hello, good afternoon. hundreds of people remain without power — many in northern england — as the uk struggles with continued bitter weather. motorists and rail passengers have been told to expect continued disruption with scotland facing significant issues along its rail network after receiving the heaviest snowfall, and some of the coldest conditions, in the uk. elsewhere it is expected to get milder. temperatures are expected to gradually rise in many other areas but the environment agency has issued 13 flood warnings. our correspondent dan johnson reports. another day, another day britain taking a battering. after the snow comes a high tides and the flood warnings. the sea has taken over the railway line. in the outskirts of cardiff, the snow is still hanging around. 400 homes across wales are without power, some people have no seen enough. very pretty and all that, but i must admit it is getting on my nerves now. it has affected me

in not being ill and get into work. the motorway across the pennines was deserted for more than a day because of heavy snow and high winds. leeds and manchester were finally reconnected this morning. the traffic may be flowing here, but most of the roads across these hills are still blocked with snow and there are strong winds and places, too, potentially causing more snow drifts. further north, the one has reopened, the 66 is still blocked. 0ver reopened, the 66 is still blocked. over the border, just look what the trains are having to plough through in scotland. with even more snow expected to fall. real travel is difficult across the uk. as well as snow and ice, services northern and merseyrail are affected by stray klaxon. thousands of flights have also been affected. teams are battling to keep runways open. in manchester, officers searching for a

man who had gone missing, found a body in a car now. —— canal. the long for me know have begun, but more problems could still come. —— the long thought. some of the worst disruption is in scotland where much of the rail network is badly affected. 0ur correspondent catriona renton is at glasgow central station. it has been the coldest start to march on record. what are the south of any of improvement? quite a lot. some good news for you, it is far from a typical sato —— saturday here. services are beginning to run. there are no services between scotla nd there are no services between scotland and england. it is hoped the west coast main line will be off and running later today and scott real hope for a full range silvers —— railway service tomorrow. take extra ca re —— railway service tomorrow. take extra care and checked before you

travel to the airports. we do have forecasts for more snow here, so of course untreated roads still icy. the scottish government have urged people to carry on that community spirit we have seen over the last few days, helping each other out. the picture around the rest of the uk, as we heard dancy here, it is gradually improving, there are still warnings are icy roads and they remain treacherous. and then there is when the snow starts to melt. there are flood warnings. with all this disruption we have had over the last few days around the uk, of course it will take some time to get everything back contract. thank you very much. —— back on track. consumer groups have criticised the energy company e.0n's announcement that it's raising prices for many customers. the company, one of the so—called big six, is ending discounts for some dual fuel customers — and those who opt for paperless billing. our business correspondent joe lynam is with me. we often tend to think where one

energy company leeds, the others will follow. eon will say they are not raising prices but making it simpler and easier for customers to compare their tariffs. they are in scrapping the discounts. that has the effect of raising the cost of all customers from next month by £22 on an average bill. the real issue is whether that will spread and cause a new wave of price rises. we know that oil prices are up i4% in the last year. we know there was a huge spike in wholesale gas prices asa huge spike in wholesale gas prices as a direct result of the beast from the east that we have had over the last few days. but we also know that companies buy in bulk, they buy in large quantities and that protects them against these spikes in demand.

so they shouldn't have to directly raise their prices as a direct result. the key thing to remember is that wholesale gas prices is one pa rt that wholesale gas prices is one part of your bill, up to i4% of your bill. getting it through your pipes and cables which has nothing to do with the energy companies is a quarter of the bill. it is an environment where the energy companies are facing political pressure. are they worried at all about the implications of price rises? there is a price cap on the way, the government is introducing a price cap. it will be enforced by next winter probably. then there is the labour party, talking seriously about renationalising a lot of energy and water supplies as well. a lot of pressure on energy companies from both sides. several people have been injured and at least 100 arrested in the ukrainian capital, kiev, during clashes between police and anti—government demonstrators. the confrontation happened after the authorities ordered a search of a protest camp near the ukrainian parliament

following clashes there on tuesday in which fifteen police officers were injured. scientists are trialling a new camera which could help with the early detection of one of the deadliest forms of cancer. almost 8,000 people died from oesophageal cancer in the uk last year. now doctors and physicists in cambridge have joined forces to develop a new camera that could pick out abnormal cells before they develop into cancer. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. 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's looking at the dark red patch. these physicists already use different coloured lasers to study electrons. now they are adapting the technique to look for early signs of disease. what happens is the tissue becomes cancerous is we get a change in the chemical composition, and different chemicals have different colours,

meaning that if we look at the cancer with a technique that allows us to capture information from all of the different colours of light that are being reflected, we can get a fuller picture of the disease state that is present. and this is how it might look. two thirds 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 a cancer at that point at which it is still within the tissue of the tissue itself and has not spread anywhere, we can remove it all and cure it. that is is that what happened to jackie. they caught her disease in time, and now she is fine. i knew there was something wrong. people should not have heartburn for 20 odd years, actually it was 30 years. 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. with all the sport,

here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon to you. good afternoon. the system may have been ridiculed in the week, after the spurs rochdale fa cup match, but the use of video assistant referees has today been approved, by football's world governing body, fifa. it means it is could now set to be used at this summer's world cup after fifa voted to approved the technology, which has been trialled in some english cup games, and in germany and italy. it will mainly be used to decide if a ball has crossed the line for a goal, in penalty decisons, red cards and mistake indentity situations. lots of football matches off so check the sport website for the details. but, the scottish cup quarterfinals have survived so far. seven premier league games all still on as well.

burnley and everton are just coming up to half time. everton a re everton are leading i—0. england are celebrating victory against new zealand in the third match series and that's despite not setting the biggest of targets. the kiwis made a steady start, as they chased 235 to win. but ben stokes took a brilliant catch, off adil rashid, to start a run of wickets. moeen ali took three wickets as the kiwis lost four wickets for six runs. a century from captain kane williamson did take them close but in the end england won by four runs. the man who has masterminded great britain's domination of rowing over the past two decades, sir david tanner, has retired this week. but while he'd been in charge for over 21 years and his crews won 35 olympic and paralympic medals — he never attracted much attention. so our reporter tim hague went

to meet him, to find out more. surprising really that one of britain's they're elite coaches ever is little known outside of rowing, yet british rowing under sir david tanner's two decades of leadership... here we go. have won 35 paralympic and olympic medals. so, why is he retiring? why am i retiring? it will be hard to step out. rowing is my life and hobby in some ways. i have done 21 years and i think that is quite a long time. the first laws have been out on the water from around seven o'clock this morning. you can see the sun going out. that commitment comes from sir david and although the way down. he is an excellent teacher. we have been cold into the headmaster‘s office and he has treated this

incredible place of inspiration and will always be remembered.” incredible place of inspiration and will always be remembered. i was confident that with financial support and that is where the lottery comes in, i could build something good. but does he feel sorry for his successor? comparisons have been made. comparisons have been made with alex when he left manchester united ?|j been made with alex when he left manchester united? i am not... i do not think i am a big cheese and that way. i am not modest about being the leader of the best rowing nation in the world, 0k. leader of the best rowing nation in the world, ok. but i do not need to be somebody that has held his head above the parapet too much. but success like sir david's should be celebrated. you have had a hand in 40% of rowing medals in olympic history. i had not worked that one out. is that right? the first games was 1900. that's right. that is not

bad. not bad. not bad at all. we wish him a happy retirement. that's all the sport for we wish him a happy retirement. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6.20pm — bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with shaun ley. it is now 12 minutes past one o'clock. 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. earlier i wasjoined by labour mp stephen kinnock, who voted remain and is a member of the exiting the eu select committee. he started by giving his response to the prime minister's speech.

the problem is it was another speech which set out what she wants but without any sense of how to get there. and what's ironic, i think, is when she sets out what she wants, things like yes, implementing the decision of the people, finding an enduring solution, protecting our prosperity, delivering an outcome consistent with the country we want to be. the answer to all those questions is and european economic based brexit. it does deliver very a high degree of market access, but you are not subject to you the jurisdiction of the ec], and you can strike trade deals with other countries. but you cannot contribute to the rule—making, and that has always been a stumbling block? the example, it is norway. i've been to norway and they say, yeah, it's great. it suits us because we did not want to be in the eu, but it is still... they used to call it fax democracy. i don't think anyone faxes it now, it is e—mail democracy now.

but the principle is the same. i would contest that. if you look at the joint committee, the whole list 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. i lived and worked in brussels for many years, the vast majority of decisions made in brussels are made on consensus. are we saying that the uk would not have a voice in this? 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 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 across many agencies. 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, your wife is a former prime minister of an eu member nation. we negotiated opt outs, there are ways around these problems. if the will is there. yes, but given the incredibly short time frame that we have, the fact is... this is like building a house, you need to decide on the foundation. 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 three 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 blueprint or 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. no surprise but what is the

controversy? it stems around concerns people have about the interruption to games that the video assistant referee brings in terms of deletion to the game, doesn't kill the atmosphere of match. when the referee fits a finger to his ears. what the body responsible for the laws of the game has said it is a two—year experiment, we have looked at 1000 games in total. the data has been analysed, they are insisted it works, the delays are no longer than 90 seconds per game and that it is necessary for fairness within the sport but other sports have moved on and adopted the technology.” sport but other sports have moved on and adopted the technology. i have is sort of half made of the four constituent parts of the uk and football bodies. they have said yes to this and the fifa have said yesterday's. it coming. why are the

premier league nervous about it. if this is going to be applied at the world cup, why should it not be applied to matches in the uk? fifa will rubber—stamp its use in their world cup next month. as for the premier league, i understand there area number of premier league, i understand there are a number of clubs who are wavy about ver because they have a couple of concerns. the number of officials who have used it. —— who are wavy about var. they have the practical experience. until you are exposed and alive atmosphere, you cannot recreate that in training. they want to see more officials exposed to var in the league cup first. there are concerns about those delays in the game, the ebb and flow of the game will start there is a philosophical argument against it. we will not see the premier league next season. they will meet and discuss and vote on this in the coming weeks. 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. 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. tomorrow night hollywood will celebrate the film industry's achievements with the 90th academy awards. it's the first ceremony since the harvey weinstein scandal exposed a culture of sexual harassment in the industry and sparked the metoo and times up movements. 0n the eve of the oscars, our correspondent, rebecca jones has

been looking at what, if anything, has changed for women both in front and behind the camera. he is not here, and yet he is everywhere. harvey weinstein's presence looms over the 0scars' preparations, with one artist creating this golden sculpture of the disgraced producer. a reminder, right here on hollywood's walk of fame, of the movie industry's shameful past. this year we have got harvey weinstein, clutching an oscar in his hand, dressed in a bathrobe, which sadly so many people had to experience. harvey weinstein has denied allegations of nonconsensual sex and that he blacklisted women who spent his advances. —— spurned. the actress heather graham has made a film inspired by her own experiences of sexism in hollywood. let's just go and have sex in my office. no. and she has her own harvey weinstein harassment story. he called me into his office

and he had a pile of scripts on his desk and he said, "choose one of these scripts. i think you are so talented, i want to work with you." and then he said, "and my wife and i have an arrangement — when i am out of town i can have sex with whoever i want." long story short, i did not get together with him and he never worked with me. welcome to femme fatales. but women working in hollywood were not listened to in a system that favoured the powerful and silenced the powerless. now they are being heard. the root of the harassment issue is actually inequality in employment. these female directors meet once a month to share stories, support and ideas. whether that has shifted, whether women are now being hired more, i'm not sure. and they're right to be cautious because the figures speak for themselves. of the 100 most popular films here in the united states last year, only eight were directed by women. go left, go left! greta gerwig might be up for best director at the oscars for her coming—of—age film, lady bird. come to the left.

but she is only the fifth woman in the academy's 90 year history to be nominated in that category. and for her work on the drama mudbound, rachel morrison is the first woman ever to be nominated for best cinematography. a former oscar winner is under no illusion that change will be swift. when i first started work on film, it was 99.9% male. now it's 75% male — we've still got a long way to go. meet two women determined to make a difference. they formed a company committed to producing more diverse films with more women behind and in front of the camera. the majority of the audience is female and the majority of material is male orientated and that dissidents just does not make sense any more. the whole movement towards including more voices and more diverse storytelling, it just also makes good business sense.

different perspectives, different angles — they may be the way ahead for hollywood. rebecca jones, bbc news, los angeles. work on a new underground station in rome had to come 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. what a lovely sight. let's take a look at the weather prospects. it has not been a lovely site so far. finally know we are getting some mind the year in the uk. no heatwave in the. —— milderair. the cold mind the year in the uk. no heatwave in the. —— milder air. the cold will be nowhere near as fighting in the

region. you can see blue behind me, thatis region. you can see blue behind me, that is rain pushing into the south, cold it further north. still some more snow by the south of scotland and drain further south east of england and wales was snow across the highest ground. we need to watch the highest ground. we need to watch the sadie are closely because it could bring more centimetres of snow as it turns wintry across the area in the small virus. further north, widespread frost and ice will be an issue first thing on sunday. quite agree and murky day for many, sunshine in the east initially, then it is sherry rain pushing into sunday. snow in the highest ground in northern england. snow also increasingly becoming confined to the highest ground as the milder weather finally starts to nudge its way north. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... 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. following theresa may's speech yesterday, 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. -- it —— it has approved. now on bbc news... have drivers got the message a year after tougher penalties for texting and driving were introduced? inside out investigates. hello and a warm welcome from malton. in the next half hour — just put the mobile away. that's the call from a cumbrian

who is living with the consequences of drivers who use their phone at the wheel. you cannot risk it because it is not just the fact you will be heavily fined or go to prison, it's the lives that get ruined. can a north yorkshire jockey help change dangerous practice when it comes to the all—important weigh—in? if you go out and have six, seven, eight gin and tonics and do not eat you will be lighter in the morning so you think, that's great, i will make the weight up the next day but then obviously it's not good for your head. and newcastle's great survivor, one man's vision of the picture palace that has survived the test of time. dixon scott really was a remarkable person.