how long have you been here? about eight and a half hours. hellboy you for supplies, water, food, blankets? a blog i am melting snow to drink, i drank mine. —— how are you for supplies? we will be speaking to those planning to gather to help those most in need. theresa may is to make a major speech on brexit today. she'll outline five tests for a future uk—eu deal and pledge to bring our country together. and we meet the clowns who travel to some of the world's most dangerous places to try to help refugee children. there was one little girl right at the back, a very sweet girljust watching and standing back. ijust smiled at her and she smiled and moved back quite shyly, but i had this real feeling of that was special for her. there are around 400,000 children

at that single ronhinga refugee camp at cox's bazaar in bangladesh. you can see the full film later this hour. hello. welcome to the programme, we're live until ”am this morning. as always, we want to hear from you. today a group of leading doctors and fertility experts is calling on the government to get schools to tell girls how and when to get pregnant. they say focusing too much on contraception and teenage pregnancy makes women think they'll be able to get pregnant the moment they decide to — when, in reality they say, one in seven couples has problems conceiving. have you struggled to have a baby after waiting years before trying? or were you a teen mum and think more needs to be done to educate young girls about contraception? do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged

at the standard network rate. 0ur our top story today... weather warnings remain in place for much of the uk this morning — ten people are now known to have died in weather related incidents since the conditions first hit earlier in the week. the army is coming to the aid of hundreds of motorists who have spent the night trapped in their cars on some of the country's major roads. in the north of england, the m62 is closed in the rochdale area. motorists have been trapped in heavy snow and high winds. emergency services and volunteers have been working through the night to get people to safety. 0n the a31 through the new forest in hampshire, police declared a major incident and brought in the army to help free the road. traffic on the eastbound carriageway has finally begun moving after it was closed for nearly 10 hours. some 35 miles north—west, other drivers are still trapped in their cars this morning, after police declared a major incident on the a303 through wiltshire and somerset. 0ur correspondent robert hall

was one of those drivers, and sent this report. with every mile, the clouds came lower. more snow swirled, and the carriageway began to disappear. by the time we reached the hills of wiltshire, the blizzard had begun. very soon everything ground to a halt. travelling tonight from east to west is absolutely horrendous. if i put the window down, hopefully you can see that, it is driving snow. we probably have six or seven inches here. in front and behind, hundreds of vehicles were going nowhere. we hope to get to taunton eventually but at the moment it is not looking very promising and we could be stuck. with lorries blocking half the road, the snowploughs struggled to clear a path. trying to get to an old people's home to to get the heating on. i've been stuck out here since 3pm this afternoon. do you think you will get out?

of course we will. there is worse trouble at sea! granny would say! at the foot of the next hill, delivery driver mark brown had become a traffic marshal. you seem to be taking charge of this. well, somebody needs to. finally after six hours the traffic began to crawl on, but this was going to be a very long night. robert hall, bbc news, chicklade in wiltshire. in a moment we will hear from phil mackie in worcester, but first let's be to sian lloyd in cardiff. what is it like? iam standing it like? i am standing next to what is normally one of the busiest interchanges on the m4. normally one of the busiest interchanges on the ma. a few cars and lorries have struggled to this morning, some are abandoned behind me. the warning is do not trouble u nless me. the warning is do not trouble unless it is essential. yesterday we

had the red extreme weather warning in wales, it dropped to amber and currently we are on yellow with a threat of ice to come. more snow is forecast. the situation here is changing pretty quickly that the adviser is for people to stay in and stay warm. more than 1000 schools in wales are closed, hundreds of homes without power, the company is trying to get them back on. hospital appointments have been cancelled, we have seen on twitter some of the major hospitals have been contacting staff on twitter and asking them to get in if it is safe. in other cases fall by fours have been sent to essential stuff to get them in. in south wales small disruption is forecast and many of the rail services have been cancelled. so the advice is to check before travelling. that is the situation in south—east wales, now let's go to

phil mackie in worcester. thanks. you can see a lot of snow fell yesterday, it is only really just stopped at a 24 hours. 0n the main high street it has not been cleared, the wind is blowing it into drifts. i wonder what sir edward elgar makes of it as he looks down upon us. you can elgar makes of it as he looks down upon us. you can see elgar makes of it as he looks down upon us. you can see that the gritting is beginning to work. there was so little traffic on the roads la st was so little traffic on the roads last night that it was not working at all and it was becoming very, very dangerous to drive. but because some traffic is going around today, the main road at least are clear. outside the city centre in rural areas there are real problems. drifting has caused lots of the minor roads to be impassable. bus services are suspended in large parts of herefordshire and worcestershire. the further north and east you go, the less snow and disruption here, but sian mentioned, more show disruption here, but sian mentioned, more snow is forecast for this afternoon. much as yesterday but it

will not improve things. one slight optimistic note, if i can call it that, the temperature has risen to about the role as opposed to —3 or four, so we might even see a bit of thawing before the next 's no. the met office says the cold weather could last into next week and possibly the following week. there are 10 severe weather warnings in place for the uk. amber warnings for snow are in place for scotland, north east england and northern ireland. most of the rest of the country is subject to yellow weather warnings annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. good morning. theresa may will make a speech later explaining the relationship the government wants with the eu after brexit. she will promise to deliver the change that people voted for in the referendum, while protecting jobs and security. mrs may will set five tests to guide the negotiations, which include strengthening the uk and bringing all its people together. new research suggests that there could be as many as five

different strains of diabetes. current medical diagnosis is for type one or type two of the blood sugar condition. scientists in scandinavia believe their findings based on a study of 15,000 patients, shows how different causes, risks and complications can respond to different treatments. the condition currently affects one in every eleven adults, worldwide. soi so i think it is really important we started talking about the subtypes of diabetes. moving beyond type one and two. 0nly of diabetes. moving beyond type one and two. only then will we be able to personalise treatment for people with the condition. although the study in itself will not change the way people with diabetes are treated, it will hopefully help move in that direction. the chief medical officer for england has warned that people are being exposed to a daily cocktail of pollution that is having a significant impact on health. in her annual report, dame sally davies says the impact of air, light and noise pollution is well recognised in

the environment but not properly understood when it comes to sickness. she also calls on the nhs — which employs a million staff — to lead the way in cutting pollution. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes explains. the impact of serious air pollution on conditions such as asthma is well understood. what is less clear is the wider effect on our health of all the other pollutants we experience every day. now england's chief medical officer says more research is needed, notjust into today's threats but those in the future. iam most future. i am most concerned about aye at the moment, but we must not forget to measure the impact on health of other types of pollution or we could find in ten or 30 years there is a real problem we did not

see coming earlier —— i am most concerned about air. the report says the nhs could lead on reducing pollution levels. with more than a million staff, the health service is one of the biggest employers in the country and responsible for around one in 20 road journeys. so for example the nhs could cut down on consumption of single use plastics and emissions from buildings. if nothing is done there are warnings that consistent long—term exposure to a range of pollutants, air, light, noise and chemical, could undermine efforts to improve public health. a better understanding of the threat would help identify possible solutions. the government says it'll commission research in to the safety of tyres on public transport vehicles. 18—year—old michael molloy was killed in 2012, along with two others, when the coach he was travelling in crashed due to a blown tyre which hadn't been changed in nearly two decades. his mother has since been campaigning for a change in the law. a couple in california have been arrested after authorities discovered they were living with three children inside a box. this is the area injoshua tree, in california, where it's alleged that mona kirk and daniel panico

were living with their kids. they've been charged with wilful cruelty to children. prince harry and meghan markle have invited more than 2000 people, including 1200 members of the public, from every corner of the united kingdom into the grounds of windsor castle to watch the arrival and departure of the bride and groom at their wedding. those invited will include people from charities and local schoolchildren. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9:30am. we'll be bringing you regular updates on the snow situation right across the country, throughout the programme. do get in touch to tell us how you're coping — use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport. 0lly foster joins 0lly fosterjoins us. if we talk about phil neville, arsene wenger,

there are probably slightly different moods. let's start with phil neville, who had a good night? good morning. we did a lot on the programme about five weeks ago when phil neville was appointed as head coach of the england lionesses, lots of debate about whether he had enough managerial experience, very little managerial experience at all. and also the fa processes in the recruitment were analysed and criticised. he is in position, he has had his first match. they are at the she believes club, a very important friendly tournament, in columbus, ohio. they beat the french 4-1. columbus, ohio. they beat the french 4—1. france are a very big bogey team. they went 4—0 up. phil neville was as pleased as punch, as you might imagine. he said before the tournament he knew people out there would want him to fail. he has had a

brilliant start and feels his message to his new players has got through. i think bravery is the one word i have used more than any other in the la st have used more than any other in the last three days. it is easy saying it but the hardest thing is to do it. my players played with massive courage today against a side, say what you want, we have been really poor against. they will have to step up again because they come thick and fast in this club, they have germany and the usa, both very useful women's team. is not good for arsenal? not useful at all. you go back to last sunday and they were completely humbled in the league cup final to manchester city, 3—0. would you believe they played city again in the league last night and again 3—0. embarrassed cink am really. tens of

of empty seats. —— embarrassing, really. the weather probably had something to do with it but there was probably foreboding and people do not want to see arsenal get thumped in this manner. if you are an arsenal fan, that is. thumped in this manner. if you are an arsenalfan, that is. bernard silva, david silva, leroy sane man of the manchester city masterclass. is this the end for arsene wenger and his 22 years at that club? a blog as a player, you are tapped on the shoulder by arsene wenger, as i was, and he said your time is up, your too old. when you too old as a manager? when has it gone? we are not seeing on the pitch the magic he created in the past. it is gone, it is not there. it is almost like a boxerin is not there. it is almost like a boxer in the ring, one more fight. nobody is thriving in the towel. pretty sad. doom and gloom if you

are an arsenal fan. take nothing away from man city, they are 16 points clear at the top of the table, 30 points clear of arsenal. it is looking like manchester city will head for that premier league title at the earliest opportunity. they could win it on april seven. the prime minister, theresa may, is set to deliver a major speech today, setting out the government's latest position on brexit. she's going to outline five tests she thinks any deal should meet to be successful. let's talk to our political guru about what we can expect. lets talk to norman smith. take us through these five tests. these are tests to reassure folk about the type of brexit she will deliver. she said she will respect

the results of the referendum and there will be a permanent deal so we won't be going back to the negotiating table next year. it will bea negotiating table next year. it will be a deal protecting prosperity and livelihood and it will be a deal which tries to bring everyone together. so far, so simple. the really difficult part of her speech todayis really difficult part of her speech today is trying to convince eu leaders that we should now move on to negotiating those crucial trade talks. because at the moment, both sides seem to be shouting past each other. and i think the core message from theresa may to eu leaders is going to be the cake eating, we will. all that. we're not going to carry on helping ourselves to huge chunks of cake because we know you find that an acceptable. we will listen to what you are saying, take on board your red lines, listen to issues that matter to you and we will not assume we can have everything we want. and that, met

ta ra everything we want. and that, met tara clay, will get the eu leaders to think, 0k, tara clay, will get the eu leaders to think, ok, maybe we can do business with theresa may. the second part of the speech is going to bea second part of the speech is going to be a plan. this is the difficult bit, we don't know how much detail is going to be in theresa may's plan. downing street said there will be lots of things that will give us an idea of the sort of trade relationship we want to negotiate. we might see, for example, suggestions about which parts of the british economy the government would be prepared to abiding by eu rules and standards and suggestions have been it could be the car industry, the pharmaceutical industry. the big question, is will eu leaders think that goes far enough. secondly, doesn't that still look like cherry picking. in other words, doesn't that still look like cherry picking. in otherwords, it doesn't that still look like cherry picking. in other words, it still looks like we are trying to eat our ca ke looks like we are trying to eat our cake and have it. it is tougher theresa may, but the test will be whether eu leaders say, ok, we will

talk trade. norman, thank you for that. let's talk to senator neale richmond from the governing party in ireland fine gael, he's the chairman of an irish parliamentary brexit committee, and richard tice, a businessman that set up leave uk, which campaigned for britain to leave the eu. richard now co—chairs the leave means leave campaign group. thank you both for speaking to us this morning. if i can speak to you first, senator, the five brexit tests norman was guiding us through we are told the british prime minister will talk about today in her speech, do they satisfy you? be alone do not satisfy us. they sound like messages for the domestic uk audience, which is understandable. the tone of the speech is very important, of course and everything we have heard so far is welcoming and we hope we can move onto the next age. we are crucially looking

for the element of detail the british government haven't exactly presented. there has been a lot of rhetoric and a political agreement made in december which manifested into legal text this week. but if the government are serious to having the government are serious to having the closest relationship, which is we aspire to, we need to see more detail quickly. richard, are you happy with the five tests theresa may has outlined ? happy with the five tests theresa may has outlined? it is important she doesn't make further concessions. she gave two positive warm speeches at lancaster house amber florence speech last year. so far we haven't seen enough reciprocal from the european union. there has been tough and uncompromising talk and we need to see if they are going to genuinely entering into some serious trade talks quickly, otherwise the prime minister needs to make it clear we are prepared to go to the world

trade organisation arrangement. we will not be pushed around and bullied and we must not let ourselves end up with a bad deal because we're not prepared to walk away. norman smith hasjust said theresa may will start to say, we are going to be honest, not to ask for our cake are going to be honest, not to ask for ourcake and are going to be honest, not to ask for our cake and eat it, because it isn't realistic? it is realistic to say we want a deep and special relationship and we need warm words back from the european union. you must not negotiate against yourselves and may concessions be about getting concessions so far. otherwise you'll end up with a bad deal and that is the danger of where we are at. senator, would you agree theresa may should not be making the concessions norman smith suggested she may make today? so far, all we have heard is red line as the red line. the negotiating side is always negotiated in good faith. brexit was in her idea or something we sought. we cannot expect to design what

brexit can apply, that is the responsibility of the british government. that is what they voted for. we need to maintain the close as possible relationship. in an ideal world, the uk would be leaving the eu in the first place, but we hope there is a possibility to stay well aligned and close to make sure the trading and social relationships can be achieved. the continuous warm speeches alone and i'm other members of the cabinet and they are not enough. series detail and propositions about what brexit should look like is what we need. it is 13 months until brexit kicks in, it is about time we got some detail. what about the northern ireland border, clearly it huge issue for you? we had a political agreement between both the european and british negotiating side is that there would be no hard border in northern ireland. it is important and it requires a level of customs alignment and no regulatory diversions that both sides agreed

uponin diversions that both sides agreed upon in december. it is very much our aspiration that we can achieve a new trade deal with a large customs arrangements aspect to it. the british government said there might be possibilities of some sort of imaginative options. we have not seen any imaginative options. we have not seen any details and we remain sceptical that any of those are achieved. but the third option, the backstop in the draft legal text will come into force, we hope it does that happen because we continue to negotiate in good faith and we wa nt to to negotiate in good faith and we want to make sure that there is not only no border but no border between the other members of the united kingdom as a whole and we can have a strong relationship built on 45 yea rs of strong relationship built on 45 years of positive commonality between the uk and the rest of the eu. richard is shaking his head? yes, let's be very clear, the european parliament's own report by their specialist last november, made it absolutely clear, we can have a frictionless border using the latest

technology, number plate recognition systems, authorised operators, the options are there. the european parliament report says it amat mirrors what our government said la st mirrors what our government said last august. that is what boris johnson said, it is easy as the congestion charge but everybody mocked him. our former prime ministers are deliberately mischiefmaking in a way that is totally disgraceful. the reality is, the solutions and technology are there. you can have a soft border and everybody needs a positive, can—do attitude as opposed to talking about the negatives. that way we make progress and we can arrive at a straightforward, positive, totally frictionless border. i have to come in on that point if you don't mind. the report richard has mentioned, he left off a litter detail, saying there will be customs checks and patrol. it is very disingenuous. not at the border. putting in place any border

on the island of ireland has been cited by both our police forces that isa cited by both our police forces that is a viable threat to the good friday agreement. we cannot dismiss it, we cannot say it is scaremongering, it is a viable threat are people who dismiss it, do themselves en massive injustice and do not take this process seriously. senator, thank you and also thank you richard. coming up... with motorists and train passengers stranded for hours and troops called in to help, we'll hear some heart—warming stories of people mucking in to help each other out during these challenging weather conditions. sex education in schools focuses on contraception and how not to get pregnant. but now a group of leading doctors and fertility experts is calling on the government to make schools teach girls when and how they should have a baby. they say women too often assume they'll get pregnant as soon as they want to but, they say, for one in seven couples, that is not the case. joining me now isjessica hepburn — who has had 11 rounds

of unsuccessful ivf treatment and is now a fertility campaigner driving the fertility education initiative. alsojoining us from cambridge is professorjoyce harper from the ucl institute of women's health. thank you both forjoining us this morning. jessica, first of all, tell me the challenges you have faced in your life, in your quest to have a baby? my partner and i started to try and concede when i was 34, i thought it was the perfect age. i had got to a great point in my career. it didn't happen. we tried for about a year, which is what couples are recommended to do before we went to have a sort of fertility tests. that was the start of what became a decade—long struggle to conceive, that as you said, involved 11 rounds of unsuccessful ivf. that

is at the extreme end of the spectrum, i am conscious of that but we did seem to be able to get pregnant but i have multiple miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy that was discovered very late. i got pregnant with my first child when i was 32 and i was amazed my doctor said to me, you are a young mum. ithought my doctor said to me, you are a young mum. i thought 32? my doctor said to me, you are a young mum. ithought 32? that my doctor said to me, you are a young mum. i thought 32? that is crazy. but that is the message our generation has been given, you can have your career and i get babies to fit in with you? the average age of first—time motherhood is increasing, but exactly as you said, but what we're not talking about is the numberof we're not talking about is the number of couples who are struggling to conceive. really staggering statistic that i am aware of is that the numberof statistic that i am aware of is that the number of people entering their 40s now, which includes me without a child has doubled in a generation and most of those people are childless, not by choice but by

circumstance. joyce harper, explain this idea of speaking to children in school and changing that message com pletely school and changing that message completely that we have been giving them, do get pregnant? we are giving a different message, but we're not asking to get pregnant when they are teenagers. we want both men and women to be fully informed about fertility decline, especially in the female. we are very fertile when we are in ourteens female. we are very fertile when we are in our teens and 20s, but u nfortu nately are in our teens and 20s, but unfortunately when we hit 30, especially 35, our fertility starts to decline rapidly and trying to get pregnant in your late 30s and early 40s is difficult. we want to make sure people have this information and make sure the technology we have, such as ivf, it cannot work miracles. we can't help people get pregnant beyond their mid—40s at the very most, over 40. pregnant beyond their mid—40s at the very most, over40. people pregnant beyond their mid—40s at the very most, over 40. people are having different lifestyles now. women are having careers and

travelling and doing all sorts of other things and they have to be aware of fertility decline. if you stand up as a teacher in front of a classroom of teenagers and say to them, be aware, your mid—20s is your optimum time to have a baby, don't leave it until your mid—30s, that seems a lifetime away for these teenagers, will they take it on board? this is why we want to use the art project and the project we do withjessica is perfect. we don't expect teachers to stand up there and give this information, children will not engage with that. the project is called modern family because we don'tjust want project is called modern family because we don't just want to project is called modern family because we don'tjust want to import the information that you shouldn't leave it too long. but also different ways of making families. there may be a choice you don't want to have children, or you may want to bea to have children, or you may want to be a single mother be in a gay or lesbian relationship. we want to give that information to children there are different options available to them. do you think in

your mid—20s, everybody is ready to have a baby, because that is the problem? it is an massive problem, chloe. a lot of people don't want to have children at the biological optimum age. we have to accept that. many people are not in a position to. many people haven't got their own home, some people haven't even left home. some people haven't found a life partner either? that is another big issue also. what we are saying is that we're not going to change that overnight, but what we are going to say is the education about fertility that young children are getting in schools is inadequate at the moment. we want to give them an adequate education so they can make the best life choices for them. we are not encouraging or telling young people went to get pregnant, we just know they are getting the

right information and that is what we are trying to change. if you knew this in your 20s, what you know now when you were in your optimum period of fertility, would you have made different choices? it is so difficult to look back and say that. but i didn't have this information then. my partner and but i didn't have this information then. my partnerand i have unexplained infertility. what i do know is, the longerjourney continued and the older i got, whatever else was going on, i was bringing my age into the equation. now i have so much more information having written a book about it and now becoming a campaign in this area. i feel like i now becoming a campaign in this area. ifeel like i have a now becoming a campaign in this area. i feel like i have a duty to try and change things for the next generation. we have had so many conversations with friends of mine who struggled with their fertility and the aaron niguez, they spent their teenage years trying not to get pregnant. we have been working with young people all this week and they say, tell us, they want to

know, they really want this information. everyone says exactly what you have just said. so we have to change this. thank you for coming in. thank you also forjoining us. still to come... we'll bring you the latest on the weather and all the disruption it's causing. and — clowns without borders. we meet the unique charity putting on a show and lifting the spirits of refugee children time for the latest news — here's annita. the bbc news headlines this morning... a met office red "danger to life" warning covering south—west england and south wales has been lifted, but amber and yellow alerts for snow, ice and wind are still widely in force. police, with help from the military, have been rescuing drivers trapped in snow, as blizzards continue to sweep across the uk. thousands of schools are closed, and 5,000 homes in the north—west of england are without electricity. dozens of volunteers have been helping drivers left stranded on the m62. it's england's highest motorway and is currently impassable. highways england are warning

there will be no suitable cross—pennine routes until weather conditions improve. 0n the a31 through the new forest in hampshire, police declared a major incident and brought in the army to help clear the road. traffic on the eastbound carriageway has finally begun moving after it was closed for nearly 10 hours. hundreds of drivers are still stranded on the a303 in wiltshire and somerset this morning, having spent the night in their cars with temperatures as low as minus 10 degrees. in other news... theresa may will make a speech later explaining the relationship the government wants with the eu after brexit. mrs may will promise to deliver the change that people voted for in the referendum — while protecting jobs and security. mrs may will set five tests to guide the negotiations — which include strengthening the uk and bringing all its people together. new research suggests there could be

as many as five string to diabetes. current medical diagnosis is for type one or two mcgrew of the condition, but sinus and scandinavia believe their findings, condition, but sinus and scandinavia believe theirfindings, based on condition, but sinus and scandinavia believe their findings, based on a study of 15,000 patients, show how different causes, risks and complications can respond to different patients. the condition affects one in 11 adults worldwide. prince harry and meghan markle have invited more than 2,000 people — including 1,200 members of the public — into the grounds of windsor castle to watch the arrival and departure of the bride and groom at their wedding. prince harry and meghan markle have invited more than 2,000 people — including 1,200 members kensington palace says those invited will include people "from every corner of the united kingdom", including charity workers and local school children. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. thank you, and eton. here's some sport now with 0lly foster. phil neville is off to a winning start with the england lionesses.

they thrashed france 4—1 in ohio in a friendly tournament. two thrashings for arsenal against manchester city in five days. they are ten points of the premier league top four, 30 points off city at the top. the british men took gold in the tea m the british men took gold in the team pursuit at the world track cycling championships. laura kenny helped the women to silver in the netherlands. laura muir has herfirst major medal, winning 3000 metres bronze on the first day of the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham. i will be back with a full update after 10am. thank you. 20 years ago, 37—year—old former soldier christopher alder died handcuffed and face down in a hull police station after choking on his own vomit. a group of officers stood chatting nearby. the inquest into christopher's death found that his death was unlawful and four police officers were guilty of the "most serious neglect of duty," but they were cleared of all criminal charges. during the inquest,

christopher's sisterjanet alder and her lawyer were put under secret police surveillance. yesterday a gross misconduct hearing into two officers involved in the surveillance ruled there was no case to answer. we can talk now to christopher's sister, janet alder, for the first time since that decision. thank you so much for speaking to us today, janet, on what i can only imagine is an incredibly difficult day for you as you try to take in everything that has happened. take us everything that has happened. take us back to 1998, when christopher died in police custody. you fought so hard for so long to get answers to his death. do you feel you have had any answers? absolutely none. there is not many families that go through the amount of injustices we have been through. therejust

through the amount of injustices we have been through. there just seems to have been a wall of silence since his death in 1998, up until today. tell us, the inquest concluded unlawful killing, then what happened? then we... you know, when you get an unlawful killing, with its being the only verdict that can sanction a criminal trial, we then had high expectations that the cps would prosecute these police officers for gross negligence, manslaughter, because that was the inquest verdict. we've found they were very, very reluctant to charge them with gross negligence, murder... manslaughter, i apologise. gross negligence, murder... manslaughter, iapologise. it gross negligence, murder... manslaughter, i apologise. it was only to my solicitor getting the evidence that supported... the cps

seem evidence that supported... the cps seem to find it difficult to find my solicitor found this evidence and that the cps in a position where they had to add the charge to a misconduct charge and take the police officers to court. and those police officers to court. and those police officers to court. and those police officers were all cleared. it is also worth saying that at the time of the inquest in 2000, we now know that you and your lawyer were under police surveillance. did you have any suspicion at the time? when i had been to the police station in 1998 to find out what happened to christopher, i think it was the second time i went and spoke toa was the second time i went and spoke to a superintendent and basically i was asking what had happened and whatsoever. when i left ijust walked to a book shop, i can't say why i went to a book shop at that time but i went into a book shop and

i saw what i believed to be a plainclothes police officer stood outside with navy blue overalls on and a bloomberg has jacket. the reason i believe he was a police officer is that he had a thin black notebook in his hand —— and a blue berghaus jacket. notebook in his hand —— and a blue berg haus jacket. 0n the notebook in his hand —— and a blue berghaus jacket. 0n the notebook was a badge with red at the top of it. i was startled and scared. i added burst in the book shop, everybody went over to have a look. i said my brother has died in a police custody and the police are following me. they looked out of the door, that must have made him feel little bit uncomfortable and he disappeared. we know it was decided yesterday there was no case to answer surrounding that surveillance, but there also you learned that 12 years after you had buried christopher and you were trying to move on that, in

fa ct, you were trying to move on that, in fact, the wrong body had been released to you and you had not buried christopher at all? yes. that is just buried christopher at all? yes. that isjust a buried christopher at all? yes. that is just a total shock. it was totally unbelievable how a 37—year—old former paratrooper could be mistaken with a 77—year—old woman that had been found to have been sat next to a fire for two weeks. it was a total shock. nobody has actually told us how this can happen, how his body could have been swapped for the funeral. we have had absolutely no a nswe rs funeral. we have had absolutely no a nswers to funeral. we have had absolutely no answers to that. all of this time you are trying to come to terms with your brother's death. how has that affected you and yourfamily and death. how has that affected you and your family and the death. how has that affected you and yourfamily and the unit death. how has that affected you and your family and the unit of people around you ?

your family and the unit of people around you? all of these different fronts you had to fight on? i have made a complaint in 2000 that i believed i had been spied on. i made it to the police complaints, that was just before the inquest had started. i had just seen the death of christopher on cctv. i was in a very, very vulnerable position. i was told there was no evidence of this. but because i was told there was no evidence did not mean that my senses and my beliefs had disappeared, that i was being watched and whatsoever. i was living with that kind of trauma as well as having to watch christopher died in the conditions that i had. this went on for years. we had gone through a failed trial. i got really, really

concerned because i was campaigning about my son, who was only... sorry, he was about nine at the time. as yea rs went he was about nine at the time. as years went on he got to about 15 and because there was so much pressure on me with so many things that had happened at around the same time, for the fear of him i put him at his father's, because i still felt that my phone was being tapped and there was something not right about what was something not right about what was going on at the time. the fear was going on at the time. the fear was unbelievable. in 2006, after the death in camera was aired on television and mr blunkett had appointed the ipcc to do a review into his death, i mentioned it yet again in 2006 and was told yet again

there was no evidence of me being spied on. because i weren't getting any spied on. because i weren't getting a ny a nswe rs spied on. because i weren't getting a ny a nswers to spied on. because i weren't getting any answers to all the horrific things that had happened with christopher, of course i was campaigning for answers. it is something i should not have had to do and a family should not have to do. we should not have to take us away from our normal life, looking after our own children and whatsoever, to campaign for answers. janet, let me read you a statement from humberside police about that surveillance. they said we complied with the direction of the independent office for police conduct to convene a hearing for gross misconduct against the two officers. this has concluded with a result of no case to answer for both. we know it has been a distressing time for ms older and herfamily distressing time for ms older and her family and understand distressing time for ms older and herfamily and understand her frustration that the exact details are on the case have not been established. janet, briefly, do you

ever feel you will getjustice established. janet, briefly, do you ever feel you will get justice for christopher? not at all. as far as this hearing was concerned i really did not want to attend because of my past experience, you know? i really did not want to attend. this was a hearing recommended by the ipcc because there were mountains of evidence against the police. the police flatly refused to do it. the ipcc then directed them to do it. this hearing was a situation of the police legal team setting a hearing against their own officers and their own offices being defended by the police. janet, it just own offices being defended by the police. janet, itjust sums up and we can tell by the way you are speaking to us about the frustration you have and the lack of faith you have in all this. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. it is very, very kind of you.

coming up... it's the 90th oscars awards ceremony on sunday — we have exclusive details of a new survey revealing that hollywood is failing women when it comes to representing gender on—screen. parts of the country. thousands of motorists have been stranded overnight and troops have been drafted in to get key medical staff to work. red weather alerts, meaning there is a risk to life, were issued yesterday in south—west england and south wales, and storm emma rages on, meeting the "beast from the east" weather front. many people have been cut off and are struggling to access vital supplies, while others have been going above and beyond to help those in need. joining us now is robert taylor and he isa joining us now is robert taylor and he is a chef and he owns a pub in kent which has been cut off for three days because of the weather and he has been helping villagers

with supplies. also jessica bell she is in county durham and has been stranded at home for a few days because of the snow. thank you be joining us, i suppose it has been a challenge just even connecting with you in light of what has happened. robert, why did you decide to help everyone, why have you come to the rescue when you could have snuggled up rescue when you could have snuggled up on the sofa and stayed warm? yesterday morning, we thought we have all the stuff here and people are stuck and cannot get out. it made sense, why wouldn't you help people around you. what have you been doing? not much, we put it out on the local social media that i was making bread so i was making enough that if people want to come and get some they could. eggs and milk, and stuff like that, it was there if people wanted it. how bad is the snow outside, how much do you have? we have had a lot over the last few

days, on the fields and the roads, we have had a lot of drifts. which have been blocking the roads. mostly now it is nice and because of where we are, we are elevated and you cannot get here without going up and down massive hills. people aren't able to go up and down to get out. presumably there are some people in the village who are more vulnerable and need help? yes, the farmers are doing amazingly well, they are out gritting, even though they still have to do their farm work, they are out ploughing the roads to make it easierfor out ploughing the roads to make it easier for everybody around. it is a nice community spirit and everybody is helping out. who has been dropping in, trudging to your pub? there has been a few locals, obviously there is not a lot to do if you cannot get out of the village so we if you cannot get out of the village so we have had quite a lot of people come in. we have got the log fires going and it is nice and warm. it is

great work you are doing. let's bring injessica, great work you are doing. let's bring in jessica, because great work you are doing. let's bring injessica, because you are stranded in county durham, give us a sense of what it is like outside? pretty much, the roads are really, really bad. they haven't got round with any gritters, but local farmers have ta ken with any gritters, but local farmers have taken their trackers around with a scoop on the end. it isn't so bad today, but round the back of the house where we parked cars, there is about 14 inches of snow so it is completely over the wheels of both mine and my partner's car. 14 inches of snow? yes, we measured it last night. are you in a rural area? consett is quite high up, even when

anybody else doesn't have snow, we do tend to have snow. with the dramatic weather that we have had, it hasn't stopped snowing for the past four days. have you got lots of food, water, heating? we have, we actually walked to tesco yesterday. there wasn't much on the shelves and we ended up having to go to another supermarket instead. as the gentleman before me was saying before me, bread is a big one, there is no bread on the shelves and i am lucky we have a family bakery and we had already been a couple of days before. so we have loads of bread, ple nty of before. so we have loads of bread, plenty of food so we have pretty much been watching the tv and sitting here waiting. jessica, thank you for speaking to us and robert, thank you for speaking to others and i hope the snow clears up soon. against minority rohingya muslims. last summer violence erupted in the rakhine region of myanmar against minority rohingya muslims.

they became the target of the country's military, with reports of mass violence, torture and rape. it's since become one of the world's largest humanitarian crises with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing into neighbouring bangladesh. the refugees are now housed in a camp close to the border of the two countries. many of them are children. 0ur reporter michael cowan has made a film about a unique charity — which has sent in clowns to try to help improve the children's mental and emotional wellbeing. hello! these are the clowns without borders. they travel across the globe to entertain refugee children in some of the most dangerous parts of our planet. their latest expedition is here. cox's bazaar, bangladesh. in the spate of six months,

its population has swelled to form a city the size of birmingham. it home to over1 million rohingya refugees who fled violence in their native myanmar at the hands of the country's military. over 400,000 of them are children and what child doesn't love a clown? hannah and richard are two performers with the uk wing of clowns without borders. on their recent trip to bangladesh, they kept video diaries for us. today, we went to the camp for the first time. the camp is huge. really, really, really unfathomably big. like a million people. we got a little tour of where the river is that separates

bangladesh from myanmar, where the refugees came over. where some of the first refugees started settling. quite ramshacle, built from bamboo sticks and lots of plastic tarp. we did our first show for the kids today. basically, we arrived at about 9am in the morning, had a look around at the space and then the kids slowly started arriving. and the other performers, obviously were very well chosen, because they are incredible performers but they were also great with the kids.

actually, i think one of the things today, my tummy was a bit upset and i was quite tired so i hung back in quite a few moments. it also made me happyjust to see my other two colleagues just playing with the kids and then you just see this group of kids and they alljust standing there like... there was one little girl right at the back, watching and standing back. ijust smiled at her and she smiled and kind of moved back quite shyly. but i had this real feeling that was special for her. the rohingya fled when their villages in myanmar‘s rakhine state were raised to the ground by the country's military. there are widespread allegations of brutal violence, torture and rape. the un described the crisis as a textbook example

of ethnic cleansing. myanmar‘s government denies targeting civilians. it is so conflicting because all the contact we have put the children and people is smiling and laughing and knowing what happened to these people, but not... just seeing them smiling at this conflict and hey guys, everything seems fine. up until now, i've had one or two ups and downs. it's obviously a humanitarian crisis, so seeing person, after person, after person. every time i looked at a woman today, i wandered all these things. are you pregnant? i know a lot of women are pregnant because they were raped. i'm wondering, are you pregnant

because you where you raped? the next woman, have you seen your children being killed in front of you? it's horrible. and i can't imagine, i cannot connect to how humans can do this. not men, i somehow feel dirty and ugly because somehow i connect, i'm connected to man, to men who did these things, a group of men who came in and they raped and they destroyed and they killed. as an adult, i hear some of the things they have been through and i think to myself, i look at the actual five—year—old, seven—year—old, nine—year—old 11—year—old child's face in front of me and i think, i cannot imagine, as an adult, dealing with that. so i don't know how someone that young, who maybe doesn't understand the world yet,

would be able to deal with that. you know a good couple of thousand make their way to our shows and it's a lot of people to take care of. there was one moment in the show, i pour myself a cup of water and hide behind a newspaper and another clown drink the water. when i go to drink the water, it's empty. i repeat and repeat, every time i realise my reaction... eventually i'd put it on my head, it is a very clever way of no one being able to take it. the other clown replaces

it with his shoe. and then freaking out because i have to drink from a shoe. it is so simple, kids are laughing, adults are laughing, all the people are laughing. everyone, it is universal. translation: when the see acting and dancing they laugh. it is important for them, for their development, to reduce anxiety. laughing is also good for their emotional development. they forget their sorrows and pain when they see these shows. i don't think i have ever been appreciated this much anywhere else, where i have been to work. which is also really nice, but also it makes me feel there is genuinely a real human need for the work that we've done. when somebody said to me, thanking us for the work we are doing and saying how special it is and how long this moment will stay in the minds of these

kids and this community. somejoy being some joy being brought somejoy being brought into some joy being brought into the lives of the rohingya children in myanmar. let's get the latest weather update with sarah keith lucas. it's not getting any better soon is it? not any time soon. we still have that beast from the east. snow and ice around. more disruptive weather and we have had pictures in from people around the country showing

the disruption and extent of the snow. this is from worcestershire. i don't think he will be going to much further up that particular lane. we have had other pictures showing a lot of lying snow and ice and this is how things are looking in nottinghamshire this morning. if we look at some of the lying snow depths across the country we have around 50 centimetres of snow across parts of south wales. elsewhere, between 20 to 40 centimetres, so enough to cause ongoing disruption and with the cold conditions, it is not going to be melting in a hurry. we have these brisk, easterly winds coming in from siberia. further south, the winds are turning more southerly to something less cold on the cards with the arrival of the re m na nts of the cards with the arrival of the remnants of storm emma. this will continue to bring some more snow through today. so this morning, the snow is as heavy across wales and southern england as it has been but

we will see another band of heavier and more persistent snow pushing in from the south during this afternoon. more snow showers for north—east england and eastern scotland, further west across northern part of the country, things are not looking quite as snowy but temperatures will be a degree or two either side of freezing. when you add on the wind chill effect, it will feel bitter, minus ten, the feel of the weather with the wind chill. this band of snow it tracks northwards across england and wales and could be anotherfive northwards across england and wales and could be another five to ten centimetres for some parts. further north, snow showers for north—east england and eastern scotland. more disruptive weather. overnight, temperatures falling below freezing so temperatures falling below freezing so cold and icy start to the weekend. staying cold in the north this weekend but less cold further south across the country. still a of some showers. some rain showers

heading into wards the south—west of england. we could see some freezing rain so that is rain falling on to freezing surfaces and turning into ice. it could be dangerously dishes in the south with the potential for freezing rain. but temperatures will be quite as cold as they have been today. certainly pushing the right side of freezing. during sunday, still a chance of a few snow showers towards the north, but further south, showers will be turning back to sleep, some rain around and temperatures not as cold although still below average for the time of year. hello, it's friday march 2nd, it's ten o'clock, i'm chloe tilley. our top story... britain is still in the grip of the big freeze with many roads still impassable. troops have been called in to take medical staff to and from edinburgh's two biggest hospitals, but not everyone is happy with the response. can i ask you what you think of the emergency services overnight here? has there been one? we certainly haven't seen anything. what do you think of

the response of the emergency services overnight here? not very good. they have been doing their bit, i guess, but i've been here since 4:05 and i've done for miles in 15 hours. —— four miles. take a look at this. it's the moment that a double decker bus almost crashed into an out—of—control car. somehow the driverjust managed to swerve past the vehicle. we'll hear from that hero bus driver, charmaine laurie, shortly. this weekend it's the oscars. we'll hear about all the runners and riders. plus we've exclusive details of a new survey revealing that hollywood is failing women when it comes to representing gender on screen. an astonishing 999 call. we will hear from a couple who ended up we will hear from a couple who ended up with a rather big surprise. there's something seriously wrong

with my partner. she's a lot of pain and it looks as if she's going to give birth to something, but she's not pregnant. that was the surprise. you will find out more later. here's annita in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. a met office red "danger to life" warning covering south—west england and south wales has been lifted — but amber and yellow alerts for snow, ice and wind are still widely in force. police — with help from the military — have been rescuing drivers trapped in snow, as blizzards continue to sweep across the uk. thousands of schools are closed, and five thousand homes in the north—west of england are without electricity. dozens of volunteers have been helping drivers left stranded on the m62. it's england's highest motorway and is currently impassable. highways england are warning there will be no suitable cross—pennine routes until weather conditions improve. 0n the a31 through the new forest in hampshire, police declared

a major incident and brought in the army to help clear the road. traffic on the eastbound carriageway was stuck after the road was closed for nearly 10 hours. hundreds of drivers became stranded on the a303 in wiltshire and somerset. many are still stranded. many had to spent the night in their cars with temperatures as low as minus 10 degrees. in other news... theresa may will make a speech later explaining the relationship the government wants with the eu after brexit. mrs may will promise to deliver the change that people voted for in the referendum, while protecting jobs and security. mrs may will set five tests to guide the negotiations — which include strengthening the uk and bringing all its people together. new research suggests that there could be as many as five different strains of diabetes. current medical diagnosis is for type one, or type two, of the blood sugar condition. scientists in scandinavia believe their findings, based on a study of 15,000 patients, shows how different causes, risks and complications can respond to different treatments.

the condition affects one in every eleven adults, worldwide. prince harry and meghan markle have invited more than 2000 people, including 1200 members of the public, into the grounds of windsor castle to watch their arrival and departure at their wedding. kensington palace says people from every corner of the united kingdom have been invited, including charity workers and local schoolchildren. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10:30am. thank you, any two. —— annita a group of fertility experts have been telling us this morning they think that girls in school should be taught when and how to get pregnant, rather than don't get pregnant. saying the opt age a major fertility is in the mid—20s and encouraging girls to take that on board. lots of you getting a touch. claire

says i decided on korea first before trying to get pregnant. everything i read indicated women were waiting later in life to have children so i assumed it would not be a child, could bring them into a stable home and was in the right place, physically and financially. i could not get pregnant and was told i had unexplained fertility. i think lots of women like me are encourage to leave having children until later in life and realise it is not possible. statistics clearly show fertility dramatically reduces after the age of 35, yet this is not widely publicised. helen says listening to your piece about the optimum time to have a baby, i was astonished that no time was given a happy, stable relationship. we did say in your mid—20s you might not be ready. i might have liked a baby in my 20s but did not meet the mani baby in my 20s but did not meet the man i loved and trusted enough to

have a baby with until i was 34. we had two healthy boys together when i was 37 and 39. if i had a baby in my 20s was 37 and 39. if i had a baby in my 205 i was 37 and 39. if i had a baby in my 20s i would not have been able to provide for a child. you need a loving relationship. sammyjo says i have struggled for many years to get pregnant. started trying at 25, had unexplained fertility. many ivf attempts. sadly most friends my age are in the same situation and joining the bottom of ivf waiting lists. the same for about half of my colleagues. i would say it is more like three in seven rather than one in seven. i know a woman who gave birth at 27 years of trying. most infertility is pathological, it is not necessarily down to leaving a too late. i had nothing to indicate in my formative yea rs i nothing to indicate in my formative years i would face this battle. injection is for ivf seven start today. best of luck, sammyjo. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. here's some sport now

with 0lly foster. thank you. another morning for arsenalfans to thank you. another morning for arsenal fans to try to avoid the newspaper headlines. lots more fallout, and the defeat to manchester city, second in the space of five days. completely outclassed in the league cup final at wembley, beaten again 3—0 in the league. the gulf between the champions elect and the gunners is huge by the looks of it. let's get more from the daily mirror's chief football writerjohn cross. also an author of that biography and arsene wenger, those early chapters were absolutely glorious but we are surely reaching the final paragraph, the end, now?l very good morning. the first ten yea rs very good morning. the first ten years wonderful, the second less so. it feels like the end. there was so much debate last season and last summer whether he should stay on, so many doubts even from within the

boardroom. i feel it was such a gamble for him to stay for that extra two years. there was a hope he would give it one more crack at a title push that they are so far behind and for every year that he stays i think arsenal are in serious danger of slipping further and further behind. 30 points behind manchester city at the moment in the premier league table, they are languishing in sixth place, out of the fa cup, they only have the europa league left. desperate times for arsenal at the moment. he has been the great survivor, he has had dark days before. what degree of blame do you think this rather fractious arsenal board and hierarchy should take for the current predicament?” hierarchy should take for the current predicament? i think in fairness to them they wanted to give him every opportunity and the majority shareholder dave crombie stood by his man. but much of the

blame understandably will be penned and arsene wenger and i guess he has to ta ke and arsene wenger and i guess he has to take responsibility for the team and players he has put together. there was an very lacklustre performances and some of those players just would not get near some of the classic teams that finger built ten or 15 years ago when he was enjoying that success. —— that wenger built. there are lots of many as needed to guide some of the promising players. bellerin was such a talent and i still think that is fair, but when confidence is low you need characters to build them up and there was hope that that central defensive axis would help provide that. mustafi has not been the player they hope they were signing, koscielny is on the way down. so many players are underperforming right now. the confidence is shot to bits and you wonder where they will get the next result from. silly rebuild required in the

summer, perhaps starting with the manager? you think that is it? —— so a rebuild required?” a rebuild required? i think there is no doubt he will be gone in the summer. i think the walls are closing in and we are seeing the final days of a legend. i think it is the end of arsene wenger. john cross, thank you very much. that is all the sport for now, i will have the headlines in the next half—hour. more now on the blizzards that are continuing to disrupt road and rail travel across many parts of the country. police — with help from the military — helped to free hundreds of motorists stranded on the a31 in hampshire. police declared a major incident and the military, coastguard and fire service helped to rescue motorists. elsewhere volunteers have been bringing supplies to people trapped in their cars on the m62 near rochdale — we'll be talking to one of the organisers shortly. one of the most dramatic images that's emerged in the past 24 hours was footage of a bus swerving to avoid a car in scotland. i actually felt sick when i watch

this. the footage was filmed on a dashcam by van driver gareth smith, who was in the fairmilehead area of edinburgh. let's take a look at what happened, along with gareth's terrified reaction... 0h, oh, my god! oh, my god! oh! oh! oh! it still makes me feel sick now. incredible. i'm joined via webcam from edinburgh by charmaine laurie, who was driving that number 11 bus, and also by councillor andy kelly from rochdale borough council. from bournemouth by philip brown, who has spent the night stranded on an unheated train. and also our correspondent phil mackie is in worcestershire. charmaine, i have to starred with

you. at what point when you were driving babos did you see that car? it looked like conditions were pretty poor? —— at what point when you were driving that bus? visibility was poor, it was just when i came over the hill and through the snow i saw the car making a u—turn in front of me. i did not have much time to react. i just tap the brake, my back and started to slide so i had to take my foot of the brake and try to guided through the available space. there was not a lot of space, bearing in mind you are driving a double—decker bus? there was a van on the opposite side. there was very little space. you had around 20 passengers, including children? that is right. that responsibility in that split second, did you have time to think or was itjust second, did you have time to think or was it just instincts? second, did you have time to think or was itjust instincts? a lot of it is just instinct. we are trained

to be aware of the situation is, we a lwa ys to be aware of the situation is, we always have to have passenger safety, first and foremost. what we re safety, first and foremost. what were the passengers doing as they started to slide through, did they realise what was going on?” started to slide through, did they realise what was going on? i was more focused on what was in front of me. i didn't look in the mirror at the passengers or see their reaction. i guess there was cheering and general praise afterwards? no, no one said anything. 0ne lady was getting off and asked me how i was. i got getting off and asked me how i was. igota getting off and asked me how i was. i got a freight, i went, but i'm 0k. she went, well done. bye—bye charmaine, it is incredible. so many people have been watching that footage online and incredible driving to protect those 20 people on board. phil mackie, our

correspondent, is in worcestershire. you were showing is huge. what are conditions like? you were showing as some huge snowdrifts. staff would normally be working around the parks and recreation areas but they have been called out with big snow shovels to clear the path is. the snowplough has been doing itsjob. let me turn 180 degrees, watching not to trip the cameraman, there is its big brother which has been travelling around the roads of worcestershire throughout the last couple of days. there is a plough fitted to the front, grits coming out of the back and as the hours have gone on through daylight today, because it is a bit warmer and there isa because it is a bit warmer and there is a bit of traffic around, the gritting is doing itsjob and keeping the roads clear. it is a bit easier to get around. still problems in rural areas. john fraser from

worcestershire highwaysjoins in rural areas. john fraser from worcestershire highways joins me, the rural areas are giving you a headache? yes. most of the main roads are very clear, we have snowdrifts, particularly in rural locations. snow is blowing from fields and we are having to deal with problems we sorted out already. you showed me one particular drifting clifton which is about ten miles west of worcester, it is about ten feet high? it is incredible, some of the country lanes, the wind is blowing blistering, powdery snow, blown it across the roads so we are having to get back out there. lots of farmers and rural contractors are helping. people with tractors orjcb is who you call upon in times like this to get the rural roads clear? they are on stand—by for us and in situations like we have seen over the last few days and maybe tonight they are able to come out with tractors and ploughs and help. what is the general picture? we have the main roads open, we are moving on to

some of the smaller roads. we expect pulses of snow over the next few hours and into tonight and we will keep a close eye and do what is necessary. things were as bad as i can rememberthem last necessary. things were as bad as i can remember them last night, what we re can remember them last night, what were conditions like for your people? we were battling the elements all night, round—the—clock gritting, refilling in the depot, getting back out. very cold temperatures, snow, drifts, high winds. pretty bad. thank you. there is the big ritter with its snowplough blade fixed, it will carry on trying to clear the roads of worcester and worcestershire. we st of of worcester and worcestershire. west of the m5, south of bromsgrove, it is worse. the further south and we st it is worse. the further south and west you go into herefordshire particularly is quite bad. lots of buses cancelled, trains are running, check if you want to catch a train that your services not badly affected. virtually all the schools in that areal affected. virtually all the schools in that area i mentioned are closed. businesses are open, if you want to get coffee or shop, please do so,

but be careful. i think of people are probablyjust but be careful. i think of people are probably just staying but be careful. i think of people are probablyjust staying in the warm at home. suu kyi phillip brown had quite a train journey last night. philip, you back home now, but what happened? i got the 505 train out of waterloo which was delayed. i cannot remember what time it did leave now, it has been such a long night. the train was running slowly but making progress until it got to the new forest. we sat there for three hours. upon leaving the station, the train lost power. which meant we lost lights, heating and they managed to restore the lights, but they never got enough power back to bring the heating back so we spent the best part of the night with no heating, which wasn't the most pleasa nt heating, which wasn't the most pleasant experience. you cannot sleep when you are cold. the passengers were great, they were sat

chatting. there was only one passenger who became agitated, eve ryo ne passenger who became agitated, everyone else was taking it in their stride and just got on with it. no point in blaming any one individual. terribly britishjustice are you got on with it. i think if you are on a coal train, on with it. i think if you are on a coaltrain, in the on with it. i think if you are on a coal train, in the middle of the night, i presume there was no food and no water? there was no food, that had been sold from the trolley earlier in the evening so there was nothing available. it is british to say he just get on with it, but i have respect for the driver and the guard on the train, both of whom spoke to passengers as much as they could. they were potentially let down because they were not given the information they needed to give us. they were doing their best in a terrible situation. you are stationary for three hours, freezing cold so how did you start moving ain? cold so how did you start moving again? i guess it was about 7:30am

this morning and other train pulled alongside from the cross—country network can they put a platform bridge between the two train so we could walk across to get on the other train. i remember going could walk across to get on the othertrain. i remember going on that train and i could feel some heat. i got into bournemouth about 8:30am soa heat. i got into bournemouth about 8:30am so a 15 hourjourney which shouldn't have been no more than two. you must be absolutely exhausted and probably regretting ever getting on that train? with hindsight, looking at the conditions at waterloo, i probably could have gone to a hotel and just stayed the night. but the trains aren't going to be any better today so i probably would have been stuck there for a lot longer. as a regular commuter you kind of get used to trains and there are delays on occasions but i have never had any like that before. please you are back home, thank you

for sharing your story. andy kelly from rochdale borough council, you have been a good samaritan overnight, what did you do? good morning, i was ready to watch the manchester city game last night and i got manchester city game last night and igota manchester city game last night and i got a phone call from my colleague irene davison from the community centre. we got word that the m 62 had closed the highest point here. we got people to come down to come and open the community centre and about 50 people turned up with food, blankets and drinks and as people we re blankets and drinks and as people were directed off the motorway, they came to us. they are still here, they have at vinatieri, slept where they have at vinatieri, slept where they can. we have had people in 4x4 's taking people drinks and food who are stranded beyond the got a point. we have of volunteers cutting down trees, keeping the roads open. it

has been astonishing. i am proud to be from rochdale. who are the people stranded in their cars overnight?m is everybody you can think of. a lot of people trying to get back to yorkshire, who are trade people, people who had been to a funeral. we had people who are diabetic, people who had guide dogs, young children, families who come forward and put people up for the night. two local hotels put people up for free. one in the town centre, the flying horse, put 35 people up last night. it has been a phenomenal community effort. we are about to go into a lunchtime shift because there is no sign of the motorway opening yet. enjoy your cup of tea and thank you for speaking to us this morning and thatis for speaking to us this morning and that is councillor andy kelly from rochdale council. this statement has come in from jane and she said i

live in kirkintilloch and we have had around two feet of snow. the local shops are out our bread and milk and other food local shops are out our bread and milk and otherfood items local shops are out our bread and milk and other food items are getting low. no buses for the past four days, no trains on the pavements are deep in snow. it is an easy walking to the shops and many people are stuck inside. is the uk government going to do anything, asks jane. still to come... the couple who dialled 999 and had a big surprise, you will hear the full story shortly. this weekend, hollywood commemorates 90 years of the oscars. but when it comes to representing women on screen, there might not be a lot to celebrate. female representation amongst the best picture winners is lower in the 20105 that it was in the early days of the oscars — when many women were still fighting for the right to vote. bbc 100 women has analysed the last 89 winners of best picture and found that more than half of them fail something called the bechdel test — here's what that means.

hollywood is failing women. and struggling to show that their lives don't revolve around men. the bechdel test monitors how women appear in cinema. a movie has to include two named women. they have to talk to each other and they have to talk to each other about something other than a man. simple, right? there have been 89 best picture winners at the oscars. more than half of them do not pass the test. casablanca, slum dog millionaire, lord of the rings, gladiator, have all failed. the bechdel test isn't perfect. for example, it doesn't tell you how much women speak over all. but it is a good place to start the conversation

on gender equality in cinema. besides, as one study has found out, films that pass the bechdel test actually appear to make more money. 0ur reporter megha mohan can take us through this. i have never heard of this bechdel test, is it widely used? it started in 1985 test, is it widely used? it started in1985 in an test, is it widely used? it started in 1985 in an innocent way. it was a cartoon strip from new york called dykes to watch out for. it is two women deciding to go to the cinema and they want to see a movie. but they wanted two women talking, two named women talking to each other and not about a man. they go to the cinema and there was nothing there. it is an innocent cartoon strip in 1985, but something resonated with

women so 1985, but something resonated with women so they started to apply this to films to see which films, or how many films passed the bechdel test. it is quite surprising. now you know it, you will watch out for it. it is depressing this, that it appears to be getting worse? one of the things we found, not only is it depressing, but the elements of what passes, what can pass the bechdel test is even more depressing. call me by your name, an oscar—nominated film this year, just about passes because they talk about a smoothly. the boston globe, uncovering the priest scandal, the abuse scandal. that passes because one woman asked another woman for a glass of water. it is the quality of the conversation we need to look at as well. it is not looking at

diversity, not looking at ethnicity or disability being shown? there are so many elements, so if you raise the bar even more, two women of colour talking to each other, or like you say, a woman and two disabled women talking to each other, it changes completely. the bar is lowered completely. people say, we don't want to be shoehorned into conversations, that is what female film critics are saying, we wa nted female film critics are saying, we wanted to be meaningful conversations that are actually resonate and galvanise, represent that women have conversations in real life, like you and i do about things weigh more than men. thank you for talking to us. let's talk about that and other things oscar—related with helen o'hara from empire magazine. did you know about the bechdel test?

idid. did you know about the bechdel test? i did. white is it depressing and women don't seemingly talk to each other other than men. i take hope from the fact that this year, four of the best picture nominees are female lead, female focused stories and historically that has been rare. so few films are about a woman character in principle. it is something like 12% of hollywood films. the fact it is for films out of nine is a step in the right direction and it gives me real hope. let's talk about the things we expect to dominate, the #metoo campaign, there have been cutaways of harvey weinstein, kevin spacey.” have been cutaways of harvey

weinstein, kevin spacey. i only if they are planning another black dress protest like they did at the golden globes and the baftas. what we will see if they don't, lots of #timesup pins, it will be very present, presenters may reference it and so on. i think it will be very much add colour to the proceedings and a presence on the night. the oscars have had its problems last year and we will talk about the envelope in a minute, but the oscars being so white has been a problem for a few years and things haven't moved that much, but are they starting to move? the front runners in the acting categories are probably white this year, but there are at least some nominees of colour, which is better than there have been in recent years. i think the new and more diverse voters the oscars brought in that the academy admitted, will help the fact that something like lady bird was nominated at something like get out

is nominated, call me by your name there is diversity to the stories being told this year we haven't seen in the past. we have got to talk about the envelope issue last year, eve ryo ne about the envelope issue last year, everyone remembered they announced the wrong film for best picture. if it was one lower down that maybe people didn't pay as much attention to, which is clearly saying you will never happen again. presumably there will be references to it?” never happen again. presumably there will be references to it? i think we can expect it front and centre to jimmy kimmel‘s opening monologue. he had a good 0scars, but that coloured everything so maybe that is why he wa nted everything so maybe that is why he wanted to come back straightaway. i would expect some of the presenters to reference it as they opened their envelopes. i think there will be some kind of explanation as to what they are doing differently to make sure this doesn't happen again. we

will literally be showing something that has changed. you do you think will win the big one? three billboards, i have to say i am getting raqqa pulling for get out because it is the most relevant and politically important films of this year. now we've got an extraordinary 999 call for you. gareth williams from pontypool in south wales called the emergency services when his partner rhiannon 0ldham was suffering from stomach pains, and seemed to have, in his own words, "something coming out of her". the recently engaged couple didn't realise their family was in for a big surprise. wow! just wow. incredible. it is a big day for the prime minister. she's giving a major speech on brexit this afternoon — we'll ask some leave and remain voters what they want to hear from her. and 1200 members of the public are invited to prince harry and meghan markle's wedding in may. time for the latest news — here's annita. the bbc news headlines...

a met office red "danger to life" warning covering south—west england and south wales has been lifted, but amber and yellow alerts for snow, ice and wind are still widely in force. police, with help from the military, have been rescuing drivers trapped in snow, as blizzards continue to sweep across the uk. thousands of schools are closed, and 5,000 homes in the north—west of england are without electricity. dozens of volunteers have been helping drivers left stranded on the m62. highways england are warning there will be no suitable cross—pennine routes until weather conditions improve. 0n the a31 through the new forest in hampshire, police declared a major incident and brought in the army to help clear the road. traffic on the eastbound carriageway became stuck and the road was closed for nearly 10 hours. hundreds of drivers became stranded on the a303 in wiltshire and somerset. many had to spent the night in their cars, with temperatures as low as minus 10 degrees. the driver of a bus filmed swerving

to avoid a car in scotland yesterday has been talking about the dramatic moment she skidded through the traffic. the footage was filmed on a dashcam in edinburgh. charmaine laurie, who was driving the number 11 bus, said she had little time to react as the vehicle in front attempted a u—turn. it was just as i come up over the hill. i just saw light through the snow, the car did a u—turn in front of me. i didn't have much time to react, ijust tap the break but my back end started to slide out. —— tapped the brake. i had to take my foot off the brake and try and glide it to the was there. theresa may will make a speech later, explaining the relationship the government wants with the eu after brexit. mrs may will promise to deliver the change that people voted for in the referendum, while protecting jobs and security. mrs may will set five tests to guide the negotiations, which include strengthening the uk and bringing all its

people together. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now with 0lly foster. phil neville is off to a winning start in charge of the england lionesses. they are playing a friendly tournament in the us and thrashed france 4—1 in ohio. the second defeat for arsenal by man city in the space of five days. 3—0 against, they are ten points from the premier league top four and 30 points of city. they are 16 points clear. britain plasma gold... mentor gold in the world cycling championships, laura kenny helped the women to silver. laura muir won the 3000 metres bronze on the first day of the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham. that is all from me, i will be back on newsroom live after 11am.

prince harry and meghan markle have invited more than 2,000 people, including 1,200 members of the public, into the grounds of windsor castle to watch the arrival and departure of the bride and groom at their wedding. kensington palace says those invited will include people "from every corner of the united kingdom". 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell is here. so what more to we know? they said shortly after their engagement that they wanted as many members of the public to feel part of the celebration as possible, a few weeks ago they said there would be the carriage procession out of the castle to the centre of winter into the great park. they have announced, as you mentioned, 2600 people will be invited into windsor castle and of those 1200 will be members of the public who will be nominated by officers of the lord lieutenant, the queen's representative in different counties around the uk. the couple has said this will be people from every corner of the uk and they have asked that people should be chosen

from a broad range of backgrounds and ages, including young people who have shown strong leadership and those who have served their communities. you can't write in or ask to be invited, applied, it will be up to the multi—tenants at nine regional centres to identify these peoples. —— it will be up to the lordly tenants. i imagine a preponderance of young people because clearly the young people wa nt to because clearly the young people want to address that constituency. 1200 people will be inside windsor castle, there will also be people from charities and organisations that the couple has an affinity with. invictus games, wild child,, some of those things. there will be 100 pupils from local schools, 600 members of the windsor castle community. you forget that people live inside windsor castle. and not

forgetting more than 500 royal household members. those schoolchildren will have an amazing day. some party! thank you for coming. michael was killed in a coach crash caused by a tyre which had not been changed for 20 years and was older than michael himself blowing out. we will speak to his mother later. the prime minister theresa may will make a speech this lunchtime, which will set out the government's latest position on brexit, detailing five "tests" which the exit deal must pass. plans for what should happen to the irish border have caused a lot of headaches this week, with the uk and the eu clashing on how it can be monitored without physical border checks. foreign secretary borisjohnson faced a lot of criticism after he suggested it could be managed as easily as london's congestion charging zone. meanwhile, former prime minister sir john major has used a rare speech to suggest mps should be given a free vote on the final brexit deal, or perhaps a second referendum. so we've heard plenty from politicians this week, but what do voters think? well, joining us now are four voters

all with varying views on brexit. we have alpesh patel in west london, who voted to remain in the eu but now wants to leave. ryan stewart, who lives in the republic of ireland next to the irish border. dami 0latuiy, from north london. he voted leave and says the government has wasted the last 18 months. and from fife, alasdair clark, who says scotland is being ignored in the brexit debate. thank you all for speaking to us. i am interested what you make of these reports this morning that there will be five tests that theresa may says any deal will have to meter. dami, do you think that is a sensible step forward ? do you think that is a sensible step forward? it makes sense in the context of a negotiation, you need to have a deal that meet certain standards before you proceed with it for the country. my concern is about

the wasted 20 months we have had since the referendum. the government has not been able to come up with an actual consensus of what it was trying to achieve during that time. i concern is about the wasted time we have had over that period. —— my concern is. it has been unclear what the government wanted and it does not make sense for people to say it is clear what they want in terms of an exit negotiation. alpesh, what do you make of the five tests ? alpesh, what do you make of the five tests? do you think we have been given enough information? the fifth element really interested me, the prime minister said it will have to be something that the people have to be something that the people have voted on. whatever the final treaty agreement is it has to be what is in the mind, however you discern that, of the people. for me, one of the reasons i change my mind is that this is such an anti—vested interest vote, this desire to leave,

brexit, is by its very nature anti—vested interest, anti—entitlement. people like me and business have added weight too could issue. when i speak to my friends from the north, where i am from, is when people say we have to invest more in these areas we have neglected, people are angry. they wa nt neglected, people are angry. they want to leave because we have neglected them. i am pleased they are getting the investment into those areas which have never had the kind of lifestyles we have taken for granted out of london, people like me have taken for granted, people who have had it too easy, too long. does it coincide with what people wanted? does it coincide with what people wanted ? those does it coincide with what people wanted? those people who voted exit, does it? it will be difficult to discern. it will make people like me uncomfortable, which is probably good. ryan, clearly with you living very close to the irish border, all the conversation about what will happen to the border, soft, hard,

what have a common regulatory area, something theresa may says she would never sign up to? i think it makes sense to begin with. when you mention the likes of the tests being proposed, i don't think any tests will work, simply because you have the dup in the mix as well as the tory party, and they are relying on the dup for the support. the dup does not want a border in the irish sea, nobody wants to see a hard border or a physical border around the six counties in northern ireland. ido the six counties in northern ireland. i do not see how any of this will actually work. it is interesting as well that one of the other guests has mentioned about the deprivation in the north of england and so one. i live in donegal, i am from derry in northern ireland. in donegal's context it is probably the most deprived area of the republic

of ireland, in derry's context it is probably the most deprived area of the uk. both areas overwhelmingly wa nt the uk. both areas overwhelmingly want a the uk. both areas overwhelmingly wanta remain the uk. both areas overwhelmingly want a remain vote. i want to bring in alasdair in fife, scotland clearly voting to remain in the eu referendum. what do you want to hear from theresa may today?” referendum. what do you want to hear from theresa may today? i think so far with the brexit negotiations, we have not really heard anything proper. so far all we have really heard, a couple of speeches from theresa may. the bulk has been leaks from the government and things like that. what people are overwhelmingly in scotland are saying is they do not trust the uk government as negotiating a deal for scotland. scotla nd negotiating a deal for scotland. scotland obviously voted to remain and people here are really quite annoyed about it, actually, that this situation is ongoing and does not make any sense to them but, you

know, all we keep hearing is brexit means brexit, we do not really hear much more than slogans. it seems like the whole thing is in deseret. dami, do you want to hearfrom theresa may in this third large racks that speech more detail about what specifically will happen, what we will negotiate on for this deal? —— dami, do you want to hear in this third large brexit speech. —— dami, do you want to hear in this third large brexit speechm —— dami, do you want to hear in this third large brexit speech. it is about the government knowing what it wants when it goes to the eu. alasdair says he wants to hear it, lots of people say that.” alasdair says he wants to hear it, lots of people say that. i am more interested in hearing the detail at the stage of a parliamentary vote on the stage of a parliamentary vote on the final deal. i want the government to know what it wants and i want that to be in line with the result of the referendum, but i do not necessarily need to hear all the details. i believe most of the

public, even though we are having this discussion, do not know what different things about the single market and the customs union and so on, ido market and the customs union and so on, i do not believe they necessarily know what those things are. my concern is really more about the difference between the northern ireland issue on the scottish issue, because obviously we have this issue by yesterday the prime minister said within half an hour there will be no border between ireland and northern ireland, nobody in the irish sea and no customs union. we know all three things cannot be true at the same time. if you give northern ireland the chance to have some kind of regulatory alignment with the rest of the eu, how do you deny that to scotland? of the eu, how do you deny that to scotland ? those of the eu, how do you deny that to scotland? those are the questions i am really interested in. because of that i actually think there will be some kind of hard border in northern ireland andl some kind of hard border in northern ireland and i think that is because the government is prepared to sacrifice anything to get there. alpesh, do you agree with the point

dami made, people don't understand the jargon, it is confusing and we are hearing different things and regulation this. have we got our mind around this. i would be shocked if we have. the bank of england said even before the brexit vote it would be carnage, the amount we pay on our national debt will shoot up and we are going to be on our knees, effectively. it was fearful stuff. the experts don't even know what the heckis the experts don't even know what the heck is going on. i am telling you as an expert in this field of finance, for instance, we are getting it wrong. because we didn't anticipate that actually we would see inward investment from the likes of google and facebook. we didn't anticipate back coming in because of the cheaper

pound. we didn't realise the interest we pay on our national debt isa interest we pay on our national debt is a huge drain from where the money could go for instance, the nhs. the interest rate dropped because the rest of the world said, we need a safe haven after brexit, let's give our money to british. we, the experts from the bank of england downwards, but getting it wrong. how the public supposed to understand it? ryan, what do you make of this suggestion by the former prime minister, sirjohn major, about there should maybe be a second referendum? while i take on board, the people have spoken once, i don't think anybody has a clue about what is going on with brexit. they have said brexit means brexit from the start but there never has been an explanation. the ordinary voter didn't know what the customs union was. the knock—on effects, 40 years of legislation. the eu have just finished the canadian trade deal,

that took six years to put in place. how does britain expect to go around the world and come up with these new deals? donald trump is talking about a levy on steel imports, that will affect britain and any trade deal they tried to do. it is inevitable there will be a second referendum. the politics that plays along with this, i suppose i am sitting here in donegal with a unique perspective in terms of knowing what it is like with the dup and having to deal with that side of things. the dup will withdraw the confidence arrangements if they go against, if the tory party go against what the dup want. it is inevitable. you have to look back what theresa may has done in all of this, calling the election prematurely, she her majority because of that. every step along the way, bringing the dup into the mix, you could argue it is a

contravention of the good friday agreement. you think theresa may has boxed herself into a corner so she will be forced to head for a second referendum. she doesn't have a leg to stand on. thank you all for your thoughts this morning. there is currently no law that stipulates how old tyre used on public transport should be, something michael munn's francis, whojoins us now something michael munn's francis, who joins us now is something michael munn's francis, whojoins us now is campaigning to change. tell me first of all a little bit about michael? michael was 18, he had onlyjust turned 18 by about a month and he was a musician. he was a very gifted and

talented musician. he was very well—known, particularly in liverpool for his talent. when we lost michael, what we wanted to do is sure people remembered him for who he was on how he died. we released one of his songs, rise and fall and it made the top 40. he was somebody who was on the cusp of being signed into the music industry, he was very excited coming home to wait to hear the news from the festival. unfortunately, he didn't make it. if! the festival. unfortunately, he didn't make it. if i take you back to that day, you found out about the crash and that michael had been involved in the crash, through your son? yes, it was the morning i was up son? yes, it was the morning i was up early. i had a presentation to do for work and i was a bit distracted. my for work and i was a bit distracted. my elder son came in and said, have you heard from michael? i said no,

why? he said, i need you to sit down. and i said, what's happened? and i had that awful feeling you get. zach, who he was travelling with had been airlifted to hospital with had been airlifted to hospital with a broken back because there has been a serious crash. we put the news on and it was headline news. we rank every number, we rang local police, we rang the police in surrey and every hospital and we couldn't get any information whatsoever. so around midday, of course people have gathered to my house and we saw the news was saying the body of a young male, 20—year—old male has been removed from the scene. so i actually really believed that cannot be michael because nobody could get this so wrong. they couldn't do this and have this on national television without informing the family first. so we headed down to surrey. i had no clue. i involved the city mayor

joe anderson at the time because i couldn't get any response. he contacted surrey police and i eventually got a phone call but we we re eventually got a phone call but we were in surrey. we were taken to a hospital we had rang several times and given the worst news of my life. i know you have received a formal apology from the police the way it was handled ? apology from the police the way it was handled? i have, it was catastrophic. the worst day ever and it was handled so badly. they use the system which is dated from the 60s and it didn't work on that day and everybody thought somebody else was doing something. it was massively traumatic. and as you can see, it still is. the trauma of losing your son anyway, but for it to be dealt with in that way. you are trying to come to terms with everything that has happened and comprehended and move forward with

family life as much as you can. at what point did you discover the cause of the crash? it was at the inquest in the following year in 2013. it took a long time to get the inquest because the police were doing a lot of investigating into the crash and into the coach operator mersey pride. and when we got to the inquest in surrey, we had a barrister and he took us into a room and my sons and michael's dad and he said, i need you to sit down because the cause of this crash was a 19—year—old tyre but it is legal. he said, i am absolutely flabbergasted. even he didn't know that tires that old were illegal. u nfortu nately, that tires that old were illegal. unfortunately, this verdict is likely to come back as accidental death. so the point is, now it is judged on thread of a tyre tread, rather than the age. but you want

that to change and you have been campaigning for that to change, what age do you think is acceptable to be used on a coach? i started off with the manufacturer's guarantee age, which would be five to six years. i did meet the former transport secretary, patrick magoffin. we did say between us, we can look at an age of around ten years. regardless of the outward condition and regardless if the tyre was brand—new and never been used, the fact it is ten yea rs and never been used, the fact it is ten years old, it cannot be saved because it is rubber. we have campaigned since that day. hat—trick magoffin put out guidance. he didn't go far enough. we said, if you are prepared to put out guidance, why not legislate. if the crash happened today, those operators would not face prosecution, which is the only deterrent which would stop this happening. let me read this statement. it says existing guidance in this area has proven to be

effective since 2012 but we want to go further to examine the issue of tyre ageing in detail. i am delighted to announce we have asked the experts to collect robust evidence on this issue. we have some of the safest roads in the world but we are always looking to make them safer still. does that satisfy you? no, that is a stalling tactic for jessye norman. it shows the campaign has put so much pressure on the government that it has had to do something. this is going to cost a quarter of £1 million, this research and it is a complete waste of public money. we have had two coroners writing to the government about tyre ageing and the dangers of old tyres. my ageing and the dangers of old tyres. my son was 18, kerry upton was 23 and the driver died. three people have already died and four them to commission research, which will prolong the process even more. they promised me this for four and a half yea rs. promised me this for four and a half years. this is going to be published

until next summer. it is a way, i think, of the government sitting on their hands, very expensive way of doing. also, they don't have a great track record in of robust research. i have very little confidence in it. the statistics jessye i have very little confidence in it. the statistichessye norman and uses, i don't know where they come from, i don't know who these operators are they asked ping. but if we do use his statistics and he says there are a few operators out there using old tyres, legislate because it won't affect that many people. national express coach, some of the big operators have welcomed this because they want to operate safe business, like you would expect them to do. francis, thank you for coming in and sharing your story. more now on the weather disruption. a met office red "danger to life" warning covering south—west england and south wales has been lifted,

but amber and yellow alerts for snow, ice and wind are still widely in force, as blizzard conditions continue to affect much of the country. let's talk to petty officerjimmy cantwell, who was out last night rescuing people from the snow in cornwall and joins us via webcam jimmy is from 829 naval air squadron, one of the merlin helicopter squadrons based at royal naval air station culdrose in cornwall. what we're doing last night? we our friends, we got a call and we went to lend a hand. when we got to the scene, it was worse than expected. we've dug him out of the stale and rescued three or four other guys who we re rescued three or four other guys who were in the same boat. were you worried, frightened being out there, it must have been difficult conditions? pretty horrific, when we got round the corner from going from nothing into the wind and the snowd rifts nothing into the wind and the snowdrifts of the airfield, some of them were up over the bonnet of the smaller cars. you are home now and save and you have helped some people. back to work as normal.

thank you for speaking to us and well done for helping other people out. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. have a good day. we have had 50 centimetres of snow falling apart of south wales yesterday and overnight. this morning we have had freezing rain in southern areas. i will see more southern areas. we will see more significant rain moving into south—west england, midlands and south west areas of england. maybe five centimetres of fresh know and more on higher ground. another cold day. those temperatures not above

freezing with the strong wind and gales in places making it feel bitterly cold. tonight, the snow will gradually ease and will move its way into southern portions of northern england. still some showers of snow in the north and the ease. temperatures for many at or below freezing. the gap that in the south—west implements. that is the sign of less cold all milder air pushing in over the weekend. mild in the south. still cold in the north but it must might be quieter. thing is getting a little bit. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown live in alnwick.

the headlines at 11am... snow, highs and powerful winds continued to cause disruption, nine people are known to have died. people are stranded on roads and motorways. the army stranded on roads and motorways. is deployed to rescue hundreds of drivers, as sub—zero conditions continue across the uk. drivers in greater manchester, wiltshire, somerset and hampshire have been forced to spend the night in sub—zero conditions in their cars. i'm annita mcveigh. the other main stories developing this morning: theresa may will outline