this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at midday. warnings of snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk, as the weather causes further disruption. people in cardiff have been describing the situation there. that's my car there, so that's not going anywhere and then all the local trains and buses are cancelled, people are just going around on sledges on the main road, it's quite entertaining. 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. issued for parts of england due 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 game when it meets later. good afternoon and 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 13 flood warnings in place 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 face 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. a little earlier correspondent in cardiff spoke to us. it is busier here where we are in

cardiff on the high street here. quite a few more cars have passed and are 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 i spoke to and who are going to get their bread and if there is any milk here, they are saying there is a real sense of community spirit now. everyone is 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 hitjust like any other area of britain. severely by the weather, cardiff airport closed all day yesterday, the majority of railway lines closed yesterday. no word yet if buses

will be operational today. 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 100 houses that are without power. they have been 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 movewd from amber to yellow. it is the south wales

that has hit 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 as you can see it has had on the transportation systems here. let's go to glasgow now and speak to catriona renton. a little more life in the railway station now? that is right. i was here last night and it was limited in terms of the services running. now we are seeing some services up and running. there are no trains at all between glasgow and carlisle. the reason for that is drifting snow. workers i'll will losing that battle. that is what is affecting those lines. some of the more local services are running and we have

trains running on the edinburgh to glasgow line and aberdeen are running. still the advice, check before you travel because there is a limited range of services on. the same situation on the buses. up and running but limited services. all of the airports are open today but that does not mean that for some flights are not cancelled. check with the airline before you head to the airport. again, the situation seems to be improving. on the roads, we still have this yellow warning in place until monday. that means that there will still be some bad weather, not as extreme as we have seen of the couple of days. but something to look out for and take extra ca re. as something to look out for and take extra care. as we were hearing, on roads that have not been gritted, those are the ones that are causing the problems. some of the main roads are fine. it is the side streets where the snow is compacting and becoming i see that you have to take

extra ca re. becoming i see that you have to take extra care. the scottish government is setting up lots of initiatives. they are asking people to get out into the communities to work together to clear pavements and rose and check up on elderly people. they are asking people to keep that community spirit going. they have set a financial scheme for councils who are worrying about expenses, they are saying that emergency fund is available for people to apply to and for councils that are struggling. we have heard the first ministers look to the prime minister last night and they discussed the extreme weather situation. so things starting to get back to normal, certainly a busier picture than we saw here in the last couple of days when the city centre was effectively shut down. but because there has been so much disruption, it is going to ta ke been so much disruption, it is going to take well, we will have to be patient while things try to get to

norman —— normal. patient while things try to get to norman -- normal. iwill say something confusing before we talk to our next guest. the energy system in north and mid wales are without power. they are trying to get them be connected. let's go to our correspondent andy gill now at sunderland football club, which is opening its doors to the homeless this weekend. they have been trying to do their bit for the community there? they have. they opened up the stadium of light here in sunderland for homeless people in the extreme cold weather in case they need to come in and keep warm. they have opened up warm room, it has warm food warm drinks, somewhere to sleep. any homeless people with pets, a lot of them have dogs, can bring them in as well. the club do not want us to film inside there because of the potential vulnerability of some of these people, but they are keeping this facility open until nine o'clock on monday morning. possibly longer if the cold weather

continues. yellow warning is a vice still in place in some parts of england and the south east and the midlands, also in northern ireland as well. katrina mentioned that yellow warning for snow in scotland and in their lovely couple and says scotla nd and in their lovely couple and says scotland this morning have been dug out of their warm, —— an elderly couple. they ran out of wood further woodburning stove and could not get to the woodshed. they have been rescued and ta ken to the woodshed. they have been rescued and taken to neighbours. road and railway disruptions continues at the east and west coast main line is between here and scotland. that railway route is not running at the moment. the main roads are also affected as well. motorways a re roads are also affected as well. motorways are reopening and in the early hours of this morning, the 62 across the pennines, that reopened after more than 25 —— 2a hours of being closed. that is the longest

time that that road has been shut. airports also continue to be affected. some of them reopening, but still a lot of delays and cancellations and the advice with all flights is to check before you travel to the airport. andy gill, in sunderland. thank you very much. 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. for when the roads are opening and when the real services are back to normal. 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. our political correspondent tom bartonjoins me now. is it the best that she can hope for, and a bigger attack from europe? yes, you cannot overestimate the scale of the divide between the conservative brexiteers on one side and the remain support on the other. what britain's relationship with britain should look like after brexit. i think within the speech yesterday, to lee's army was talking to three main groups of people. one was the public, tried to get our message across. “— was the public, tried to get our message across. —— theresa may was talking to. and those conservative mps and trying to find a way through

this issue that they at least, for now, can sign up to. it seems like all she has succeeded. be it cautious welcome from both sides. and a soupy saying this is a step forward. on the hand, jacob rees moog is saying, he welcomes the speech. he recognises some leave supporter concerns but no making the case is not a time. jeremy hunt has been talking today and he says, what we have seen here is that actually when it comes down to it, balls sides recognise a need for compensate. everyone is going to have to compromise, everyone will find something the 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 european court ofjustice rules in those areas. that is the cabinet view. we had stephen kennett, a leading remain support from the labour party thing, there is not enough there for a specific offer for the there is not enough there for a specific offerfor the eu. even though where there is, there is no precedent for these things. how is the eu responding? they are on the same page as stephen kennett. today

we had the chequers or viking eu affairs secretary ‘s thing, if you are leaving the single market by the customs union, watch are moving towards is a free trade movement. —— czechoslovakian. just to pick up on that, it is fair for czechoslovakian. just to pick up on that, it is fairfor him to czechoslovakian. just to pick up on that, it is fair for him to say that. the canada negotiations, they nearly fell apart at the end because the parliament threatening to beat them and not vetoing it. send cv are already in the eu and most of our regulatory standards are common standards, why should we take that as long to do it when we are already on the same page? that is part of the case thatjeremy hunt was making today. we are beginning from a place where everything is aligned. and so

actually you should be able to get from zero to a free trade deal quicker than say canada or south korea. the reaction has been muted from other parts. the irish leader saying he is concerned. jeremy hunt though says this is a negotiation, it would be, you would be living in cloud cuckoo land if you saw any speech by the prime minister, the eu is going to say thank you very much. finally, to be clear now, when we go next. we have further negotiations coming up. last week we had the publication of the legal framework that will set up the period, the

transition period between leaving the eu... and hopefully from the government's prospective, agreeing this free trade deal. theresa may will talk to the other eu leaders and try to get the next age agreed, which is essentially withdrawal, the kind of foundations if you like off the withdrawal agreement. 12 months and counting. we will be talking about this more in the weeks and months ahead. the headlines on bbc news: warnings of snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk, as the weather causes further disruption. temperatures are expected to rise. 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.

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 used at this summer's russian world cup. if approved, referees could call for help on goals, penalties, straight 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 be to maintain minimum interference in the flow and emotion of the game, otherwise we will spoil football.

but critics say that is exactly 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 abandon the plans. the holy grail of football is the world cup. surely, if it is not good enough for the fa cup, we can't wheel it out in our most prestigious tournament that we have every four years. not ready at all. fifa insists the system works as the video replay trial has shown, those who think technology will stop the controversy has another think coming. richard conway, bbc news a new one stop service to test for prostate cancer will cut diagnosis times from six weeks to a number of days, according to the nhs. the programme is currently being trialled and will see patients undergo all their tests in one day. our reporter adina campbell is with me. nottingham is looking at developing

this and taking this on as part of the trial. what is involved? this is being seen as a huge step forward because we know that prostate cancer is the uk's third biggest cancer killer and because of the advances with medical technology, this is being seen as a huge leap forward. at the moment, any man who wants to be tested for prostate cancer, it usually involves multiple visits to hospital, that will be an mri scan followed by several biopsies. they cut bits out of you to test. to get those results it can take up to six weeks. with this new service which is being trialled in three hospitals, epsom, charing cross and queen mary, the trial itself will ta ke queen mary, the trial itself will take place over the next two years involving 5000 men, a big sample south they are, what that will mean is that every man will have all of his tests done within one day. this involves a n his tests done within one day. this involves an mri scan that is better

quality, better imagery, more accurate. they can pinpoint what is going on. that means within four hours, negative test results will be flagged up and those people will be able to walk on. if further biopsies are needed, the results will take several days. we have this cut from six weeks to essentially four hours if not a few days. it is seen as a massive step forward. early diagnosis is the key. i heard a statistic that suggested that this will make a huge difference because at the moment this is a race that depends on how quickly they cancer is spotted and therefore treated. depends on how quickly they cancer is spotted and therefore treatedm course. if we can spot the signs earlier, that means earlier treatment, earlier intervention, longer survival rates. prostate cancer, third biggest cancer killer in the uk, it has overtaken breast cancer, that made headlines not so long ago. and that is not because breast cancer treatment has improved, not necessarily that

prostate cancer is becoming more prevalent a re prostate cancer is becoming more prevalent are killing more people. but we have done something to do improve the prospects of women with breast cancer. that is right. it has taken a long time to get to this point. because of the advances of medical technology, it means we can diagnose this sooner. this trial is about 5000 people, 5000 men helped. 47,000 about 5000 people, 5000 men helped. 117,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. a lot of people will be frustrated to think, why not roll this out more widely? that is a good question. this is a massive sample south, 5000 men will ta ke massive sample south, 5000 men will take part. that will hopefully lead to this becoming a full—time service. as you say, 40,000 new cases every year. 11,000 deaths every year from prostate cancer. hopefully this will seen as a significant step forward and hopefully lead to longer survival rates. a reminder that if there is

anything worrying you, go and see yourgp. anything worrying you, go and see your gp. thank you very much. children with special educational needs and disabilities in england —— who attend special schools — are travelling, on average, three times further than those in mainstream schools. in some cases they're making round trips of more than 40 miles. 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. 6:30am and nicky is getting ready for the school run. oscar 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 oscar, 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. time for a look at the weather. the promise of slightly rising temperatures. hello. many of you are

still struggling to get out and about following the snowfall we have seenin about following the snowfall we have seen in the last couple of days. with an extra top pop of snow overnight, we have 55 centimetres of snow in south wales. incredible amounts of snow. cold a feeds and across much of the country but it will try to turn less cold in the south over the next couple of days. snow in the north—east of the uk. it is not just snow in the north—east of the uk. it is notjust snow, we are seeing freezing rain, liquid drain that turns to ice as soon as it hits any surface. that is what happened in southern england and what is happening a cat or ask scotland and england. —— happening across. we have some showers working into the south—west of england. getting towards surrey and west sussex and arriving perhaps quite quickly as well. stein cold for most of us but temperatures gradually turning well. stein cold for most of us but tempeg south. iaéuy't'u‘rnifigi well. stein cold for most of us but tempeg south. —— lly’t'uzrningi well. stein cold for most of us but tempeg south. —— staying figi well. stein cold for most of us but tempeg south. —— staying cool. this is bbc news —

our latest headlines this hour. weather warnings for snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk — hundreds of people remain without power in parts of wales and northern england. several flood warnings have been issued for parts of england due to high tides and strong winds. motorists and rail passengers have been told to expect continued disruption on roads and railways. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the prime minister's brexit offer showed that it is possible to get "frictionless" trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. and 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 later. now on bbc news, click heads to the mobile world congress in barcelona to find out the latest in the world of smartphones. this week, we are up, up and away.

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