this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven. warnings of snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk, as the weather causes further disruption. it was another frustrating night for some — in south—east london, police were called after people stuck on trains, started jumping on to the tracks. several flood warnings have been issued for parts of england due to high tides and strong winds. continued disruption is expected on roads and railways. facing up to "some hard facts " — the prime minister says neither side will get everything they want from brexit but argues the uk and eu are close to a deal on transition. love it or loath it — var is here to stay — the body which sets the rules for world football is expected to approve the use of video replay technology throughout the sport when it meets later. good morning to you. welcome to bbc

news. 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. the environment agency has issued 15 flood warnings in coastal areas of england — in the north east and the south—west — with strong winds along the coasts expected to cause sea surges. two thousand homes are still without power and travellers passengers are facing further delays on road and rail. 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. as you heard in that report, police were called to lewisham in south—east london last night as passengers who had 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 walking 100 metres to a station assuming clearly the power's turned off. people in my train had a long, long wait. they still had an hour of theirjourney to do.

they had no chance of getting home if that train did not run. so i think they had a bit more resilience on that train. but i kind of get why people did what they did. maybe an hour, two hours, they could have waited longer. i can see obviously there was a lot of pent—up frustration that came out, they were probably on a much busier train that mine, in mine everyone had a seat and it wasn't as much of a problem. our correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. you have been telling us in the last of the limited changing conditions in wales. the met office is talking about freezing cold rain. how worried are people worried about that adding to their experience?m has been snowing on and off they are all morning. and there has been gusts of winds and that wind chill is picking up in freezing cold conditions. it is busier here where we are in cardiff on the high street

here. quite a few more cars have passed our venture —— venturing out on the high street. but most of the roads are badly affected by the snow and it is impassable around here. some of the people heist will do going to get their bread and if there is any milk here, they are saying there is a real sense of community spirit no. everyone is stuck in and cannot drive anywhere. they're using what local stuck in and cannot drive anywhere. they‘ re using what local amenities are open more than usual. a real sense of community. when it comes to transportation, wales has been hit just like any other area of britain. severely by the weather, the airport closed all day yesterday, the man —— majority of railway lines closed yesterday. no buses yesterday. you

mentioned the yellow warnings for ice. that has just come to an end here. it is the snow and the wind picking up, it is still freezing cold here in south wales. what about the picture further north in wales? further north in wales, we know there are some houses that are without power. they have beans strong winds overnight there. there was a yellow warning until midnight for wind and snow there. they have been hit as well. the majority of the snow has been hitting cardiff and the surrounding areas down here. this is where, of course, the red alert was until yesterday morning. it then went from amber to yellow. it then went from amber to yellow. it is the south wheel theory that has meant that the worst. the yellow warning stayed in place for snow and ice until last night across the whole of wales and the whole of the

country affected. the south really affected much worse really by the snow. the impact you can see it has had on the transportation systems here. i hope you like your coffee black and i hope you get when! speak to you later. let's talk to our correspondent alison freeman, who is at alnwick in northumberland. on the road behind me that you can see, that is ai, the main route to the north—east of england, up to scotland. we have seen a bit of traffic starting to use it since the news came out about an hour or so ago that it is finally reopened. but it is still nowhere near as busy as you might expect it to be. as i say, the main route from the north—east, up to the scottish borders. the problem that they were having here and the reason why it had to stay closed so long was, no matter how much snow they cleared, even when it had stopped snowing, the wind was blowing huge drifts back over the carriageway and it was down to one lane in places. the police were using convoys,

escorting convoys of hundreds of vehicles up and down, just to try and keep things moving. but, as i say, it is now fully reopened, everyone is quite happy about that. but drivers are being warned to take care. it is still about freezing here, so the conditions are pretty icy. we have seen a few people looking a little unsteady on the roads. the other things we're worried about up here are these flood warnings along the coast, that is from sunderland, up to about whitley bay, and that is due to the tidal surges. and also the high winds that we have been experiencing. another road that has been closed is the a66 from scotch corner, across the pennines, to brough, in cumbria. but good news again is that the m62 across the pennines opened earlier this morning, so there are some of the main routes starting to open up. the emergency services are though saying, please try to avoid travelling if you have two and take care on the roads if you do need to travel. alison freeman in northumberland.

let's go to glasgow now and speak to catriona renton. glasgow has had a rough time. what is the emerging picture for today? things are certainly slowly on the mend here. we are not too bad where we are this morning at all. having travelled around the city today, you can see the main routes is pretty accessible. it is still a bit slippy in some places underfoot. it is more the areas where the gritters have not been able to get to yet that are difficult. my own street is pretty difficult. my own street is pretty difficult at the moment and that is because the pavement is slippy, the snow is compacting underfoot, it is still freezing at night and starting to become like an ice rink in some places. the advice for people, in those situations, is to take care. the scottish government today have

requested for communities to club together, to help each other clear the streets, to check on vulnerable people and to be responsible when they are going to the shops, not to buy everything and to be measured so eve ryo ne buy everything and to be measured so everyone gets everything they need. so all looking after each other as much as they can. we have heard of the superhuman efforts of the emergency services. ministers saying that. the army have been helping doctors and nurses get to work, they have been doing this this morning in dunfermline. that is essential so hospitals can keep moving and people get the critical care that they need. transport is again an improving picture, improving as we speak. the trains are getting underway and the services and parts of scotla nd underway and the services and parts of scotland are starting to get better. there are trains between inverness and paris. there are still gnawed trains at all heading south of the border, there are problems there. buses are trying to get on there. buses are trying to get on the roads as well. —— perth. the

airports are improving. that is also improving. people need to check with the airlines before they get there. that is the general message. we have a yellow warning in place monday. that means there will be difficulties and you do have to take here, check before you leave the house. check that it is safe to do so. house. check that it is safe to do so. the message that is coming out here now is check on people who might some help. thank you very much. our correspondentjoe lynam is here. let's start with roads, it is very localised issue in the sense that the motorways are usually clear, but the motorways are usually clear, but the trunk are not. obviously there has been gritting going on, snow machines are at work clearing roads. scotla nd machines are at work clearing roads. scotland and the south—west, they had the biggest problems in terms of getting the roads clear. it is the

same advice, do you really need to go out in these areas? if you really need to go out, you are taking your life in your own hands because you could get stranded which has been the case which we saw on wednesday and thursday. moving to the railways, things have not been helped by major engineering work which had been planned for some of the major london stations, including waterloo. great western had major problems, much reduced service coming out of victoria and london bridge. south—eastern major problems as well. scotrail, i had a look at their website a few moments ago, they are trying to run services between edinburgh and glasgow and the major arteries there. it is a reduced service. as ever, check with the website before you go. we have got snowploughs on some of these lanes. the moment we clear the snow, address back in again. the

combination of temperatures, drifting snow, ice and eventually as well, could throw up fresh problems? i weather experts will tell you the impact of the risk of flooding when all that snow eventually dissolves and turns into many rivers and all the problems that come with that. just to finish my thought on the inner side of things, i have been in touch with london city airport. a much reduced service. the airport closes at 12 o'clock anyway every saturday. due to a long—standing agreement with their neighbours there are no services. reduced service today. dublin airport closed for two days, back open today. that leaves the 75,000 or so out of position passengers who are not where they want to be, or expected to bea where they want to be, or expected to be a few days ago. that could ta ke to be a few days ago. that could take days, potentially a week, to

get everyone in the position they wa nt to get everyone in the position they want to be. if you are with a full—service airline like british airways, if you want to get back to your location, there aren't that —— not that many spare seats on ryanair oi’ not that many spare seats on ryanair or easyjet, because they have filled those aeroplanes for the take—off. don't forget. you can keep up to date with the weather and travel situation wherever you are, by visiting the bbc news live page, that's at bbc.co.uk/news. you can also get live updates on the bbc news channel and your local radio station. the headlines on bbc news: warnings of snow and icy roads remain in place further disruption — but temperatures are expected to gradually rise. several flood warnings have been

issued for parts of england due to high tides and strong winds. the prime minister's speech on britain leaving the european union has been given a cautious welcome by the leave and remain factions 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. the prime minister's speech on britain leaving the european union has been given a cautious welcome by the leave and remain factions 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. we can now speak to labour mp stephen kinnock, who voted remain and is a member of the exiting the eu select committee thank you for being with us this morning. the speech itself, do you think she got the tone right? the problem as it was another speech which set out what she wants but without any sense of how to get there. what is ironic is when she

sets out what she wants, things like implementing the decision of the people, finding and injuring solution, protecting our prosperity and the answer to all those is fta. it does deliver very high degree of market access, you can strike trade deals with other countries. you cannot contribute to the rule—making, that is when the stumbling block? the example, it is great. it suits us because we did not want to be in the eu, but it is still... they used to call it faxed democracy. it is e—mail democracy now. i would contest that. if you look at thejoint now. i would contest that. if you look at the joint committee, the whole platter of working groups, technical groups, norway has associate status. they are in the

meetings during the process, they can influence that even if they do not get a vote in the end. can influence that even if they do not get a vote in the endlj can influence that even if they do not get a vote in the end. i lived and worked in brussels for many yea rs, and worked in brussels for many years, the vast majority of decisions made in brussels is made on consensus. if the eu —— uk was... let's look at some of the specific thing she said. she has not given as a route out. there were a number of thing she said. some of these organisations we have heard a lot about, the european atomic agency, the transport and dutch —— transport agency, we have associate membership, we sign up to the regulations. we will put some money in the pot. that sounds like a practical solution. that would allow the architecture to do that. practical solution. that would allow the architecture to do thatm practical solution. that would allow the architecture to do that. it is not an unreasonable suggestion. but

the government has not done its homework. half of the agencies, there is no provision for a third country to be involved at all. she is saying, this is an opportunity for creative solutions. you worked in brussels for many years, it your wife is a former prime minister of an eu member nation. we negotiated t an eu member nation. we negotiated opt outs in britain, there are ways around these problems. opt outs in britain, there are ways around these problemsm opt outs in britain, there are ways around these problems. if the will is there. yes, but given the incredibly short time frame that we have, the factors. this new goshen is like building a house, you need to decide on the foundation. —— is a little like. you build the rest of the house, decide the foundation first and then argue about the doors and windows and the roof. the problem fundamentally with the government is they have not accepted you need a model as a basis for

negotiations going forward. we are in the weeks away from the eu signing of the guidelines for the future relationship phase of the talks. it is absolutely extraordinary that theresa may is still talking about all the things we could do without any real blue flint road map for the future. i think that is an abdication of the duty and responsibility of the british government. the body which sets the rules for world football 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 cup matches in england. but it has proved controversial, as our sports news correspondent, richard conway reports. the days when football got it wrong. some of the game's gravest injustices. schumacher came out... and the very reason the sport's

lawmakers must now decide whether to give the go—ahead to video technology. a positive vote could see it use it this summer's russian world cup. if approved referees could call for help on goals, penalties, red cards and mistaken identity. a two—year experiment of the system is coming to an end and the man who helped devise it knows what is at stake. focus must not be to maintain minimum interference in the flow and emotion of the game, otherwise we will spoil football. but critics say that is except the what is happening. this week's fa cup game against tottenham and rochdale was part of the trial, but lengthy delays and confusion over decisions have led to calls to delay or cancel the plans. the holy grail is the fa cup, if it is not ready we cannot put it into our most prestigious tournament. fifa insists the system works as the video replay trial has shown, those who think technology will stop the controversy have another thing coming. work on a new underground

station in rome had to come to a temporary halt — after an ancient military barracks was unearthed under the streets of the italian capital. archaeologists say the dwelling — described as a commander's house — was built some time around the early second century — during the reign of emperor trajan. it's said to be the first discovery of its kind. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning. england are celebrating victory against new zealand in the third one day international, which gives them a 2—1 lead in the five—match series, and that's despite not setting the biggest of targets, of 235. the kiwis made a steady start as they chased that winning total, but ben stokes took a brilliant catch off adil rashid to start a run of wickets. moeen ali took two wickets in three balls. new zealand lost four for just six runs. but captain kane williamson kept things steady.

then a key moment. williamson gave a catching chance to chris woakes, who could only get a finger on it, but the ball went on to the stumps and ran out the other bastman mitchell sa ntner. that ended thier partnership of 96 runs. williamson went on to make an unbeaten century, but wasn't able to get a six off the last ball giving england victory by four runs. 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. he gave enough presence already. and

at newcastle, it was a little bit lucky for them. so we need to be really focused, really concentrated on that game. and it will be interesting again. i learned so many things there at the time i was around him. if you compare our fans, they are very similar. sol compare our fans, they are very similar. so i go and i have a lot of friends. to go away and play against foreign must, you have lots of fans. —— bournemouth. the is a connection there. 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. that the stadium there has been a lot of works going on there, the picture is fine. it is playable for

the game and there is a lot of works going around the stadium to make it safe and secure for all the supporters tomorrow. we have played a lot of games. so we have had a bit ofa a lot of games. so we have had a bit of a breather for a few days. it will not do as any arm, the boys trained well this morning and we are sitting ready for the game. —— does not do us any harm. after katarina johnson—thompson's succcess in the pentathlon last night, the action is under way on day three with more britons going for medals, including laura muir later who goes for her second podium finish this weekend in the 1500 metres. the american christian coleman has started his campaign in the 60 metres. he broke the world record in this event in the lead—up to birmingham, and cruised through his heat despite an early stumble out of the blocks. britain's cj ujah also safely made it through his heat. the semifinals start just after seven o'clock this evening. britain's other sprinter andrew robertson also came through as a fastest loser despite coming fourth in his heat. live coverage is over on bbc two and the bbc sport website. and the bbc sport website.

few things going on this morning. they're currently in the first round of the women's triple jump final. no british interest in that one. also the heats of the men's 1,500 metres. britain's chris o'hare has just missed out on a place in the next round in that one after finishing down in 5th in his heat. nice and warm in there. how about outside. time to get the weather. we have got 55 centimetres of snow near cardiff in southern wales. an incredible amount of snow, difficult to get out and about this weekend. we have got easterly winds across much of the country, bringing as cold weather. towards the south we

are getting something a little less cold coming. for most of us it is a cloudy weekend coming up, but with the weather front moving across northern england and northern ireland, we have further snowfall here. it is notjust snow here, across eastern scotland and north east england, we have something cold freezing rain. that is where we get liquid drain with a temperature below is either, it freezes as soon as it touches any surface. —— liquid rain. that is what happened yesterday. that is what i am worried about, dangerous conditions for a time. a risk of black ice on roads and pavements, could be quite dangerous out and about. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather as we go through the afternoon, but staying cloudy. we see rain coming in southern england. probably some rain getting into west sussex and surrey for a time as we go on through the

afternoon. a cold day for most of us. afternoon. a cold day for most of us. overnight, the showers will push nor would bringing more snowfall across the peaks and snow —— pennines for a time. temperatures again dipping well below freezing across much of the country, looking at icy conditions to take us into sunday once again. sunday, for some of us as the pre—start of the day. we will have went to be showers pushing northwards. snow on the hills. lower levels we might see a mixture, rain and sleet with snow mixed in. in the south, rain showers moving in as those temperatures climb before setting in place with highs of around 8 degrees across the south of england and wales. that trend to slightly less cold air continues on the weekend but it will stay cold across northern parts of the uk with an ongoing threat of some snow here. that is your weather forecast. hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london.

i'm carrie gracie. this week we discuss the brexit talks, look at the upcoming elections in italy and weigh the political implications in china of the possibility of indefinite rule for president xijinping. my guests this week are the chinese writer diane wei liang, ned temko of the christian science monitor, annalisa piras, italian film—maker and broadcaster and the american podcaster michael goldfarb. welcome to you all. let's go for