we can render things now. after a time, rian became confident in what we could do. actually, it was a liberation. we could achieve anything in the explosions and pyrotechnics we achieved in the bombing run has pushed us to a new level. i think our contribution to film is getting more and more invisible in certain cases. but when they are not invisible, because you know they cannot be real, they are getting more believable. globally, the visual effects techniques are so advanced now that it is now important to good story and it is important that the story has good ideas and greater challenges that push us to create visuals that have never been seen before. that's it for the short cut of click this week. the long version is up on iplayer right now. we are on facebook and twitter. thank you for watching and we will see you soon. hello this is breakfast,

with tina daheley and charlie stayt. snow, ice and strong winds continue to cause major travel disruption. weather warnings remain in place gci’oss weather warnings remain in place across much of the uk. in south—east london, police were called after people stuck on trains started jumping on to the tracks. volunteers in devon help transport staff and patients to hospital. and after the big freeze, flooding hits parts of the south—west. good morning. it is saturday, march

three. also this morning, facing up to ha rd three. also this morning, facing up to hard facts. the prime minister says nobody will get everything they wa nt says nobody will get everything they want from brexit, but says the uk and eu are close to a deal. and as hollywood prepares for the oscars this weekend, heather graham tells with disgraced film producer, harvey weinstein. he had a pile of scrips on his desk and he said, choose one of these scripts, you are so talented, you can pick any of them you want. he said he and his wife had an arrangement, when he was at county could have sex with whoever he wanted. in sport england's cricketers are fighting back in new zealand. after struggling with the bat, the bowlers are getting on top against the kiwis in the third one day international, taking four wickets for the loss ofjust six runs.

and chris has the weather. good morning. we are looking at a cold and frosty start. a big risk of ice around. take it easy out on the roads. there will be more snow coming from northern areas today but it will not be as heavy as recently. it will turn less cold from the south—west through the weekend. i will have more details later. good morning. first, our main story. freezing weather conditions are continuing to cause major travel disruption across the uk. weather warnings of snow and ice remain in place in large parts of the country, although conditions are expected to ease throughout the day. 2000 homes are without power and motorists and rail passengers face further disruption. last night, police were called to lewisham in south—east london as passengers, who'd been stuck on a train, opened the doors and climbed onto the tracks. simon clemison reports. let's find out what the situation is like out of air this morning.

our reporter, alison freeman, is in alnwick. we are hearing conditions are not as bad as they have been, but what are conditions like where you are? well, where i am isjust above conditions like where you are? well, where i am is just above the ai. this is the main route from england to scotland from the north—east. you would expect there to be more traffic than this. it is still closed in sections. the problem authorities are facing is that no matter how quickly they clear it, gusts of wins are blowing snow drifts back onto the road quite quickly. —— gusts of wind. in some places it is down to one lane. we we re places it is down to one lane. we were watching snow blowers yesterday afternoon trying to get the snow away, and then it's blowing back on. so the police are running convoys, they are escorting people through those patches. some motorists are trying to find their own way around, which is causing some difficult situations. mt rescue have been

listed to help people who have been stuck back to safety, and also getting people to hospital in rural communities. concerns are now turning to black ice, with less snowfall, although it hasjust started snowing again. there are also flood warnings in place in the north—east and the south—east, and also the south—west in parts of devon and cornwall in dorset. there has been some good news today, which is that the m62 has reopened across the pennines. the message from the emergency services is still that you should not travel unless it is absolutely necessary. now let's find out what the situation is in cardiff. thomas morgan joins us. good morning. what is the picture in wales this morning? well, it was supposed to start raining this morning but i can tell you from walking in this morning that it was actually snowing again here in the centre of cardiff. this road behind

me, probably one of the better looking roads that i passed on the way here. the majority of the side streets and the central suburban areas are still covered in snow, not to be passable by most cars. transport was badly affected yesterday across the majority of wales. train services suspended, cardiff airport shut down through the whole day. there was a suspicion it might open at one stage, but it remained shut. roads, and very big issue for the majority of. the emergency services were issue for the majority of. the emergency services were struggling, police told the public not to call u nless police told the public not to call unless it was a genuine emergency. the ambulance service put out a plea to staff and volunteers, anybody with a a—wheel—drive to help them bring work to help people who needed ca re bring work to help people who needed care the most. a yellow warning remains in place in wales for snow and ice until midday today. thomas, thank you for that report in cardiff. we will have a full weather picture for you with chris in the

next few minutes. the prime minister's speech on britain leaving the european union has been given a cautious welcome by both the leave and remain wings of her own party. theresa may set out her vision of the uk's future trading relationship with the eu and said all sides would have to make concessions. our political correspondent tom barton is in the london newsroom. tom, what was mrs may trying to achieve in her speech, and did she succeed? what has been the reaction to this speech? yes, well, from the prime minister's perspective, yesterday's speech was a big moment. the third in three major speech as she has used to set out her brexit vision. she had three main audiences yesterday. first of all, ask, the public. secondly, those eu leaders she is negotiating with. third, her own mps, who are divided about what brexit should look like. her message was that she wants a clean break from those big eu institutions, the single market and the customs union. but beyond that, she would like is

closer relationship as possible. there is a big question over whether eu leaders will be on board with that idea. at this stage, though, it appears to have been a success with hermps, appears to have been a success with her mps, receiving a positive if cautious welcome from both the most pro— remain and pro— leave mps. cautious welcome from both the most pro- remain and pro- leave mps. tom, thank you. we will have moron brexit and that speech and reaction and analysis later on. —— more on that. police are investigating an explosion in leicester which killed five people. two men are being held on conspiracy to cause an explosion. three other men, also in their 30s, we re three other men, also in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter on wednesday and continue to be questioned by detectives. the body which sets the rules for world cup all is expected to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport when it meets in zurich today. the system has been used on a trial basis in several countries, including some matches in england. there are

concerns that it disrupts the flow of the game, while confusing officials. people who are obese or smoke should not you refused or delayed from having surgery by local health authorities. it is according to the academy of medical colleges. the body, which represents 2a medical colleges and health facilities, says that rationing surgery based on patients' lifestyles would widen inequalities in access to healthcare. four days of snow might have walked the uk grinding toa of snow might have walked the uk grinding to a halt, but on many farms it is business as usual. —— brought. this farm in lancashire has an interesting way to help a newborn bmb an interesting way to help a newborn lamb survive the beast from the east. they've brought him inside and put in the aga. we advise you not to try this at home. according to the farmer, he pops him inside the ten minutes to warm them up. there he is. i'm not sure about that. i mean... it looks fine. he looks

happy. we are picking up some of the story is related to the weather now. —— stories. getting deliveries from a to b can be a headache even when the weather is good, so the snow and ice of the past week have caused lots of problems for logistics companies. supermarkets have been particularly affected with drivers grounded and shoppers stocking up. bob in clackmannanshire sent us this shot of empty shelves in his local shop. this was the scene in penistone when peter went to get supplies. libby sent us this image of the empty aisles in glasgow. christine noticed this empty shelf — however she hopes it was because people were buying bird food for animals in the cold weather. with us on the the sofa now is julian richards, who runs a delivery and warehouse firm, while in london we arejoined by chris yardley from the freight transport association. what is the picture you have seen

emerging over the past few days? the roads have been chaos, as you have seen. roads have been chaos, as you have seen. what we do as an industry, we deliver everything to everybody every day. so the knock—on effect of thatis every day. so the knock—on effect of that is what we have just seen with the empty shelves, because goods are not getting through to supermarkets. with certain conditions, the extremes with certain conditions, the extre m es of with certain conditions, the extremes of which we have seen recently, there isn't much you can do about that? no. safety is our main concern, for our own people and other people on the roads. so we checked the weather forecasts days in advance, especially at this time of year, and we make contingency plans not to send certain trucks to certain areas. chris, thanks for joining us. how much of an impact as the weather had newcomb getting deliveries around the uk? the weather had newcomb getting deliveries around the uk7m the weather had newcomb getting deliveries around the uk? it has certainly had a major impact on supply chains across the united kingdom. it might be that the effects might be seen in a few days' time, with trains and planes, if the

vehicles are not moving around they are not going to be in the right place to make their deliveries in the next couple of days, so actually, the impact might you seen over the next few days. the logistics sector is quite robust. it will be up and running in supplying the shops and as this is of the country as soon as possible. so even though the weather is improve and we might still see those empty shelves in the next few days? because of the knock—on effect? in the next few days? because of the knock-on effect? yeah. for example, if you have a delivery of fresh produce which has not come through, it might have spoiled. brad, for example, or bakery products. that might have to then be replaced, and the vehicles go back to the production plant and are restocked. so there might be a few days of empty shelves. but hopefully it will be back up and running as quick as possible. we were speaking to somebody in calgary in canada earlier, and they are experiencing really cold weather but everything carries on as normal. is there anything that could have and done to prevent this? we did know the cold

weather was on its way. yes. fta works with central government and the devolved administrations around the devolved administrations around the country on the weather information service. we were putting out alerts to our members as soon as we receive them. it must be remembered, this is a rare event in the country. this is the first time that a red alert has been issued in the central belt of scotland, on the transport route there. this is something we will have to look out after the event is over and see if the messages can be finessed and better improved for the next time it happens. to what extent, julian, to you think that shoppers are responsible? because, i mean, isee a slight smile on your face there, is ita a slight smile on your face there, is it a fact that people are going to the shops and buying unnecessarily large quantities of things, resulting in the additional? if they had just carried on as normal, you think that on the whole, the shops would still have products? i don't think we are quite at that

stage yet where the public are panicking around shopping. i think it continues longer than two or three days that would happen, but the empty shelves are just a result of the fact that goods are not getting through. we have warehouses act up the products we are trying to deliver, which we cannot get through. —— backed up with product. you knew this was coming. we all knew this was coming. you have to get the right thing in the right place at the right time. that is yourjob. place at the right time. that is your job. otherwise it place at the right time. that is yourjob. otherwise it is easy. you just send the trucks out and you know when they are going to get there. thejob comes know when they are going to get there. the job comes tricky, there. thejob comes tricky, and this is why you and your money, is when it is difficult. so wide couldn't you arrange it better? —— why. it is all down to planning. roads in the uk are bad enough without the weather. so we keep and lam the without the weather. so we keep and i am the weather, and the warnings that the government gives out about essential travel only, to many people ignore that. that needs to be adhered to more greatly. commercial vehicles, yes, emergency services,

yes, but not people travelling to for the fun of it. i am playing devil's advocate here, a moment ago we we re devil's advocate here, a moment ago we were seeing devil's advocate here, a moment ago we were seeing you devil's advocate here, a moment ago we were seeing you should have got things they're more timely, but some people also say some of these big trucks are back on the road to quickly, and often we see these big traffic jams caused by quickly, and often we see these big trafficjams caused by a truck, and everybody is saying, why was a truck on the road in the snow? well, that is always the case. in regular trafficjams people is always the case. in regular traffic jams people always is always the case. in regular trafficjams people always blame the lorry. but the lorry is there because the customers are demanding products and services when they want them. our members, the freight operators, are just serving customer demand. it must be said, a commercial driver is a professional person. they do do a lot of training for events like this in the bad weather, and i think that wasjust shown by the scottish bus driver whose training kicked in and saved the bus from having a pity

potentially dangerous collision with that car that we all saw on the tv screens over the last few days. thank you very much. that was a remarkable visual footage, wasn't it? if you have not seen it, the bus driver swerved to avoid cars. scary! you've been getting in touch in your droves to nominate the snow heroes who have gone the extra mile to help their local community over the past few days. charis in colne was due to have her father's funeral yesterday but the heavy snow meant it was difficult to get access for the hearse. after appealing for some help, the fire service carried her dad's coffin from the house up to where the hearse was waiting. she wants to say thank you so much to the colne fire and rescue service and all you beautiful people who helped. alison got in touch with us to say that the day after her father's funeral, charis was out clearing snow at the local care home. alison says she is a snow

angel in her own right. amazing little stories in amongst these of people doing things that they may not otherwise have done. they could be small things, going out to help people stranded in their cars, ringing hot drinks, and if you have stories of snow heroes where you are, share them with us. but the look at the big teacher. ——a look at the big picture. here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. the state of play this morning, 55 centimetres of snow across southern wales, st athan near cardiff, and no wonder commuters are struggling, it has been a severe spell of weather but it is easing off somewhat, a little more snow to come across northern areas, a couple more centimetres, but nothing like we have seen. it will start to turn less cold from the south as the weekend goes by. still have cold easterly wind across the country but

slightly less cold air comes up from the south and will pushing the southern counties as we go on through the course of the day. looking at the satellite, an area of cloud works across northern england, bringing snow and across wales as well so fresh snowfall here are a few more centimetres, and something called freezing rain affecting eastern scotland and parts of eastern scotland and parts of eastern england, this is really nasty stuff, it is liquid rain that has a temperature below zero and it turns the ice as soon as it hit the road, and you cannot greet against its as you can imagine, some roads will be to the ice rinks, dangerous conditions out and about. —— grit. the further risk of snow across northern england in the eastern parts of northern ireland, antrim and down thing fresh snow, and eastern scotland as well, further south showers pushing the south—west england and southern wales, some snow england and southern wales, some snow for the moors and the brecon beacons, rain and sleet mixed in the showers. overnight, in many

respects, a repeat performance, temperatures dropping pretty rapidly so we temperatures dropping pretty rapidly so we will be widespread frost, the risk of icy stretches returning, showers pushing off across england and wales, heightening the ice risks of these areas. sunday, watch out, is the very start. still, cloud around but probably a few more brea ks around but probably a few more breaks in the cloud across parts of the south but then we will see further showers coming in and they will look to be heavy through sunday afternoon across southern england moving into wales and the midlands and showers across eastern scotland, north—east england, still wintry, a mixture of rain and sleet and snow down with some further snow in the hills here to take through sunday, still cold across northern areas but the temperatures come up into the south eight or nine degrees for cardiff and london. the trend to less cold weather will continue into next week. the thought is setting in place but it will be still pretty cold across northern parts, there is an ongoing part of some snow —— threat. —— thaw. furthersouth,

generally coming up from off the bay of biscay, the air will bring the temperatures are but some episodes of rain will be mixed in. cold weather to start the day, the risk of snow and ice a round of the weather will ease somewhat over the next few days. after weather will ease somewhat over the next few days. after you. weather will ease somewhat over the next few days. after you. thank weather will ease somewhat over the next few days. after you. thank you, chris. 720 now, let's move away from the weather and talk about politics. this week, two former porime ministers and an aspiring one made speeches on the future of brexit. yesterday, the sitting pm theresa may gave her views on the subject, making concessions to all sides, but did her speech shed any more light on what brexit actually means? let's get some analysis from politicaljournalists and sparring partners andrew pierce and kevin maguire, who join us now from westminster. they give both were joining us. they give both werejoining us. i mean, what is your reaction to this speech? are we actually any more clear on what theresa may is planning? what brexit means? did we learn anything new?|j planning? what brexit means? did we

learn anything new? i think she wa nts a learn anything new? i think she wants a soft brexit but she is trying to make the best of a bad job at the best of a bad job is still a bad job. she knows britain will be worse bad job. she knows britain will be worse off. no she doesn't. it will be lose, lose, as the europeans have said from the beginning, she has admitted it is complex, the international trade secretary liam fox is to pretend it was the simplest negotiations in the history of the world, that isn't true, and i think you can see why public opinion is turning a bit and people are getting concerned. nira. it is not what people are promised. we will be poorer and weaker as a country but we are poorer and weaker as a country but we a re partly poorer and weaker as a country but we are partly out and we will only be partly out because she wants to keep a toe in. kevin maguire couldn't have made that ran to the beginning of this brexit process because he is of the view and will never change his mind, leaving is a disaster, i think it is the most reasonable beach, it was dull and boring but then again, she is —— speech. it was detailed, strong on

detail, the response from the labor leader that there was no detail was remarkable considering one week ago he told us we were going to be in a customs union but hasn't got a clue which one —— customs union but hasn't got a clue which one -- labor. andrew. 0k. customs union but hasn't got a clue which one -- labor. andrew. ok. if you are telling me there was lots of detail in it, what is the detail? what have we learned that is new? well, she said quite clearly to the brexiteers you cannot have everything you want and likewise to the remainers, we will be signed up to some agencies such as the european medicines agency and that we will have to pay for that, and she said, she admitted, that by not being in the single market there may being in the single market there may be some impact. i thought it was so much detail it was almost overwhelming. it was the detail of a blank sheet of paper! it was a technical speech, lots of technical detail in there. exactly. but who is it for? the parliamentary party because she needs to unite them

because she needs to unite them because the labour party is being political, they are the official opposition, it wasn't aimed at the likes of us and also it was aimed at the eu negotiating team. she is going michelle michel barnier, they have rather given up on him and his ridiculous demands over what he can say about that, —— giving up on. even the labor site at the positive things, as ifjason across as did jacobs rees—mogg. things, as ifjason across as did jacobs rees-mogg. what about the response from labor because they haven't got that at the giver in terms of deciding they are committed to the consensus on keeping the uk in the customs union which is exactly what theresa may said we are not going to do. she was to be out of the customs union but she wants most of the benefits of being in the union which is why she is very much a contortionist at the moment. labor has been on a torturous journey of its own which is why it wasn't until monday atjeremy corbyn committed himself to remain in the customs

union to avoid turning kent into a lorry park when exporters have to fill in lots of forms and get paid in taxes which would jeopardise jobs and austerity. rubbish. the problem with theresa may's position, she is the women negotiating, dick and criticise labor have not being more clear earlier and would be justified but she is doing the negotiating and if she doesn't know what she is asking for precisely, how are you going to get it? the fact that tory boy he has admitted that speech was really at her cabinet and party, it tells you everything about the internal conservative civil war which is actually really influencing where theresa may it is rather than representing britain. it doesn't matter whether you are the most ardent leave or a europhile, 2! months after the referendum result, the year after this process was triggered, the clock is ticking, you have to actually get the details in three orfour months

three or four months here because we're going to have brexit in this time next year, march next year, she still does not have the deal. kevin, andrew, it is charlie he. good morning. he needs to come down a bit. lovely to see you in the cold, enjoying your banter, may i ask you one thing? you are both died in the wool newspapermen. and of the newspapers have theresa may on the front page? is one of the problem here, this may have been a very important speech but to be honest, i mean, how much is anyone listening any more? i think, mean, how much is anyone listening any more? ithink, ithink, this speech wasn't aimed at us, it was aimed at the parliamentary party and the eu and the fact is think most people just want the government to get on with it, they are bored with that, brexit is becoming boring, they know we are leaving, why can't we go, and that is where we are. it is hardly surprising although it is the biggest issue facing the country for a decade, and as i say she does

not really do dynamic, exciting speeches but what she did was worthy and detailed and good on her. as people are talking about the weather because it is having an immediate impact on their lives, brexit is hugely important, a lot of people again, whichever side of the argument you are on, they wanted to get on with it but the great thing about the weather, it has been bad, but it stopped boris johnson about the weather, it has been bad, but it stopped borisjohnson getting back into britain and we should cheer about. thank you both for not being boring. they give arejoining us. the time now is 726. if you watch breakfast regularly, you'll know we been looking at the subject of special educational needs and disabilities and how it affects individuals and their families. today, we're focussing on children in england who are travelling, on average, three times further than those in mainstream institutions — in some cases making ao—mile round trips. the government says it is committed to cutting distances to "good" schools, but the education policy institute says it has neglected special schools. tim muffett reports. 6:30 am and nicky is getting ready

for the school run. oscar was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder aged seven. it is now suffering from suspect did post—traumatic stress related to what happened in his mainstream school. the oscar, who is 11, now has a daily schooljourney of 47 miles. each way. on a good run, one hour 20. miles. each way. on a good run, one hour20. ona miles. each way. on a good run, one hour 20. on a bad miles. each way. on a good run, one hour20. on a bad run, we have taken three hours. britain is our nearest most appropriate school for our child. families in our situation don't get a choice. it is 7.30 in the morning and george is about to get in his taxi to go the 11 miles to school. 1.5 mile journey to school. we asked other families in similar situations to share their school run with us. the journey can sometimes take from i—hour to two hours. the schooljourneys of

children with special educational needs and disabilities have been analysed for a new report by the education policy institute. children in special schools travel on average almost three times further than pupils in mainstream education. in rural areas, one in 10 special needs pupils face a daily round—trip of more than a0 miles. pupils face a daily round—trip of more than 40 miles. some pupils, we may find that the distances they are now having to travel are insurmountable. there is 110,000 pupils nationally attending special schools that we have debates about free schools, about faith schools, around crummer schools, we have ignored the 1000 special schools that are in this country and ensuring that people that need to access them are able to. by law, councils in england must pay for transport for children who cannot walk to school because of their special educational need or disability. that may need a milage on balance, a taxi or a minibus.

elsewhere in the uk local authorities have more discretion. and did they tell you why it was refused? but the disability charity contacts refused? but the disability charity co nta cts as refused? but the disability charity contacts as it has seen a huge increase in families seeking help. lot of calls to the contact helpline are actually about local authorities not following the law properly. wrongly refusing free school transport for disabled children. they have not been considering their child's disability or special needs. the department of education told us that through government funding, local authorities are spending £600 million on transport for children with special educational needs. over the next three years, an extra £250 million will be available for school places and facilities, secretary guidance for local authorities is still also under control up for review. many say there journeys are so long there is no point coming home before pickup time. to what i do is hang around pembridge into a

pickup time at half past three. the local government association says councils work hard to provide suitable school transport for children with special needs. it says current government funding does not reflect the demands being placed on councils. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with tina daheley and charlie stayt. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place across much

of the uk — that's despite temperatures being expected to gradually rise in many areas. the environment agency currently has 15 flood warnings in place, mainly in the south—west and north—east england. 2,000 homes are without power and motorists and rail passengers face further disruption on the road and rail network. last night, police were called to lewisham in south—east london as passengers, who'd been stuck on a train, opened the doors and climbed onto the tracks. earlier on breakfast we spoke to brian tancock, who was on the train behind, he told us the impact it had on hisjourney. they felt they were so close to their destination, therefore it was less of an issue then walking 100 metres to the station, assuming the power was turned off. people in my train had a long wait. they still had almost an hour of theirjourneys to do. they had no chance of getting

home if their train didn't run. if they had a bit more resilience on that train... well, i can get why people did what they did. maybe they could have waited longer. but there was a lot of pent—up frustration. they were probably on a much easier trend in mind, everybody had a seat on my train. —— much busier train then mine. police in dublin have made several arrests after a supermarket . ff. .:5f. j’i'i’i'i 17:5 % which took place when the store was closed and no staff were present. the prime minister's speech on britain leaving the european union has been given a cautious welcome by both the leave and remain wings of her party. theresa may set out her vision of the uk's future trading relationship with the eu and called for concesssions on all sides. she said she was confident remaining differences over a draft legal agreement could be resolved, allowing trade talks to get under way.

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