this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: 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. president trump threatens to impose new taxes on cars imported into the us from the european union. 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. and on the eve of the oscars, we speak to the next generation of filmmakers about hollywood's fightback against sexual harassment. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

most of northern england and scotland remain in subzero 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 south—west and north—east england. here's our correspondent danjohnson. this was the main road across the north of england yesterday, deserted, blocked for more than 2a hours. this morning, the in 62 reopened, and the trans— pennine traffic returned. we are keeping the main cities of the north. but many other roads across the hills between leeds and manchester are still covered in snow. it has been quite

incredible, never seen anything like it, we have had five or so foot drift by where we live on the other side of the hill over there, 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 clear the snow. people here 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. the sea threatens the great western

mail with a full main line at dawlish. in scotland, this is what rail services have to plough their way through. we're actually hopeful of a near—normal service tomorrow which will set everything up for people going back to work monday morning. the weather caused problems across wales, too. hundreds of homes without power. leaking boilers have only added to the misery. all the bedding's all damaged, the bed itself is all gone, it's soaking wet. the carpets are saturated. inafew in a few places, people stocking up on essentials have left supermarkets short of supplies. more snow is possible in some areas tomorrow. back in bewcastle, there are signs of warmer climes. the long, slow thaw may have started. but with flood warnings in place in

the south—west to the north—east, or problems could still come. 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. look at the size of its! 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 paracombe, linda is clearing neighbour's 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. 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 an assault on the rebel—held area of eastern ghouta near the capital damascus. once again, no aid was delivered during the daily 5—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. 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? the threat of new tourists has fuelled fears of a trade war but you are right in saying that the war of words is well under way. countries had already threatened repellent reaction as a result of president trump ‘s announced that he was preparing to put 25% tariffs on steel and and 10% on aluminium being

imported into america and probably one of the most memorable warnings came from the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker, he said they would tax the most american of products, including bourbon and blue jeans. american of products, including bourbon and bluejeans. while it is clear that president trump was listening and today he beat back, it probably will not come as a surprise to anyone, he responded on twitter, saying it was prepared to tax cars coming into the us and europe and it will cause concern across the atla ntic will cause concern across the atlantic because the european car manufacturers if export market is the us. however, there are many inside the white house who are urging caution because they believe that no one really benefits from this kind of tit—for—tat trade war. the health secretaryjeremy hunt has said 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. theresa may's speech, which she made in london yesterday, has largely been welcomed by leave and remain supporters in the conservative party. mr hunt said the prime minister's vision should please all shades

of opinion. the prime minister, and i think this is why the speech has worked in terms of bringing people together, is very honest about it. she says look, everyone is going to have to compromise, everyone will find something the can nitpick 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. but i think for the people on the remain side one of the biggest worries is that we would lose that close business relationship with the eu, and here you've got a vision that which goes as far as becoming as associate member of european agencies and potentially becoming subject to some ecj rules in those areas. the co—leader of the green party, caroline lucas, has called brexit a "crisis" which risks peace

in northern ireland. speaking at the party's spring conference, the brighton mp as "reckless". let's not forget that the eu was originally a peace project forged in the wake of the second world war. rising from the rubble left by bombs and armies. the principle that nations to share resources will prioritise piece of war. and conference the cause of peace is at sta ke conference the cause of peace is at stake again today. the way this government is playing politics with peace in northern ireland is reckless and indefensible is this— sacrificing the good friday agreement on the altar of an extreme brexit is nothing short of criminal and it must not be allowed to happen! (cheering and applause). we

have another message today, when we have another message today, when we have proudly and uniquely championed. that free movement is good for our country. applause. we know the free movement goes into directions, and the right to study and the travel and to live and the loving 27 other countries is a precious gift we will stand up for it and we will stand up against those who will stoke racism and prejudice. how else, conference, the defence the nhs other than by also defending freedom of movement? since the referendum, the number of nurses coming to work in the nhs from the eu has dropped by nearly 90%. the british medical association estimates that one fifth of eu. is currently in the nhs are now going to live as a direct result of the prospect of brexit. and friends,

brexit isn't just a prospect of brexit. and friends, brexit isn'tjust a political crisis unfolding in the corridors of westminster. it is happening in a hospital ward, it is happening in oui’ hospital ward, it is happening in our university let the theatres, indy fuel to our food grows and in all of our workplaces. and for young people, in particular, who overwhelmingly support remained, tory brexit is an unforgivable act of intergenerational theft by a conservative government that has lost its moral compass and we will oppose it every step of the way. the leader of the green party caroline lucas. scientists are testing new technology which could lead to the early detection of oesophageal cancer. it's one of the deadliest forms of the disease, claiming around 8,000 lives each year in the uk. 0ur science correspondent richard westcott reports. right now, this is how you find one of britain's deadliest cancers. close. 0pen. open. 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 doctors are 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 as 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 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 the point at which it is still within the tissue of the oesophagus 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. richard westcott, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: thousands of homes remain without power, as the uk continues to struggle with the bitter winter conditions. several flood warnings have been issued, while continued disruption is expected on roads and railways. 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. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferris.

helu. good evening again to you. mo salah scored for a seventh game in a row to help liverpool go second in the premier league. they beat newcastle, and their former boss rafa benitez, 2—0 at anfield. nick parrott watched the action. newcastle manager raffaele de vita is appeared to be the only person at anfield who didn't need to wrap up against the cold. perhaps the warmth of the welcome has something to do without. still revered for guiding liverpool to their fifth european cup, even current bossjurgen klopp calls him a legend. since he left, the spaniard has yet to lose against his former club, for much the first half his strategy fought at the reds. liverpool were were unable to make a breakthrough. they failed to ta ke make a breakthrough. they failed to take advantage. eventually their persistence paid off bruno salah. it was the egyptian's 32nd goal of the season was the egyptian's 32nd goal of the

season in all forms of the game. upfront, liverpool have been found lacking at the bank. loris karius showed whitejurgen lacking at the bank. loris karius showed white jurgen klopp lacking at the bank. loris karius showed whitejurgen klopp was right to make his undisputed number one. that was as close as the visitors got. 0nce sadio mane made it two there was no doubt as to the outcome. rafa benitez finally beaten as liverpool lived up to second in the premier league. seven games in the premier league today. burnley, theirfirst victory since december, beating everton by two goals to one. leicester had a very late equaliser to thank for their points. 97 minute strike. his first since the deadline day drama faheem. south end ben stokes was golas. swansea up by places bensted

—— kesa that 4—1 win. well, the weather has played havoc with most fixtures in scotland but both of today's scottish cup game survived, aberdeen will have to replay kilmarnock after they drew 1—1, but celtic are safely into the semifinals, beating championship side greenock morton. moussa dembele opened the scoring and made it two with a penalty, while 0dsonne edouard made it 3—0. katie archibald and emily nelson have won gold in the women's madison at the track cycling world championships in the netherlands. nelson was only confirmed to ride in the event this morning, replacing elinor barker who crashed heavily in the omnium yesterday. the event will be part of the women's programme at the 2020 0lympics for the first time. meanwhile, jack carlin picked up a silver in the individual sprint. it's his first world championships and he only expected to finish in the top eight — eventually losing in the gold medal match to australia's matthew glaetzer. laura muir has won her second medal of the world indoor athletics

championships — a silver in the 1500m. she'd already won a bronze in the 3000m on thursday. the first global medal of her career and improved one place tonight, but still finished behind genzebe dibaba of ethiopia in birmingham, with netherlands' sifan hassan third. eilidh doyle won a bronze in the 400m. her first individual global medal with a season's best time. courtney 0kolo took gold in an american one—two. and another american christian coleman came through to win gold in the blue riband event, the 60m. he clocked a time of 6.37 seconds, just three hundredths of a second off the world record he set in february. and for 800m runner elliot giles, who's from birmingham, it looked like a night to remember when he was promoted to third after the american athlete drew windle, who had come second, was disqualified. but he then lost his bronze medal

again after windle was reinstated just over an hour later following an appeal. and just before i go, time to tell you john higgins has beaten gary wilson to reach the final of the welsh 0pen snooker. it'll be against barry hawkins tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. the trial use of new video technology to assist football referees is proving controversial in the english game. now football's lawmakers have approved its use, and it's set to be used at this year's world cup in russia. the system allows referees to review key moments during a match, such as goals and penalty calls. but critics say it's slowing down the action and ruining the game, as richard conway reports. from —— 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. not ready at all. one of the architects of the new system told me there was evidence video assistance is working. 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 will 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. a car has crashed into the gates of buckingham palace this evening. police say it is weather—related and no injuries have been reported. the driver is being questioned by reporters who were saying there is no breach of security at the palace. 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 change in the entertainment industry. 0n the eve of the oscars our arts editor will gompertz has been to talking to the next generation of film makers in los angeles. 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. 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 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, thatjeopardises 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 ito—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. more now on the severe weather that has been battling the uk in the past two days. sporting fixtures have borne the brunt of the weather this

weekend. in the face of having their team's football cup final called off, wanting took matters into their own hands. they worked late into the night at glen are the nepc to use shovels to clear the pitch of snow. and ground frozen ground forced some of the bigger stadiums in northern ireland to turn fans away but here at glenavon, a community army has done everything they can to get the pitch in shape. loyal to the end, they rallied to the rescue when their match looked in doubt yesterday evening. the boys have been here from last night, some into the early hours of this morning, clearing the pitch. i turned up this morning to give them a hand. the referee has given us another hour to see if the pitch is playable and hopefully we'll get the match going. at 11 o'clock it was covered with snow. how deep? up to our knees in parts. we left here at three o'clock this morning. the body language from some of the officials, it is not looking great at the moment,

but you can see the effort has gone in. shovelling snow is one thing, getting the ground to defrost is another. with no expensive equipment, they used car engines. backbreaking work for young and old. a good family club and everyone is sticking together to try and get things to go ahead. an agonising second pitch inspection is completed with a thumbs up. cheering and applause. from both clubs' point of view, with other games being called off, none of the other teams playing today, it could be good financially for both teams as well which is important. testament goes to the community and all the supporters who have come along and helped. but football is a funny old game. the home side later lost 2—1 and were knocked out of the cup. now it's time for the

weather with phil avery. is starting to improve? had a bit of confidence. yes it is. the important messages for so many who have been badly affected by the weather in recent days, the cold snapis weather in recent days, the cold snap is easing. i think the pace of this is crucial. it will stay pretty u nsettled this is crucial. it will stay pretty unsettled across the british isles of the next few days, similar because that area of low pressure will be the drier of the weather. at least that keeps any sort of suggestion of anything coming down from siberia again at least in the short term as a really remote possibility. we will be looking no longer towards siberia for the influx of caldaire. we will be looking to something relatively mild

—— cold air. we are in the first week of march. i am not promising any sort of heat wave. we are already seeing in some spots at least some semblance of a flaw. that is not the case across many parts of the british isles —— thaw. as we go through because of the night, pushing another belkov snow, a couple of. unwelcome, nonetheless ahead of that there will be wintering showers. signs of the mild air in the south. do not rule out the possibility that you might encounter some ice on untreated surfaces. a loss of lying snow around. you will be full is are taken into around. you will be full is are ta ken into account. around. you will be full is are taken into account. there is no doubt about it. many of the showers, if not longer spells of rain across the south will be watery, rather than wintry. the snow increasingly confined to the high ground of

northern england. then a greater chance of greater snowfall into northern and eastern parts of scotland. notice the temperatures in the south, 5— eight degrees or so. we even, at the etihad, for the visit of chelsea, we could expect a daytime maximum of up to six degrees. i don't think the weather will get in the way. the risk of snow is still there. more likely on the high ground of northern britain will stop people feel less cold. there may be some rain at times. thanks primarily to that area of low pressure. we are looking at the temperatures gradually creeping closer to what we would expect at this time of year. i emphasise that for many of you it will be gradual.