achieve our aims and individuals to achieve our aims in maintaining and developing the uk's strong trade and economic links with the eu. that is why will be seeking more thanjust an with the eu. that is why will be seeking more than just an adequacy arrangement and want to see an appropriate ongoing role with the uk's ongoing office. this will make sure that uk businesses are well presented under the eu's one—stop shop mechanism to resolving data protection disputes. and, we must maintain the links between the people. it is part of the economic and so is fabric of our country build uk international is argued in the same way by communities across the eu for that this is why at every stage of the negotiations i had put the interests of eu citizens and uk national 's heart of our approach. we are clear that as we leave be you, free movement of people will come to an end and we will control the number of people who come to live in our country. uk citizens will still want

to work and study in eu countries are just as to work and study in eu countries arejust as eu to work and study in eu countries are just as eu citizens will want to do the same here, helping to shape and drive growth and innovation and enterprise. businesses across the eu and the uk must be able to attract and the uk must be able to attract and employ the people they need and we are open to discuss how to facilitate these valuable links will stop reciprocal commitments to ensure fairand open stop reciprocal commitments to ensure fair and open competition, an independent arbitration mechanism, ongoing dialogue and data protection arrangements and maintaining links between our people. this underpins the relationship between this unprecedented partnership. it will need to be tailored to the needs of oui’ need to be tailored to the needs of our economies. this follows the approach the eu has taken with trade agreements in the past and with its owi'i agreements in the past and with its own single market as it has developed. the eu's agreement with you came to a line in some areas but not others. —— ukraine. the

agreement with south korea sees provisions to recognise each other's approvals for new car models where as the agreement with canada does not. the agreement with canada contains agreements to test machinery and with south korea does not. the eu is taking a tailored approach and what it is seeking with the uk. 0n fisheries, the commission has been clear that no precedents exist for the sort of access it wants from the uk. the fact is that every free trade agreement has varying market access, depending on the respective interests of the countries involved. if this is cherry picking, every trade arrangement is cherry picking. moreover, with all its neighbours, be you has varying levels of access to the single market, depending on the obligations those neighbours are

willing to undertake. —— the eu. but be cherry picking of it we were to seek a deal where rights and obligations work not held in balance. —— if we were cherry picking, or if we were to seek. it is common sense picking, or if we were to seek. it is common sense we picking, or if we were to seek. it is common sense we should work together to deliver the best outcome for both sides. then they start with how we do this for goods. this is the area where the single market is most established and both the eu and uk a

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but it should achieve the same outcomes. in some cases, parliament might choose to pass identical law. businesses who export to the eu say it is strong in net interest to have a single set of regulatory standards meaning they can sell into the uk and eu markets. if the parliament of the day decided not to achieve the same outcomes as eu law it would be in the knowledge; sequences for market access and there would need to be an independent mechanism to oversee these arrangements. we would also want to explore the eu the terms in which the uk could remain parts of eu agencies like those critical for chemicals and aerospace industry. european medicines agency and the european chemical agency and

the european aviation safety agency. we would accept this would mean abiding by the rules of those agencies and making an appropriate financial contribution. i want to explain the benefits both for us and the eu. first, associate membership of these agencies is the only way to meet our objective of ensuring these products only need to undergo one series of approvals in one country. these agencies have a critical role in setting and enforcing relevant rules. if we were able to negotiate associate membership we would be able to ensure we could continue to provide our technical expertise. associate membership could permit uk firms to preserve certain challenges relating to agencies through uk courts rather than the ec]. in the case of switzerland associate membership of the european aviation safety agency means airworthiness certifications are granted by its

owi'i certifications are granted by its own aviation authority and disputes are resolved through its courts, without its membership, swiss airlines would need to gain their certification through another member state, or through the agency and any dispute would need to be resolved through the ec]. it would bring other benefits as well. membership of the european medicines agency would mean investment in new, innovative medicines continuing in the uk, and it would mean these medicines getting to patients faster as firms prioritise larger markets when they start the lengthy process of seeking authorisations. but it would also be good for the new because the uk regulator assesses more new medicines than any other member state. and be you would continue to access the expertise of the uk's world leading universities. and, of course, parliament would remain ultimately sovereign. it could decide not to accept these rules but with consequences for our

membership of the relevant agency and linked market access rights. lastly, to achieve as frictionless border as possible, and to avoid a ha rd border as possible, and to avoid a hard border, sorry, let me repeat what i mean by that. to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland, we also need an agreement oi'i ireland, we also need an agreement on customs. the uk has been clear it is leaving the customs union. be you has also formed a customs union with some other countries. dashes rogue the eu. -- some other countries. dashes rogue the eu. —— the some other countries. dashes rogue the eu. -- the eu some other countries. dashes rogue the eu. —— the eu has formed. that would mean being able to let other countries sell more into the uk without making it any easier for us to sell more to them or the uk signing up to the common commercial policy. that would not be compatible with a meaningful, independent trade policy. it would mean we had less control than we do now over our trade in the world. nobody would

wa nt trade in the world. nobody would want that. we thought seriously about how our commitment to a frictionless border can best be delivered in last year we set out two potential options for our customs arrangement. option one is a customs arrangement. option one is a customs partnership between the uk and the eu. at the border the and the eu. at the borderthe uk would mirror the eu's requirements for imports from the rest of the world, applying the same tariffs and same rules of origin as the eu for those goods arriving in the uk and intended for the eu. those goods arriving in the uk and intended forthe eu. by those goods arriving in the uk and intended for the eu. by following this approach would know that all goods entering the you by the uk pay the right eu duties, removing the need for customs processes at the uk/ eu border. importantly, we would put in place a mechanism so that the uk would also be able to apply its owi'i uk would also be able to apply its own tariffs and trade policy for goods intended for the uk market. as we have set out previously, this would require the means to ensure that both sides can trust the system and robust enforcement mechanism.

option two would be a highly streamline customs arrangement where would jointly agreed to implement a range of would jointly agreed to implement a range of measures would jointly agreed to implement a range of measures to minimise friction is to trade together with agreements for northern ireland. first the requirement of moving goods across borders are as simple as possible. this means we continue to waive the requirement for entry and exit declarations for goods moving between the uk and the eu and we should allow goods moving between the uk and the rest of the world to travel through the eu without paying eu duties and vice versa. second, measures to reduce the risk of delays at ports and airports. for example, recognising each other's shasta trader scheme and drawing on it solution so vehicles do not need to stop at the border. —— trusted trader. also about mitigation of customs duty and security rests will stop also the cost burden of requiring these administration

requirements by using automation and recognising the unique circumstances in northern ireland and our commitments to avoiding a hard border. we should consider further specific measures. 80% of north— south trade is carried out by micro, small and medium—sized businesses. for smaller traders whose members of the community are most affected and whose economic role is not syste m ically whose economic role is not systemically different to be you market we would allow them to continue to operate as they do currently with no new restrictions. —— be you. largertraders currently with no new restrictions. —— be you. larger traders we would introduce a trusted trader scheme which would be consistent with our commitments. both of these schemes would leave the uk free to determine its own tariffs with third countries, which would simply not be possible in a customs union. i recognise that some of these ideas

depend on technology, robust systems to ensure trust and confidence as well as goodwill but they are serious and americans iteration by all sides. to conclude on goods, a fundamental decision eight hour negotiation strategy is that a border should be as frictionless as possible and no hard border between ireland and northern ireland. we believe this can be achieved by commitment ensuring regulatory standards are as high as the eu and a customs arrangement. this would threaten lowering standards for industrial goods but we will no doubt want to lower our standards —— but we will no doubt not want to lower our standards. this approach to trade in goods is important for agriculture, food and drinks. other considerations also imply. —— app

life. we will want to reform our agriculture and fisheries management. the uk has among the highest environmental and animal welfare standards of any nation on earth. as we leave the eu we will uphold environmental standards and go further to protect our shared, national heritage and i fully expect our standards will remain at least as high as the eu. it will be particularly important to ensure flexibility and ensure we can make most of the opportunities presented by our withdrawal from the eu for farmers and exporters. we are also leaving the common fisheries policy. the uk will gain control over our domestic fisheries management rules and access to waters. as part of our economic partnership will want to continue to work together to manage shared stocks in a sustainable way and agree with cyclical assess to waters and a fairer allocation of

fishing opportunities. —— access. we will want to ensure open market for each other's products. as our partnership in goods needs to be deeper than partnership in goods needs to be deeperthan any partnership in goods needs to be deeper than any other free trade agreement, in services, we have the opportunity to break new ground with a broader agreement than ever before. we recognise certain aspects of trade in services are intrinsically linked to the free market and market access in these areas will need to be different but we should only allow new barriers to be introduced where necessary. we don't want to discriminate against eu service providers in the uk and we would not want the eu to discriminate against uk service providers. we want to limit the numberof providers. we want to limit the number of barriers which could prevent uk firms setting up in the eu and vice versa and agree appropriate labour mobility framework which enables uk businesses and self employed

professionals to travel to the eu to provide services to clients in person and that allows uk businesses to provide services to the eu over the phone and the internet. you want to do the same ball eu firms providing services to the uk. given that uk qualifications are ready recognised across the eu and vice ve rsa, recognised across the eu and vice versa, it would make sense to recognise each other's qualifications in the future. there are qualifications in the future. there a re two qualifications in the future. there are two areas which have never been cove red are two areas which have never been covered in a free trade agreement in any meaningful way before, broadcasting and, despite the eu's and best efforts, financial services. we have some ideas as to how we can do this and it is in all our interests to explore these. on broadcasting we recognise we cannot have exactly the same arrangements with the eu as we do now. currently, because of the country of origin

principle, it is subject to ofcom. the relevant directive will not apply to the uk as we leave the eu and relying solely on presidents will hurt consumers and businesses on both sides. the uk have leads to develop into products that uk consumers develop into products that uk consumers want. the uk currently provides around 30% of the channels available in the eu. equally, many uk companies have pan—european ownership and there are 35 channels and on demand services that are offered in the uk but licensed in the eu. we should explore creative options with an open mind including mutual recognition which could allow for transfrontier broadcasting, recognising the enriching role that british broadcasters and programme makers play, not only in british but more broadly in our common european culture. similarly, on financial services, the chancellor will be

setting out next week how financial services can and should be part of a deep and, hence partnership. we're not looking for passporting because we understand this is intrinsic to the single market, of which we would no longer be a member. it would require us to be subject to a single rule book over which we would have no say. the uk has responsibility for the financial stability of the world's significant financial centre and our taxpayers bear the risk. it would be unrealistic for us to implement eu legislation automatically and in its entirety. but, with uk located banks and writing nearly half of the debt and equity issued by eu companies and providing more than {1.1 trillion of cross—border lending to the rest of the u into 2015 alone, this is a clear example of where only looking at precedent would hurt both the uk and eu economies. in other areas of

the future economic partnership, our goal should be to establish the ability to access each other's markets, based on the uk and eu maintaining the same regulatory outcomes over time with a mechanism for determining proportionate consequences where they are not maintained. given the highly regulated nature of financial services and our shared desire to manage financial stability risks, we would need a collaborative, respective framework which was reciprocal, mutually agreed, permanent, and reliable for businesses. there are many other areas where the uk and eu economies areas where the uk and eu economies are closely linked, including energy, transport, digital law, science and innovation and education and culture. on energy we won't want to secure broad energy cooperation with the u and this includes protecting the single electricity market across ireland and northern

ireland and providing the uk's utters the in the eu energy market. on transport will want to ensure the continuity of air, maritime and rail services and we will want to protect the rights of road hauliers to protect the eu market and vice ve rsa . protect the eu market and vice versa. on digital, the uk will not be part of the eu's digital market which will continue to develop after our withdrawal from the eu. this is a fast evolving and innovative sector in which the uk is a world leader. it will be particularly important to have domestic flexibility, to ensure the regulatory environment can aways respond nimbly and ambition leads to new developments. we will want our agreement to cover single judicially cooperation where the the eu has really shown it can reach cooperation with member states

although we would want a broader agreement to reflect our unique starting point. our agreement agreement to reflect our unique starting point. ouragreement with also need to cover company law and intellectual property to provide further legal certainty and coherence. the uk is also committed to establishing a far reaching science facilitation pact with the eu. this would enable the uk to participate in key programmes alongside our eu partners. and we wa nt alongside our eu partners. and we want to take a similar approach to education on cultural programmes, to promote our shared values and enhance intellectual strength in the world, again making an ongoing contribution to cover our fair share of the costs involved. in all of these areas, bold and creative thinking can deliver new agreements that are in the very best interests of all of our people, both in the uk and across the eu. and in the face of a worrying rise in protectionism, i believe such agreements can enable

us to set an example to the world. for the world is watching. we should not think about relieving the eu as marking and ending as much as a new beginning for the united kingdom and our relationship with european allies. change is not to be feared so long as we face it with a clear, cited determination to act for the common good. nor is brexit an end in itself. rather it must be the means by which we reaffirm the place of britain in the world and we knew the ties that bind us here at home. i know the united kingdom i treasure can emerge from this process is stronger, more cohesive nation. united kingdom which is a cradle for innovation, a leader in the industries of the future, a champion of free trade, based high standards,

a modern, outward looking, tolerant country, proud of our values and confident of our place in the world will stop this is an optimistic and confident future which can unite us all, a global britain which thrives in the world by forging a bold and comprehensive economic partnership with our neighbours in the eu and reaches out beyond our continent to trade with nations across the globe. the approach i have set out today would implement the referendum result, provide an enduring solution, protect our security and prosperity, help us to build the kind of country we want to be, and bring our country together by commanding the confidence of those who voted to leave and those who voted to remain. it is an approach to deliver for the whole of the united kingdom and our wider family of overseas territories. i am in no doubt whatever agreement we reach with the eu, ourfuture is doubt whatever agreement we reach with the eu, our future is bright. the stability and continuity of

centuries of self—government, our commitment to freedom under the rule of law, our belief in enterprise and innovation, but above all the talent and genius of all of our people and especially our young people are the seeds of our success in the future, as they have been the guarantors of our success in the past. i look forward to discussing our future partnership with our european friends. because, although we aren't leaving the eu, and in that regard we will become separate, we are all still european and will stay linked by the many thais and values we have in common. —— we are leaving. it is only by working together that we will find solutions that will work for all our peoples. yes, there will be ups and downs in the months ahead, as in any negotiation, no one will get everything they want. you will get everything they want. you will not be buffeted by demands to talk or threaten walk—out. by

by following the course i have set out today, i am confident we will get there and deliver the right outcome for britain and the eu. a generation from now, what will be remembered is not the rough and tumble of negotiation but whether we reach an enduring solution cast in the interests of the people we are all here to serve. so, my message to our friends in europe is clear. we know what we want, we understand your principles. we have a shared interest in getting this right. so, let's get on with it. thank you. applause now, i'm going to take a few

questions. i will start with some questions. i will start with some questions from the media and then perhaps take a couple of questions from the wider audience. laura... thank you. what he described as hard fa cts thank you. what he described as hard facts could also be described as compromises, many of which seemed obvious many months ago. to accept now that we cannot have it all as we leave 7 now that we cannot have it all as we leave? —— do you accept? you want to pick and mix even though the eu has rejected that approach. what can you say to the eu leaders back can change their minds? what i have set out today is what i believe to be the right brexit deal for britain.

also i believe it is the right deal for the also i believe it is the right deal forthe eu. i also i believe it is the right deal for the eu. i am confident that as we come and sit down together we will be able to show that mutual interest and mutual benefit from the proposals i have put forward. the european union itself in its own guidelines has said they want an ambitious and wide—ranging relationship and agreement and deal with the united kingdom for the future and i have set out in my speech the various areas in terms of economic partnership where we want to sit down and talk to them about what that future relationship would be. asi what that future relationship would be. as i say, i am confident that we will achieve the right brexit deal for britain because i believe that deal is also the right temple macro deal is also the right temple macro deal for the eu. robert... deal is also the right temple macro dealforthe eu. robert... —— brexit

deal. you have said, in order to maximise richness, low—cost trade with the eu, you will promise not to exercise the control you are taking back. so, what can you say to those people who voted for brexit was the point of brexit? people voted to ta ke point of brexit? people voted to take back control of our money, our laws and our borders and that is what we will be doing. there are some areas and ultimately parliament will be sovereign. it the parliament which makes these decisions. there are some areas as i have which makes these decisions. there are some areas as i have set out in the description of goods where, from an economic point of view this say it makes sense for us to operate on berry much the same basis so we can continue that good trading relationship. —— very much the same basis. as i said in my speech, there

will need to be some binding commitments, as there is in any trade agreement will stop you sit down and work out what rules both sides will operate on, particularly on issues like, as i have said here, on issues like, as i have said here, on competition and state aid. that is what we will be doing in negotiating the trade agreement. we will be taking back control of borders and free movement will end. we will not be sending vast sums of money to the european union every yearin money to the european union every year in perpetuity and we will be ensuring we take back control of our laws and parliament will make decisions. on customs, a specific question and a more general one. is the customs partnership option now the customs partnership option now the number one option? it was described as a blue skies option a few months ago and i think the head of customs said it could take five years to put this type of system in

place. you say this is about bringing the country back together. you describe the people you want to reform the customs union as betraying the vote. there are people from the cbi, members of your own party. how does that help to say it betrays the vote? what i have set out today in my speech and we have set out previously of the government in more detail are two options for what we believe is the customs arrangement that would enable us to both trades, develop our own independent trade policy and trade deals with other countries around the rest of the world but also ensure we have as friction as trade across—the—board as possible and resolve the issue of ensuring we have no hard border between northern ireland and ireland was what want to do now, and as i said in my speech, we will be sitting down with the irish government and the commission to discuss the details of this. we

wa nt to discuss the details of this. we want to explore those options with those partners, so we can ensure that we really go into them and develop the solution that is right which delivers the no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, as friction as trade as possible between the uk and the rest of the european union and continues to enable us to develop our own independent trade policy around the world. i think that is what the majority people want us to achieve and we have set out ways in which we can dojust and we have set out ways in which we can do just that. and we have set out ways in which we can dojust that. tom... tom. thank you, prime minister, tom newton dunn from the sun. you said you would be patient. you said you won't walk out, you won't threaten to walk out. but what if you don't get what you want, what if you don't get what you want, what if you don't get anywhere near what you want? is no deal still a possibility, is no deal still better than a bad deal? if so, will you repeat that now? yes, i said before,

i've said on many occasions, no deal is better than a bad deal. what i said at the beginning of my speech is one of the complexities as we go through this is where not only negotiating on the future partnership. we are also ensuring we're preparing for all possible outcomes because it is a negotiation. it's only the right and sensible thing for us to do. i am confident, as i say, i am confident in reaching a good deal, the right deal. because i believe that right dailies in the interest of both the united kingdom and european union. jason. united kingdom and european union. jason. thank you, jason groves from the daily mail. some of your colleagues have been seeking full autonomy over laws after we leave, you suggest it's one of the... it may be impossible, it's a hard fact you will have to swallow.|j may be impossible, it's a hard fact you will have to swallow. i couldn't quite hear the question. can you hear me now? yes. some of your

colleagues have suggested they want for autonomy over the uk laws. you seem to be suggesting that will be possible. some of your collea g u es will be possible. some of your colleagues in cabinet see this as a bottom line. this speech is given today. rather than an opening position. is this your bottom line or could there be more hard facts to swallow in future? when we look at the question about taking control over our laws, its clear parliament will be sovereign and it'll be parliament that will be determining our laws. i set out in my speech there are certain circumstances, as other countries have followed, if you look at the united states on safe harbour framework for example, they had an agreement on the european union. the european end of that, the eu end, is determined by the ec]. the ec] took a decision that affected that agreement. but they came to another agreement. so what i was setting out was that the ecj what i was setting out was that the eq will still what i was setting out was that the ecj will still continue to have responsibility and a remit within

the european union. but the eu laws and the ec] will no longer have jurisdiction in the uk. and it will be parliament making these decisions about our future. a new sugar. thank you, anushka asthana from the guardian. you admitted there would be difficult decisions and trade—offs ahead. it makes it very important for us to understand what your priorities are, particularly among the five tests, one of which is prosperity. what i want to ask is, if, in the end, negotiating a customs union with the european union is shown to be the best way to protect the economy, in that situation would british jobs trump new trade deals after exit? what i set out in the five tests is the five tests will be setting when we look at these negotiations in the future partnership. it is those five tests i set out at the beginning of my speech that will have determined

the approach i set out today and will determine our future negotiations. i've explained that when we leave the european union we wa nt when we leave the european union we want to be able to make those trade deals around the rest of the world. i believe there is a way as i set out in my speech in which it is possible to come to a customs arrangement which enables to have as frictionless a border as possible, to ensure there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland and be able to negotiate those trade deals around the rest of the world. i thought i would take a couple of journalists not from the uk media. i think, is kirsten hear from double. —— kirsten from handelsblatt. think, is kirsten hear from double. -- kirsten from handelsblatt. you prepare your people for difficult decisions and say there will be ups and downs and prepare them for limited access to the customs union. you don't want to be part of the customs union. do you think brexit is all worth it? look, if that was

an attempt to say will we think again on brexit, the answer is no, we won't think again on brexit. the british people voted for brexit and i think it is incumbent on their politicians to deliver on the decision that we ask them to take parliament overwhelmingly voted for this to be a decision of the british people and i think it is right then having ta ken people and i think it is right then having taken this decision that parliament and politicians now deliver on that. what have i done today? unlike some politicians, i'm being straight with people. because there are choices to be made, there are some hard facts to be faced. i set out what i believe is an economic partnership alongside the security partnership i set out in my speech in munich a couple of weeks ago. that will ensure we deliver for the british people on that referendum result. but at the same time we have an arrangement, we have an agreement, we have a deal that is right for the british people in

terms of our prosperity but also right for people across the european union in terms of their future prosperity as well. i think it's... is sonia hear from double. liberacion. he repeated your red lines, no customs union, no single market. isn't it time you tell the truth to the british and the europeans that there will indeed be a border in northern ireland, being a border in northern ireland, being a light border, high—tech border, but there will be a border in northern ireland. we've been very clear there will be no hard border in northern ireland. as we said previously, we will not be returning to the borders of the past. what i set out in my speech today is ways in which that can be achieved. i'm pleased we've agreed with the taoiseach that the irish government and the uk government and the commission will be sitting down to work through those options that have been proposed. and we will be

working through them in detail. i'm very clear we will not be returning toa very clear we will not be returning to a hard border in northern ireland between northern ireland and ireland. we will be ensuring we also maintain the common market of the united kingdom. and there is no hard border on the irish sea either. i saidi border on the irish sea either. i said i would take a couple of questions from the audience. i think... is mike cherry here from the s —— think... is mike cherry here from the s -- fsb. thank you very much, good morning, prime minister. small businesses will very much welcome your views around mutual recognition. you also mentioned some sectors. with over 40% of fsb members looking to grow their own business through global exports and needing certainty, what is it, your message, for them today, as prime minister please? my message for them

is first of all we want to continue to get a good trade deal with the european union, but we want to make sure they can expand those export markets around the rest of the world as well. that is why the department for international trade is working. already talking to a number of countries around the world as to what our future trade arrangements might be. i'm also clear we want to find ways of helping and encouraging more small and medium—sized enterprises to export around the world. to the eu but also around the re st of world. to the eu but also around the rest of the world. i was very pleased to take some smes with me on my recent trip to china for example. and had some very good results from the networking, from the contacts they were able to make there. as a government, through the work of export finance guarantee and so forth, we are working actively to encourage and help notjust large companies but also small and medium—sized enterprises be able to trade outside the united kingdom. be

that the european union or indeed to other countries the world. jane? thank you prime minister. i live in scotla nd thank you prime minister. i live in scotland and run a business in newcastle. i wonder how your vision of britain after brexit really improve things for people that live in both of those places and other cities around the uk. well, first of all, the important thing i would say is keeping the united kingdom such that we have the ability for you to live in scotland and run a business in newcastle. i think as we look outside of the united kingdom, which is outside of the european union, it's notjust is outside of the european union, it's not just about what i've is outside of the european union, it's notjust about what i've been talking about today, the future relationship with the eu, it's not just about trade relationships around the rest of the world. it's about how we develop our economy here in the united kingdom. that is where the industrial strategy is an absolutely key part of what we're doing. we are a nation of innovators, a nation of... hugely

creative. world leaders in so many areas. look at what we're doing in fin tech, in artificial intelligence, in the automotive industry. huge range of areas. we are out there leading the world. we wa nt are out there leading the world. we want to make sure we're creating the environment in the uk to enable people to continue to do that to make real successes across industrial sectors. and the financial sector as well. but also creating ways for innovation to come forward. pa rt of creating ways for innovation to come forward. part of that is getting our people skilled up so they can take those jobs of the future. thank you. applause studio: the prime minister leaving the stage at the mansion house in the stage at the mansion house in the city of london. she was speaking forjust shy of our. she took

questions at the end from a variety of journalists. and members questions at the end from a variety ofjournalists. and members of the audience who had gathered to hear her talk about the five tests she wa nts to her talk about the five tests she wants to use to guide the uk in negotiations. namely that the referendum result must be respected. any deal mustn't break down. any deal must protectjobs and security and be consistent with the kind of country we want to be. modern, outward looking and tolerant. and any agreement must bring the country together. listening to that speech was chief political correspondent vicki young. she pretty much covered all of the bases didn't she, giving us plenty to pick over. very much trying to appeal to the eu. and to levers and remainers that they are all going to lead to compromise. that is the takeaway message. there was a lot of detail about customs arrangements and the rest of it. the

overall tone and the message to me is drawing a line under the referendum campaign. particularly the message from some on the brexit side who at times were accused of simplistically arguing this was all going to be rather easy. she deliberately says this is going to bea deliberately says this is going to be a complex thing, a complex negotiation. also saying it was time to be straight with people. hard truth is this how she put it. that access to other people's markets was not going to be as good as it is now. in that sense this was not soaring rhetoric and division, this was very much a pragmatic practical speech about how exactly she wants things to work. and an appeal to the european union, do not cut off your nose to spite your face. a lot of this is good for them to come if we can have this closer understanding, then actually, it'll be good for both sides. on the specifics, there

we re both sides. on the specifics, there were ideas about associate membership for example of certain agencies, eu agencies. medicine and aviation for example. and an acceptance that would mean the uk abiding by those rules and, yes, making a payment. giving money to those agencies in order to have that continued cooperation. her argument is the eu will benefit from our expertise. ultimately saying the british parliament will be sovereign, that is what people voted for. they will be able to decide at whatever point they want we might be able to diverged. but she specifically says a lot will stay the same. regulatory standards will remain substantially similar in the future, but for her the crucial point, the reason she says she is delivering brexit for people who voted that way in the referendum is because parliament will be sovereign and can diverged when it wants to. what do you make of all this is

another matter. we'll find out about that in just another matter. we'll find out about that injust a another matter. we'll find out about that in just a second. when we speak to damian grammaticas. in accepting there has to be a compromise of course, it's going to upset both sides as much as it's going to ask something of both sides in the discussion in this country. it is, but i think this is a practical approach. we've had all these months of rhetoric and talking about what we're going to achieve. it was striking there wasn't that continual repetition of walking away, getting no deal. this sounded to me like a prime minister who was decided she wa nts a prime minister who was decided she wants a deal, she's going to get a deal, she accepts it may well cost something and she knows it will mean compromise. she's looking at the fa ct compromise. she's looking at the fact this is a negotiation with brussels, with 27 other countries. she's also looking at the house of commons, at parliament. and what

parliament would back or not back. it would be very interesting to see the response from her own side. it was fascinating before the speech was fascinating before the speech was made that theresa villiers, a leading figure in the that leave campaign said she knew she would find some of the stuff in this speech uncomfortable to listen to. i think some of them will have done. but ultimately leaving the european union, but acceptance a deal must be done and it will involve compromise. thank you very much. vicki young outside mansion house. let's speak to damian grammaticas. the ball will feel in brussels court. acceptance there will be needed to compromise in london, but also by the eu 27. there has been a lot of focus from interest in hearing what mrs may has to say, precisely because of this question of what detail which he deliver? the eu has said for a long time it has been waiting to get this

detail, to get some hard sort of direction from the uk site. they think the first thing to say is there will be, i imagine, we haven't had response yet, but a welcome for the tone. this idea of wanting a constructive engagement, wanting lots of areas to remain very close, seeing the close partnership in future. that is all very good, that will be welcome here. the other thing that will be welcome is the message directed towards the uk audience, which is that there will be hard choices coming audience, which is that there will beaééffifchoiceécgfiing 5.2 is mrs ff" 7 7 7 ‘detail

‘ detail in saying . . saying we in in saying leasing in saying; need eng in saying; need to g; in addressing the need to keep the open. that is why; produced border open. that is why it produced a document this week. on other areas, things like the idea the uk would seek to stay in some agencies that the eu has, she talked about the aviation, that was one sort of area. the eu has been very cool on that sort of idea. saying the uk is leaving and quitting. that has not been seen as something that might be

possible. the other areas, too, i think, it's worth saying, this whole idea about the uk at the heart of her speech, about the uk being able to have this sovereign ability to decide its standards, keeps them closely aligned with the eu, but possibly choose in future a parliament in future could choose to goa parliament in future could choose to go a different direction and see its market access reduced. that is specifically one of the things the eu side has objected to. in the last week we heard donald tusk talk about pure illusion. for the eu side the idea the uk could simply have a blank cheque to go which way it wa nts to blank cheque to go which way it wants to have access, go which way is wanted in future, would create an impossibly difficult system to manage from their point of view. they indicated they will want to entertain that. that will seem very, very unattractive as an idea to the eu side. we'll have to wait and see what they say of course. no tariffs,

no quotas, they say we don't want this customs union but we will need a customs agreement. it's going to ta ke a customs agreement. it's going to take some negotiating in itself. it's another crucial area which the eu has already said donald tusk deliver this message to mrs may yesterday in downing street. that a customs arrangement would not be the same and would not deliver the same benefits at the borders and the same access for goods travelling from the uk into the eu. so that would be both into mainland eu and ireland that a customs arrangement that would allow where the uk would want to... be able to strike its own trade deals elsewhere would mean that would necessitate border controls. equally, quitting the structures of the single market will also necessitate border controls.

what we have heard in this speech is the same things the uk side has been saying for quite a long time. at the eu has been indicating. it simply doesn't address the questions. and leaves open those difficult choices michel barnier laid out yesterday. does the uk want to strike its own trade deals or does it want free movement of goods into the eu without barriers? those are difficult choices that still have to be confronted. it is the eu's view. man is of to

a man is convicted of £29 £2 murder a a man is convicted of £222 £2 murder a by j- r; her over murder a woman by running her over because she was wearing a hijab. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the bank of england governor mark carney has warned that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin should be regulated to crack down on illegal activities and protect the financial system. in a speech in edinburgh mr carney branded cryptocurrencies a "failure", a lottery and said they exhibit the "classic hallmarks of bubbles" that attract "fools". the food standards agency is to hold "a major review into the sites where meat products are processed and stores in the uk". it follows a series of incidents in the last six months over hygiene rules. it said people rightly expect food businesses to keep to the rules, rules designed to keep consumers safe and to sustain public trust in food — and food businesses have a duty to follow the regulations. initial findings are expected in june. the serious fraud office is to seek

a retrial of three, tesco executives relating to a quarter of £1 billion accounting scandal at the supermarket chain. the original trial was halted after the tesco for me ukfinance trial was halted after the tesco for me uk finance chief suffered a heart attack. he, chris bush and the former commerce food directorjohn scored all deny the charges. president trump has been tweeting again. some really good ones, we're going to get them up, they are quite fun. slightly counterintuitive what he's been saying. it's all about steel and putting tariffs on steel, trade wars. let's have a look at the first. this morning he tweeted, when a country, usa, is losing billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good and they're easy to win. we'll get the second person.

trade wars are good and easy to win. an interesting attitude. the next one, we must protect our country and our workers. our steel industry is in bad shape. if you don't have skill, you don't have a country. quite interesting for those countries who don't have steel. anyway. on that basis let's go... existential crisis. lets talk to the us. we can talk to yogita limaye in north america. these are quite interesting tweets. we are used to this kind of thing. what kind of effect does it have on the market, one people's confidence in how america is going to be able to trade with its major trading partners. just looking at the markets right now, they are reacting negatively. yesterday the dow jones now, they are reacting negatively. yesterday the dowjones fell more than 400 points. at this point it's about 300 down. you've got stocks of steel companies going up. stocks of every other sector that consumes

steel, those things like car companies, i mean, those stocks really got a beating yesterday at the markets. that is why opinion here is divided. people certainly see mrtrump has here is divided. people certainly see mr trump has a point. tens of thousands of steeljobs have been lost. certainly a point he is making. how do you go about fixing that? our trade tariffs the best way to go about fixing that? what if these countries take reciprocal action? the truth is the biggest exporters of steel to the us, it's not china, commits canada, brazil, turkey, south korea. those are the biggest exporters of steel. the threat is you could be sparking off a trade war countries around the world. he said what he wants to do in another tweet is introduced reciprocal taxes. thank you so much,

yogita limaye in new york. it's interesting, remember that about the amount of import in the steel. they come from canada, not china at all. we'll see you at a quarter to four. back to theresa may's speech, let's get some reaction from anna soubry, the conservative mps who voted to remain in the brexit referendum. she joins us from our westminster newsroom , joins us from our westminster newsroom, thank you forjoining us. if theresa may work to get all she set out this afternoon, how a cce pta ble set out this afternoon, how acceptable to you would it be, that style of brexit? it would be better than the alternative call which is ha rd than the alternative call which is hard brexit. it's not as good as staying in the single market or customs union. i wish theresa may, i can assure you all good fortune. my concern is the fact this is now a facing up by her, undoubtedly to be welcomed, the speech of brexit reality. my very real concern is that it doesn't match the reality of the position of the european union.

the european union has made it very clear the sort of deal they will be doing with us. we have options. we can stay in the european union. in other words, change our minds. we can leave on a hard brexit straight over the cliff edge, which absolutely nobody with any sense at all would want. we can do a deal and free trade arrangement. free trade agreement with the eu. all we can stay in the single market and customs union. what we've seen from the prime minister today is an a cce pta nce the prime minister today is an acceptance that what she wants, which is... i can understand she's trying to keep the conservative party together... is a free—trade agreement which will be incredibly complex. the whole way we'll be operating as a nation in so many ways is exceptionally difficult. it will be now. and of course it will not deliver the same benefits, the positives, to our economy as we currently have. there is an

a cce pta nce currently have. there is an acceptance of that by air. the british people need to look at this and say, do i really want all of this, is this what i voted for, those who voted leave. i was told it was going to be easy, i was told i would be better off. i was told i would be better off. i was told i would get £350 million a week extra for the nhs. i'm afraid that's been proved now not to be the case at all. the brexit we are heading towards is very, very different to the one we were promised. a lot of people will look at this and think we're getting back a lot of the sovereignty we wanted without having to give up access to certain agencies which might be useful to us. and will allow reciprocity with the eu 27, through pharmaceuticals and cdma. it won't be a race to the bottom because a lot of the regulation will be as good as what we've got, not better. they will be different regulatory framework at a

different regulatory framework at a different customs agreement, but an agreement no less. let's unpack all of that, it was quite a question. there is an acceptance by the prime minister quite properly that we need to be subjected in some way to the judgments and rulings of the european court of justice. judgments and rulings of the european court ofjustice. let's get real about that. she is right to say that, of course we should, i've never been hung up on the ecj as others have been. i see it for what it is. secondly, if we want to do trade in the same way that we trade now with the european union, we need to have the same standards, we do not want the sort of products that america has, we want to maintain our animal welfare by way of example, we wa nt animal welfare by way of example, we want products which we know are safe and good. most importantly we want the alignment, the same standards, that we currently have for that trade to continue. when it comes to talking about tariffs, let's get real about this. we currently trade

with the other european union is on the basis of no customs duties whatsoever. we are leaving the european union and immediately talking about putting up barriers to trade. anna soubry. it's wrong, i'm afraid. it's a huge amount to unpick, quite right. we hope to speak to you again, thank you very much. time for a look at the weather forecast with philip we are by no means out of the woods. further issues with the weather. particularly though not exclusively if you are near that snow belt gradually driving out of the southern half of britain during the course of the afternoon through the evening and into the first part of the night. all the while further north the easterly still bringing a lot of snow showers to northern and eastern parts of scotland and the north—east england, too. we have a cold start to the new day on saturday. watch out for leaden skies. further snow showers across northern parts of britain. further south, a quiet spell of weather. the

wind nowhere near as strong. but because things are turning relatively mild in the by day, i haveissues relatively mild in the by day, i have issues with the fact that rain may fall onto frozen services. by sam fogg could be a new issue as we start the new day on sunday. further significant snow to come across the eastern side of greggs and north east of england. further south turning milder. hello. you're watching afternoon live. today at 3. snow and ice continue to cause misery for travellers across the uk. many passengers spend hours on trains going nowhere. we had no heating and things like that the fa ke heating and things like that the fake car had run out of food and drink earlier on in the evening. a pretty cold night. the army is out helping

people stranded in the sub—zero conditions, as major incidents are declared in several counties. lam ben i am ben brown reporting live from alnwick where people are saying they asked seeing the worst winter conditions for more than a decade. theresa may says life will be different when the uk leaves the eu, and lays out what she calls "hard facts". we both need to face the fact that this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want. a man is convicted of trying to murder a woman by running her over because she was wearing a hijab. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. some news from gymnastics. claudia fragapane says she is heartbroken. she is out of next month was mac games as she snapped an achilles tendon. —— next month was mac games.

occasionally this wintry snap is a thing of beauty but on occasion it just gets in the way. more of this to come in the next few hours. all the details in the studio. prince harry and meghan markle throw open the doors of windsor castle for their wedding. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. snow, ice and powerful winds are continuing to cause major disruption over large parts of the uk. the army has been drafted in to help people trapped in their cars in heavy snow on the m62 in greater mancjester, while major incidents have been declared in wiltshire, hampshire and avon and somerset. 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 and southeastern railway have told customers 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. yes, good afternoon. very, very cold here, subzero temperatures. alnwick snowbound but one of many towns

across the country that has pretty much ground to a halt because of the winter weather. they are saying in this town these are the worst winter weather conditions they have seen for eight years. just up the road, the a1 has been closed between alnwick and berwick. a lot of drivers were stranded there overnight. they have been brought to a sports hall here in alnwick, a makeshift emergency centre but those drivers, lorry drivers and drivers car who got stranded there overnight. it has a story of travel disruption right around the united kingdom, particular chaos on the roads in various parts of the country where people have been stranded in their cars and trucks. in the south of england we saw that very much on the eighth 303 in wiltshire as robert hall reports. intense and unrelenting, storm emma colliding with the siberian blast and shutting down the transport network road by road. on the a31 in dorset,

hampshire police called in the army to help evacuate trapped drivers. further north, our journey 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 half the road, snowploughs struggled to clear a path. nobody was going anywhere. i hope to get to taunton, eventually, but at the moment it is not looking promising and we could be stuck. trying to get to an old people's 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 there. what was it like? really horrendous. do you think you will get out of here? 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 nextjam was only two miles away. as the skies lightened, still no police presence. in some vehicles, patience 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. we were hearing about some of the problems in the south. let me also tell you about the a62. we're getting new details in rochdale and huddersfield. three and a half thousand vehicles were stuck there overnight. the army were brought in. they are saying now they have cleared most of those vehicles. there are about 20 to 25 lorries and tracks remaining there. though it has been cleared, the end 62 is still closed on the section between

rochdale and huddersfield for the time being. —— m62. mayhem on the m62 between rochdale and huddersfield. they bitterly about some of the problems on the railways. cancellations and delays right around the country, in particular there was a problem on south—western railways last night when train *‘ —— , south—western railways last night when train?ei broke south—western railways last night when train *‘ —— , broke 6:7 s??—:” t "7 "" "7 who 7 w ' 51-425 195; £65959? £551.55.» now carriages. dunca nekennedyrnow reports. 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, 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. when we left sway, we lost power as well. they managed to restore power so we had lights, but we had no heating, and things like the buffet car had run out of food and drink earlier on in the evening, so it was a pretty cold night. how long were you on that train for? 14, 15 hours, it was something in that region. the train spent 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 then had to walk across a gangplank to get off. south west trains issued a statement apologising to all those involved in this incident, saying it battled throughout 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,

in the new forest. well, lots of problems around the country for health care and hospitals, in particular in the south west of england where there has been additional pressure on the national health service. jon kay reports now from one hospital in exeter. snow outside the royal devon and exeter hospital but inside you can most feel the heat because they are so busy. this woman is the chief nurse. your teams have gone to extraordinary lengths to come in and work. we have. the most incredible contribution from staff. i could not begin to say thank you enough. people have slept on camp beds overnight. it is that sense of team and the sense of duty to be here to

provide the best care for patients. you have declared a critical internal incident. that means you're running your own internal emergency. that is right when the snow came down yesterday and public transport stopped, we were pretty much whoever was here we had to care for. both patients and visitors. that was the best way to plan how we got through the next 24, 48 hours. you have had to accommodate nearly 100 staff overnight. you had relatives in patients who could not leave and some of them had to stay on site as well. you're almost running hotel type accommodation for people who are not sick as well is running a hospital. we have been very creative in looking at all areas in which we could put beds. for people who were stranded when not patients, relatives and members of the public, we have had them staying in allsorts

of places in the hospital. like where? people in our simulation suite, a mocked up award for training purposes. some of our industrial units were converted into hotel rooms and dormitories. generally, this is when peoplejust are amazing. everyone has pulled together. the sense of team and camaraderie has been amazing. together. the sense of team and camaraderie has been amazinglj together. the sense of team and camaraderie has been amazing. i know how busy you are. the royal devon and exeter hospital with staff coming and going all the time the study have spoken to staff who have walked three or four macro miles. —— all the time — we have spoken to staff. it is notjust about today but the knock—on effect into the weekend for them is staff are doing 24 hours, 48 hours at work, they will need to have time off. as the thaw comes maybe more freezing weather they could have more injuries to deal with so more staff

will still be needed. i have just heard from the southwest ambulance service which is saying now having severe difficulty reaching patients and they are saying that less urgent cases may have to wait for their attention. southwest ambulance is saying they are having severe difficulty in reaching those who need their service. we have talked about the transport chaos around the united kingdom. let's focus in on the irish republic. there has been a lot of disruption there as well because of this weather. a lot of homes, thousands of homes and businesses have been without power. chris page is in dublin for us. what is the latest? this might be the sort of whether you would associate more with iceland rather than ireland but this is dublin city centre and the capital of the irish republic is in the grip of the most extreme winter weather, the heaviest

snowfall for 30 years. still the red weather warning in place across large parts of the country, including here in dublin. that means there is a danger to life. the irish prime minister has spoken in the last hour. he has given a series of news co nfe re nces last hour. he has given a series of news conferences on the state of play. he has said people should still take extreme care. the government had warned people to stay indoors yesterday evening and not go out at all. that advice has been withdrawn and they have said it is 0k to go out on foot if you have to but the advice is not to drive. dublin is usually very busy at this time ona dublin is usually very busy at this time on a friday afternoon but this city centre street, which is usually full of traffic, is pretty empty, bara full of traffic, is pretty empty, bar a few tractors fitted with snowploughs that are clearing the snowploughs that are clearing the snow off the streets were trying to

clear the snow away to the side so whatever the weather warning —— whenever the weather warning is lifted and traffic returns to the streets but things can return to normal as quickly as possible. still some time to go before that is the case. schools are closed and most shops are closed. in the city centre we have only seen a handful of shops remaining open. most people are taking some time off work. dublin is essentially a city in shutdown at the moment. it is, as i say, the most extreme weather people here can rememberfor more most extreme weather people here can remember for more than a generation. it is making for a very pretty picture and causing an awful lot of disruption. thank you very much. we have talked about the transport chaos around the uk, the railways and the roads. let's focus in on the flights and the airports. victoria is at heathrow for us. you join me

ina very is at heathrow for us. you join me in a very snowy scene in the car park at heathrow. visibility is incredibly poor. a white out has descended. at the moment all uk airports remain open but this is certainly their worst day of the week when it comes to flight cancellations. more than 1200 flights have been cancelled across uk and irish airports. the majority of which here at heathrow, more than 350 flights could have been cancelled at heathrow. more than 300 at dublin airport. dublin airport remains closed. very much the same picture at geneva as well we have flights cancelled out of edinburgh. ryanairand flights cancelled out of edinburgh. rya nair and easyjet lights have flights cancelled out of edinburgh. ryanair and easyjet lights have all been cancelled for the day when it comes to edinburgh airport. —— flights. every time a plane lands committee need to de—ice the runways

and the planes before you are allowed to take off again. where you have snow vehicles coming in here, i don't know if you can see them. there is a whole line of possessing down the northern runway. plenty more of these vehicles are doing their work to clear the runway as we go. no planes can land on the runway until it is clear. it causes severe delays. another thing they are dealing with is low visibility. for a traffic control, lights have to go more slowly into the airport when they are taxiing around the airport they are taxiing around the airport they need to go more slowly. there are speed restrictions on the ground. more space is needed between the planes. that reduces capacity. capacity is the key problem. we are seeing lots of pre—emptive cancellations of flights to give a bit more space into the schedule. that is so flights that do leave can

leave on time. expect plenty more disruptions when it comes to air travel today. and queue. it is snowing here once again at alnwick in northumberland. if you want the latest information where you are, june into your bbc local radio station. you can also get live updates on the bbc news channel and your local radio station. these are the headlines: snow and ice continued to cause in problems for passengers around the uk. theresa may outlines her hopes for a future partnership with the eu and says the hard facts. man is accused of running a woman over because she is wearing a hijab.

in the sport, claudia fragapane is out of the commonwealth games because she has snapped an achilles tendon. katarina johnson thompson is going well at the world indoor athletics championships. she lies second in the pentathlon after two —— with just two events to go. the video assistant referee system is unlikely to be used in the premier league. there are concerns over the range of issues including disruption to the flow of the game. theresa may has set out what she called "hard facts" about leaving the european union, as she outlined her hopes for a future economic partnership. the prime minister said there needed to be an acceptance of certain hard facts, including that the uk would have less access to some markets than it does now. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at the mansion house, in the city of london, where the speech was made. yes, and the prime minister hasjust

left, the chancellor as well. he looked pretty pleased and said he thought that he thought theresa may had done a good job. the key thing they are trying to do is to get the european union to move on and talk about trade and our future relationship with the european union. that is something which has become an impasse. in recent days has seemed like the two sides are further apart than ever. i think the tone is interesting. a bit like her speech in florence theresa may is trying to unlock things and took about compromise and working together and calling again for a particularly unique and bespoke trade deal that the uk should be able to have with the european union. she'll so had what she said was a pretty uncompromising message as well. -- she also had. i want to be straight with people. reality is

we need to face up to hard facts. we aren't leaving the single market and life will be different. in certain ways our access to each other's markets will be less than it is now. how can the eu structure of rights and obligations be sustained if the uk orany and obligations be sustained if the uk or any country were allowed to enjoy all the benefits without all the obligations? she is there saying that what the message has been from some during the referendum campaign, when it comes to practical politics it will not happen. also because of parliament. they will have to ratify whatever deal happens. she had a message for the european union, the same one she has repeated many times, effectively saying, don't cut up times, effectively saying, don't cut up your nose to spite your face. we know there is a huge trade agreement, arrangements, between the two of us and she is hoping that can continue after brexit. we both need to face the fact this is in

negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident we can reach an agreement. we both want access to each other's markets and competition between us to be fair and open and we want reliable and transparent means of verifying we are meeting our commitments and resolving disputes. there was some detail. for examples she was saying she thought the uk should have associate mentorship of some european agencies like medicine and aviation. she accepts the uk would abide by the rules and still pay some money on but in return the eu would get our expertise. ultimately someone look at the speech and say, hang on a minute, you are effectively still saying you wa nt to you are effectively still saying you want to be very closely involved and have access to the single market in some areas and not still be free to do our own trade deals. of course i'm sure we will hear from brussels

and accusation that the uk is trying to cherry pick. thank very much. let's talk to the former deputy prime minister, sir nick clegg, who is in brussels. thank you very much forjoining us this afternoon. i'm normally not here at three in the afternoon. the british chambers of commerce have given their reaction this afternoon to that speech by theresa may full survey said the prime minister was clearer and more realistic than ever before. how encouraged are you buy that? anyone who listened to the speech and those who will examine it in days and weeks to come, the simple question people will have is what on earth is the point of brexit? it is a bit like being told someone wants to leave our house to move into a nicer, newer, shiny house and they end up moving into the attic they lived in all along but still paying money for the bills but still paying money for the bills but this time living by the rules of other people. that is what she said

in the speech. many people were promised all sorts of glittering utopian things by the brexiteers the time of the referendum. now we've here we've will still be abiding by european court of justice here we've will still be abiding by european court ofjustice ruling is paying money into european agencies and abiding by their rules. we will have a shared fisheries policy, we will have common approach to data and we will not be able to depart on the standards we set from the goods we produce and trade from those set in europe and yet we will be poorer because we won't have the same full access to the single market. i think as the dust settles on this speech, more and more people will reasonably ask themselves, what is the point of brexit in the first place? she does say outside the single market we will have freedom to negotiate our own trade each other not be bound by those we are in at the moment as pa rt those we are in at the moment as

part of the european union and so surely there is greater opportunities for britain.|j surely there is greater opportunities for britain. i am afraid i think it is one of those great myths that has developed quite a lot of momentum but decided there isa a lot of momentum but decided there is a cornucopia of trade deals on the other side of the planet than we can do deals with papua new guinea, straight year in new zealand, lots of countries on the other side of the planet and that somehow can replace the trade which theresa may today has admitted we will lose with our very largest and neighbouring economies in the european union. there was a reason why we trade more with ireland, country of around 4 million people, than we do with huge giants like india and china. the reason is geography. they are closer to ireland and closer to european economies than we ever will be with those economies in asia and further afield. i think it is very dangerous to pretend to people that we can somehow make up for what we lose in our own neighbourhood by entering into trade agreements with countries

which are much further away. there has been concern expressed a number of times by people that we could see a race to the bottom, as britain casts of the regulations we have been bound by as a member of the european union. she has made it quite clear that the note, our standards will be as high, if not higher in some instances. how optimistic are you? it comes down to what is the point of brexit. as much asi what is the point of brexit. as much as i disagree, i understand the logic of the hardline brexiteers who say, if you're going to leave the jurisdiction then exploit the freedom of doing so. theresa may has said we will leave the jurisdiction of the single market, the laws and the rules of the single market we we re the rules of the single market we were still end up following them anyway. the differences we will not be in the driving seat in drafting the rules. for instance, there are

european union standards, technical standards, on vacuum cleaners. if i understand correctly, from what she has said today, the vacuum cleaners we produce in the united kingdom and sell in the european union will have to meet european standards we used to meet european standards we used to co—author as members of the european union but we will now have to passively follow while having no say over them at all. as people of the speech more and more than they will realise that oddly enough in the name of taking control we will lose significant sovereignty over significant swathes of our economy. i think significant swathes of our economy. ithinkl significant swathes of our economy. i think i know what you will say that i will ask it anyway. it has been made clear we will leave the customs union that she has said this afternoon, there will have to be in its place at customs agreement but she hopes it will be at the spoke one, a better one. what is the question? how will that work? i have

no idea, not the foggiest, neither does the government. they talk in vague terms about technology which a p pa re ntly vague terms about technology which apparently will mysteriously be able to have the effect of border checks without at ministering border checks. the fundamental problem with the border issue in ireland is you either have a border or you do not. because of the decisions that were taken because of the decisions that were ta ken about pursuing because of the decisions that were taken about pursuing a brexit when really is the customs union and the single market, a new land border will be created between the united kingdom and the european union, and the united kingdom single market and the united kingdom single market and the european union single market which did not exist before. what is odd is that brexiteers said at that time they wanted us to exert control over our borders. we are creating a new border and they are falling over themselves to say they do not want to control it. that is why they got themselves into such a mess on this

border issue. the dup leader has put out a statement this afternoon saying she welcomes the clear commitment of the prime minister sexual cancers any new border being created in the irish sea between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. there will be no ha rd united kingdom. there will be no hard border. theresa may flipped over on that and said —— slipped over on that and said —— slipped over on that and said —— slipped over on that and then corrected herself. they have answered that, haven't they? they have asserted it. there is a world of difference between asserting something and providing a solution, which is a problem of the brexiteers own making. if you have a border between economies where one has a different tariff to the other and one economy has different standards in some sectors to another, it is a logical

impossibility not to then monitor what is crossing the border. those differences are a logical consequence of saying that you will leave the customs union and the single market as well as the political institutions of the european union. i don't think theresa may has said anything today to address her own contradiction, which is to create a border and then somehow deny it exists. 80% of trade that goes on is between the republic and northern ireland, that crosses that line at the moment. it is small manufacturers and producers. that is fine. they will let that go. anything where it is bigger companies involved, the 20% will be pa rt companies involved, the 20% will be part of trusted tradesmen so very light touch that is not exactly going to create miles of traffic as haulage lorries have to take those goods backwards and forwards. i'm afraid it's a complete diversion whether they are small or large

companies. they are operating across the wholly invisible irish border at the wholly invisible irish border at the moment. because they operate according to the same norms, standards, licensing procedures and, crucially, the same tax arrangements. the so—called tariffs that are placed upon imports into our economy. it's irrelevant whether they are small or large companies, they are small or large companies, they will operate according to different standards and different ta riffs different standards and different tariffs once we leave the single market and the customs union. that is why inesca pably market and the customs union. that is why inescapably there need to be checks at that border. i think it is incredibly unhelpful and deeply irresponsible for theresa may to persist in claiming you can create a border wilfully oversee divergences on either side of the border and somehow assert rather than actually provide a solution to the controls that would need to be in place at that would need to be in place at that border. sir nick clegg former deputy prime minister, good of you

to talk to us, thank you very much. let's ta ke to talk to us, thank you very much. let's take a quick look outside. this is what it looks like outside broadcasting house. in some parts of the country you are safe. —— agri you are saying "call that snow?". let's ta ke you are saying "call that snow?". let's take a look at the forecast. we are by no means out of the woods. further issues with the weather, particularly though not exclusively if you are near that snow belt gradually driving out of the southern half of britain during the afternoon. through the evening and into the first part of the night. further north, the east breezer bringing snow showers to eastern and northern parts of scotland and north—east england. cold start to the new day on saturday, watch out for pretty leaden skies. further south, quite spell of weather. the wind nowhere near as strong. because things are turning relatively mild in the south by day, i have issues

with the fact that rain may well fall onto frozen services. i stand fogg could be a new issue as we start the new day on saturday. further significant snow to come across the eastern side of scotland and the north—east of england. further south turning little milder. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. drifting snow, ice and driving winds are continuing to cause severe disruption in many parts of the uk — nine people are known to have died in weather—related incidents since tuesday. theresa may outlines her hopes for a future economic partnership with the eu, while setting out what she calls the "hard facts" about brexit. we all need to face up to some hard fa cts . we all need to face up to some hard facts. we are leaving the single market. life is going to be different. in certain ways, our access to each other's markets will be less than it is now. a 21 —year—old man from leicester has

been found guilty of the attempted murder of a muslim woman — who he targeted because she was wearing a hijab. prince harry and meghan markle have invited more than 2000 600 people , including 1200 members of the public, into the grounds of windsor castle to watch their wedding. in a moment... a colony of more than three quarters of a million penguins has been discovered off the antarctic peninsula. that's what we're waiting for. are you paying attention? olly foster is kind of you with the sport. it's nice to see you, at least you are here in time today. never paying attention. starting with gymnastics, bad news for claudia fragapane. this makes me wince every time i read about this. terrible. she'sjust makes me wince every time i read about this. terrible. she's just 20 and she won four gold medals remember in glasgow four years ago at the commonwealth games. she

snapped achilles tendon so she's out of next month's commonwealths on the gold coast in australia. terrible timing. my word you wouldn't want this injury any time. she says she is heartbroken. you may remember her from strictly come dancing. she was a world bronze medallist as well. this is how she revealed the news on social media. as you do, she said... we're keeping everton crossed she does recover. think of the pressures that puts on a gymnast, that achilles is vital to what she does.

really horrible accident. particularly at this time. things looking promising for another athlete at the commonwealth, katarina johnson—thompson. a global event going on at the moment in birmingham. thankfully indoors with all this nasty weather about. it's the world indoor athletics championships. she is going really well. they can't do the heptathlon because of the javelin, it's dangerous indoors. it's just because of the javelin, it's dangerous indoors. it'sjust a pentathlon for them. they have three events down. did well in the high jump events down. did well in the high jump witha events down. did well in the high jump with a clearance of 191, some way off her personal best. still better than any of her rivals, moving her first after she'd finished seventh in the opening 60 metres. in the last hour or so she come up with a personal best in shot. dropped second oval ball but still well—placed. three events down. she's got the long jump and the 800 to come this evening. she's

pretty strong in those. hopefully she'll be going very well in those. elsewhere great britain'sjohnny brownlee crashed in the opening event of the world track and series in abu dhabi. he was leading the early stages of the cycling leg before he slid off the road in wet conditions. who would have thought? he eventually finished seventh. henry schuman from south africa won the race. alistair brownlee missed the race. alistair brownlee missed the abu dhabi event through injury but both brothers hope to compete at the commonwealth ‘s on the gold coast next month. the video assistant referee system is unlikely to be used in the premier league next season even though it could be seen at the world cup this summer. it's been trialled in domestic cup competitions this season. it was criticised for causing lengthy delays in spurs fa cup win against rochdale. it's one of the issues causing concern. football's lawmakers the international football association board could approve it ata association board could approve it

at a meeting tomorrow which would pave the way for its possible use in russia at the world cup. jonny ba i rstow has russia at the world cup. jonny bairstow has no plans to stop playing test cricket to concentrate onjust playing test cricket to concentrate on just t20s and 1—dayers. england face new zealand in the third match of their one—day series overnight and bester says he wants to keep playing in all formats. it's very much personal opinion, personal decision. i be playing solely white ball cricket. for a long time. as i say, it's an individual thing people have got to weigh up within themselves. into the quarterfinal stage at the welsh open in cardiff. barry hawkins playing yao printout from china. thailand's competitor for— three up against ian burns. he needs one more frame to riches first semifinal at a

ranking event. that is all the sport for now. i'm off. lizzie greenwood—hughes is with you in the next hour. it's been lovely to see you. goodbye. i'm joined by chris morris for more on theresa may's speech. she said there were no historic precedent to watch is trying to achieve. she did cover a lot of ground. there has been a lot of criticism over the last year that the government is wanting to have its cake and eat it, it's not being honest with people. we've been told it would be the easiest negotiation of all time. this felt a bit more sober. there we re this felt a bit more sober. there were things she said, look, there are things that will be difficult and different. she mentioned the european court of justice and different. she mentioned the european court ofjustice and said we'll clearly have a relationship with the ecj in future. she doesn't wa nt with the ecj in future. she doesn't want it to have any direct jurisdiction in the uk. the relationship will still be there, it's not going to disappear. she

made the same point on the key issue of the future of the economy, let's listen. i want to be straight with people because the reality is that we all need to face up to some hard fact. we are leaving the single market. life is going to be different. in certain ways our access to each other's markets will be less than it is now. how could the eu structure of rights and obligations be sustained if the uk or any country we re allowed sustained if the uk or any country were allowed to enjoy all the benefits without all of the obligations? we need to strike a new balance. we will not accept the rights of canada and the obligations of norway. the different kind of potential deals that could be done in the future. free trade deal like canada or a much closer relationship like norway has. a member of the single market. it's an ambitious thing to try and negotiate. it is something new, something slightly

bespoke. she made the point which is true, that every free trade deal is bespoke in some way. you can't simply take an off—the—shelf package. should we be able to get a better deal than somewhere like canada? better deal than somewhere like canada ? you better deal than somewhere like canada? you can argue we should because we are much closer partner and more important economic partner for the eu that a country like canada. the eu has been saying cherry pick, uk says bespoke. trade is one of the most important aspect, what else did she say? she talked a lot about goods, doesn't want any tariffs. we know that. she talked about services and went through the service sector in some detail. she wa nts service sector in some detail. she wants things that aren't in any other free trade agreement around the world. she mentioned broadcasting, financial services. pa rt broadcasting, financial services. part of the problem is these will be difficult things to negotiate. you look at the history of free trade agreements and sometimes it takes yea rs. agreements and sometimes it takes years. the clock is ticking, it doesn't feel like we've got that

much time. let's have another listen to the sort of relationship she wa nts to to the sort of relationship she wants to achieve. i want the broadest and deep as possible partnership covering more sectors and cooperating more fully than any free trade agreement anywhere in the world today. as i will go on to describe we will also need agreements in a range of areas covering the breadth of our relationship. cynics, some in europe, will say, if you want the deep as possible relationship anywhere in the world, that is called the single market and customs union. you've already heard from nick clegg a few minutes ago, if it's so great why are we leaving? that is the problem when you move into the middle ground, some will say if you want to keep all of this why are you leaving? one of her argument is, we'll be able to do our own trade deals around the world, it's going to be a key difference. it was clear in a lot of areas she intends to stick close to the european union. she says there will

be some regulations the same. but some will be better. how compatible will it be with what the eu want? she mentioned specifics, probably for the first time, in more specific detail, she mentioned the aviation safety agency, chemicals agency, medicines agency, all areas of complex regular schnur it has been clear that has been pressure from business saying we really need more we now like the way the regulation works, we know the system works, it works, we know the system works, it works well for both sides. we need to stick as close to those relationships as possible. if you stick close to those regulations you are not diverging in the way some people would want. let's listen to what she said about regulatory standards. the uk will need to make a strong commitment that its regulatory standards will remain as high as the eu. that commitment in practice will mean uk and eu regulatory standards will remain substantially similar in future.

regulatory standards will remain substantially similar in futurem feels like the ball is in brussels court, whether they see it that way we'll wait and see. we know in a few weeks' time at the end of march we are due to have the other 27 countries a set of guidelines for this negotiation and aspects of the future relationship. they were waiting for this speech, saying, what's in the guidelines will depend how much detail you give us in the speech. there is more detail in here. there will be voices in brussels, one mep has already tweeted saying i despair about what i've heard, it sounds like she's still sticking her head in the sand. they will see a lot of this as back to where we started, cherry there she ell there i she wants 5 eilégiégéeie eei ééeiiie héée eli the eiléiiégéeie eei ééeiii; héée eli the if: in " she wants to reserve the right in ‘ areas to she wants to reserve the right in morris to she wants to reserve the right in morris from the reality check chris morris from the reality check team. michel barnier has tweeted

saying, i welcome the prime minister's speech, clarity about the uk leading supermarket and customs union. and recognition of trade—offs will inform european commission guidelines regarding future trade agreement. now let's turn our attention to the wintry weather that has hit the country. the west country bore the brunt of storm and last night. sergeant lee taylor from the roads policing unit with devon and cornwall police is on the line. thank you forjoining us, what were you having to deal with. good afternoon. we dealt with an unprecedented amount of snow yesterday afternoon and into the evening, well into the evening. which led to a wide spread disruption on the road network as well as multiple smaller roads around the county. how great a workload where you having to cope

with? it was absolutely huge. thousands of stranded motorists right across the two counties. of those motorists what we would ask is, to reflect on the importance of the journeys they made. subsequent impact that had not only services, but volunteers, a lot of volunteers came out. risk their own safety to come to the rescue of those stranded. we put lots of advice out as did a lot of our partners. you from people going out unnecessarily. unbelievably. just a couple of exa m ples unbelievably. just a couple of examples from where i was working, one motorist who became stranded with four children because they took them out for mcdonald's for example. another motorist who became stranded, at a collision, very fortu nate stranded, at a collision, very fortunate not to be injured, the

vehicle came off the road in the snow, and their excuse was their wife had asked to take them out to see the snow. these people think these are essentialjourneys. what is your advice to people? don't go out unless it's essential. but if people do go out what preparations should they make, assuming it's an all—importantjourney? should they make, assuming it's an all-importantjourney? in should they make, assuming it's an all-important journey? in devon and cornwall we are still largely covered, the road network... following the snow and freezing rain... still yellow weather warnings in place. advice at the moment is down to travel, do not travel. if you absolutely have to, for example, in order to provide life—saving support for others, make sure you are adequately prepared. to be in your vehicle several hours. make sure you have warm clothing, a blanket. a flask of tea and coffee, hot drink, mobile phone fully charged, plenty of fuel. full tank.

make sure people know where you are and what route you plan on taking. if you absolutely have to go out. the message is another strong advice, just don't travel, there is no need to. stay at home, keep warm, keep dry. keep the road networks as free as possible. best of luck and thanks to you and your colleagues. you're very welcome. to all the collea g u es you're very welcome. to all the colleagues who give out there, massive thank you to all the volu nteers massive thank you to all the volunteers have come out. there have been a number of volunteer groups have come out and provided us with invaluable support in trying to sort the problem is out. huge dance to them. thank you very much, good to talk to you. in a moment, the business news. first look at the headlines. snow and ice continue to cause misery for travellers across the uk, many passengers spending hours on trains going nowhere. theresa may outlines her hopes for a future economic partnership with the

eu and lays out what she calls hard fa cts . eu and lays out what she calls hard facts. a man convicted of trying to murder a woman by winning her over because she was wearing a hijab. the other business headlines an afternoon live. mark carney has warned crypto currencies, bitcoin and so on, should be regulated to crack down on illegal activities to detect the financial system. in a speech in edinburgh mr carney branded cryptocurrencies a "failure", a lottery and said they exhibit the "classic hallmarks of bubbles" that attract "fools". the food standards agency is to hold "a major review into the sites where meat products are processed and stores in the uk". it follows a series of incidents in the last six months over hygiene rules. it said people rightly expect food businesses to keep to the rules, rules designed to keep consumers safe and to sustain public trust in food — and food businesses have a duty to follow the regulations. initial findings are expected in june. the serious fraud office

is to seek a retrial of three former tesco executives — relating to a £246 million accounting scandal at the supermarket chain. the original trial was halted at the start of february after carl rogberg, tesco's former uk finance chief, suffered a heart attack. mr rogberg, chris bush, tesco's former uk head, and former commercial food director john scouler all deny the charges. difficult times for prezzo. the italian restaurant chain planning to close about a third of its outlets. it's an attempt to rescue the business at the moment because it going into a form of administration. 94 restaurants are going to be closed. they include all the 33 outlets at the tex—mex chain... cilic anger. chimi-changa. it's a

kind of mexican food. it's a sideline. and its financial situation... after these 94 restau ra nts situation... after these 94 restaurants close, it'll be left with about 208 sites. it was bought bya with about 208 sites. it was bought by a private equity from tpg in 2003. since then things have changed. notjust 2003. since then things have changed. not just for prezzo. 2003. since then things have changed. notjust for prezzo. molly johnsonjones is senior changed. notjust for prezzo. molly johnson jones is senior analyst changed. notjust for prezzo. molly johnsonjones is senior analyst at global data retail. this is notjust the first company basically restau ra nt the first company basically restaurant chain that has run into problems. what is going wrong? there are a numberof problems. what is going wrong? there are a number of chains at the moment having to close. a lot of different outlets. a number of reasons. a lot of aggressive growth between 2010 and 2016. they expanded to rapidly when their brand was buoyant and

there have been cost input increases, lower high—street footfall and loss of relevance with the consumer, they are really struggling. people changing eating habits? not necessarily that people are changing eating habits, we've seen polarisation in the market. people are trying to get their essentials more cheaply but opting for more premium items. there is health consciousness and a desire to treat themselves. tens rapidly change as we see with different influences. the brands aren't keeping up. where are people eating, what is the direction, our people eating... habits, in terms of getting out? the outlets, wagamama, nando's, they've got resilience, same with fast—food outlets like mcdonald's, burger king, are doing fine. the more premium restaurant chains. people are choosing to eat in more with meal kits and all of that. there was differently a shift

in terms of cheap fast food and premium eating at home. what about interest rates going up, inflation, things like that is it having an effect? is it having an effect on the finances of the company?m having an effect on both, there has been huge erosion of margin as cost input increase happens. the consumer has less disposable income, they have to be more discerning about where they spend money. we'd seen the spend two food service staying level. i will treat you to a chimichanga sometime. tonight? i need more notice. carry on. people are watching. the governor of the bank of england critical of crypto currency. it's like the wild west of the financial market here. he doesn't dislike them entirely. he says there is a place for them but as far as them being... they are not

money essentially. you have to know what you are doing with them. you have to understand what they are. warren buffett said if you don't understand it, don't touch it. if you don't understand crypto currency. . . you don't understand crypto currency... the bitcoin went from $1000 and is now around $6,000. they are not a good thing to get involved in unless you really understand them. listen to what james hughes says about it. the issue we have with crypto currency and the issue around the world with these really is the fact that of course they are unregulated. but they have such massive swings in price. that is the most worrying thing. if you are an investor in bitcoin or any other of those crypto currencies, you have to have deep pockets with your investment because you can be very much in the money and in profit with your trading or you could be very much out of the money very quickly.

really what mark carney is doing is giving a warning, yes, but trying to protect people's money if they are investing in crypto currencies. you'll be back in an hour. investing in crypto currencies. you'll be back in an hourlj investing in crypto currencies. you'll be back in an hour. i will be, see you then. pact is your pronunciation. and get ready for that state! oh dear, you'll make me blush now. —— for that date. an international team including scientists from oxford university has discovered a thriving colony of more than three quarters of a million penguins off the antarctic peninsula. with little human activity on the danger islands, a so—called super—colony of adelie penguins is thriving —whilst the same species is in decline on the other side of the peninsula. our science correspondent victoria gill has more. a bird's eye view of a seabird super colony. 1.5 million adelie penguins are nesting here on the aptly named danger islands,

just east of the antarctic peninsula. satellite images captured almost four years ago had indicated that a large colony might be here. but it was only when a team of british and us scientists mounted an expedition to the remote, rocky islands that they were able to carry out at detailed penguin census. painstaking headcounts, along with aerial photography, revealed the scale of this wildlife haven. ijoined the same researchers in antarctica in 2016 and captured just a snapshot of their decade of wildlife monitoring in this frozen landscape. work like this on the ground in the antarctic has revealed that adelie penguins on the west of the peninsular are in decline, so this discoveryjust100 miles away provides a vital clue about a site that could be a refuge for the birds. and it might need more protection from human activities like fishing. one key to this island's vast stable colony, researchers say, is its sea ice. as well as being a vital breeding

ground for the crustaceans, or krill, that penguins rely on it makes access to the island difficult for fisheries and shipping. there's already proposal to make the weddell sea around the danger islands a marine protected area. views like this showjust what that could preserve. victoria gill, bbc news. they'd be at home here at the moment. time for a look at the weather... here's phil avery. wherever you may be. we'll look out the weather will shape up for the forthcoming weekend. the rest of the day still really cold, wind chill is still a real factor day still really cold, wind chill is still a realfactor in proceedings simply because of the number of isobars on the chart. we're not out of the woods just yet because that low— pressure of the woods just yet because that low—pressure is throwing yet another bout of snow. slowly but surely up

and across the southern half of the british isles through the rest of the afternoon and, as you'll see, the afternoon and, as you'll see, the evening as well. further north away from that feature we still have the cold east and south easterly wind, still a peppering of snow showers across northern and eastern parts of scotland and north east of england. wherever you are spending the rest of the day, it'll feel pretty cold. widely we are expecting the possibility of 1—5 centimetres. over the hills in the west, particularly the welsh mountains, we could be looking at 10—15 centimetres. that weather eases further north, tending to fade away. the weekend, cold in the north, a little milder in the south, comes with its own problems. still the risk of further snow. we've been looking towards scandinavia for our weather. we can very much more about the low—pressure down towards the

south—west of the british isles. still driving the prospect of these we re still driving the prospect of these were fronts ever further towards the north. we still had the peppering of showers. a lull in proceedings, leaden skies in murky start the day. relatively mild air. falling onto very cold surfaces. as we start the new day on sunday, ice, freezing rain and fog could be major issues across the southern half of the british isles. further north, still cold enough for snow and could be significant accumulations again if you are fully exposed to the easterly breeze. still cold across northern part of the british isles. that sign of something slightly milder, likely to be around into the first part of the forthcoming week. further north takes a bit longer. hello. you're watching afternoon live. today at 4... snow and ice continue to cause misery

for travellers across the uk — many passengers spent hours on trains and in cars going nowhere. we landed in manchester airport about two o'clock yesterday and we have been trying to get home since then, just going round in circles around the 62, rochdale. the army is helping people stranded in the sub—zero conditions, as major incidents are declared in several counties. lam then i am then brown. i will be reporting live from alnwick in northumberland where many people are saying these are the worst weather conditions they have seen in a decade. theresa may says life will be different when the uk leaves the eu, and lays out what she calls " ha rd facts. " we both need to face the fact this is the negotiation and neither bus can have exactly what we want. a man is convicted of trying to murder a woman by running her over

because she was wearing a hijab. coming up on afternoon live... all the sport. a big athletics competition under way indoors in birmingham. katarina johnson thompson is in the silver medal position at the moment with three events to come. phil avery has the weather. doesn't it look pretty? occasionally it does. i am desperate for a splash of colour. even by the seaside there is nothing to cheer about and inland conditions are really difficult. we will look forward to it. also this hour... prince harry and meghan markle throw open the doors to windsor castle for their wedding. hello, everyone.

this is afternoon live. snow, ice and powerful winds are continuing to cause me is a disruption over large parts of the uk. -- disruption over large parts of the uk. —— major disruption. the army has been drafted in to help people trapped in their cars in heavy snow on the m62 in greater mancjester, while major incidents have been declared in wiltshire, hampshire and avon and somerset. 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 and southeastern railway have told customers 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. thank you. it is snowbound in alnwick. a lot of the villages around here are cut off by the snow. the county council in northumberland are saying now particularly worried about vulnerable people, especially the elderly. here they have set up a makeshift rescue centre for drivers who were stranded overnight on the a1 because that is blocked between here in alnwick and berwick. about 72 drivers were brought to a sports wall to be looked after overnight. on the m62 huge problems. three and a half thousand vehicles were

stranded on the m62 last night, overnight, between rochdale and huddersfield. they are saying although they have cleared most of the vehicles, they are keeping that stretch of the m62 closed all stop there are very high winds and the army had been called in to help. major incidents declared on roads in the south of england as well let's get this report from robert hall, who was stuck in his vehicle in wiltshire. intense and unrelenting, storm emma colliding with the siberian blast and shutting down the transport network road by road. on the a31 in dorset, hampshire police called in the army to help evacuate trapped drivers. further north, our journey 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 half the road, snowploughs struggled to clear a path. nobody was going anywhere. i hope to get to taunton, eventually, but at the moment it is not looking promising and we could be stuck. trying to get to an old people's 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 there. what was it like? really horrendous. do you think you will get out of here? 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 nextjam was only two miles away. as the skies lightened, still no police presence. in some vehicles, patience 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. continue to travel chaos around the

uk. london city airport is closed to add to the problems we have seen on trains, planes and the roads. that's get a picture of what has been happening in wales we had a red warning yesterday which meant there was a threat to life and that has been lifted. what is the latest in wales ? been lifted. what is the latest in wales? it is continuing to snow here. the wind is quite biting. this road behind me is looking quite well compared to many of the others i have travelled across in the city today. hardly any cars venturing out today. hardly any cars venturing out today it seems the public has heeded from warnings of the emergency services. thousands of schools have been closed across the country. i mentioned the emergency services. the ambulance service in wales have

asked any volunteers and staff with suitably insured 4x4 vehicles to help to bring staff into work survey can help deal with any emergencies that do arrive. police have also said that if anyone does need to call the emergency services they should only do so if it is a genuinely life threatening emergency. you mentioned the travel chaos across the country. in wales, cardiff airport is shut. the majority of train services across the country have also been postponed, as have bus services. the roads across the country have also beena roads across the country have also been a major issue to people as well. the red warning has come to an end but the yellow warning remains in place and it continues to snow with no sign of stopping any time soon here in cardiff. thank you very much indeed. it is continuing to snow here where we are in the north—east of england as well. a

mixture of snow and sleet at the moment. pretty nasty stuff. let's go east and go to worcester and join phil mackie who is there with the situation in worcester. what can you tell us? it has been snowing steadily for the last three hours. we had a respite this morning. it is probably beginning to cover roads and paths which had been cleared but it has only added another centimetre two accumulations of last night. the slopes are busy. it is a snow day for many schools, more than 180 in worcestershire and more than 2000 across the west midlands will stop many people coming out to sledge and some practising snowboarding earlier on. things have improved from last night. it was terrible across much of the south west midlands as well

as the south of the country when it was very tricky. the critters have been doing theirjobs very well. —— gritters. people are trying to hide away and stay warm and taking advice which is not to travel unless necessary all stop —— unless necessary. thank you very much indeed. let's get more on the situation on the roads. we have seen so much chaos and disruption on roads and motorways through the night, as we have been saying. hundreds and hundreds of drivers stranded at various points for many hours. when there are accidents in the snow and on the icy blocks motorways and there are thousands of vehicles stranded. now we have the latest on that. here

they are able to see all the motorway network across the south of england. they have been incredibly busy over the last 36 hours. the busiest was on the a303, the highway to the son. it remains very difficult down there with big eyes. we are getting reports of a serious accident involving 40 vehicles. —— thick ice. early stages of that incident but we're working with the police to try to understand what is going on and our crews are in route to support and manage that incident. this on the outskirts of exeter and black ice to blame, it you think? we have been working incredibly hard to get the roads clear. —— do you

think? we need people to concentrate and drive to the conditions. we need people to drive to the conditions. the message last night was not to drive on motorways at all. what is the message tonight? we are in a very different place in terms of the weather picture. the forecast has improved. we have cleared lanes when macro and two on the motorway. what i really want to get across to people is that is iced out there. —— one and two on the motorway. we need people to drive to the conditions and plan their journeys, people to drive to the conditions and plan theirjourneys, the good space from the car travelling in front to allow them to respond if they need to. another big road that has been closed is the a 46 from bath art onto the m4. many roads are

still impassable. exeter airport closed all day and bristol airport only limited flights. rail services largely suspended. oh really, really difficult picture for a treacherous according to a villain and somerset police who have declared a major incident. a major incident also declared by the council. —— avon and somerset police. if you want the latest about the situation where you are, go to the website and also you can are, go to the website and also you ca n follow are, go to the website and also you can follow us on the bbc news channel throughout the day, the afternoon and the evening. and you'll bbc local radio station as well for plenty of the latest updates. phil avery will have a fall

weather forecast later this hour. at the moment, from snowy alnwick in the north of england, let's go back to martine in the studio. 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. he will be sentenced later that this

community activist told me nobody feels safe. she is too scared to be identified. talking about it, how did it happen and why? we're asking ourselves, who will be next? have you heard stories of people in your community accused of being terrorists? some of them. some pa rents terrorists? some of them. some parents have been insulted because they are muslims and this and that. some are scared and afraid to raise their voices. for every woman in these communities we have the same fear. you are living in fear? we are. snow and ice continued to cause problems for travellers across the uk. many spent hours on trains and ca rs uk. many spent hours on trains and cars going nowhere. theresa may outlines her hopes for a future economic partnership would be you

and lays out hard facts. the man is convicted of trying to merge a woman by branding heroism because she was wearing a hijab. katarina johnson thomsons and silver medal place at the world athletics championships after three events in the pentathlon. she threw a personal best in the shot put. bad news for claudia fred japonica or she the commonwealth games after snapping her achilles tendon. —— claudia frangipani. wehrlein might lead to be used in the premier league next season. “— be used in the premier league next season. —— video assistant referee is unlikely to be used in the premier league next season. more stories just after half past. some raking news to bring new connected to that heritable wintry

conditions that some parts of the country are struggling with. —— some breaking news to bring you connected to the terrible wintry conditions. traffic at holden hill is currently stationary and backed up after a serious accident. also in connection with that, stagecoach south west has said because of the serious accident at holden hill, falk and services are suspended until further notice. —— falcon services. more than 2000 members of the public will be invited into the grounds of windsor castle for the royal wedding in may. nicholas witchell has been explaining. 2600 people will be invited into windsor castle, not

enter the chapel but the grounds of windsor castle. 1200 would—be members of the public from across the united kingdom who will be nominated by the lords lieutenant across the country. the couple hope there will be a broad range of backgrounds and ages and they have particularly asked for them to be young people who have shown strong leadership and served their communities. there will be 200 people from the charities and organisations supported by harry and meghan marko. 600 people from their windsor castle community. a number of people live within the castle and more people from the royal household. the purpose is that they should share in a moment of fun and j°y should share in a moment of fun and joy on the day that will reflect the character and values of the bride and groom. theresa may has outlined her hopes

for a future economic partnership. the prime minister said both the eu and the uk had to accept they could not get everything they want and warned britain would have less access to some markets than it does now. i want to be straight with people. access to each other post that markets would be less than it is now. how can it be sustained if the uk did not have obligations but could enjoy all the benefits? we both need to face the fact that this isa both need to face the fact that this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident that we can reach agreement. we both want good access to each other's markets and we want

competition between us to be fair and open and we want reliable and transparent means of verifying we are meeting our commitments and resolving disputes. jeremy corbyn said the prime minister had failed to be clear enough on her priorities for brexit. we are 20 months from the referendum and she has set out huge list of things with no clarity in no sense of priorities. despite saying the northern ireland border issue had been settled in phase one, she now reopens the whole thing with essentially a two tea border, she plans across northern ireland and the republic. our chief political correspondent was watching that speech at the mansion house and she joins us now. at the moment the conservative party are saying they are pleased with what they have heard. those on the

side of alnwick sake was considerably —— consider tree and pragmatic and we will still have a close relationship with the eu. on the other side they are saying we are leaving the single market, the customs union. that is what we have a lwa ys customs union. that is what we have always wanted. theresa may seems to have kept the balance within her party does that we have to wait and see what brussels make of it all. also to the business world and i am joined byjosh hardy from the cbi, who is here listening to that speech. what do you make of it from a business point of view? it was a good step forward from florence and previous speeches. the prime ministerdid previous speeches. the prime minister did provide more clarity and more details and clear commitments in the areas that matter to business but whether transition, the border in northern ireland or the border in northern ireland or the need to be flexible and make compromises going forward. there is a lot to be positive about. the tests will come in the future. when we get into negotiations proper and

the compromises the prime minister has laid out need to be made, which way will we turn question will we turn towards prosperity or ideology? business will say every time, let's keep prosperity front of mind. we need to move quickly. they do not lift the fog. the quicker we moved to get to the real detail and the real decisions, the better we can protectjobs. real decisions, the better we can protect jobs. she did talk about things staying pretty similar and future parliaments making that decision whether to diverge. do you see that as something different?m isa see that as something different?m is a good step forward. the majority of businesses want alignment. it is what helps us to trade. whilst we understand the desire to have opportunities regarding divergences alignment is huge. good to see that recognised in a number of sectors. other sectors that were not mentioned will wonder, what about

us? when it comes to the workplace and employing people from the european union, we heard from boris johnson saying he wanted to make it clear that people from the eu would be welcome and has to be reciprocal. he reassured you would be able to employ the people you need in the future? feels like we are moving in the right direction but it would be great to see the detail, the white paper, and then information on the future immigration model. we have to be clear. we want to grow the economy we need people to build roads and teach children and staff hospitals. a lot of those will come from the eu. making it easy and seamless for businesses to appoint them are not putting bureaucracy and barriers in norway is key to driving productivity. thank you very much. —— in theirway. productivity. thank you very much. —— in their way. we will have to see the reaction from brussels. there have been a few comments so far which have not been quite as complimentary. thank you much. joining me now from our studio is chelmsford is he conservative mp

bernard jenkin, chair of the public administration and constitutional affairs select committee and also a prominent supporter of brexit. mrjenkin, thank you forjoining us this afternoon. life will be different. life will be different says the prime minister, when we leave the eu. how different? different enough for you? the fundamental changes that we will be able to run our own country and be in charge of our own laws, be in charge of our own money and be able to decide our immigration policy will stop these are the fundamental things the prime minister has been consistent about from the beginning and what delivers the referendum result. how comfortable are you that of the idea that the ecj will still have jurisdiction in some areas? —— of the idea. we will be paying to belong to some of the agencies we belong to some of the agencies we belong to some of the agencies we belong to now. we belong to

international agencies. belong to now. we belong to internationalagencies. i'm belong to now. we belong to international agencies. i'm getting a terrible echo on this line, i am afraid. i am so sorry. it is most off—putting, i appreciate you trying to carry on. we are committed to a great many international agencies anyway. obviously, the european court ofjustice continues to rule european agencies and if we take pa rt european agencies and if we take part in those agencies it does not change the european court ofjustice will not have directjurisdiction in our country. these will be bilateral arrangements. that is my understanding of what the prime minister has set out. i want to ask you a few more questions if you can bear it. it is fine. isn't this a halfway house question why bother leaving if we are still subject to a lot of the same restrictions as a lot of the same restrictions as a lot of the same restrictions as a lot of leaders would see it? —— isn't this a halfway house?|j

lot of leaders would see it? —— isn't this a halfway house? i don't see it like that at all. every freed trade agreement involves mutual obligations over products and standards. that is want we want to see over our free trade agreement with the european union. the european union is not becoming an isolated country like north korea will still be part of the international community. we'll be able to do our own trade deals of a similar nature with other countries outside the european union and that is one of the reasons we want to leave. the prime minister is no longer saying these negotiations will be easy, is she? she is not saying what we will lose. we will lose access to the massive market just over the channel. you will not lose access to the massive market. we had no free trade deal with the united states whatsoever. it is our single biggest export market and we

do more trading services with the united states than we do with the whole of the european union. the reason we voted to leave the european union is because the british people want to run their own country, they don't want the eu ta keover to country, they don't want the eu takeover to carry on. it is perfectly acceptable to do free trade agreements with other countries that don't involve compromising the fundamental sovereignty but do involve making trade—offs on different issues which are in our interests and in the interests of the country are doing a trade agreement with. it will be very easy to do a trade agreement with the european union if they stop throwing logs on the track and pretending it is very difficult. the european union does want to make it look very difficult as a message to other countries who might think about leaving the european unionm sounds as if you are prepared to compromise on a lot of the issues she has set out today. is that fair? certainly. we have compromised a great deal ready. we have

compromised over the two year transition period whether european court ofjustice transition period whether european court of justice and transition period whether european court ofjustice and european laws will continue. we have compromised about paying into the eu budget and the idea of eu citizenship being guaranteed by the european court of justice even beyond the plantation period. levers are making lots of compromises but we are not getting the same compromises from the likes of tony blair, who seem to think we have to give in and still be in the customs union and accept all of their roles and effectively not be allowed to run our own country. after such a clear demonstration of the will of the british people, the majority of the british people in the referendum, that would be a negation of democracy, that some people are trying to reverse the decision. i suppose we have not heard the reaction from tony blair about what the prime minister has

said today. thank you for coping with the sound difficulties. is going to have a look at the weather forecast. phil avery has joined us. it's shocking in some parts. isn't it? isn't it a? is that the end of the complaints. watch your grid. funny you should ask. this is the workings behind all of those weather warnings we've had to endure over the past few days. i was doing something with local radio yesterday and people were a little bit flummoxed. i'm not surprised, all these colours, what they mean. i wa nt to ta ke all these colours, what they mean. i want to take you back to the source and give you some sort of explanation about what's going on. this is the sort of grip the chief forecaster looks like when he's thinking about putting out warnings through the national severe weather service down in exeter. the head office of the met office. likelihood and impact. on a standard sort of

day, when not an awful lot is going on, we lurks down thankfully in this corner of the chart. there are no warnings to speak of, it's all green, rosie, fantastic. but as soon as we get a sense of something going on, we start moving along the axes of this grid. sorry if this sounds like first form maths but this is the way of it. when we get really quite sure something is going to go on, we start drifting up this axis towards the yellows. but if we think the weather is going to have a major impact ona the weather is going to have a major impact on a community or region of the british isles, it's then we start drifting along this axis with the impacts becoming greater and greater. when we become more and more sure, we start drifting towards amber. that is why we escalate from the yellow regions here to the amber. as has been the case, very

unusually, in recent days, we've had not just one unusually, in recent days, we've had notjust one of late, but two red warnings. that is where we are absolutely sure things are going to happen and they‘ re absolutely sure things are going to happen and they're going to have massive impact. that's how we've drifted from sweetness and light down here to threat to life. but at the moment thankfully no red alerts. they are an unusual beast. tha nkfully they are an unusual beast. thankfully we have had to dili and dally with the ambers. now more towards yellow. dangerous in their own right. where are they coming from, what is the cause? they come simply because we have another weather front producing more weather, gradually driving up and across at the moment the southern half of the british isles. there is yet more snow to add to the sort of depths we've already seen. we seen one or two spot in excess of 50 centimetres or so. this is the way it's shaping up right now. that belt of whether gradually easing across the southern half of the british

isles. widely along that feature we can see 1—5 centimetres. over the high ground in the west, 10—15 centimetres before this whole system eases into the north midlands towards the north—east of england. the north—east still brutally cold, further snow showers to be had across scotland, northern ireland, too. in the first part of the weekend, widespread frost, except in the far south, where we see the first signs of something milder getting into the southern part of the british isles. it doesn't come without its own problems. we are looking towards scandinavia to see our weather influence. this weekend we look to the south—west to see these fronts coming up. leaden skies. issues with a little bit of moisture coming into that relatively mild air, there will be rain rather than snow. falling onto frozen

surfaces. ice and fog a widespread problem, notice how the temperatures are ratcheting up, not the case further north, still issues with snow. maybe not the wind as brutally cold as it has been over the past few days. you're on sunday... there is the weather front, the demarcation between the two weather systems, still cold to the north and windy. it is mild and stays that way over the next few days. comes at a price in the short term because it will be chilly by night. there will be frost, then freezing, with ice, then thawed during the course of the day. a real mishmash as we work into the weekend. the latest headlines:. drifting snow, ice and driving winds are continuing to cause severe disruption in many parts of the uk — highways england says it is responding to reports of a large traffic accident

on the m5, near exeter theresa may outlines her hopes for a future economic partnership with the eu, while setting out what she calls the "hard facts" about brexit we all need to face up to some hard fa cts . we all need to face up to some hard facts. we are leaving the single market. life is going to be different. in certain ways our access to each other's markets will be less than it is now. a 21 —year—old man from leicester has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a muslim woman — who he targeted because she was wearing a hijab. prince harry and meghan markle have invited more than 2000 600 people , including 12 hundred members of the public , into the grounds of windsor castle to watch their wedding . and in our daily visit around the nation's newsrooms we'll head to newcastle to hear how they are coping with yet another a day of snow and icy conditions. sport now on afternoon live with lizzie greenwood—hughes.

katarina johnson—thompson is in fine form at the indoor athletics competition. we've long looked to her afterjessica ennis—hill retired. she's in silver medal position out of three of five events at the pentathlon at the world indoors in birmingham. after a slow start in the 60 metres hurdles she was sixth but performed well in the highjump was sixth but performed well in the high jump clearing one was sixth but performed well in the highjump clearing one metre 91. summary of her personal best but higher than any of her competitors. moved into gold medal position. she produced a personal best in the shop but, her weakest discipline. produced a personal best in the shop but, herweakest discipline. it's produced a personal best in the shop but, her weakest discipline. it's in her have all kinds of issues with qualification in the past. with the long jump qualification in the past. with the longjump and qualification in the past. with the long jump and 800 metres later this evening, they are her strongest events. she is in a pretty good place for a medal, particularly her main rival isn't competing in birmingham. bad news for one of our gymnasts. she has really good form

at commonwealth games. claudia fragapane. she snapped achilles tendon and will be out of next month's games in australia. she says she is heartbroken and doesn't know when she'll be competing against. she was a star for england at glasgow where she won four gold medals. she has tweeted the injury happened when she was practising her floor routine and said she felt something go. she said it isn't the end of her and vowed to come back stronger. west bromwich albion manager alan pardew has responded to rumours of dressing room unrest by saying it's a good thing and that it's to be expected under the circumstances. it's been a turbulent time at west brom who are bottom of the table and their chairman and chief executive were dismissed, then four players had to apologise for misbehaving in barcelona and last week the team were booed—off after losing to huddersfield in the premier league. we've made it more difficult because what happened in barcelona and put the spotlight on ourselves in of

professionalism. the press that came out of the dressing on saturday was disappointing because what goes in should stay there. we had drug testers, it was hard, we have people in their not normally associated with being in the dressing room. having said that, i don't know what ourfans... i'm not sure if they would be disappointed. i think what would be disappointed. i think what would they expect us to do? not have words, not have conflict in the dressing room after a performance like that? thailand's thailand's noppon saengkham is through to the semi—final at snooker‘s welsh open in cardiff. he beat ian burns 5—3, to reach the last four at a ranking event for the first time. right now, barry hawkins is playing china's yan bingtao, it's currently 1—1. these are live pictures from cardiff — you can watch it on bbc two in wales, and also on the bbc red button and sport website. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live —

let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. in newcastle, jeff brown is here to bring us up to date with the wintery conditions in the region. and in southampton, sally taylor is here with news of snow on the south coast. first, it's been a pretty tough week in your part of the country hasn't it? suddenly has, yes, the rural areas are worst affected at the moment, to give you an idea how cold it has been. iforced popular beauty spotin it has been. iforced popular beauty spot in teesdale, the highest waterfall in england. it is frozen for the first time since 1929. it ta kes for the first time since 1929. it takes some doing. the problem with outlying roads, the 866 from north yorkshire, from scotch corner, across to the western fringe of the pennines, that is close, as is the a—1 north of alnwick to berwick where 150

a—1 north of alnwick to berwick where150 motorists were stranded last night and spent the evening in a sports centre. also badly hit some of the outlying villages, places like boston in cumbria, england's hires market town, paying the price, and foot of snow. supplies have been running short. search and rescue tea m running short. search and rescue team headed up there today taking food and groceries and essential medical supplies. they are trying to get to the more remote communities in the area. cumbria county council say they are taking more and more calls from people isolated by the snow. for them and all of us appear, that change in the weather can't come soon enough. is it better than major towns and cities. —— better in major towns and cities. —— better in major towns and cities? round newcastle, sunderland, teesside, it's actually not too bad on the roads because there is plenty of traffic getting out there now. i got the car out of the garage for the first time in three days, managed to drive into newcastle. not many cars

on the roads because people are either staying at home or going for alternative means of transport. there has been reduced service on the tyne 8. wear metro system which gets a lot of people around the newcastle and sunderland area. if you're prepared to wait bickering will come along eventually and take you to your destination. one place you to your destination. one place you can't get to his scotland, all the trains on the east coast line getting no further north than newcastle. on the west coast they are all stopping at carlisle. a big football match at middlesbrough tonight, against leeds united, in the championship. 27,000 fans are expecting to be better light, the clu b expecting to be better light, the club has cleared the pitch and surrounding area and say it is safe and the game will go ahead. we feel we're over the worst of it, we certainly hope we are, we're not out of the woods yet. sally taylor in southampton, challenging for anybody moving around your patch. usually caught a southern softies don't you,

nothing like jeff was talking caught a southern softies don't you, nothing likejeff was talking about in newcastle but yesterday we had 15 centimetres of snow. it might not sound like a huge amount but combined with storm, which was coming in, you then get chaos. but at the pictures of what we have on the a30 one. it goes to the south—west, the main trunk road to the south—west. the main route where hundreds and hundreds of cars were struck last night, stranded through the new forest. always a busy route. challenging for motorists. tobias ellwood, the defence minister, was saying he was unhappy at delays in calling for military assistance last night. because it was considered to bea night. because it was considered to be a major incident. but it hasn't been the only route, it's the route with the biggest problems overnight with the biggest problems overnight with people trapped there for about 15 or 16 hours. they didn't get going till first thing this morning. even in city centres and town centres, as you heard from jeff,

we've got the same problem down here. it's been difficult to move about for anybody who hasn't got a four by four. it's notjust road users having problems. not at all. the 1705 yesterday from waterloo to weymouth is never arrived, effectively, it was stranded just outside christchurch with hundreds of passengers on board. effectively somebody said it was as though ice had welded it to the tracks. it was going nowhere. hundreds of rail passengers stranded, no heating, no lighting, no real food passengers stranded, no heating, no lighting, no realfood or drink cider. they were very unhappy. two our journey turned into cider. they were very unhappy. two ourjourney turned into 16, let's hear from ourjourney turned into 16, let's hearfrom them. ourjourney turned into 16, let's hear from them. hungry, ourjourney turned into 16, let's hearfrom them. hungry, cold. that is my trouble for 15 hours on a train, that's what i get. ifelt sorry for the guard, he was doing his utmost to keep us informed and nobody was informing him. no heating, we can't use the toilet because the light is off. it's

really horrible. pretty awful, it's been 14 hours and i'm glad to be home. don't blame her. whenever you have a crisis, there are always people, acts of generosity, kindness. for by four vehicle drivers, there was a call to arms to ferry hospital staff, ambulance crews, so they can get call centres to receive those important emergency calls. there are good things and bad things when you get this weather and we'll reflect on those at half past six. there is a graphic doing the rounds saying, whether warning, southerners avoid all but essential travel. northerners, you will need your big coat. thanks for taking as nationwide. if you'd like to see more on any of those stories, you can find them on the bbc iplayer. a reminder we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm on afternoon live. in the

moment, the business news with jamie robertson. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live snow and ice continue to cause misery for travellers across the uk — many passengers spent hours on trains going nowhere theresa may outlines her hopes for a future economic partnership with the eu — and lays out what she calls " ha rd facts" a man is convicted of trying to murder a woman by running her over — because she was wearing a hijab here's your business headlines on afternoon live the bank of england governor mark carney has warned that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin should be regulated to crack down on illegal activities and protect the financial system. in a speech in edinburgh mr carney branded cryptocurrencies a "failure", a lottery and said they exhibit the "classic hallmarks of bubbles" that attract "fools"

shares in mothercare have falled sharply after the baby goods retailer warned that profits would be at the lower end of its forecast £1m—£5 million range. the retailer also said it might breach its lending agreements and was seeking additional sources of funding. according to chief executive mark newton—jones, trading had become ‘more challenging'. sue was allegations of bridges of food hygiene standards at two sisters food groups poultry plant in west bromwich and serious non—compliance issues that russell hume. people widely expected food businesses to keep to the rules. big speech by theresa may, what did the

business world thing? a lot of reaction. i'll take you through some of the things. the cbi, the overall organisation representing business... sectors like medicine, chemical, energy and aerospace will be reassured, particularly because of prime ministers promises or desire to keep the uk aligned to the eu. it is also others like food and drink will wonder why they have been left on the sidelines. they said it's not as comprehensive as they would have liked. uk finance said by maintaining high regulatory standards and close alignment with the eu and strong cooperation it should be entirely possible to secure an agreement that covers trade and financial services. it's a big one. it is a difficult thing to organise. even the prime minister said in her speech it was going to be tough. the uk finance says it is possible to do. we have the chemical

sector. it said an encouraging step forward. it like the idea of having associate members of the organisation who looks after chemicals in the eu called reach. the creative industries federation are more worried, we need more detail on how close alignment to the eu rules and regulations will be achieved. bit of a mixed bag but generally fairly favourable. more needed. are we on the verge of a trade war? he's been doing some pretty aggressive tweeting about trade. one of the things he's said was trade wars are good, which is not exactly... in this debate about globalisation it's a fairly negative statement. he's been saying that, and the prospect of trade has had a dampening effect on the stock market. because of the prospect of ta riffs market. because of the prospect of tariffs on steel in particular, we've seen the us today, the stock market up 1%. it's been falling

about four days in a row. european markets down. we've had the prime minister of the netherlands saying he's worried about how the eu is going to respond to this as well. the chinese will have to respond to it as well. a lot of major forces at work. not a done deal, not necessarily going to happen. but the threat is there and quite a worrying threat. prezzo having a difficult time. it is. it's not the only one. have a look back at people like jamie's italian. biron had to be restructured. it's the latest of a number of restaurant chains to run into difficulties. a correspondent in harrogate has been looking at the number of different companies, restau ra nt number of different companies, restaurant chains, that have been running into problems recently. they are calling it the casual dining crunch. prezzo is the latest chain

poised for closures, joining jamie's, strada and biron, which have all had to shut some sites since christmas. albert street in harrogate, probably looks a bit like a street not far from you. we've got a street not far from you. we've got a chain, which is opposite another chain, which is next to a different chain, which is next to a different chain is that another chain. the amount of competition has been increasing and at the same time our capacity to spend on treats has been decreasing. perhaps it was inevitable that something had to give. that was nina warhurst. this goes wider, this problem. it's not just in restaurants, its retail generally, companies like maplin going into... having problems. richard dunbar is an investment director. maybe the best way to describe this is, problems on the high street. it is, we've seen a lot of problems on the high street and they are various, i suppose. in the

re sta u ra nt they are various, i suppose. in the restaurant area, it is consumer under pressure, costs are rising, wage costs and rental costs. the weak sterling didn't help in terms of the cost of goods. the internet is everywhere, that has had problems, given problems to some areas of the high street. again, they are facing a weaker consumer. what about the speech by the prime minister on brexit? because generally speaking business news seems fairly positive, that this is going the right direction, particularly the idea about alignment or associate membership of some of the big agencies in the eu. actually staying very close to the eu regulations. from the financial market point of view how does it strike you? from the broader perspective sterling is unchanged, that has been the best barometer of

the ebb and flow of the brexit debate. that is how the markets have seen it. we've seen more candour from the prime minister, detail about the sectors she thinks should have this regulatory alignment, which is helpful to those sectors. the chancellor speaking next week about the service sector which is in aggregate the most important from a business perspective, we would get more detail there. it feels like we're further on, but that is sterling... and the opportunities in front of us remain as they were before. president trump making a lot of noise. is itjust noise? is gone quite a long way to putting on terrorists. is it just quite a long way to putting on terrorists. is itjust noise to get people around the negotiating table? to be fair, this is one of his promises. investors have probably focused too much on the promises he made on tax cuts. and maybe forgot

the market unfriendly tariff type promises he made. looks like he's starting to deliver these. he's been reading different economic textbooks to the ones i've read when i was younger. trade is the one thing, one of the things economists agree on is good for global growth and good for pulling people, making people richer. it's a different view. maybe it isa richer. it's a different view. maybe it is a bargaining tool. as i say, is followed through on some of his other promises and looks like he might be doing so with this. richard dunbarfrom aberdeen might be doing so with this. richard dunbar from aberdeen standard investments. the ftse100 down one and three quarters percent, that is worrying. it's about trade wars. global macro economics we're talking about. debenhams. we've got chances of greater investment in debenhams. mothercare we talked about earlier. we've got a profit warning. 15%, a

nasty fall for mothercare. the pound against the dollar looks weak against the dollar looks weak against the dollar looks weak against the dollar. fairly stable. best barometer of how brexit is going. is to see you. we've got weather—related updates to bring you. the latest regarding flood warnings. 15 flood warnings in total and 36 flood alerts currently in place. you can see where they are scattered. mostly coastal flooding for the south and north east of england. we told you a short while ago there was a multi—vehicle accident on the a38 on holden hill in devon. police asking motorists to avoid the area. the a38 westbound is

closed. they are diverging vehicles at the moment but fortunately no casualties reported, which is great news in this weather. only to travel if you absolutely have to. one final quick one, the bath half marathon has been cancelled, which may not surprise you. organisers say they are surprise you. organisers say they a re really surprise you. organisers say they are really sorry for the runners who have done all the training and raised funds, they can't simply postpone it because it requires too many roads to be closed. before we look at the weather forecast, let's look at the weather forecast, let's look at the weather forecast, let's look at some of the pictures we've been receiving from people across the country. let's look at these ducks, hope they are not stuck to the floor. it's so cold. this was spotted by max robinson in the car park of sevenoaks at sainsbury‘s. this is andy webb who took this picture at the southernmost point of devon, where waves are still crashing onto the coach. alpacas are built for the weather. this is from the brecon beacons. we can look at

what cardiff town centre looks like. very pretty. that is beautiful. a bit cold for a merry—go—round. villages are still cut off because of the big freeze. thank you so much to everybody who has been turning those in. and to tom webb for compiling them. let's look at the weather forecast, phil avery is with others. this is me right back to my childhood in devon, that has been a notorious blackspot in these conditions with snow and ice over many years. the farmers doing a great in south lanarkshire. keeping this open to a remote dwelling. we're not out of the woods with regards to wintry weather. simply because this weather front is gradually easing away from the centre of what was storm. now pushing that belt of silver for

further towards the north. in its wa ke we further towards the north. in its wake we have issues with freezing rain. reports from some southern counties as the temperatures not drop, stops it from snowing. but with water falling from the skies and very cold services to the south of this snowbound, that in its own right, as you see, could cause further just as we right, as you see, could cause furtherjust as we approach the rush hour at five o'clock. the problems with freezing rain in the south could be a big issue overnight and into tomorrow. through the rest of the evening and overnight, that snowbound eases further north on what is going to be another cold night. save for the very far south—west of the british isles. what news of the forthcoming weekend? still cold, what news of the forthcoming weekend ? still cold, especially across northern parts. more mild in the south with its own inherent problems and risk of further snow. we've been looking away towards scandinavia through the course of the week for the beast from east. we are coming closer to home if you like with this home—brewed area of low pressure gradually throwing the

weather front further north. that is quite an important feature because to the south of it, barely discernible, to the south temperatures beginning to inch up a little bit. good visibility, fog around. some rain, heavy pulses of rain further south. all the while to the north of the weather front, scotland, northern ireland, it remains cold and there will be further snow showers. into sunday, there is the dividing line if you like with some snow on it. on the high ground perhaps. more than down at the service. snow showers to the north of that, then further south again things turning decidedly more watery than wintry. again, i urge you to bear in mind the prospect of some ice and some fog problems, and having just started that process of lifting temperatures over the next few days we will get closer to where we should be at this time of year. i don't think the weekend is as brutally cold as the last few days. today at 5:

snow, ice, strong winds and now the threat of floods — widespread disruption continues across the uk. police say some 3,500 vehicles were stranded on the m62 motorway overnight — hundreds of people had to be rescued and some passengers were stuck on trains which were unable to move for hours. waterloo railway station in london will close at 8 o'clock. the army is out helping people stranded in the sub—zero conditions — as major incidents are declared in several counties. i'm ben brown reporting from alnwick in northumberland where locals say

these are the worst winter weather conditions they have experienced for bmb conditions they have experienced for lamb decade. —— for almost a decade. we will have the latest from across the uk. the