this is bbc news. the headlines at 103m. warnings of snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk, as the weather causes further disruption. in south—east london police were called as people stuck on trains started jumping onto the tracks. several flood warnings have been issued for parts of england due to high tides and strong winds, the rail line at dawlish is partly closed after the sea wall was breached. good news for motorists in the north—east as the main route to scotland, the ai, has been reopened, but drivers are still being told to ta ke but drivers are still being told to take care. in other news, facing up to ha rd take care. in other news, facing up to hard facts. the prime minister says neither side will get everything they want from brexit, but argues the eu and the uk are close to the deal on transition. loveit close to the deal on transition. love it or loathe it, var is here to

stay. the body that sets the rules for world bowl is set to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the game when it meets later. severe weather is continuing to cause disruption, with warnings for ice or snow today across much of the country, despite a gradual rise in temperatures. and the environment agency has issued 15 flood warnings in coastal areas of the north east and the south west, with strong winds along the coasts expected to cause sea surges. 2,000 homes are still without power and motorists and rail passengers face further delays on the road and rail network. simon clemison reports. after the big freeze, the big thaw. temperatures in wales could reach as high as seven in some parts.

but problems for public transport continue after what has been a difficult night. the moment some rail passengers dispensed with the train. just been stuck on the train for two and a half hours. luckily we can now walk down the tracks. as you can see everyone is getting out. the train was just outside the station. the operator has warned people against walking onto the line and said it caused further delays. looking forward to getting home and having a nice cup of tea. but did you know that this was also in the forecast? the railway in the south—west coast has just closed again. there are 15 flood warnings in place today, many in the south—west coast, where the railway is still being buffeted by the waves this morning.

met office continues to warn of snow in much of scotland and ice in many areas of england, wales and northern ireland, making for tricky conditions on untreated roads. in devon, hospitals have been treating the injured. there have been appeals to owners of four by four vehicles to help patients and staff. work which has continued overnight at one hospital. i have been coordinating a lot of the four by four transport over the last few days. i want to send a massive thank you to all the volunteers we have had. we could not have coped without you guys, you have been amazing. all eyes will be on the transport network again today. heathrow hopes to run a near full schedule, but many rail services remain disrupted. 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 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 than mocking 100 metres to the station where the power is turned off. people in my train had a long wait, still an hour of their journey to train had a long wait, still an hour of theirjourney to do, they had no chance of getting home if that train didn't run. they had a bit more resilience on that train. but i get why people did what they did, maybe an hour, two hours, they could have waited longer. i could see that was a lot of pent—up frustration that came out. they were probably on a much busier train than mine, eve ryo ne much busier train than mine, everyone had a seat on minds so does as much of a problem. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. thomas doesn't look like you are enjoying rising temperatures just yet. no, i can't say it has risen much. the wind is blowing fairly ha rd much. the wind is blowing fairly hard here and the snow has just

started again. with the wind chill i imagine it is below freezing again. it feels like that, standing in the centre of cardiff. transport is still the main area of concern. it has come to a standstill in the last couple of days. this main road here in llandaff north in cardiff is actually one of the better roads we have seen in the suburban areas. as you can see just the right here the residential road still completely covered, and that's the case in the majority of the roads we have passed this morning on the way here. still covered with snow and impassable. trains are suspended, cardiff buses suspended their services. there is no word in terms of when that will be back up and running. and the airport is closed as well. we heard about the emergency services working ha rd to about the emergency services working hard to insure they had a full service. scheduled operations were

cancelled in some hospitals across south wales, but staff have been working really hard to get into work to help those who need care the most. there was actually also a plea from welsh ambulance asking any staff or volunteers with four by fours to come to work to help those who needed help most. it continues to snow here at the moment, just restarted in cardiff, and there is a yellow warning in place for ice for the next hour so. freezing temperatures continuing here in south wales for some time to come i imagine. let's talk to our correspondent alison freeman, who is at alnwick in northumberland. partial good news on the road front. that's right. the road you can see behind me is the a1, that's the main

route from the north—east of england up route from the north—east of england up to scotland. we have seen a bit of traffic starting since the news came out that it is reopened, but it is still nowhere near as busy as you might expect it. as i say it is the main route from the north—east up to the scottish borders. the problem they were having and the reason it stayed closed was that no matter how much snow the cleared, even when it had stopped snowing the wind was blowing huge drifts back over the carriageway. it was down to one lane in one places. police were escorting convoys of hundreds of vehicles up and downjust convoys of hundreds of vehicles up and down just to convoys of hundreds of vehicles up and downjust to keep convoys of hundreds of vehicles up and down just to keep things convoys of hundreds of vehicles up and downjust to keep things moving. but it has fully reopened, everyone is quite happy about that. but drivers are being warned to take care. it is still around freezing. conditions are pretty icy. we have seen conditions are pretty icy. we have seen a conditions are pretty icy. we have seen a few people looking unsteady on the roads. we're warned about flood warnings from sunderland are to whitley bay, that is because of

tidal surges. and also because of the high winds. the a66 is also still closed across the pennines. but good news again is that the m62 across the pennines opened again this morning. so some of the main routes are starting to open up. but emergency services are saying, try to avoid travelling if you don't have to come and take care on the roads if you do need to travel. 0ur correspondentjoe lynam is here. let's talk about the business of travel. this will have been expensive for the travel companies, and a busy one for people who help us on and a busy one for people who help us on the roads. what is the picture looking like this morning? let's start with roads. it is a localised issue in the sense that motorways are usually clear but trunk roads are usually clear but trunk roads are not. there has been gritting

going on. scotland and the south west had the biggest problems in terms of getting the roads clear. it is always the same advice. do you really need to go out? if you do, you're taking your life in your own hands because you could get stranded, which has been the case as we saw on wednesday and thursday. moving to the railways, things are not being helped by major engineering work which has been planned at some of the major london stations, including waterloo. great western has major problems, much reduced service coming out of victoria and london bridge. southeastern having major problems as well. scotrail, i looked at their website a few moments ago, they are trying to run services between glasgow and edinburgh, the major arteries for the rail network, but it isa arteries for the rail network, but it is a rigid service. as ever, check with the website. and we have

snowploughs going on some of the lines, the moment we clear the snow is drifts back in, and a combination of the temperatures, drifting snow, ice, and eventually a four to drop all sorts of problems. weather experts will tell us about the of flooding when the snow eventually melts and all the problems that comes with that. just to finish my thought with the air travel side of things. london city airport, much reduced service, but the airport closes at 1230 anyway every saturday. no flights in the afternoon due to a long—standing agreement with their neighbours. birmingham airport was closed, temporarily suspended yesterday, it is back on with a reduced service today. at dublin airport closed for two days, back—up and this morning. but that all leaves the out of position aircraft and certainly the

75,000 out of position passengers who are not where they want to be expected to be a few days ago. that could take a few days, potentially even a week to get everyone back into the positions, because if you are with a full airline like to share with our lufthansa, if you wa nt to share with our lufthansa, if you want to get back to your location, there are not many spare seats on ryanairor there are not many spare seats on ryanair or easyjet there are not many spare seats on rya nair or easyjet plane there are not many spare seats on ryanair or easyjet plane is because the staff there are parts —— the filled their aircraft before they let them take off. doctors and physicists in cambridge have joined forces to develop a new type of camera that could pick out abnormal cells before they develop into cancer. ahead of the first trials on patients, our science correspondent, richard westcott has been to see how it works. right now this is how you find one of britain's deadliest cancers. 0esophageal cancer kills 21 people a day because it is so difficult to spot.

using a camera with a normal white light on the end, the doctor is looking at the dark red patch. it is a condition that is not dangerous in itself, but can contain cells that turn cancerous, if you can find them. early cancer appears as reddened. because we're looking at the contrast between red and red, this might be very difficult to appreciate. so, colour is a problem, but also a solution. these physicists already use different coloured lasers to study electrons. now they are adapting the technique to look for early signs of disease. the current camera looks down the throat using white light, and that makes it quite hard to spot the cancer. the new camera is going to look using different coloured lights, and if they get the right colour, it should make the potentially

cancerous cells low. what happens as the tissue becomes cancerous is we get a change in the chemical composition, and different chemicals are different colours, meaning that if we look at the cancer with a technique that allows us to capture information from all the different colours of light that are being reflected, we can get a fuller picture of the disease present. and this is how it might look. the idea has come from a cancer research programme where scientists, engineers and medics joining forces to find cancer early. most of our patients present late, and for cancer of the oesophagus as an example, two thirds of our patients present with a cancer that is already spreading to the lymph glands, and after that it can go to distant organs like the liver. if we treat cancer at that point at which it is still within the tissue of the software gives itself and has not spread anywhere, we can remove it all and curate. that is is that what happened to jackie.

they caught her disease in time, and now she is fine. i knew there is something wrong. you should not have heartburn for 20 odd years, actually it was 30 years. yes, you have to be diagnosed early, because when you are diagnosed early you can do something about it. they will start trials of the new camera on patients in the next few weeks. if successful, it could also be used to spot other cancers before they become fatal. 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. setting out uk hopes for a future eu economic partnership, theresa may warned both sides had to accept " ha rd facts" but said she is confident a deal can be done. let's talk to our political

correspondent. tom, a sense that perhaps some of the anger that we have seen earlier as the various iterations have emerged of the negotiation strategy has eased a little. will there be a sigh of relief from downing street when they see the coverage today and they see the reaction from people like jacob rees mogg and nicky morgan? there is no doubt this was a big moment for theresa may, the third of her three big speeches so far that she has been using to set out her vision for brexit. and there were three audiences. 0ne brexit. and there were three audiences. one is the public, the second, those eu leaders that she is negotiating with, the third and arguably politically the most important, her own mps, who are bitterly divided over what wrecks it should look like. her message was that brexit should mean a clean breakfrom that brexit should mean a clean break from the single market and the

customs union, but beyond that she wa nts customs union, but beyond that she wants as close relationship with the european union. there is a question of whether it eu leaders will get on board with that but as far as her own ranks are concerned, it seems to have been a success. cautious welcome is but positive from brexit and remain mps. jacob rees mogg said that while some may have concerns andi that while some may have concerns and i was at the time to nit—pick. anna soubry, a leading leave the main camp —— remain campaigner. jeremy hunt has said that what we have seen in response to the speeches that both sides recognise the need for compromise. the prime minister is honest about this. everyone is going to have to compromise, everyone will find something they can nit pick on.

but in reality, for people who are passionate about brexit this is a package which gives the british parliament control over the destiny of the british people and therefore restores democratic control. for the people on the remain side one of the biggest worries is that we would lose that close business relationship with the eu, and here you've got a vision that which goes as far as becoming as associate member of european agencies and potentially becoming subject to some ecj rules in those areas. associate membership, this is another idea coming from the british, but it was buyers a response from the europeans, and how responsive have they sounded? we have had from a lot of politicians in the half day since theresa may made this speech. i don't think you record overwhelmingly positive. the president of the european commission, jean—claude junker said,

yes, she might be talking about a european future, but brexit is the opposite of a european future. the other ratter said he remains concerned that some of the constraints of leaving customs union single market have not been recognised and we need more realistic proposals. but as jeremy hunt says, this is a negotiation. we will never get the eu saying, thank you very much, let assign on that. they will always say they want more detail. from the government's perspective that is inevitable, but certainly not the degree of positivity we have seen from theresa may's own mps. the headlines on bbc news: warnings of snow and icy road remain in place of much of the uk as the weather fresh disruption. temperatures are expected gradually to rise. several flood temperatures are expected gradually to rise. severalflood warnings have been issued to parts of england you to high tides and strong winds.

facing up to hard facts, the prime minister says neither side will get everything they want from brexit, but the uk and eu are close to a deal on transition. sport now, and time for a round up from the bbc sport centre. england are celebrating victory against new zealand in the third one—day international. that gives them a 2—1 lead in the five match series, despite not setting the biggest targets of 234. kiwis made a steady start chasing that down, but ben stokes took a brilliant catch to start a run of wickets. moeen ali took two wickets in three balls as new zealand lost four for just six mu.. but then kane williamson keatings steady, and a key moment came when williamson gave a catching chance to chris woakes who could

only get a finger on it, but the ball went on the stumps and that ran out. williamson finished 112 not out but could not cap the century with the winning runs. he was not able to get the 60 needed of the last ball so get the 60 needed of the last ball so that gave england victory by four mu.. that was the decisive moment. despite the weather all seven of today's premier league fixtures are expected to go ahead. the match of the day sees liverpool welcome newcastle united manager rafael benitez back to anfield. the spaniard is unbeaten against his former club and jurgen klopp is expecting a tough time against a man he calls a legend. we gave enough presence to him already. 2—0 up on the home game when we played them, i think. and at newcastle even he knew it was a bit lucky for them. so we need to be

relief orchestra really concentrated on that game. and it will be interesting. as it stands all fixtures in the scottish cup quarterfinals, are due to take place, today and tomorrow, including premiership leaders celtic‘s, match with championship side greenock morton. 0bviously obviously the stadium, there have been works going on around here, the picture is fine. it is a label for the game. ever thought of works going on the stadium to make it safe and secure the supporters tomorrow. we have played a lot of games, we have a bit of a breather for a few days, it will do us any harm. but the guys trained very well this morning. and we're ready for the game now. now relocating to the south of france, away from her family and sausage dogs, has paid off for katarina johnson—thompson, who has won her first world title in the pentathlon, at the world indoor championships in birmingham. she sealed the victory with another win, in the 800 metres, to end what she said had been a wobbly, but in the end, a dominant day. she set a new personal best,

in the shot put and came out on top in the long jump. it comes after she suffered disappointment at the world outdoor championships in london last summer. i can't believe it. i have dreamt of this for so long, to come here and do it at my home, it's bigotry and about. i'm so glad i got to rectified after last year. i went through a hard year last year towards the end of the year and i just wanted my family to see me achieve something. i'm so happy that got to see me and witness all the events. it's something i still can't really believe. well, that's britain's second medal of these championships, and there could be more to come today. laura muir is looking to follow up the bronze she won in the 3,000 metres with another medal in the 1500 today. she qualified for the final in second place in her heat, behind friday's gold medallist, genzebe di—baba. zoey clarke is into the final of the 400 metres. she came third in her heat but the winner stephanie ann mcpherson was disqualified

for an early infringement. eilidh doyle also made it through as a fastest loser. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. important with some games now be cancelled because of the weather. children the special educational needs to attend special schools are travelling an average three times longer than other children. and sometimes making round trips of over 40 miles. some say the government has neglected special schools. 6:30am and nicky is getting ready for the school run. 0scar was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder aged seven and is now suffering from suspected post—traumatic stress related to what happened in his

mainstream school. so 0scar, who is 11, now has a daily schooljourney of 47 miles. each way. on a good run, an hour and 20. on a bad run, we have taken three hours. gretton 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. we're off on our 34.5 mile journey to school. we asked other families in similar situations to share their school run with us. so yourjourney can sometimes take from an 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 40 miles. for some pupils, we may find that the distances they are now having to travel are insurmountable. there's 110,000 pupils nationally attending special schools so as we have debates around free schools, about faith schools, around grammar schools, we have ignored the 1,000 special schools that are in this country, and ensuring that pupils 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 might mean a mileage allowance, 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 contact says it has seen a huge increase in families seeking help. a 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 £215 million will be available for school places and facilities. statutory guidance for local authorities is also under review. many parents say theirjourneys are so long, there is no point in coming home before pick—up time. so now what i will do is hang around cambridge until pick—up time at 3:15. the local government association says councils work hard to provide suitable school transport for children with special needs. but it says current government

funding does not reflect the demand being placed on councils. tim muffett, bbc news. has been used on a trial basis in some countries, including the bulk up some countries, including the bulk up matches in england, but there are concerns that disrupts the flow of the game and also confuses officials. that's doctor mark, a former referee. i suppose a lot of people have this image that it allows them to become the referee, but in some way ‘s it not only does not but even you don't necessarily get to see, you rely on somebody telling you what the pictures show. that's correct. it's important the fa ns that's correct. it's important the fans know what's going on. we all

watched the game on wednesday in the fa cup replay at wembley, and i have to say i was very surprised that the goal was disallowed for an infringement. this was the spurs and rochdale game. it is all about the quality of var, quality of training and education, and its most important that they the protocol. in that instance they did not follow the protocol but was laid down. the international football association board is made up of the four national football organisations for england, wales, scotland, northern ireland, and then representatives from fever. so there are eight votes, six have to agree, and it looks like wales have been the only one on the fence. it looks like the other three will go for it and fifa is likely to go for it. the expectation in the game is that this is going ahead. yes, i'm a bit

concerned that we're going to pilot this in the most prestigious to imagine the world will stop the world cup, yes. and as we have seen in this country, we are not there. and anybody that watched the confederations cup last summer, it was absolute shambles. and once again we have to make sure we get it absolutely right. the training and education of var and the officials... i'm not so sure it is in the best interests that we use active officials, because it is a totally different mindset, totally different skill. some of these referees that will be officiating in the cup final —— world cup final in russia, some of them will not have used that in their respective countries. it will be very difficult. and once again i stress that training and education is paramount of the officials. you're not the only person who thinks this. tracy crouch, the sports minister,

has expressed concerns. we had fans, particularly spurs fans of course, after the game. and also other football supporters‘ association sing the not happy about this. if it goes ahead, what do you think of the conditions that should apply?” think the most important thing, they had to follow protocol and as we have seen, they haven‘t followed protocol and i think what is happening is they are re—refereeing the game. the active referees are acting as the referee and the timescale and the credibility, how long you wait before you get var involved, you could have an incident involved, you could have an incident involved in the penalty area and it goes on for three, four, five minutes, score a goal, and then var comes in and they say, we have to go back to that decision four minutes ago which was actually a penalty. there is a credibility of time issue.