snow, ice, strong winds and now the threat of floods — widespread disruption continues across the uk. the army helped hundreds of people stranded in their cars overnight, and some passengers were stuck on trains which were unable to move for hours. we had no heating and things like the buffet car has run out of food and drink earlier on in the evening, so it was a pretty cold night. i'll be reporting live from alnwick in northumberland, where people say they are suffering the worst winter weather conditions for almost a decade. we'll bring you the very latest from our correspondents across the uk. also this lunchtime... the prime minister prepares to deliver a major speech about brexit — she'll say a deal must pass five tests and will bring the country and cabinet together. we are not clones, many of us

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snow, ice and powerful winds are continuing to cause major disruption over large parts of the uk. the army has been called out in a number of areas to help hundreds of drivers who were trapped in their vehicles overnight. elsewhere, passengers were trapped on trains, without heating or lighting in some cases. all but one of the uk's rail operators are running a reduced service. in the last few minutes south—eastern railway have told passengers not to travel until further notice. there has also been major disruption at airports across the country. the bad weather is expected to continue, with more snow showers and windy conditions. there are also eight flood warnings in place in the south—west and north—east of england. this is the latest picture — there are now no red or amber alerts in place, but yellow warnings remain across much of the country and the cold weather could last well into next week. let's go to ben brown,

who is in alnwick in northumberland. alnwick is snowbound, as you can see. so are many of the nearby villages, completely cut off by the snow. northumberland county council is very worried about vulnerable people, especially the elderly. in alnwick they have set up a makeshift rescue centre in a sports hall for drivers who were stranded for hours overnight on the ai, which is blocked between here and beric further north. that is just one example of travel disruption we have seen right around the uk. because of the winter weather crisis. we will get reports from our correspondents around the uk, first robert hall who was stranded overnight for many hours with drivers on the a303 in wiltshire. intense and unrelenting, storm emma

colliding with the siberian blast and shutting down the transport network on a road by road. on the a31 in network on a road by road. on the a3i in dorset, hampshire police called in the army to help evacuate trapped drivers. further north, ourjourney down the a303 came to an abrupt halt in the wiltshire village of chicklade. hundreds of vehicles defeated by a series of steep hills. drivers are awaiting rescue in blinding snow. travelling tonight from east to west is absolutely horrendous. if i put the window down, hopefully you can see it is driving snow. we have probably got six or seven inches here. with lorries blocking hard... half the road, snowploughs struggled to clear a path. nobody was going anywhere. i hope to get to taunton, but at the moment it is not looking promising and we could be stuck. trying to get to an old peoples home

to get the heating on, i have been stuck here since three o'clock this afternoon. the manager of the village garage had walked a mile to open up. i walked from across the. what was it like? really horrendous. 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, a delivery driver, mark brown, became a traffic marshal. you seem to have taken charge? somebody has to. finally after six hours the traffic crawled forward. but the next jam hours the traffic crawled forward. but the nextjam was only two miles away. as the skies lightened, still no police presence. in some vehicles, patients wore thin. what do you think of the emergency services response overnight? has there been one? i have not seen anything.

the misery on the a303 was mirrored through the south—west and into wales. on the outskirts of cardiff, vehicle after vehicle came to a halt. within the past hour, snow has begun falling again. ourjourney and those of hundreds of others has no end in sight. robert hall, bbc news, wiltshire. there has been chaos overnight on the railways. a train, a south western railway train to weymouth, it set off last night and the passengers were stranded on that overnight because it broke down. they were still on the train in frozen carriages this morning. let's get this report from duncan kennedy. how to sleep on a train when your train is not a sleeper. this was one passenger who spent last night without heat or food.

this pair ended up camping on the same train. stationary for a total of 15 hours. it was so cold on board but some people ended up in space blankets and winter hats. philip brown from bournemouth was among them. he left waterloo just after five o'clock yesterday afternoon and did not get off until seven o'clock this morning. we lost power as well. they managed to restore power so we had lights but we had no heating, and things like the birthday card had run out of food and drink earlier in the evening, so it was a pretty cold night —— things like the birthday card. i was on the train for 14, 15 hours, something that region. the train spends most of the night in the new forest. passengers said the guard tried to help did not have enough information. they all had to wait until another train pulled up alongside and had to walk across a

gangplank to get off. south—west trains issued a statement apologising to all those involved, saying it battled through the night to try to keep trains moving in what it called very challenging conditions. what should have been a three—hour journey turned into more than half a very uncomfortable day. duncan kennedy, bbc news, the new forest. the weather is deteriorating in northumberland. in scotland it has been improving slightly. the red warning that we saw which means a threat to life has now been lifted. conditions beginning to improve and a clearup conditions beginning to improve and a clear up operation and recovery operation under way in many parts of scotland. this from catriona renton. this terrifying footage shot on a dash camp shows the quick reactions of edinburgh bus driver charmaine laurie, who avoided hitting a car on the wrong side of the road. 20

people were on her bus. to me, it looks worse on the video than i felt at the time. i got a fright but i managed to avoid it, luckily. and i really got on with my job at about and forgot all about it until i got home and my husband asked me if i saw the video. he did not know it was me driving. when i looked at the video i was like, that is me. he went yourjoking. i went no, that was me. this morning soldiers continued to help drive doctors and nurses to and from the edinburgh royal infirmary to carry on their crucial work. for the vital, key members of staff it will be absolutely vital. they are it will be absolutely vital. they a re really it will be absolutely vital. they are really needed in such a busy hospital, to keep the place going. our soldiers are part of the community, we live in this local area. my eldest son was born in the edinburgh infirmary so it is important for us to support the

local community. edinburgh and glasgow airports have reopened, but these pictures from glasgow airport show what staff were up glasgow airport show what staff were up against on the runway. conditions are still treacherous in many parts of the country, like here in fife. in this cut—off village near kinross, farmers cleared the road so medics could get to ashley, who had gone into labour. her baby boy was born safe and well. this is one of the busiest parts of glasgow city centre, and over the last couple of days it has been virtually shuts down. with the weather warnings downgraded you can see that things are starting to slowly get back to normal. and there is no doubt it has taken the efforts of many to get through this difficult week. catriona renton, bbc news. around the uk several thousand homes are without power and electricity and thousands of schools have remained closed. i have been looking at how other parts of the country

have been affected. it was carnage on the m62 near rochdale. vehicles colliding with each other in heavy snow and blizzard conditions. drivers trapped in cars and lorries for as long as 11 hours overnight. in worcestershire, teams have been trying to clear roads and shovelling snow off pavements, laying down as much salt and grits as fast as they can. few people are daring to venture out, streets are empty. in shropshire, there are huge snowdrifts, as there are in many parts of the country, with snowploughs doing their worst to clear a way. in the west midlands alone 1500 schools are closed and thousands more across the uk. here in alnwick in northumberland they have been pulling cars out of the snow. northumberland county council

says these are the worst conditions for eight years but the community is pulling together. farmers and local, rural community members are able to get out with snowploughs have played their vital pa rt snowploughs have played their vital part in clearing some of the rural roads, ensuring communities that would otherwise be stranded i able to get onto the main roads, which the council are focusing on. authorities in northumberland say they are especially worried about vulnerable people in these snowy conditions, particularly the elderly, as the brutal winter weather continues to bite. i have to say the temperatures here are i have to say the temperatures here a re really i have to say the temperatures here are really very, very cold. i think the fields like temperature at the moment in the north—east of england is about minus eight. let's go to sian lloyd, who is at st athan in the vale of glamorgan. what is the picture where you are? it isa

is the picture where you are? it is a snowy picture at the moment. overnight, 51 centimetres of snow was recorded as falling here, believed to be the highest figure anywhere in the uk. this road are just about passable. we got here in a four by four and saw huge drifts along the way. most people in this village getting around on foot at the moment. in the early hours of this morning about three people were rescued from a car. they have been stranded in a snow drift not far from here for more than 12 hours and an sos was effectively put out to local people who could get to them. they have since been taken to hospitalfor a they have since been taken to hospital for a checkup. we they have since been taken to hospitalfor a checkup. we are currently on a yellow warning in wales after the red warning subsided in the early hours. the danger is ice, of course it is now snowing again. many, many roads in wales are treacherous, including many main

routes. 1a roads closed, not including the country lanes. many of those are not possible. virtually all the schools in wales are closed under the threat of more disruption to come. thank you very much, sian lloyd. we have talked about the troubled situation, the chaos around the uk on the roads, the railways and the airports. let's go to other transport correspondent victoria fritz at heathrow. what is the situation? all uk airports are now open that every single one is operating severely reduced schedules. this is expected to be the worst day for flight cancellations of the week. take edinburgh airport, all ryanair and easyj et edinburgh airport, all ryanair and easyjet flights have been cancelled today out of that output. other airports outside of the uk are closed, making the situation worst. dublin, geneva is another because of poor weather. around 50,000 brits

are expected to be stranded, unable to get back into the uk. airports like heathrow have done all they can to try to get as many planes in here as possible in a safe fashion. they have been de—icing the runways and all airlines have been de—icing their planes as well. over 1000 lorry loads of snow was carted off this runway yesterday alone. they are combining flights to get as many people to where they need to go, but saying just check with your airline before you make thatjourney, to make sure it is not a wasted one. good advice, victoria. thank you. phil mackie is in worcester. just on the outskirts of wisdom. you can see really how much snow was drifting in the strong winds last night. —— just on the outskirts of worcester. this is just

night. —— just on the outskirts of worcester. this isjust outside night. —— just on the outskirts of worcester. this is just outside the city centre, there are six or ten feet high snowdrifts. we expect snow to fall from now until 6pm. but is impacting travel, mostly on buses and trains. you can get about but once you leave the main roads, they have not been gritted macro, they are not clear. that is the difficulty. with school staff on businesses and shops closed, many people have chosen to spend the day at home, probably wisely, perhaps fearing more is to come. look at the picture, i have not seen snowdrifts this deep in my lifetime. certainly there is no sign of things improving very quickly. thank you very much indeed. that is it from us in northumberland. that is it from us in northumberland. and you can keep up to date with the weather and travel situation wherever you are, by visiting the bbc news live page. that's at bbc.co.uk/news.

you can also get live updates on the bbc news channel and your local radio station and phil avery will be here at the end of the programme with a full forecast. ben brown, many thanks. the prime minister is about to deliver a major speech on the government's plans for the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. theresa may will say that any deal with the eu must pass five tests, including respecting the result of the referendum, and protecting jobs and security. and she will pledge to bring the country together. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. the chill between britain and brussels reached new lows this week, with both sides hardening up their positions. as she lays the ground for the next phase of negotiations, the challenge for theresa may is to smooth out the disagreements abroad and at home as well as ministers have not always agreed. we are not

clones. we were on different sides of the referendum campaign. of course this has been a discussion about the different views on the country, that is what the government has been working to do and when people see the speech today they will think this is a very sensible approach. we are being promised more detail, notjust on what the prime minister wants from the deal, but also the compromises she is willing to take. and she will spell out how after brexit the uk will seek to merit eu rules in some areas but diverged in others. with months of disagreement inside cabinet ministers are now signed up to the principles behind the speech, but will the fragile truce endure?” imagine the speech will have aspects of it that i find i'm comfortable as a lever supporter and vice versa. but i think trying to bring the two sides together will be something we

ta ke sides together will be something we take from this speech. labour detailed more of its demands for brexit earlier this week. now it has questioned for the government. how are you going to protect services in this country and what is your actual a nswer to this country and what is your actual answer to the question of avoiding a ha rd answer to the question of avoiding a hard border in northern ireland? these are the questions that we have had for 21 months now and the prime minister needs to answer them today. don't expect the solutions to all be spelt out today. the critical test of this speech is whether it can win over negotiators in brussels and convince them to move onto the next stage, talks about trade. in a moment we'll speak to damian grammaticas who is in brussels, but first to norman smith who is in downing street. you will be listening to all of this. what does the prime minister have to achieve? what sort of reception will she get? this is not

going to be a speech which answers all the many questions about brexit, it will not fill in all the details, it will not fill in all the details, it will not end the tories‘ civil war over europe, boris johnson it will not end the tories‘ civil war over europe, borisjohnson and philip hammond will not be best buddies after it. the task is to get the eu to sit down and to begin talking trade seriously. to do that theresa may will in effect say to eu leaders, look, i know the era of ca ke leaders, look, i know the era of cake eating is over, at least in terms of negotiations. i know we cannot have our cake and eat it, so she will put to one side that big slab of brexit battenberg and say to the eu leaders, i'd take on board your concerns, i know your red lines, i get why you are worried about the integrity of the single market being undermined, and she will couple that with a template for trade with a whole package of proposals, including those areas where bits of the british economy

might continue to have to meet eu standards. other areas where we might carry on and be supervised by eu regulators. the hope is that eu leaders listening to that one thing, now they are taking this seriously, now they are taking this seriously, now we can really begin to talk about trade. the danger is eu leaders take a look at this and think this looks a bit like theresa may is trying to pick and choose which bits of the single market she ta kes which bits of the single market she takes advantage of and which bits she ignores. in other words, you have not quite given up the cake. norman, thank you. damian, in brussels, a lot of people near you would love to stop that phrase have your cake and eat it. just a few minutes ago walking past me here was one of the eu commissioners who sits in jean—claude juncker‘s cabinet. i

asked him and what he said was they are all waiting and they will be listening to see what theresa may says, to see what detail there is. will there be concrete proposals that can move things forward? that is what we want he said. the eu side is what we want he said. the eu side is waiting for that. michel barnier has made clear that he needs to know. the uk has said it does not wa nt know. the uk has said it does not want a border between northern ireland and the republic and theresa may has said she does not want that to be moved to between the uk and ireland of ireland. if mrs may sta rts ireland of ireland. if mrs may starts to say today that she was to have special access for some parts of the uk economy to the eu, i think that will not go down very well. the eu is saying there are difficult choices the great britain has to face up to, it could bring barriers

to trade with the eu. how much control does it want over rules and regulations, the same thing. the eu wa nts regulations, the same thing. the eu wants the detail and they will respond. not long to wait. damian grammaticas and norman smith. damian grammaticas and norman smith. and you can watch that speech live on the bbc news channel — it's due to begin at half past one. as soon as that gets under way we will carry it on the bbc news channel. our top story this lunchtime: snow, ice and strong winds and now the threat of floods. widespread disruption continues across the uk. and still to come... the orchestra stranded in the snow who made sure it was a special white wedding. coming up in sport: great britain's katarina johnson thompson has started her bid for gold at the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham. people are being exposed on a daily

basis to a cocktail of pollution, including light and noise pollution, which is having a significant impact on their health. that's the warning from england's chief medical officer. dame sally davies says a lot is known about the impact on the environment, but isn't properly understood when it comes to human sickness. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. the impact of serious air pollution on a condition such as asthma is well understood, but what is less clear is the wider effect on our health of all the other pollutants we experience every day. for example, the way light from phones and tablets might disrupt our sleep patterns and how that might play out over a long period of time. now england's chief medical officer says more research is needed, notjust into today's threats, but also those in the future. i am most concerned about air at this moment but we must not forget to measure the impact on health of other types

of pollution or we could find in 10, 20, 30 years there is a real problem that we didn't see coming early enough. today's report says the nhs could lead the way on reducing pollution levels. with more than a million staff, the health service is one of the biggest employers in the country and is responsible for around one in every 20 road journeys, so the nhs could for example cut down on consumption of single use plastics and emissions from vehicles and buildings. and health campaigners say this report adds weight to calls for new legislation on air quality. air pollution is having a very real impact on all of our health. it can cause lung disease and heart disease and it has been linked to up to 40,000 early deaths every year. 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 will help identify possible solutions. dominic hughes, bbc news. a 21—year—old man has been found guilty at nottingham crown court of attempting to murder a muslim woman by running her over. paul moore, from leicester, targeted zaynab hussein because she was wearing a hijab. he was also convicted of seriously injuring a 12—year—old muslim schoolgirl. dominic casciani reports. paul moore, convicted today of a racially motivated attempted murder. his victim, a somali mother from leicester, zaynab hussein. he didn't know her, he picked her out at random. last september after a night of heavy drinking he told friends he wanted to run someone over and in the early morning as parents took their children to school, he drove around leicester looking for a target. and it was here that paul moore found his victim. zaynab hussein was walking home after dropping her two youngest children at school and as she reached this spot,

moore came round this corner, at speed and slammed into her. she smashed into this wall and when she hit the ground her head was bleeding and her limbs were broken. as she struggled to cry for help, moore drove off, did a u—turn and came back and this time he went over her with all four wheels. paul moore drove off and minutes later tried to hit a 12—year—old muslim schoolgirl identifiable by her headscarf. he clipped her side and sent her school bag flying. today he has been found guilty of that second attack as well. the jury at nottingham crown court heard that mrs hussein, a mother of nine, has been left with life—changing injuries. she is confined to bed and needs yet more surgery. after the attack moore told a relative he had deliberately run the woman over because of terrorism in london. he had done it for his country and he was proud. dominic casciani, bbc news at nottingham crown court. more than 2,000 members

of the public will be invited into the grounds of windsor castle for prince harry and meghan markle's wedding in may. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is with me. explain a little bit more about who might be invited. the first thing to say is you cannot be applying for a place. they will be invited into the grounds of windsor castle, not the chapel. they will be members of the public from across the united kingdom and they will be nominated by the queen's representatives across the country. the couple hope they will be a broad range of backgrounds and ages and they have asked they should be young people who have shown leadership and those who have shown leadership and those who have shown leadership and those who have served their communities. there will be 200 people from the charities and organisations that harry and meghan support, 600 people

from the windsor castle community, other people live within the castle, and slightly more than 500 people from the royal household. the purposeisit from the royal household. the purpose is it should share in a moment of fun and joy on a day that will reflect the character and the values of the bride and groom. nick, thank you very much. now, the weather has caused huge problems for many people, but for some, has proved an unexpected bonus. the bbc concert orchestra was due to be taking part in a school project, which was cancelled because of the weather, but the hotel they were stuck in was hosting a wedding so the musicians decided to put their talents to good use. charlotte gallagher has the story. one couple's special day made even more magical, all because of the famous bbc concert orchestra. the bride and groom were going to play a recording of pachelbel‘s canon, but ended up with the real thing. i think it was just

the impact that it had, like, when they started, like, it sort of took your breath away. oh, yeah. yeah. very unexpected. it was a nice surprise. some of the guests couldn't get there because of the snow. because a lot of people had to cancel, it was a bit of an upset on the day. but then itjust sort of made it... made it special again. the orchestra usually plays for huge audiences in venues like the royal albert hall. but their show in snowy skegness is one they'll never forget. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's phil avery. just what you need, someone selling you more aware there. i am going