hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. an end in sight for the big freeze but icy weather is still causing problems. many rural communities remain cut off by snow drifts and, despite some services re—opening, there are still widespread cancellations on rail lines across the uk. this is the scene at the a66 in north yorkshire — it remains closed because of the treacherous conditions. good morning, it's sunday 4th march. also this morning... a warning to councils — the government says build more houses or risk losing planning powers. and the final preparations are underway for the biggest night in the showbiz calendar. so will british stars win big at the oscars? a british in the world track cycling

championships in the indoor athletics. a brilliant silver medal full or you all. and chris has the weather. we are looking at a murky start to the day with frost and ice, some snow around across the day with frost and ice, some show around gci’oss eastern the day with frost and ice, some snow around across eastern scotland but for many of us the way there will be getting less severe as the floor gets under way. good morning. first, our main story. snow and ice continue to cause widespread disruption despite temperatures slowly rising. many rail lines remain blocked and drivers have been warned to expect delays. two yellow warnings remain in place, covering much of the uk, while 16 flood warnings have been issued for the south—west and north—east of england. and in wales, there are currently two flood warnings. thousands of homes in cut—off rural communities remain without power. simon clemson reports. with so much snow to melt and even a little more in today's forecast,

some will be living with these conditions and the disruption for a while yet. northern england, the midlands, wales and parts of northern ireland could still see further amounts of snow this morning, while scotland faces more coming in from the north sea. the met office is also warning drivers to be aware of ice following lower overnight temperatures. after some train operators simply said "don't travel," services are resuming. but many trains will not run today, with a number of companies on a reduced service. birmingham, cardiff and glasgow airports have reopened, but there are reports of delays and cancellations. some power companies are planning to fly engineers out today to reconnect remote areas. thousands of homes in cut—off villages remain without power. in devon, work will continue this morning to get supplies to a town and village on the north coast which were cut off. elsewhere, in somerset, farmers say they cannot get their milk out because tankers cannot reach them, meaning they are having to pour

thousands of litres away. dairy farming is hard enough without losing money, but at the end of the day, what can we do? it was freak weather. we've just got to get on with it. there are still flood warnings in place along the south—west and north—east coast as the wind whips up the waves. with scotland on standby for snow into tomorrow, the latest spell of weather is not going quietly. our reporter andy gill is in north yorkshire at the scotch cornerjunction of the a66 which remains closed this morning. andy, when are they hoping to re—open the road? about an hour ago it was still snowing here, that has stopped and it is very cold and there is some

fog around as well. be a 66 is effectively closed, there is some local traffic being allowed through, there is a car coming down he will see ina there is a car coming down he will see in a minute and a hay wagon and a couple of tractors have been let through. there is a lorry moving, it might lead some local traffic through here. you can see a car is about to come through but there is a highways agency lorry locking the a 66, the road that connects the a1 m and the m6 over incumbent, it has been shut for three days at a vital cross—country route. as far as the ra i lwa ys cross—country route. as far as the railways go some are getting back to normal, south—east and south—west getting back to normal, great western railways is a nearly normal and virgin east coast have started to run trains between scotland and england yesterday but still no virgin west coast trains in scotland and england at all. there is a bus replacement service and that is an improvement on yesterday when they we re improvement on yesterday when they were not even any buses. there is a

gradualfall were not even any buses. there is a gradual fall coming, were not even any buses. there is a gradualfall coming, it were not even any buses. there is a gradual fall coming, it could were not even any buses. there is a gradualfall coming, it could be “4 in some rural areas tonight. so the cold weather still affecting people right across the uk. thank you. the housing secretary, sajid javid, has warned what he calls "nimby councils" that they risk losing their planning powers if they refuse to build enough new homes. in an interview with the sunday times, he told local authorities that he would be "breathing down their neck" to ensure targets are met. our political correspondent susana mendonca joins us now. is sided javad talking tough? is there any likelihood there is any substance behind what he's saying? if he doesn't see this through and city councils if you are not building and councils —— houses we will take those powers away from you, we will send in inspectors and thatis you, we will send in inspectors and that is a serious threat to local

authorities. but it is a big challenge dealing with house—building, it is something that successive governments notjust one have failed to build a number of houses that are needed. a big challenge for him will be actually calling these councils nimby councils when a lot of them are conservative councils and they might not feel very happy with government intervention of that nature. the reason this is happening is that the prime minister tomorrow will give a speech on housing where she will talk about ways to improve the number of houses being built, increase the number of houses being built, the government knows there area built, the government knows there are a lot of people who feel so they are a lot of people who feel so they are never going to be able to get on the housing ladder and this is an important thing for them to try and focus on head of the local elections that we have coming soon. thank you very much. donald trump is threatening to impose additional taxes on cars imported from europe. the warning has heightened fears of a trade war between the us and the eu after he also promised to impose hefty tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. his latest comments came in a tweet after he'd previously described current trade deals

as "very stupid". the construction giant carillion had been "aggresively managed" to make its balance sheet look better than it was, that was the verdict of an independent report given to its board four months before it collapsed. the chairman of the commons work and pensions committee, frank field, said the report showed the "gross failings of corporate governance and accounting" at the firm. the polls have opened in italy to elect a new government. the election campaign has been dominated by concerns over immigraion and the economy. our europe correspondent, gavin lee, is in rome for us this morning. why is this election significant? it mattered because italy is the fourth biggest economy in the european union, once the uk goes after brexit it will be the third biggest and there has been a huge debt problem in italy. any wobble

and the rest of the eu will look. it is also an indication as to where we are with the migration crisis because in italy 6000 by chris arrived in the past few years and these are the things that matter to voters and we —— and have been in the rhetoric of the politicians. this is one of the polling stations. let me take you through the main runners and riders. we are looking at silvio berlusconi, and 81—year—old billionaire coming back from the brink. he is banned from holding public office but his party are approaching charges that he is guilty of potentially he could have the biggest coalition. he is in polish and with the largest anti—immigration party. the 5—star movement, we could see one of the youngest european leaders. matteo renzi the premise resigned after a referendum that went wrong, he's doing less well in the polls but in italy it is usually about

coalitions. ii italy it is usually about coalitions. 11 o'clock tonight we will get the first idea of how this is going. pubs in england and wales will be able to stay open late on the weekend of prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. the home secretary, amber rudd, said bars would be allowed to serve until 1am, rather than iipm, on friday 18th and saturday 19th of may. jessica parker reports. congratulations from all of us. the big day is getting closer and now, pubs will be able to stay open longer. cheers! 0n the friday night before the royal wedding and the saturday night itself, licensing hours are being extended until 1am, so people have more time to raise a glass to the happy couple. i think it's a great idea! it lets people celebrate, brings people together. to connect the people to the royal family, we need to be able to celebrate as well. i'm very much in favour! i think it's something that all pubs need.

this has happened before, including for the wedding of the duke and duchess of cambridge and the queen's 90th birthday. it's the home secretary who can briefly loosen licensing laws for special occasions. of course, the royal wedding coincides with this year's fa cup final on the 19th of may, but the government says there have been no reports of increased disorder when pub rules have previously been relaxed in this way. it's all about community, it's about coming together and celebrating, whether it's football or a wedding, and i think actually it's just going to be a great day for people and for pubs. on friday, prince harry and meghan markle announced that over 1,000 members of the public will be invited to the grounds of windsor castle to join the celebrations and hear the wedding bells chime. drinkers will hear a familiar peal, too... bell rings. ..just a little later than normal. jessica parker, bbc news. scotland's transport network

was brought to a standstill during this week's bad weather after the country's first ever red weather warning led to chaos for planes, trains and cars. on wednesday, scotrail told commuters to go home early when it cancelled all its services. a normal timetable has still not been resumed. david dickson, scotrail‘s logistics director, joins us now from glasgow. mr dixon, good morning. thank you for talking to us. when do you expect to get a full programme of services back up and running?m expect to get a full programme of services back up and running? it is really good news for people using the railway in scotland, so after being at night and the people working away to clear the tracks across the 2800 miles of railway in scotland, what we are looking for todayis scotland, what we are looking for today is really to put in a near normal service so all scottish roads are open today, and we expect to

provide a very good service to the people. right across scotland. many people. right across scotland. many people will be relieved to hear that. we're looking at pictures while you're talking of some of the railways. just how challenging as this cold snap been for you and your staff? hugely challenging, this is unprecedented, to see a red alert warning of serious risk to life really has been an enormous challenge so not only to clear the railway and get everything ready and back up and running again, just to get our own staff to work has been an enormous challenge so we have had to set out for by force to bring in key staff to get them into allowed things to happen so it has been a huge challenge for our staff to get in and a huge challenge to get all thatice in and a huge challenge to get all that ice and snow out of the way, get platform is clear and the pores clear to get the really back up and running so we can provide a service to our customers. well the weather

is something you can't control, the response to it is something that you can. what lessons have been learned for you from this? i think the time for you from this? i think the time for lessons will be probably next week when we start to look at the lessons and what we have done really well and what we could do better, but the real focus just now for us isa but the real focus just now for us is a good service today and everything being focused to make sure we have a fully reliable and phil commuter service tomorrow morning so that is really what we are focusing onjust morning so that is really what we are focusing on just now but we will look at the lessons learned, we will see what we need to learn and we will learn those lessons going forward. in terms of investment i presume you have to send trains, keep sending trains down the track as the snowfall to try and keep them clear, you have enough of that rolling stock to do that again if next winter you see a repeat of what is happening? we do, we have a big fleet of a variety of snowploughs

and store wars etc that are out there that we utilise, special trains to heat up and clear junctions, but this has been a unique, unprecedented event. the sheer scale of it across the network, the whole of the network sitting under ice and snow. and so quickly as well, so we do have a lot of fleet out there but quite often we send snowploughs through and within minutes it has come from adjacent land, the wind has brought the snow back in so there have been real challenges this year and we have a lot of equipment out there and will use its going forward. just in terms of the way in which you're able to with people because one thing that passengers notjust on your network but on all public transport routes find his frustration maybe if the communications are not quite what they would have hoped. have you found to have been able to get your m essa 9 es a cross found to have been able to get your messages across and communicate well enough with your passengers?” messages across and communicate well enough with your passengers? i think the messages have got out there

really well, even on the wednesday we we re really well, even on the wednesday we were telling people, you need to get home now. i think the message got across well and people could leave their work and start to make their way home and i think the m essa 9 es their way home and i think the messages on social media and the apps and the website have got out there, people have born that in mind and behave accordingly. i would a lwa ys and behave accordingly. i would always advise that people even though we are going back to normal service keep looking on social media and look at the various media that they can see to check the train before they travel, but i think taking an occasion actually has been pretty good in the circumstances but as we go forward even though we are expecting a really good service for the commute tomorrow morning just check your train before you go because there might still be a few teething problems but generally we are expecting a very good service. iq very much indeed free time. we are very grateful. here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. that picture is incredible. isn't it

just? there must be about five or six foot of snow here. this is one of the picture centres yesterday in northumberland. just showing the extent of the snow here but i have another amazing picture. look at this, it seems to show a greater thatis this, it seems to show a greater that is completely buried in snow. that is in south wales. itjust shows you have extremely snowfall has been. and why communities are struggling to get out and about. today's weather, potentially bringing further hazards with frost and ice risks, there will be more snow around as well. cold air continues to feed in across the northern half of the uk but further south we start to see some less cold air getting south we start to see some less cold airgetting in south we start to see some less cold air getting in across southern parts of england and then that is why on the radar picture we can see rain showers working in across south—west england in. snow over the higher ground but the thought is setting in

and we could see some surface flooding. show showers across northern england and plenty of snow showers in scotland where we also have some freezing rain so as you can imagine things this morning very icy, again at the roads and pavements so take it easy if you're heading out. through the rest of the day there are further showers coming and going across wales in south—west england and in any of rain scripting into eastern england. it mightjust about state of london but it will reach eastern parts of kent and essex, suffolk and love as well so turning wet here. for the snow across south—east england and a wintry mix on the course, temperature setting up a little bit further. during this evening and overnight a period of rain working into the north sea will bend back into the north sea will bend back into that cold air and that means during sunday's well the early hours of sunday we start to see the rain turning more readily to snow across higher parts of scotland. the night will be quite as cold as the nikon by still chilly enough in rural areas against patches of frost and so again we could have icy

conditions first thing in the morning particularly across northern parts of the uk. more snow to come across higher parts of scotland. elsewhere showers coming to south—west england and where, the east of england has fewer showers and temperatures coming back to what happened in london but generally we are still seeing things on the cold side although not as cold as it has been so temperatures in edinburgh for example around 5 degrees during monday afternoon. what about the rest of the week? a low pressure will stay with us, that means the air is going to be a little less cold with further showers coming around, and those showers could occasionally turn to snow particularly across northern part of the uk but it looks as though we could well see he had a spell of snow across higher parts of scotland as we get on into tuesday. so watch out for that snow, otherwise we have the weather they are spreading its way in. so can be officially now say the beast from the east has left us? yes, the weather is looking less

beastly if you like, over the next few days, and i'm using the words less cold because in march we expect temperatures to be higher than they are. that is not warm but it is not as high as they have been but the chance of seeing some snow this weekend, so stay tuned to the forecast. the scottish ski resorts must be having a good time. around 20,000 people, including elite athletes, celebrities and community groups, are gathering in london to take part in a half marathon this morning. ‘the big half' has been organised by the team behind the london marathon and is designed to celebrate diversity in the capital. one of this morning's runners is bbc radio 2's breakfast show host, chris evans, who is limbering up at the start line at tower bridge. hejoins us now. a very good morning to you. how are you feeling? are you ready? sunglasses! 9 degrees, blue skies,

bright sunshine, they would have guessed? could have been called off and it very nearly was by all accou nts and it very nearly was by all accounts so bit of a relief i guess. we thought it was not going to happen is on thursday we went out for a meeting to discuss it, we stayed out for longer than we should during the meeting and they said it is still on so back to planning. we have again here, normally people get sponsored for doing some thing like this but they have all paid to run the half marathons and two marathons because they are mad. i will give them a mention. we have anthony. sorry, edward. we havejewels, anthony, they look very similar to me. we have pauly andjimmy anthony, they look very similar to me. we have pauly and jimmy and chris, i don't know who these two ne'er—do—wells are, we have mean and kim. say hello. hello! this is great and you are doing this for children in need. yes, this is all for

children in need. every year we have several options on the breakfast show on bbc networks national and local and we have a shed load of money with us this morning and this new half marathon, the big half in london, it is a great idea because what happens is when you're training for a marathon you have a 17 week schedule and this is the week where they say you should run a house what they say you should run a house what they have done is they have organised a half. around the country this is the big weekend have plans in the summary people are training for the london marathon by the great thing about today is that it is starting at nine and finishes even if you walk it you will do it if the error saw it finishes at midday when the marathon starts at ten and can finish at two or three or four so there is none of the day left to have fun. so we will finish at midday at greenwich and there was a big festival, it is a brilliant idea. it really is. iam big festival, it is a brilliant idea. it really is. i am glad he used the word shed breakfast. you

runa used the word shed breakfast. you run a marathon before, what are you hoping for in terms of your personal best? is this competitor for you? hoping for in terms of your personal best? is this competitorfor you? it sounds like you may not have done as much training as you had talked thinking it by be called off. we are up thinking it by be called off. we are up to speed with training because you don't want to mess about because this is part of the training for the phil marathon, so some people are doing this but most people are doing it as part of training for the film absence you cant mess about otherwise you will have a mills —— miserable time on april 22. but as far as miserable time on april 22. but as faras our miserable time on april 22. but as far as our target times are concerned this is a flat run, so we should be ok. we think... you're going for what? 120 something. are you sure! i think we can collectively say we think that now is portuguese —— we think that more's portuguese subdirectories safe, don't we? probably. we think a

sub hour in portugal is pretty safe. we're wishing you the best of luck and we have been covering the weather and looking at snow elsewhere in the uk but it looks like it is great conditions for you to run in. best of luck. thank you very much, goodbye everyone! thank you. may degrees and he is wearing sunglasses. i loved his euphemistic meeting. at least it is the half and not a fool. it is aged 20. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. the former england cricketer lucy pearson is a headteacher and also a director for the england and wales cricket board. you have picked a sporting story from the observer, not your sport but football. your sport has made good use of it, cricket, or three

plays and whatnot but football might have it in the world cup. this is the decision that they will use ver and there has been a lot of consternation about it. i think technology is inevitable in sport and here it is talked about all the time. football has to go this way, there are concerns about its slowing there are concerns about its slowing the game down, someone seeing the passion has gone out of it but i think the technology will get better andi think the technology will get better and i think the interesting thing with the rugby and cricket is it doesn't power officials to ask the right questions. i don't think it is about taking the decision—making of the referee it is about the referee asking the right question and the person looking at it only able to a nswer person looking at it only able to answer that question rather than making it wasn't a goal or not. they need to retain the sense that you must ask the right question. a lot of controversy about the tottenham game of the referee asking too many questions, he seemed to go to the

ver. there are still getting used to it and people don't like change. it is being slowly phase then but it will become pretty standard as it is in other sports. tailback and it is ha rd other sports. tailback and it is hard for referees because they are very exposed, if they make the wrong decision, it took a bit of time but it often vindicates the decision—making rather than replacing it. it shows how did the umpires are forgetting it right first time. staying with sport, this is casey stoney, she has retired now, and she is part of phil neville's backroom team. the lionesses are out playing, they had a great win against france and germany tonight, but casey stoney, there were such a furore about phil neville being appointed, fairly typical to find the one has said 20 years ago or whatever, but actually he have casey stoney saying he has made a massive difference and

has been —— he has brought a phenomenal amount of tactical awareness to the team which she felt the girls needed. and thoroughly enjoying working with them. she's a future prospects as next england manager, we're looking around and saying when is the next female manager coming from and casey stoney could be there. phil neville has clearly done a good job and tonight ‘s game is an exciting prospect. clearly done a good job and tonight 's game is an exciting prospect. the same applies when you're looking for female coaches, the same must apply to the cricket team because there has been a reliance on mentoring that role as well. yes and there has been a real challenge across most sports about getting females into coaching positions because most women do not consider coaching as a possibility. you might do because your own children or partner or whatever is involved in a sport but actually again the world has shifted and we need to help women understand that sport is now, coaching in sport

is now a career option for them. should we have a look inside? this is the observer magazine this morning. talking about children engaging with track, explain this. these are photographs from the drag competition in the states, you would expect them to lead on this. what is interesting is them topping about how drag has become mainstream and at photo first because i thought that looks pretty hideous but then in the article it talks about disney is mainstream and you see these girls dressed as little princesses and drag is no different. the idea of it being tied in with young people being able to express themselves is encouraging. there is a lovely photograph of a 15—year—old lad wearing gemstones in bits and pieces as he feels hugely liberated by it. children have always dressed up, boys have always pinched their mums lipstick or whatever. i suppose it is older children. it is and it

is about how it has now become a more acceptable way for young people to find out who they are and what they stand for. we have tied to the story, annie lennox and talking about 0xfam. she is sticking behind them. she is putting on her first is sticking behind them. she is putting on herfirst concert is sticking behind them. she is putting on her first concert tonight but actually this is about her not walking away and ironically a lot of people in the press have been saying iam not people in the press have been saying i am not supporting 0xfam that she's absolutely right to say an awful lot of desperate people will be left in the lurch if people take away their funding. andi the lurch if people take away their funding. and i think she has said the 0xfam also must be accountable, which is right, but she said she will continue to support and be an ambassadorfor them will continue to support and be an ambassador for them and that is the right message. we do not need to hit the panic button because the wrong people will suffer. it is notjust 0xfa m people will suffer. it is notjust 0xfam but the entire charity sector be booked at. 0xfam have apologise and say there is now denied that there was a cover—up but they're

still being investigated. they still do fabulous work, we must remember that. thank you very much, lucy pearson. stay with us, the headlines are coming up. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. it's exactly 8.30, here's a summary of this morning's main news. snow and ice continue to cause widespread chaos this morning, with weather warnings still in place for england and wales. 0ne weather warnings still in place for england and wales. one of the worst hit places has been scotland which issued its first red warning last week. that led to widespread chaos across the travel network. let's speak to the scottish transport minister, humza yousaf, who is in aberdeen this morning. there are still major problems with travel, trains aren't running, airports have been closed. why

weren't you prepared for this?|j weren't you prepared for this?” don't agree with the question, first of all. this is the most exceptional snow warning we have ever had. in fa ct, snow warning we have ever had. in fact, there was plenty of preparation in place and we advised people not to travel, but if you think the a0 centimetres of snow, in some places widespread across the country, 12 feet of snow drifts in some places, then i'm afraid if you think train tracks should be running, you are sadly mistaken. clearly people need a couple of days to recover services. a number of services are running. the premise of your question was wrong. there are a number of trains running, in fact the majority of services are running. cross—border trains are now in effect. so this idea that we haven't been prepared is actually deeply insulting, not to me but to the entire team whether it is on the

railways, government resilience, in the bus sector or anybody else. we have known this is coming, we have been warning people, plenty of notice in advance, but clearly as snow event like this would take some effect. you say it is insulting. it has been a case across the uk that people have been stuck in their cars, further problems, but whilst you could so this is unprecedented, have people been prepared enough?m any weather event, it would be foolish to say you couldn't improve more, of course you could, but this was unprecedented. 0ur more, of course you could, but this was unprecedented. our advice was clear. people shouldn't be troubling. what we have got to try to look at with issues for the

future, and i have been saying this for a couple of days, when the met office issued their red warning, we clearly still saw too much traffic on the road, particularly hgvs and lorries that ended upjack conniving and causing severe problems in me —— jack knifing and causing severe problems in the red network. we need to speak to the road haulage association and see what we can do about that. thank you very much joining us this morning. local authorities are being warned by the housing secretary, sajid javid that they risk losing their planning powers if they refuse to build enough new homes. he told the sunday times that he would be "breathing down the neck" of so—called "nimby" councils to make sure they meet their targets. tomorrow, the government will announce an overhaul of planning rules in an attempt to increase the rate of building. donald trump is threatening to impose additional taxes on cars imported from europe. the warning has heightened fears of a trade war between the us and the eu after he also promised to impose hefty tariffs on imports

of steel and aluminium. his latest comments came in a tweet after he'd previously described current trade deals as "very stupid". the construction giant carillion had been "aggresively managed" to make its balance sheet look better than it was, that was the verdict of an independent report given to its board four months before it collapsed. the chairman of the commons work and pensions committee, frank field, said the report showed the "gross failings of corporate governance and accounting" at the firm. the polls have opened in italy to elect a new government. 0pinion surveys suggest an alliance of right—wing parties organised by the former prime minister, silvio berlusconi could do well, but observers say the election is likely to result in a hung parliament. and good news if you intend to celebrate the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. the home

secretary has said that pubs will be allowed to serve until iam rather than iipm allowed to serve until iam rather than 11pm on friday the 18th and saturday the 19th of may. jolly good news for anyone planning to go back to the pub to raise a glass to the happy couple. it is time to catch up with all the sport now. lots of football around. i say that, that which wasn't called off. some football around. lots of other stuff around, including athletics. yes, two world championships come to a close today. the track cycling in the netherlands going well for british cycling. it with seems to go well to them. we will come to them ina well to them. we will come to them in a moment. and medals every day in birmingham as well for the world indoor athletics. the final day today and there have been medals every day. thanks do her in the most part. yes, she had got half of them. she got bronze on the opening night. she has now got silver. it came in

the 1500m. the same three women finished on the podium, as ethiopia's genzebe dibaba completed the double, but this time muir finished ahead of the netherlands sifan hassan. it's been a great championships for muir, who is 2a. she is a double european champion but says that these medals prove that she can now mix it with he best. the competition is so tough. i thought if i could get one medal, that would be a great achievement. but to get two, and a silver, that is great. such a confidence booster. i have been fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh at global championships before this. i thought it was about time to get on the podium and i've gone and done a double here. eilidh doyle took bronze last night with a season's best time in the a00 metres. it's not her preferred event — she said the result was "incredible" — and it's her first solo world podium finish, after winning medals as part of the british relay squad. it's also the final day at the track cycling world championships

in the netherlands. great britain are up to six medals there. katie archibald and emily nelson stormed to gold in the madison. they finished well clear of the dutch duo — and it was all the more remarkable because nelson only stepped in to partner archibald on friday, when elinor barker crashed in the 0mnium and had to pull out. i'm a bit speechless at the moment. it's going to take a while to sink in. i think we raced very well as a team. we were kind of thrown together at the last minute but i think we played to each other‘s strengths, and, yeah, we won. and jack carlin picked up a silver in the individual sprint, to go with his silver in the team event. it's his first world championships and he did really well to reach the final because he only expected to finish in the top eight. the icy weather decimated

the football fixtures yesterday, the premier league was the only division that was untouched, liverpool moved up to second in the table yesterday, when they beat newcastle 2—0 at anfield — mo salah scoring for a seventh game in a row and sadio mane adding the second — newcastle are nowjust two points above the relegation zone. the battle for a top four finish is looking good for tottenham, they are still unbeaten in 2018. they were too good for huddersfield at wembley. heung min son scored both their goals. they won 2—0. the relegation scrap is hotting up and swansea havejumped out of the bottom three, up to 13th by hammering

west ham a—1. it's the second week in a row david moyes has seen his side beaten by that margin — and he said it was a new low. it was a poor performance. the worse since i have been here. we have got to work to get out of this. we are going to have to do much better and we are going to have to get back to doing the things we were doing six weeks ago. alan pardew has admitted that his job is on the line after his west bromwich albion side lost 1—0 at watford. it's their fifth league defeat on the bounce and they look doomed, seven points adrift at the bottom. brighton will host arsenal in today's lunchtime kick off, while leaders manchester city are at home to chelsea. both of yesterday's scottish cup games survived the freeze, aberdeen will have to replay kilmarnock after they drew 1—1. but holders celtic are through to the semi—finals, beating championship side greenock morton. moussa dembele scored twice in their 3—0 win. england's women, fresh from their first game under

phil neville, are gearing up to face the world's second best team germany later. after they swept past france a—1 in the shebelieves cup in the united states, neville wants his players to be ruthless again. you have got to have ice running through your veins rather than going out there with all the emotion in your head of past rivalry and the history between the teams. i like ice running through the veins in my players and the focus to be the same. no difference whether you are playing bosnia, wales or germany. john higgins can make history later today at the welsh open in cardiff. he beat gary wilson 6 frames to 2 to reach the final — and victory tonight would give him a record fifth title in this event. it would be 18 years after his first. he'll face barry hawkins. i would love to win. it would be some record, for myself,

to win it five times. but obviously barry will be trying to win it for his first time. a good final, two top eight players, so hopefully it will be a good final. britain's kell brook says he'll be back in the gym tomorrow, targeting a fight with compatriot amir khan after winning his first bout at light middleweight. in front of his home crowd at sheffield arena, he knocked out sergey rabchenko in the second round. it was brook's first fight since he lost his ibf world welterweight title last may. we are getting closer to the heavyweight unification super fight that all boxing fans want to see. that is after deontay wilder retained his bout last night. later this month, anthonyjoshua puts two of his bouts on the line against joshua parker in cardiff. then we

will see if the anthonyjoshua deontay wilder bout can be made. wilder once it but he is not convinced about the joshua camp. his promoter doesn't want matt fight and after tonight, he definitely isn't going to want it. but it's going to be up to you guys, the fans. i've spoken enough about this. i really don't want to talk about it any more because i've said all i need to say. and after tonight, i don't need to say no more. i don't need to breathe the world that i am the best. 40 fights unbeaten, 39 by knockout for wilder. no surprise that he thinks joshua could be running scared. i'm likely, but it's boxing talk. having seen the size of anthony joshua, i think it is unlikely he is running scared from anybody. "unacceptable" — that's how theresa may described a hard border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk in her brexit speech on friday, ahead of the next round of talks, questions about the border are still being asked. michel barnier, the eu's

chief negotiator, will meet with sinn fein and the dup on tuesday to hear what they want. to discuss this, we're joined byjon tonge, professor of politics at the university of liverpool. an expert in irish politics. it's a tricky one, this, isn't it? it seems to be becoming a bit of a defining issue in this whole brexit conversation. it's enormously difficult and the line from the dup that will be offered to michel barnier this week will be exactly the same as that from theresa may, that it the same as that from theresa may, thatitis the same as that from theresa may, that it is not acceptable. basically what the eu has proposed is that northern ireland should have special status within the european union said that they were still part of the single market and the customs union. the big fearfrom the conservatives are beholden at westminster, is that that basically shoves northern ireland closer to a united ireland. sinn fein, michel barnier and sinn fein are essentially at one, as sinn fein won special status for northern ireland.

squaring the circle is the biggest remaining problem. there are plenty of others, but that is the biggest. so how will they do that? because none of this is new. we have been having the same conversation over the past however many months. how can this be resolved? the british government has placed a huge amount of faith in technology, the idea of a smart border, but many customs officials say that is simply a non—runner. another option may be to have a special uk ireland travel arrangement. the common travel area we have at the moment only relates to people. we could have a common trade area where we have free trade between the uk and ireland, taking it on trust that the uk would not use ireland as a back door to avoid ta riffs use ireland as a back door to avoid tariffs the goods that. so there would be no hard border, no checks on the trade that goes between the uk and ireland. that is probably the only way of squaring the circle,

because we are looking at the reinvigorated border and everything that would go with that in ireland, technology would not work with that. a trade relationship would only offer partial coverage, so unless there is a trade agreement, it's not going to work. the keyword you are using there is trust. is there trust, not just over this using there is trust. is there trust, notjust over this issue but in the whole of the future between us in the whole of the future between us and europe? not really. the may's speech this week was more conciliatory but she was basically just accepting that we do need to have a degree of that. there is a lack of trust and the problem is this all has to be sorted out by 0ctober. this all has to be sorted out by october. the european parliament as opposed to vote on this on the 18th and 19th of october. time is running out on we are probably no nearer to a solution, certainly on the question of the border, than we were six months ago. and of course this

has also been the week where previous prime minister have also had their say on what's going on. john major and blair. had their say on what's going on. john majorand blair. in had their say on what's going on. john major and blair. in terms of the timeline, what will happen next? we will have the talks between michel barnier and sinn fein, and the dup, and theresa may has made her point clear, that they need to roll back from the idea of special status for northern ireland, but how far the eu will roll back, because this is the uk against 27 member states and the problem the uk has is that there are not many member states on their side at the moment. we will be speaking about this for months and months and months. thank you very much indeed. now, plenty of snow in north yorkshire this morning. this is the scene at scotch corner where the road remains closed. it is very cold. we are going to say

goodbye to you, as you are off to read the news for andrew marr, but before that, chris is going to give us before that, chris is going to give us the weather and that picture is so evocative. it really sums it up. it is spectacular, isn't it? this for the weather watcher picture sent to us yesterday showing massive snowd rifts to us yesterday showing massive snowdrifts in randwick in northumberland. there must be five or six feet of snow in this picture and we have another one from south wales which looks to show a greater com pletely wales which looks to show a greater completely buried in a snow drift and that's really why communities are struggling with this. and that's really why communities are struggling with this. it and that's really why communities are struggling with this. it is and that's really why communities are struggling with this. it is not necessarily the weather causing the problems today but the aftermath of the severe snow we have seen over recent days. nevertheless, the cold at continues to fill in across the northern half of the uk, coming infrom the to fill in across the northern half of the uk, coming in from the chilly continent, but further south we are getting this globe of left caldaire

working in across southern england and wales and it is for that reason that where we see showers, they are largely now falling as rain. further north, where the air is colder, snow, and a bit of freezing rain around, as you can imagine. again, we're looking at the risk of dangerous black ice on the roads and slippery conditions on the pavements for another few hours as well. snow continues for scotland and the east coast. we could see sleet mixed in with that wintry weather. and towards the south, we have urban area of rain pushing up. i think it's going to stayjust to the east of london, clipping is the most parts of kent, southwark and norfolk. and we have showers in the south—west as well, before setting in place of the temperatures lifted eight or 9 degrees in the south. 0vernight tonight, the rain spins out into the north sea before curling back into scotland and moving back into all that caldaire,

so the rain again turned to snow. it won't be as cold as it has been, but again there will be pockets of frost andi again there will be pockets of frost and i see stretches on monday. snow could again cause problems across higher areas of scotland, with five to ten centimetres across higher ground. showers working in across wales and south—west england. they could be lengthy, but fewer showers in east england where it will start to town, dare i say it, mild. looking at the weather pattern for the rest of the week, the air is turning mild, less showers around, but still cold enough across northern parts of the uk for those 2a alas no. most of the weather here will be focused on the front working across scotland, would be snow restricted to higher parts because

the temperatures are continuing to rise. in edinburgh on tuesday afternoon, we are looking at highs of five celsius. there might be rain or sleet mixed in, but most of the snow will be across higher areas. still a little bit below par temperature wise for most of us, but nowhere near as beastly as it has been the last few days. chris, thank you very much. it is the most famous carpet since aladdin's, and now it is being rolled out before the stars roll up. not long to go now, but preparations continue to hollywood's big night.

this star wars actor will be making an appearance for the first time since 1977. all these years of watching it in my pyjamas, saying, look at her hair! now this year i have to put on a tuxedo and be part of it, because i'm presenting. as big an honour as it is to be part of it, it's more fun to watch it at home. you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth! playing a starring role this year will be gary 0ldman, who is favourite to win best actor for his portrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour. do they know i'm black? british hopes also rests with daniel kaluuya for get out. i've got a few text messages from people saying, good luck. i'm just trying to relax and enjoy it. you may think that thing looks human. stands on two legs, right? the shape of water has 13 nominations. its british star, sally hawkins, is up for best actress.

though francis mcdormand is tipped to win for three billboards 0utside ebbing, missouri. while it may look much the same as usual, this is not a typical oscars year. the issues of sexual harassment and gender equality are being talked about as much as the likely winners, which is threatening to overshadow the ceremony. is it going to be about the prizes or the protests this year? i think you decide, that person decides. for us, it's about the fun. your life should be a protest. your voice, every day, should be the protest. notjust one night. i know that if i get up on the stage i will be so nervous... this woman is competing against herself, with nominations for best costume design for beauty and the beast and darkest hour. how did this happen, i don't know! you have been in this position before, you won an oscar in 2013 for anna karenina.

what is that moment like, when your name is read out? totally and utterly overwhelming. it's everything mixed up together. it's a kind of... absolute shock. and then a kind of dread, of standing up and going up onto the stage. but also the most wonderful feeling that you can't believe that you've actually won. the stars have been out and about in hollywood this weekend. but it is just a taster before the main event. so, we will have all the reaction to the oscars on the programme tomorrow morning. the film and the tv industry in the uk can lay claim to putting some of the most iconic characters seen putting some of the most iconic characters seen on putting some of the most iconic characters seen on the screen, harry potter, bridgetjones, so much more.

but they all have one thing in common. they have white actors. so fed up with that, a group of teenagers have created these alternative posters. they say if the poster surprise you, that is because there are not enough black actors in lead roles. thank you both very much for coming in. you are shining a light on something here, aren't you? that is what the whole campaign was about doing. yes. the aim of the campaign is not to replace white actors or to insert black actors to fit a greater and not to use them as tokens either, it's raising awareness about the lack of black narratives in british film and tv at the moment and the need to facilitate the space for that creative writers, actors, directors to capture and share an authentic black storyline or narrative. so,

who had the idea for the posters cost much i feel like itjust came collectively from all our different experiences. it takes a different representation of media and the effects of black people in the media. i guess we'lljust came together and thought of creating posters, putting them on the internet and then someone else took them and put them out in brixton. and that was done, because you have graduated from your course, is that right? the advocacy academy. yes, and this other group thought it was such a good idea that they put them up such a good idea that they put them up on bus stops to say congratulations on graduating. what have the reaction been like? it's been good on both sides. everyone is saying well done on the campaign. we

have had support from people like diane abbott and lenny henry, but there has been some backlash as well. but like live was saying, we don't want people to think this is about replacing white actors with black actors. it's about allowing them to articulate their experiences and add a whole narrative. a couple of years ago at the oscars, there was a big thing about there not being enough black and ethnic people nominated for the main categories. that now has changed a bit, hasn't it? are you reassured when you see things like the marvel film came out. phenomenal. and it had a phenomenal response as well, didn't it? of course, and i think it shows you what is there. when it is your experience to not see yourself in just leading roles and also the only see yourself in stock roles, i think

subconsciously that is very damaging andi subconsciously that is very damaging and i think quite violent, actually, and i think quite violent, actually, andi and i think quite violent, actually, and i think quite violent, actually, and i think that is why black panther had such a phenomenal response. for a black kid to see a film that portrays advocate in such an amazing light, that isjust amazing. i went to see it twice because it was so good. it's important that the uk does not stand in america's shadow. because i feel like there has been a backslide. we used to have shows like desmond, which was discontinued before i even was born. you do see black actors. adrian lester is one of the people who have supported your campaign. we do see

black actors and actresses in the mainstream shows on uk television, is it just mainstream shows on uk television, is itjust that mainstream shows on uk television, is it just that you think there should be more? we are not saying there has not been an improvement in there has not been an improvement in the representation of black people, but we feel like more could be done, rather than pinpointing certain actors in lead roles and big films, because there is still a long way to go. it's more about representation. andy mentioned stock roles, being typecast in a certain role? yes, because if you have one token character, in the skins poster, we had just a stock role. if you have misrepresentation, where you have a

lot of black people in the show but ina lot of black people in the show but in a negative role, that is also damaging. it is certainly very interesting and it has got people talking, so thank you very much. within the last few minutes, it has been announced that angela merkel will form her fourth been announced that angela merkel will form herfourth government after a coalition has been decided. more on that on the bbc news channel. that's all from us for this morning. dan and louise wil be back tomorrow from 6am. until then, enjoy the rest of your weekend. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at nine. flood warnings along the south west and north east coasts — as strong winds drive high tides onshore. meanwhile, work continues to clear roads and railway lines from snow, with most services expected to be back to normal for the start of the working week. german chancellor angela merkel is set to form her fourth government after the social democrats voted in favour ofjoining a new grand coalition. eu trade chiefs say they will retaliate with trade

tariffs on us imports if president trump puts extra tax on cars imported to the us from europe. the collapse of carillion — mps say the company was "aggressively managed" to make the balance sheet look better than it was. also in the next hour, a right royal celebration for harry