this is bbc news. the headlines at 10pm: an end to the freezing weather is coming but thousands of homes tonight remain without power. high tides and strong winds mean several flood warnings in place as the snow melts. further travel disruption is expected. three men have been charged with manslaughter and arson over an explosion in leicester, which left five people dead and a number of people injured. and video assistant referees are set to be used at this year's world cup in russia, after football's lawmakers voted to approve the technology. good evening and welcome to bbc news. thousands of homes are still without electricity, and motorists and rail passengers face continuing disruption, as the uk struggles with the bitter weather. snow drifts are blocking some major roads and many rural

communities remain cut off. as temperatures begin to rise, easing problems in some areas, there's a new threat of flooding, with severe warnings in place in parts of north—east and south west england. dan johnson reports. at least manchester and leeds were reconnected this morning when the m62 reopened. lots of other roads over these hills are still blocked, though. it's been incredible, never seen anything like it. we've had sort of five—foot drifts around where we live, the other side of the hill there. cars getting stuck, including police cars and so on. the ice roads of the north pennines. this lane leading to the tiny village of bewcastle‘s been blocked since wednesday. this morning, local farmers cleared the snow. you never see a gritter out here, never.

people here are feeling a bit forgotten. i rang the highways department yesterday morning asking them to send out some assistance as our tractor was stuck in a neighbour's. and they said there's no way anybody was going to be out our way. i think it's absolutely disgusting. right across the north, there's still plenty of snow to clear. enough we don't want any more, but, you know, it is what it is and we can cope with it. when you see the amount of snow here you get an idea of what this community has had to endure this week. this is not the only village that has been cut off. high tides and flooding are now a risk. this is dawlish on the south—west coast. and look what the trains have to plough through in scotland. we are actually hopeful of a near normal service tomorrow, which will set everything up for people going back to work on monday morning. very hopeful we can provide a really good service come monday. hundreds of homes across wales were without power. leaking boilers have only added to the misery. bedding is damaged, the bed itself is gone, soaking wet, the carpet's saturated.

some supermarkets are running short — after the beast from the east, the hysteria from siberia. back in bewcastle, there are signs of warmer climes. the long, slow thaw might have started, but that doesn't mean the problems are over. some of the heaviest snow of the last week has been in scotland. our correspondent catriona renton has the latest from glasgow. it has been far from a normal saturday here in glasgow. places have felt a lot quieter than normal but things are starting to get back on track. we were out at glasgow central rail station earlier today and many services throughout the day came back on stream and scotrail say that they are hopeful they will have a normal service tomorrow which bodes well for the monday morning commute. the west coast main line between scotland and england, they had hoped that trains would be running on that this afternoon but they have been fighting a battle with drifting snow and when the plough managed to move it, the snow came back on the line

so they're starting again. hopefully that will be sorted soon. the airports have been open, passengers still advised to check with their airline, because there are still cancellations and delays. with the amount of disruption that there has been, you would expect that. on the roads, the main arterial routes are doing well, the problem is untreated side roads where the snow is compounding but not melting and it is becoming icy. underfoot and in the car, treacherous on some of the side roads and the advice is to make sure you are safe and check carefully before heading out. we have seen some tremendous community spirit and let me tell you the story of an elderly couple in the borders. their house was surrounded by about 12 feet of snow, but they were dug out by some police officers and the mountain rescue team and we hear that they are safe and well.

at holyhead port in anglesey, up to 80 boats were damaged or sunk in this. coastguard teams are assessing the damage but one boat owner told us the damage but one boat owner told us how badly damaged his boat was. the body has gone completely, it has big holes inside, the water comes in and out and there's nothing we can do. an investigation has begun after rail passengers were able to leave a train and walked down rail tracks in lewisham last night. passengers were able to get off the train and onto

the tracks after pressing the emergency alarm. let's bring you some astonishing video sent in to us showing the lengths farmers have to go to to care for their animals this is farmer dale wilson digging out his sheep at his farm near llanbister, powys, wales. he's doing it by hand because machinery could injure them. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight arejournalist yasmin alibhai—brown and penny smith, journalist and broadcaster. in a moment we join bbc one and my colleague reeta chakrabarti for a full round—up of the day's news. an operation‘s been under way tonight to reach people at lynton in north devon, who've been completely cut off by huge snowdrifts. devon county council's warning of "treacherous" conditions on many roads on exmoor and dartmoor. meanwhile there are also nine flood alerts in place across devon and cornwall. andy birkett reports. unless you've got one of these, you're not going anywhere. while much of the south west

returns to normality, lynton remains cut off. this is the a399 ten miles away. deep snow here means the roads are impassable. drifts up the road come to the top of the telegraph poles. so we're talking sex to eight feet. it has been a lock—in with a difference for this pub owner. he has not had a delivery here since wednesday. this is the a39, the main road. it goes from lynton on to the moors and up the top there, you can see the sheep in the field. there's grass they can get to but in other places where the snow has drifted, there is no chance for them at all. efforts are being made to clear the road in and out of the town but it is not expected to happen before midnight. we hope to be able to get in there but there are a lot of snowdrifts, some of them up to 12 foot deep and the snow blowers and snowploughs, it is a horrendous task and it is very treacherous conditions they are working in.

while some areas have thawed out, north devon is not the only place where the roads are blocked. this isjust outside plymouth. at least you can see the car there. near 0kehampton, this vehicle is not quite so easy to spot. here on exmoor, you canjust about get directions still. the roads are not the only problem. for many, the biggest issue is dealing with power cuts and a lack of water. more than 700 homes were still without electricity a short time ago and many households are still without water. the low temperatures and the thawing process from the snow has resulted in a large break—out of bursts and leaks and we are struggling to keep pace with the sheer demand for water from our customers and we have had quite a few problems with customers having leaks and bursts on their own pipes as well. water was also the problem on the rail line at dawlish but today the train link in and out

of the region was restored, as were flights from exeter airport. but thousands of homes tonight remain without power. the m62 in greater manchester did start moving again after being closed for more than a day. but the thaw has brought flood warnings to coastal areas of england — and many rural communities remain cut off. we're actually cut off and we have been since thursday. they are working on it, but it's going to be a couple more days before they can get through to us. and the other main stories on tonight's programme. president trump threatens to impose new taxes on cars imported into the us from the european union the controversial video technology designed to help football referees is approved for use ahead of this year's world cup. action.

and on the eve of the oscars, we speak to the next generation of film makers about hollywood's fightback against sexual harassment. good evening. most of northern england and scotland remain in sub zero temperatures, with high winds and freezing rain leaving thousands of people without power. the bitter weather has been easing elsewhere, but there's been continuing disruption to road and rail travel, and a number of flood warnings are in place in southwest and northeast england. here's our correspondent danjohnson. yesterday's empty strip of tarmac across the country replaced this morning by trans—pennine traffic, reconnecting leeds and manchester. the m62 reopened, but many roads

across these hills are still blocked. it's been quite incredible, never seen it's been quite incredible, never seen anything like it. we've had ca rs seen anything like it. we've had cars getting stuck, including police ca rs cars getting stuck, including police cars and so on. these are the ice roads of the north pennines. this lane leading to the tiny village of bewcastle has been blocked since wednesday. this morning, local farmers cleared the snow. people here are feeling a bit forgotten. i rang the highways department yesterday morning asking them to send out some assistance as our tractor was stuck in a neighbour's. and they said, there's no way anybody was going to be out our way. i think it's absolutely disgusting. right across the north, there's still plenty of snow to clear. we don't want any more, but, you know, it is what it is. and we can cope with it. when you see the amount of snow here you get an idea of what

this community has had to endure this week. this is not the only village that has been cut off. high tides and flooding are now a risk. this is dawlish on the south—west coast. and look what the trains have to plough through in scotland. we're actually hopeful of a near normal service tomorrow, which will set everything up for people going back to work monday morning. hundreds of homes across wales were without power. leaking boilers have only added to the misery. all the bedding's all damage, the bed itself is all gone, it's soaking wet. the carpets are saturated. some supermarkets are running short. after the beast from the east, the hysteria from siberia. back in bewcastle there are signs of warmer climes. the long, slow thaw may have started. that doesn't mean the problems are over.

danjohnson, bbc news, cumbria. north devon has seen particularly heavy snow and there too some remote villages have been cut off — for days. jon kay has sent this report. this is the a39, now being cleared, one scoop at a time. miles of snow have to go to free this part of devon. we need to dig through to get the roads open again. volunteers are helping council and highway staff on exmoor so supplies can come in and villagers can get out. what's happened here is that the high winds have brought all this snow in off the moors and it's basically become trapped on the road by the high trees and the bushes, and it can't go anywhere, it can't get away. compare it, look, with the hills at the side, there the snow has pretty much melted now, but on the road itself —

completely blocked. people are running low on supplies and i think that worries people in this day and age, when we are not used to those sort of circumstances. there is so much to do, the nearest town, lynton, is another four miles on from here. today, some of its 1,100 trapped residents sent us videos showing what they're having to cope with. it's not easy. we've run out of milk. we're running out of nappies. i've got three grandchildren that are in nappies, and my daughter's struggling. across exmoor, in extreme conditions, communities have told us how they're helping one another. a school giving all its food to a care home. we've all been talking to each other and working together as a team. in paracombe, linda is clearing neighbours drives, resilience in remote communities. what you do is put an appeal on the village facebook site and somebody will come up

to the door and help you out, if you're really stuck. so what have you had? well, it's always nice getting some potatoes when you're short of potatoes, isn't it? at the fox and goose they‘ re running low. we're holding together, but it's not easy and we need stuff to start moving now, so that we can carry on and trade. tonight some progress, an emergency route has been cleared through the fields so royal marines can get medicine to a sick patient. now we can hopefully walk forward and give these supplies to the woman, who's been waiting all day for her medical supplies. you're busy? we are. yeah, very busy. across the south—west of england they push on. jon kay, bbc news, exmoor. donald trump has threatened to apply new taxes on cars imported into the united states, from the european union. it's the latest salvo in a war of words over trade tariffs. let's speak to our correspondent chris buckler who's

in washington for us now. remind us of the background to this. yes, the threat of new tariffs has fuelled fears of a trade war. you are right in saying the war of words is well underway. countries had already threatened retaliatory action as a result of president trump's announcement he was planning to put 25% tariffs on steel and 10% on aluminium imported into america. probably one of the most memorable warnings came from the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker who said they would tax the most american of products, including bourbon and blue jeans. most american of products, including bourbon and bluejeans. it's most american of products, including bourbon and blue jeans. it's clear president trump was listening and today he bit back. it probably won't come as a surprise to anybody he responded on twitter, saying he was prepared to tax cars coming into the us from europe, and that will cause concern across the atlantic. because the european car manufacturer's

biggest export market is the us. many inside the white house urge caution because they believe no one really benefits from this kind of tit—for—tat trade tit-for-tat trade war. chris, many thanks. three men have been charged with manslaughter and arson over an explosion in leicester, which left five people dead. several people were also injured in the blast, in the hinkley road area of the city last sunday. three members of the same family died when the shop and flat were destroyed. reports from syria suggest government forces have gained more ground in the assault on the rebel—held area of eastern ghouta, near the capital damascus. once again, no aid was delivered during the daily five—hour humanitarian ceasefire there — and no civilians made it out. president assad's ally russia says rebels have prevented civilians from leaving. the rebels deny this. now with more on that news that video technology is set to be used at the football world cup, and with the rest sport, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much. good evening.

video assistant referees are set to be used at the world cup in russia after football lawmakers voted unanimously to approve the technology. our correspondence richard conway reports. our correspondence richard conway reports. from diego maradona's hand of god to injustice in the biggest games. football has long opposed technology to help officials make the important decisions. but after an historic vote all that has changed. video assisted referees or var as it's known, finally given the go—ahead. var is good for football. it's good for refereeing. it brings more fairness in the game. and, for these reasons, we have decided to approve. var will be used to correct errors relating to goals, penalties, straight red cards and mistaken identity. nearly 1000 games have formed part of the two year var experiment. tottenham's match against rochdale last week was included in the trial but was

criticised given lengthy delays while the referee reviewed incidents. leading to claims technology is killing the atmosphere and pace of the match. some now question whether var should be used at all, including at this summer's world cup in russia. the holy grail of football is the world cup, surely if it's not good enough for the fa cup we can't wheel it out into the most prestigious tournament we have every four years. 0n sort of clear error situations, clear situations, the accuracy of the referee's decisions went from initially 93% up to around 99%. of course there are grey areas where an incident could be a penalty, could not be a penalty, and they we re always remain grey areas. football's leaders want to eliminate game changing mistakes, but as the experiments have shown, anyone who thinks

technology will stop controversy may want to think again. richard conway, bbc news. despite the poor weather, the day's premier league and scottish cup fixtures went ahead as planned — match of the day and sportscene follow the news so if you don't want to know the results, you need to avert your attention now. liverpool are up to second place in the table, beating newcastle and former manager rafael benitez 2—0 in the late kick—off. mo salah and sadio mane the scorers at anfield. elsewhere there were wins for burnley, swansea — who jumped out of the relegation zone to 13th — tottenham and watford. celtic are still on for the domestic treble — through to the semi—finals of the scottish cup with victory over championship side greenock morton. aberdeen and kilmarnock will replay after they drew. great britain's laura muir has won her second medal of the world indoor athletics championships, claiming silver in the 1500m in birmingham. the scottish veterinary student gave her all to improve on her bronze medal in the 3000 metres. ethiopia's genzebe dibaba won gold for a middle distance double.

and the man being dubbed ‘the next usain bolt‘ set a championship record on his way to winning the 60 metres. america's christian coleman clocked 6.37 seconds. britain's cj ujah was disqualified in the semi—finals. england's cricketers are now 2—1 up in their one day series against new zealand. after a nail—biting victory in the third match in wellington. new zealand finished four runs short of their 234 target. england can seal the series with a win in dunedin on wednesday. katie archibald and emily nelson have won great britain's second gold at the track cycling world championships in the netherlands. dominating the women's madison, despite a late change of team, as nelson replaced elinor barker, who crashed—out yesterday. it takes britain's medal tally to six. that's it. but as always, there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from the welsh 0pen snooker.

but from me, for now, goodnight. after one of hollywood's most tumultuous years, with revelations of sexual harassment and gender inequality, movements such as #metoo and time's up have been pushing for fundamental changes in the entertainment industry. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, has been talking to the next generation of film makers in los angeles to get their take on an industry in flux. ijust have to figure out, how do i see this in your... we're on set with a group of postgraduate students from the highly respected usc school of cinematic arts in los angeles. they are making a film for this post weinstein era that explores how an encounter between a young aspiring actress and powerful male producer can quickly result in blurred lines being crossed. can i have somebody sit in? i have plenty of stories of my own work in hollywood that are in line with #metoo movement. and i wanted to...

that's the area i know the most about, so i wanted to focus on the story and the business that i know most about. what do i have to do to get what i want? do you think things are changing? i'm remaining cautiously optimistic. i do think that the pendulum has swung in the other direction and i think it needs to find its way in the middle where we can make some significant change, because right now it's sort of, you know, it's a bit of a panic situation. at this point what worries me is still people being judged for speaking up. because it's such a grey area. and because you don't want to build a bad reputation for yourself when you're starting your especially starting your career especially because it's such a financially risky industry to go into. if you say the wrong thing or you paint something in the wrong light, that jeopardises your well—being. that's the scariest part. yeah. how do you change that? we're trying to figure that out.

because all of this stuff is kind of happening as we speak, how long is it going to take to turn the tanker around? oh my gosh. probably a while. what does a while look like? i mean i would hope by the time that my career is ending that it would be maybe a little bit more equal. butl... i'm not sure if that's realistic. so you think it's at least like a a0 year turnaround? i think so. the time's up campaigners won't be happy with that. they are lobbying for equal male— female representation on film sets within two years. that's going to require some serious... action. will gompertz, bbc news, hollywood. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight.

welcome to our latest look at what is left of the weekend's weather prospects for the old british isles and a heads up on what is to come, and a heads up on what is to come, and you will be relieved to hear the cold snap is showing signs of easing but this area of low pressure is not 1 million miles away from us means it will stay unsettled. sunshine will be in short supply but at least given the dominance of that low area of pressure, the temperatures slowly will gradually rise across all parts

of the british isles, so these things will become part but our memory, at least some people have had the opportunity, rather wales 2, could " 7 rather than wint , to the heavy and further north a

east quite heavy and further north a matter of snow for the most part but slowly through the day, with those temperatures beginning to pick up, snow levels will rise. sporting fixtures such as they are, manchester city versus chelsea, there shouldn't be a massive issue here. temperatures of five or 6 degrees and we will find those temperatures rising through the week, it will feel less cold and the risk of snow will become confined to the hills and then we will see double figures prevail across the southern half of britain but on the up southern half of britain but on the up further north.