and mid wales. there is an amberwarning south wales and mid wales. there is an amber warning ablaze until eight o'clock tomorrow morning and over 1000 schools have decided to close their doors. the latest local authorities to advise their schools to show at swansea and pembrokeshire and many of those schools are unlikely to reopen until monday morning. we have also had health boards counselling appointments over in gwent. other health boards towards swansea and the vale of glamorgan. in the whitchurch area, the felindre cancer care centre is also postponing appointments. the latest sporting fixture to fall foul of the weather is the newport health

—— half marathon due to take place this after —— this weekend and the saint davids day celebrations are not going ahead. these are not the conditions we would normally expect on the 1st of march. my colleague ben brown is near gateshead, close to the angel of the north. quite a wind i suspect. it is minus eight celsius and the winds of 40 mph. it is subzero temperatures. we have had release —— really heavy snowfall. there is quite a few children and enjoying themselves despite the bitter temperatures here. sliding on their sledges down the hill there. this is the a167 and

the hill there. this is the a167 and the traffic is moving on it ok. we came up the aone early on and there we re came up the aone early on and there were a lot of stranded vehicles and emergency vehicles. the gritter ‘s have been out and the snowploughs have been out and the snowploughs have been out and the snowploughs have been out. the traffic is moving but around the country, the aa has been saying the roads are really treacherous and the police have been warning people to only undertake journeys if they are absolutely sure they are going to be able to get their destination get back safely. let us talk to jamie who is in glasgow at the moment. conditions there are also atrocious, particularly on the m80 where so many drivers have been stranded because of accidents and jackknifed lorries. hundreds of drivers are stuck north

of glasgow. it may look like a picture postcard behind me but certainly atrocious weather conditions and some of the worst snow we have seen conditions and some of the worst snow we have seen in scotland for several years. the red weather alert past that 10am this morning but an amber alert remains in force until ten o'clock tomorrow. the big story here concerns disruption to public services and public transport. there has been very few trains running in scotla nd has been very few trains running in scotland today. no trains at all in central scotland this morning. scotrail are hoping to resume some services but their advice is to check before you travel. the scottish government is making the point that while the red warning no longer is in force, it would urge people not to travel at all unless their journey is people not to travel at all unless theirjourney is absolutely necessary. i mentioned disruption to public services. more than 1500

schools are closed in scotland including every state school in the central elt stretching right the way from the west to the east. there are more closures than there were yesterday. in dundee, the schools we re yesterday. in dundee, the schools were open but today they are closed. councils have warned the schools are going to be closed tomorrow. a lot of disruption to public services. the scottish conservative party conference has been postponed because of the weather. a lot of disruption and no signs of a letup. britain really at the moment in the grip of this beast from the east, the siberian conditions coming in from east and storm mr coming up from east and storm mr coming up from the. a double whammy of it out winter where there even though it is the 1st of march. for me to be at all -- the 1st of march. for me to be at all —— the meteorologists, this is the first day of spring and it really doesn't feel like it. let us

go to phil mackie in monmouth. really doesn't feel like it. let us go to phil mackie in monmouthm really doesn't feel like it. let us go to phil mackie in monmouth. it is snowing very hard here. storm emma is going to grip this part of snap —— south wales and heading up into the midlands late on today. the snow has begun to settle a little bit. it isa has begun to settle a little bit. it is a couple of centimetres and people are still getting out and about. people are trying to get things done before that red warning the late on today, before the snow gets worse. the shop here just shut andi gets worse. the shop here just shut and i spoke to the lady who owned it and i spoke to the lady who owned it and she said it was basically time to go. best to get home before everything gets worse. travelling around at the moment, it is ok here. they would be a paper the next hour

or so they would be a paper the next hour or so but later on this afternoon and into this evening, that is where we are and into this evening, that is where we a re really and into this evening, that is where we are really watching out for things. thank you very much indeed. across the country, this weather has caused massive travel disruption. flights cancelled and delayed and trains are the same and the roads in some places are impassable and blocked. we got a train up from london to durham last night. to give you one idea, a lot of the trains from king's cross last night were cancelled on the train we were on was absolutely packed with a lot of the passengers having to stand because passengers from earlier trains were climbing onto that one trains were climbing onto that one train that it may take —— make it through. another snapshot of how bad things are in the east of england, in lincolnshire, it has been especially badly hit and the raf have been drafted in to help transport nhs staff, hospital staff

around and also some of their patients. it is a pretty dire situation but that is the latest from where we are in gateshead. thank you very much. a report by the independent enquiry into his child sexual abuse has just published independent enquiry into his child sexual abuse hasjust published its findings and concludes the government must offer compensation to around 2000 former child migrants. the report states these children were exposed to risks including sexual abuse during the post—war programme which settled young people overseas. we arejoined by we are joined by our correspondent. what has been found out about this inquiry? this is a highly critical report and the first into the

enquiry and what has been published. this focuses on child migrants and this was a scheme dating back to the 19th century. this focuses on the post—war period when thousands of vulnerable british children were sent abroad to british colonies, largely canada, australia, new zealand and southern rhodesia which is now zimbabwe. apologies. we have problems with the line to layla who was telling us that the england and wales, it has said the government should pay reparations to people who we re should pay reparations to people who were forcibly sent abroad as children in what the inquiry has called a fundamentally flawed post—war scheme that failed to protect those children from harm. a line—up breaking news for you from independent parliamentary standards authority which has confirmed mps

will get a 1.8% pay rise for 2018 /19, taking the overall salary to just over £77,000 from the 1st of april. that just into just over £77,000 from the 1st of april. thatjust into us. staying with the weather and the met office has upgraded the weather warning as freezing temperatures affect much of the uk. a red warning means lives are at risk and has been in force in central scotland but that one in has now lapsed. there are still amber warnings for scotland. let us get more on the travel situation and steve bailey is monitoring the traffic there in cornwall. have people been out on the road is trying to do what they need to do before the worst of the weather sets in? we had a fair amount of snow yesterday which is unusual for cornwall. we had been treating our main routes for the last 48 hours on

a co nsta nt main routes for the last 48 hours on a constant turnaround basis. are many members of the public using the roads? today is not as bad. people have been encouraged to stay at home u nless have been encouraged to stay at home unless it is essential. most of the schools have been closed but nevertheless, there is a fair amount out there and we need to make sure we are on top of the situation. warning that this weather was coming m, warning that this weather was coming in, did you have enough supplies of grit and everything you need to keep the roads clear as possible? we are expecting bad weather conditions for the next 24 hours or so and we have enough provision in place and enough salt in our stocks for that not be an issue. we have got that one covered. you are repeating the advice to people in the area that you cover to stay off the roads u nless you cover to stay off the roads unless you have to be on them.

u nless unless you have to be on them. unless they are essentialjourneys, please stay at home. this afternoon, we are expecting heavy snowfall throughout cornwall. whilst the conditions now are reasonable, we don't expect that to be the case for the next few hours. do you know if most schools closed because thinking of people trying to get home from schools, people doing pick—ups and so schools, people doing pick—ups and so one? most of the schools are closed. there are lots of small villages we are trying to maintain access to so people can get home and get about as best they can. people are encouraged to stay at home. what about your staff that are trying to look after everybody else? we are making sure our staff can get about at the moment. we are making sure we get out and about. we have deployed

snowblowers that we have and all our other men and crew we have got out there taking themselves on board. we are getting out and about as best we can. thank you very much. you can keep up—to—date with the weather and travel situation right across the country by visiting this bbc live page. bbc local radio will keep you up—to—date on disruption to traffic and travel in your area. the national grid says the freezing conditions are having a serious impact on uk gas supply and has asked suppliers to provide more, amid warnings that there may not be enough gas to meet the current high level of demand. the problems are hampered by additional supply issues. you add surging demand to cuts and supply and you get up potential deficit. a gas deficit warning is set at five o'clock in the morning and it's basically the national grid saying, "we're not

sure there's enough gas in the system to meet that demand. " now does that mean that you're going to turn on your cooker or your central heating and it's not going to work? no, but it is the first early warning shot of a number of measures they can then take to bring the supply and demand back. that includes, for example, asking very heavy users to use less and in fact i've learnt in the last hour that one of the big chemical companies has been asked by the national grid and they've agreed to dial down their usage by 20%. viewers may ask, aren't there stocks held in reserve for situations like this? not much because just last summer, there was a big gas storage facility that was closed down. there were a lot of warnings at the time saying, you sure you want to do this?" and they said, "because we've got all this stuff coming from overseas, we think we are going to be fine." if you looked more broadly at energy usage today, wind is the number one source of energy at 27%. coal is coming in at 24%, a little bit behind and that will be phased out by 2025. a lot of people are saying

that this is not a crisis but it is an indication when you get a cold snap like this, that the supply is very tight. it raises the question about future fuel supplies. nuclear power is down at 15% today. you have an ageing nuclear fleet. wind is really the main piston on which the country is firing today. a lot of people are saying it is a sharp reminder to say don't be complacent about keeping the lights on. is the gas going to stay on today? yes, it is. do we need to think very hard about how we invest in our future? most definitely. time now for the sport. the england

rugby union head coach, eddiejones, says he will physically and that he was physically and verbally abused when returning on the train on sunday. england lost their match at murrayfield on saturday. he suffered abuse on the train from edinburgh. this footage of him at manchester oxford road shows him being sworn at bya group oxford road shows him being sworn at by a group of men. jones attended a manchester united match as a guest of sir alex ferguson before continuing his journey to of sir alex ferguson before continuing hisjourney to london by train when he was abused again. in response, the scottish rugby union said that they condemned the abuse which was suffered by eddiejones and that the british transport police are looking into the incident as well. scottish rugby have said they are appalled by the verbal treatment suffered by eddie jones

and the disgusting behaviour of those involved don't represent the value of our sport or its fans. the dignity england showed on saturday is in stark contrast to this ugly incident. world heavyweight boxing champion, dion tae wilder, says the sport has a huge problem with doping as he prepares to defend his title on saturday. the cuban has twice been banned for taking drugs. the winner is likely to be in pole position to face the winner of the anthony —— anthonyjoshua, joseph parker bout. he said he doesn't win -- think parker bout. he said he doesn't win —— thinkjoshua's camp wants the fight to go ahead. he is so nervous because he wants to continue to make this money. as a fighter, i don't thinkjoshua is scared but i do thinkjoshua is scared but i do think he is hesitant. i don't think he has enough confidence in himself.

wilder is very confident. we will see. at the end of the day, joshua can make this fight happen. in response to those comments... that is all the sport for now. i will have more for you at 1:30pm. the prime minister is due to meet donald tusk and they will discuss brexit during working lunch. theresa may is likely to reveal more detail about her future relationship with the eu in a speech tomorrow. norman smith is in downing street. we are

getting detail about a special cabinet meeting earlier in which ministers had the chance to read the text of that speech and add thoughts on it. it was agreed that this was a real step forward in negotiations. how tough is the discussion between donald tusk and mrs may going to be? dollar tusk is arriving for lunch andi dollar tusk is arriving for lunch and i don't think it will be one of the most convivial messages —— lunches. because of the language between brussels and london over the past 24 hours, in particular over the proposals for the northern ireland border which have incensed many at westminster and led mrs may to say no british prime minister could ever sign off on matt. also because donald tusk seems to be doubling down on brussels saying that the british government, no chance of getting a frictionless

deal. if you are outside the currency union, which is one of mrs may's redlines. donald tusk saying don't expect eu leaders to put pressure on the european negotiators. we are fully behind them. it is the issue of northern ireland where i think sparks will fly. donald tusk has said that the eu has spelt out its solution which isa eu has spelt out its solution which is a common regulatory area. what is your solution? that is what he would be saying to mrs may. let's have a listen to what he said in brussels before winding his way here. until now, no one has come up with anything wiser than that. in a few hours, i will be asking in london whether the uk government has a better idea that would be as effective in preventing a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. there is a sense that the pressure

is now being cranked up on theresa may, not just from is now being cranked up on theresa may, notjust from the eu side but also from former big cheese remainders. tony blair piling in calling for a second referendum. yesterday we had another former minister piling in saying that parliament should have a free vote. at the start of the week, jeremy corbyn shifting the labour party so it now supports a customs union group winning the backing of the business organisations. pressure on and tomorrow, mrs may gets pushed back time when she will deliver her keynote speech setting out her big vision for brexit. the deal she wa nts. vision for brexit. the deal she wants. it really is d—day. detailed day. mrs may have —— will have to speu day. mrs may have —— will have to spell out the details for brexit she wa nts to spell out the details for brexit she wants to fend off her critics.

breaking news about a woman who killed her husband by bludgeoning him to death with a hammer, sally challoner. she has won her bid to challenge her conviction at the court of appeal. the killing happened in 2010. since she was convicted, new evidence has come to light about what she claims is a psychological abuse that she claimed she was suffering and she claims she was a victim of a former psychological domestic abuse known as coercive control. she is serving an18 year as coercive control. she is serving an 18 year prison service but today she has one a bid to challenge her conviction at the court of appeal. the us retail giant, walmart, has become the latest to impose new restrictions on the sale of guns following the school shooting in florida in which 17 people died. it says people under the age of 21 will no longer be able to buy

weapons and ammunition in its stores. in an apparent change of stance, president trump has urged congress to pass comprehensive gun laws. nada tawfik reports from florida where students have been going back to school. it was an emotion and —— return. they lined the walkway for a hug and comfort after theirjourney back after so much pain and loss. inside, the focus was on helping them heal and teachers gave the students the space to readjust. today was a roller—coaster. we weren't sure what to expect. all of our kids are at different stages of healing. it was a tough day for nicole who lost her friends, nicholas, and still mourns his absence.

i saw him at the beginning and in the morning, i saw him and we wished each other a happy valentine's day. memorial wraps around the school and honours the students and staff members killed. among the condolences from schools across the country, posters read, neveragain. they have adopted the slogan as the name for their campaign to push for stricter gun measures. this is the first time they have been so vocal about gun control. despite the students return to classes, they vowed to keep up the momentum. they have a march on washington later this month. president trump held a meeting which seemed to support background checks for gun purchasers and other measures. we are going to come up with some ideas and hopefully we can put them in a partisan bill. it would be beautiful to have one bill that everybody could support.

senator chris murphy called out the influence of the powerful gun lobby, the nra. the gun lobby has a veto power. i wish it wasn't the case but it is. if we end up doing is the stuff that the gun industry supports, this is not worth it. this urgency is a direct result of this this urgency is a direct result of the students wanting to keep gun safety at the top of the agenda. it has had a strong impact. major retails, walmart and dicks sporting goods, raised the gun age from 18 to 21 years old. at least in corporate america it is business as usual. kensington palace has announced that the duke of cambridge will visit israel, jordan and the occupied palestinian territories in the summer. a spokesman said the visit is at the request of her majesty's

government and has been welcomed by the israeli, jordanian and palestinian authorities. let's get the latest weather forecast with louise. we haven't had a red warning issued for snow since 2013 and we have had to mac in consecutive days. now we have a red warning for south wales and south england for heavy snow and blizzard like conditions. it will continue through the evening across the south—west, stretching up through wales and it will move its way into northern ireland, seeing significant accumulations of at least 20 centimetres or more in places. some showers across eastern scotla nd places. some showers across eastern scotland but not as severe as they have been. a cold night with temperatures falling again below freezing and we start off tomorrow ona freezing and we start off tomorrow on a slightly quieter note across the east and through northern england and the midlands. as you can see, still this area of low pressure

reducing the potential of snow across the southern half of the country up into the south midlands and wales. you will need to keep abreast of the forecast if you have travel plans in the south—west and i think it could be quite hazardous over the next couple of days. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: a red weather warning has been issued for heavy snow in south wales and south west england — meaning there is a risk to life. hundreds of drivers spent the night stranded in the snow on the m80 in central scotland after more than 17 hours in freezing conditions. the national grid warns of a possible uk gas shortage — big industrial users are asked to cut back. the child abuse inquiry for england and wales demands the government pay reparations to victims forcibly sent abroad as children. theresa may is to meet the eu council president, donald tusk this lunchtime to discuss brexit negotiations,

including proposals for the irish border. the culture secretary has announced the government is formally closing the leveson inquiry into press standards and regulations. more now on the severe weather, and the met office has upgraded its weather warning for south wales and south—west england as freezing temperatures and snow affect much of the uk. a red warning, meaning lives are at risk, is already in force in central scotland. to take a look at the transport situation, here's victoria fritz from london's paddington station. services to wales and travel to and from... clearly there will be a lot of disruption, victoria. yes, the transport network, particularly for the west of the uk, is caught in a pincer grip between

storm mr, which is due to hit at around 3pm this afternoon and the beast from the east. this station, london paddington, is the london terminus for great western railway and it was closed this morning because it was actually snowing inside the station. it was too slippery and icy for people to be able to come here without falling over. they have been standing inside the station. lots of the services have been cancelled although the station is reopened and they are trying to focus on the heathrow express. there is one train running every half hour or every hour but it is very here busy indeed. subject to lots of consolations itself. 200 planes have already been cancelled. in terms of this station, there is just one train going to swansea. all the trains trying to coming to london are stopping at redding.

there are some services that might get you here but it is very difficult indeed because what great western railway are saying at the moment is it is too dangerous to put on buses or taxis because the road conditions are expected to be so bad as well. so if you are in that part of the country, please do not try and travel unless you really need to. it is incredibly disrupted and train services are very limited in and out of the west of england today. 0k, today. ok, thank you for the update. on the line is wing commanderjim errington, raf regional liason officer for the east midlands. thank you forjoining us. i know that you have been busy because of the weather. tell us what you have been doing? good afternoon. yes, we have been working the county emergency centre here in lincoln over the last 24 and 48 hours. we have drafted in ten

specially trained drivers from two mechanical transport squadron at wittering. we are trying to transport essential medical and emergency services and personnel from their home residences to where they are required across the county. and tell us about the conditions you have encountered. some of the drivers have come back to us reporting very, very difficult driving conditions and drifting snow making road conditions very, very hazardous. and have you had to do this sort of work... can you remember the last time you had to do this sort of work because this kind of snow is pretty exceptional, isn't it? it is. it does take an exceptional event for the ministry of defence and the raf to be called out on such tasks but we do routinely train and

work with our civilian counterparts to do military aid to civil authorities. i'm sure you had some grateful recipients of the help? i have literally just recipients of the help? i have literallyjust been speaking to one of the drivers on a return who has transported to surgeons from their home residents into hospital who were very grateful to him. and the knock—on impact, if wejust ta ke and the knock—on impact, if wejust take that case. surgeons trying to go and carry out operations on people who probably desperately need that surgery. the knock—on effect is hugely significant. massively. absolutely. hence the reason why we are doing what we are doing. how much longer do you expect to be on stand—by for this sort of work? i can't honestly answer that question. we are taking calls and we will be responding to them until the road network and transport network which owns to normal. 0k, which owns to normal. ok, we appreciate your time talking to us. raf wing commander.

earlier i spoke tojohn who has been stranded on the m 84 around 15 hours. he told me at the moment he realised he was in for a long night. probably an hour after it started i thought, if it doesn't get going soon, it was snowing so much that i thought there was little chance of us thought there was little chance of us getting moving again. tell us how you spend the night. i grabbed a few hours sleep here and there through the night, just running the car engine to keep warm and put on one code —— one clothes. i managed to lay up and keep warm. did you have food and water with you? where you prepare for the possibility that something like this might happen, although not on this scale, probably. not on this scale. i had food

shortly before i arrived at the traffic jam. fortunately, the shortly before i arrived at the trafficjam. fortunately, the local people from the neighbouring estates have been bringing over bottles of water and there is a motorway bridge around 400 yards away from me and they have set up an area where they are making tea and coffee for people. who is doing that? the local people. the people that live around here. they have come down to the motorway to help us out. i have been knocking on windows and asking if everyone was all right, handing out blankets and tea and coffee. i'm sure that was much appreciated by all of you stuck there definitely. nice to know that they are thinking of this. can you give us any idea how many other vehicles are stuck there, as far as you can see? i would say hundreds, if not thousands. i'm not sure. i've been here 15 hours but i've heard people

have been here for 16 hours, over two or three hours ago so i would imagine people have been here a lot longer than i have and maybe they haven't got enough fuel in their car to keep the engine running and keep warm as well. i don't know if you can perhaps to your phone around and show us what your phone around and show us what you are seeing. we will see if it works. just while you do that, have you been given any indication about when you might be able to get moving? none at all really. no, we've had very little information. i've seen police cars driving around near here that no one has stopped to talk to us. that no one has stopped to talk to us. we saw the fire brigade last night, delivering bottles of water, but nobody gave us any idea of when we might be on the move. although i did go to get a cup of tea a minute ago from the local people and there was talk that it was moving at

different the queue but i'm not sure if that is true or not. i'm sure you are keeping everything crossed for that and a long journey ahead. there are red warnings in devon so i will have to rethink my plan. i have friends i might hopefully get to stay with. that wasjohn. stay with. that was john. let's stay with. that wasjohn. let's go straight to downing street, where the president of the european council, there he is, is arriving for that working lunch with chorizo made. —— with theresa may. has the cabinet act your brexit plan? do you have an answer to the irish border problem, prime minister? smiles and handshakes but no answers to those questions. the question referring to the cabinet backing for brexit plan, a special meeting that was happening a little earlier when we understand the cabinet saw the detail of that key speech that to

reason may is going to be making tomorrow —— teresa may. it is going tomorrow —— teresa may. it is going to bea tomorrow —— teresa may. it is going to be a tough meeting between her and donald tusk, who has been asking the government to come up with a better idea for preventing a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. we will be keeping a close eye on the meeting and report any details that we have on it. now some breaking news from the courts that we were telling you about a short while ago because a woman who bludgeoned her husband to death with a hammer has won a bid to challenge her conviction and the court of appeal. sally challen, saying she was coercively controlled. tell us about the background to the case. sally challen murdered her husband in 2010, hitting him more than 20 times over the head with a hammer at their home. she was jailed for a

minimum of 18 years but now her legal team are trying to reduce that murder conviction to manslaughter. they say sally was a victim of coercive control, a kind of psychological abuse that has only been recognised by the law since 2015. so when sally was sent to prison, that wouldn't have been taken into consideration. they say she was humiliated, degraded and controlled by her husband and that behaviour went on and on for years and eventually, sally killed her husband today judges of and eventually, sally killed her husband todayjudges of the court of appeal have given sally channel? leave to appeal the murder conviction —— sally challen leave to appeal the murder conviction. her son david was in court today and he has supported his mother and says he wa nts has supported his mother and says he wants her to be released and believes she should only ever have been convicted of manslaughter. hopefully we will get some reaction

from david soon. thank you, charlotte. the government has announced this morning that it will not press ahead with the second part of the leveson inquiry into press standards and regulation. here's the culture secretary matt hancock speaking in the house of commons. the foundation of any successful democracy is a sound basis for democratic discourse and this is under threat from these new forces. and that requires urgent attention. these are today's challenges and this is where we need to focus, especially as over £48 million was spent on the police investigations and the enquiry. during the consultation, 12% of direct respondents were in favour of reopening the leveson inquiry, with 66% against. we agree, and this is the position that we set out in the conservative party manifesto. sir brian, who i thank for his service,

agrees that the enquiry should not proceed on the current terms of reference but believes that it should continue in an amended form. we do not believe that reopening is costly a nd we do not believe that reopening is costly and time—consuming public enquiry is the right way forward. that was matthew hancock. earlier i had this assessment from our media correspondent david sillito. for many people, the leveson inquiry was done and dusted in 2012. it was that wide—ranging investigation into the culture and practice and ethics of the press. however, a very large amount of information that they wa nted amount of information that they wanted to investigate could not be investigated at the time because there were dozens of pending court actions taking place so there was a lwa ys actions taking place so there was always going to be a second leveson inquiry. it was supposed to look at the extent of unlawful or improper conduct within news international,

the news of the world and the son and other media organisations so this was looking at all of the press and also looking at whether the police received corrupt payments or we re police received corrupt payments or were otherwise complicit in this conduct. it was a question of illegal activity in the media and the police and the relationship between the two. it had the potential to be very embarrassing. since then we have had many court cases and people have been to prison. there have been 40 people sent to prison as a consequence of all of these various different cases. matthew hancock said today, the culture secretary, this is in the culture secretary, this is in the past. it would not be proportionate and not in the national interests to press ahead with this. he said essentially we know how bad it was. we don't need to know any more. labour says really there is an awful lot stilled, and this was a promise made to the victims. the culture secretary outlining his

reasons for this decision that tell us more reasons for this decision that tell us more about the reaction. you have mentioned labour and lots of other people will have wanted this second pa rt people will have wanted this second part of the enquiry to go ahead. absolutely. furious that they were told all along, you will get your moment to explain what was going on. particularly when it comes to legal issues. relationships between the police, why that information came out, how it came and got lots of these court cases have happened that they haven't been widely publicised. all of this would have been a case to look at the web of relationships. we have individual cases that what was actually going on within the institution? that is what it was all about, and also it is the second element to this, section 40 of the crime" at. it sounds esoteric but essentially if you go through the history, there have been moments of crisis followed by an enquiry followed by the have a stronger

regulator to ensure that these abuses don't carry on. each time the regulator has started out pretty firm and strong and people have believed that it has begun to backslide. they say there needs to bea backslide. they say there needs to be a system whereby you can ensure the regulator remains froome. this is what section 40 was, a fairly draconian measure, if you went to court and lost or won a libel action, if you weren't signed up to formally recognised regulator that was backed up government regulation effectively, you would pay both sides. it was a pretty draconian measure that it was to ensure the newspaper signed up to a regulator. thanks. warrenball on the meeting between theresa may and president donald tusk. they will discuss over a working lunch ahead of the speech tomorrow where it is expected the

prime minister will reveal more on britain's future relationship with the eu. iain duncan smith says he is confident the government will be able to satisfy donald tusk‘s demand to avoid a hardboard in ireland. i think there are good reasons why what they describe as a hardboard is not going to happen, to what the circumstances because it is worth putting forward because they will pertain when we have a trade arrangement. let me give you three exa m ples arrangement. let me give you three examples why. the first is what nobody seems to have reported is the head of hmrc and the head of defra, who are both responsible for the transport of goods through the border, they have both said that when we leave there is no problem whatsoever. there is no need for a hardboard whatsoever. there is no need for a ha rdboa rd anywhere in whatsoever. there is no need for a hardboard anywhere in the uk because all the systems they are working on are now ready and will be ready in time so therefore there is no need for a hardboard and checks. the second point is interestingly we are currently cooperating with the irish

government and the irish police to look and try and stop the illegal arms and illegal drugs and that works without a hardboard. it works by using both internal mechanisms in both countries and the third area, and if we can do that for illegal stuff, it is much easier to do that goods, which, by the way, already crossed the border where there are different tax levels and other issues that need to be sorted out. and the third area, which is worth looking at, is an eu report, italy parliament report, which says that there is no need for borders and the eu commission to spend time sorting this out because it would be good for the whole of the eu if they improve their order processes, there revealing be no need for hardboard is in northern ireland for the uk or any of the border with an external nation and that is exactly the issue. but if the uk isn't part of the customs union, how can there not be a board of some sort? all the elements to do with any exchange after a trade arrangement

or whatever is done absolutely for the most part externally, that is to say for example when goods are shipped into places like felixstowe from outside the european union, mostly containerised before they get onto lorries and shipped, they are literally stand because they are all done and processed before they leave the starting point when they are sealed. that seal is stand and check to see it isn't broken. then they scan it to see that they are the same goods that were declared and off they go. it is a matter of seconds. if i may interrupt, off they go. it is a matter of seconds. ifi may interrupt, why has the government not spelt out more detail on this sooner? it seems to me in the absence of the subtleties of the eu is requested, this whole issue, the tension has ratcheted up with the weeks and months that have gone past. i agree that the tension is somewhat unnecessary. i want the government and theresa may and her collea g u es government and theresa may and her colleagues to be setting out much more detail. i believe tomorrow the

prime minister will set out a better idea of the kind of relationship with the european union after we have left. you do not think this is ca ke have left. you do not think this is cake and eat it territory, wanting the frictionless border and yet not wanting to be part of the customs union? though our borders in all parts of the country where they have trade arrangements and where they have none. the issue here is getting it sorted. the european union also has a measure of blame here because they have i think rather use the irish government and the border to make a stick to beat a dog, as it were, to try and add a fact of the uk into some kind of idea of a very poor deal. iain duncan smith speaking to me earlier. the former royal marine has been child from and 83—year—old dog walker in norfolk. peter wright and was stabbed 45 times before his body was stabbed 45 times before his body was dumped near east tiling.

alexander palmer had previously told mental health practitioners that he wa nted mental health practitioners that he wanted to kill a stranger. he was given a life sentence at nottingham crown court. harvey weinstein was once one of the most successful producers in hollywood. but behind the accolades, there was a dark story of threats, bullying and allegations of sexual assault. tonight, panorama reveals the extraordinary efforts he made to keep his secrets hidden. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. harvey weinstein. once one of the most powerful men in hollywood. he has denied allegations of nonconsensual sex after dozens of women came forward with stories of sexual harassment and assault. one actress says he invited her into his house and entered the room in a bathroom, requesting a massage. isaid no, bathroom, requesting a massage. i said no, i'm bathroom, requesting a massage. isaid no, i'm not comfortable. at one point he said, if you would let

me kiss you or statute or something, i don't know, will you at least lift up i don't know, will you at least lift up your shirt? this time he came back and he was fully naked. his representatives told panorama that katherine kendall's claims are untrue. the programme also explains how he fought back against allegations made against him. he hired a corporate intelligence firm who told panorama they never comment on client matters to and i'm an italian model who told police that she had been assaulted by harvey weinstein. damaging stories about her were in the press and no charges we re her were in the press and no charges were reported against harvey weinstein. a generalist litigating him was approached by someone saying she was one of his victims. i met with her and she leaned forward the entire time. i was

suspicious that she was recording. we found out she works for an israeli intelligence firm. the woman also met with actress rose mcgowan, who had accused harvey weinstein of rape. black cube says it never discusses its clients. harvey weinstein said he hired them to show that no abuse ever occurred. people who worked with him lately which they have done more to stop him. paul webster who became president of miramax in 1995. i think looking back that i did know andl i think looking back that i did know and i chose to suppress it. i chose to hide from that fact. i didn't have the gusts to do anything about it. i think the deal i made with the devil was to my advantage. harvey weinstein's pr team say he is in therapy and hopes to make a comeback. women who say they are victims of him say it is good the scandal has resulted in increased attention of the treatment of women

in all industries. we will have a full weather forecast for you injust a moment we will have a full weather forecast for you in just a moment and we will have a full weather forecast for you injust a moment and then coverage of the extreme conditions around the country. let's see how the london skyline was transformed as the snow rolled in. a rather great time—lapse. in a moment the news at one but first the weather. thursday march has felt anything but

springlike. it has been miserable out there with a significant wind—chill and yes, still widespread snow. we have weather warnings remaining in place for heavy snow and blizzards and another red warning. if you take a look at where the snow has been falling, it is this significant snow in the south—west that could be the real issue. we have still got further snow showers piling in the east coast, affecting scotland. yes, we have lost the highest red warning that nevertheless amber warnings remain in place for eastern scotland. be prepared for some disruption and in northern ireland as well. amber warnings in south wales and the south—west but we have a read. that means take action. the weather could turn really quite disruptive as we go through the evening. now we could see as much as 20 centimetres, maybe more, across parts of the higher ground and the south—west. the snow will drift in two northern ireland. tonight we

still keep some showers into eastern scotla nd still keep some showers into eastern scotland as well so we shouldn't miss that. the snow showers will be slightly lighter than they have been. it will be a cold night with any lying snow and freezing over. not a great start to friday morning yet again but we still need to look at what is happening down into the south—west. these are the remnants of emma, weaving it through portugal, producing snow across the south of london, up to the south midlands and into wales. further north of that, a bit quieter. isolated showers in the east of scotland. it will still be windy and it will be feeling cold. your thermometer might say one or 2 degrees but it will feel more like -64 -9 degrees but it will feel more like —64 —9 so wrapped are called. —— —4 and —6 so wrap up warm. this is introducing something a little less

cold. look at the tones of the blue. the dark blue is shifting up to the north—east and paler blue behind. that translates into a glimmer of good news into the weekend. it will be cold for all of us but not quite as cold perhaps in the south. still the risk of some snow. travel misery for many as more than a foot of snow falls in some parts of the uk. drivers in central scotland bore the brunt — hundreds were stranded for hours overnight on the m80 near glasgow. i left aberdeen at 4:30pm yesterday afternoon and got stuck here about eight o'clock last night. been here ever since. not moved an inch yet. eastern england has been hit hard overnight. many roads are blocked and there fears that some villages might be cut off. i'll be reporting live from the

angel of the north in gateshead. there are currently blizzard conditions, subzero temperatures and an amberwarning of conditions, subzero temperatures and an amber warning of more severe weather ahead. hundreds of schools have stayed closed in the worst affected areas —