but the main concern for the first pa rt of tomorrow really is the south—west of england and parts of wales because this snow will continue to fall, really piling up, and blown in on this strong easterly wind. the snow is going to blow around, it's going to drift. that could cause its own issues. and still this feed of snow showers across parts of north—east england and the eastern side of scotland, one or two into northern ireland as well. now, as we go on through the day, many of the showers in eastern areas will tend to fade. it will be quite a slow process but, by the afternoon, many places here will be dry, particularly down towards the south—east where we could see some brightness. but notice the snow continues for a good part of the day across the south—west of england, and that's why there is so much risk for disruption here. still pretty windy and still cold as well. but as we move through sunday night, we will lose that area of snowfall from the far south—west. high pressure taking charge. and we'll lose the cold, easterly winds, starting to bring in more of a northerly wind on monday. now, northerlies are never particularly warm, but they will not be quite as cold, so temperatures of around 4—7 celsius. a largely dry day

with some sunny spells. and as we head on through the coming week, those temperatures are going to climb back into double digits. by the end of the week, things do look pretty unsettled. hello, this is bbc news with nicholas owen. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. 23 british diplomats are to be expelled by moscow amid tensions over the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the british consulate in st petersburg will also close. the prime minister has said russia must account for its actions. we will never tolerate a threat to the life of british citizens and others on british soil from the russian government. meanwhile, counterterrorism police have started contacting russian exiles living in the uk about their personal safety following the suspected murder of businessman nikolai glushkov. amber weather warnings are in force this evening in north—west england, yorkshire, the midlands, london and south—east england.

drivers are being urged to be prepared before setting out on journeys. us officials investigate claims that a political consultancy mishandled the data of millions of facebook users to support donald trump's run for the white house. and later in meet the author, rebecca jones talks with the writer blake morrison about his new book, the executor. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the playwright and new european columnist bonnie greer and the economist ruth lea. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the observer has an interview with a whistle—blower who alleges

that information from millions of facebook users may have been used by a data company during the 2016 us presidential election. both companies deny any wrongdoing the mail on sunday says theresa may is planning a crackdown on what the paper calls putin's mcmafia — associates of the russian president with money in the uk. the sunday times warns that a russian cyber attack could turn the lights out in britain. it reports that the national grid is on alert. the sunday express has more on theresa may putting pressure on moscow with a possible travel ban for 1,000 russian tycoons. the sunday telegraph leads on the same story as well as a photograph of a smiling duke and duchess of cambridge at a st patrick's day parade of the irish guards. and the sunday mirror leads on the sex abuse scandal in telford, quoting a police insider who says it was too much trouble to crack down on grooming gangs. let's good to those newspapers.

bonnie, would you start us off? the sunday express headline, nee stands up sunday express headline, nee stands up to putin, several examples. she made a pretty good speech in the house of commons the other day, it was pretty strong and impressive for a lot of people because she has been caught up in brexit. this was really good. she has expelled 23 diplomats. the russians have expelled 23. she is battling oligarchs and looking into the travel and so forth. what is interesting to me, i did not look at the speech completely she gave to the party, but hopefully she will also look at the conference of the conservative party. she has got a

lot of money thereto. i think that is something she should be upfront about. she needs to be upfront about that because we need to deal with all of this. there is a lot of russian money in this country. ruth, one confusion in my mind about this is bearing down on dirty russian money, but then you here we are also very dependent on this money. which is it? are we dealing with criminals and can we do things to them? when it comes to dirty money, we're talking about money—laundering. we have criminal finances coming into the country. one of her measures issue will make it easy to see the assets of russians who money—laundering. but on the other hand, an oligarchs, we have been to welcoming to them to come here and buy up parts of kensington. part of

kensington is known as red square because of so many russians that live there. but we will not say, i am sorry, live there. but we will not say, i am sorry, you've got to get out.” suspect most are perfectly legitimate and they are, of course they will stay. but the whole idea we have a very close economic relationship with russia needs addressing because very little of out addressing because very little of our trade is with russia, less than 196 our trade is with russia, less than 1% of our exports and less than 1% of imports coming from russia. i suspect that where it gets embarrassing is bp four example has a high proportion of shares, so there are economic connections. but russia is not a major trading partner this country. so we can afford to be mean to them? we need to be on the other hand... and she should do this, be even more specific about the fact this is not that the russian people because we are ina that the russian people because we are in a very fragile time anyway

and we do not need to have another group that will be yelled on the streets. we should be careful about that. she should be specific. these are specific instances it is money—laundering bus stop londoners a nice place to live, why not? the sunday times, the same sort of story, blackout threat to britain as putin hits back. what is that about? apparently, it is a part of gchq suggesting that there could be russian cyber attacks on the national grid, for example, that could put the lights out. in other words, computer systems which are very sophisticated, it could make them dysfunctional. i do wonder if this is scaremongering although, having said that, i will hope the lights do not go out. but i do wonder if this is scaremongering. it is fairenough. if wonder if this is scaremongering. it is fair enough. if the security

services do think there is a threat from cyber attacks from russia, the right to say it, but it is all part and parcel of the rhetoric that is surrounding this whole russian british thing which is getting a tad out of control. apparently, the will of god some kind of heads up from american intelligence because for sure there is a threat and it is a credible threat. if there is a credible threat. if there is a credible threat. if there is a credible threat to this happening to the american great. maybe this is something that is going back and forth. i take your point about russia, but russia is a bad actor and everybody knows this. if this is in fact true that this happened in this country, we need to take this seriously. going back to energy, about gas, there is a lot of talk about, oh, well, we do not depend on russian gas, but it plays an important part in energy supplies across europe, so

important part in energy supplies across europe, so when they and we mightfind across europe, so when they and we might find that difficult. only about 1% of our gas supplies actually come from russia were as 36% of german mystic gas consumption comes from russia. a lot of eastern europe is almost totally dependent on russia for gas. it is interesting about this rhetoric and tit—for—tat un argy— bargy with about this rhetoric and tit—for—tat un argy—bargy with russia, on the whole, the rest of europe is keeping remarkably quiet. if you really wanted a major sanction an putin to make it hurt, it would have to be a concerted effort by europe. and i do not think they would do that. concerted effort by europe. and i do not think they would do thatm concerted effort by europe. and i do not think they would do that. it is gasp from. and it is also the borders as well. i think it seems to me, looking at britain, taking britain to lead, seeing how britain will proceed through this, it is extremely complicated. they will not come in with major sanctions. extremely complicated. they will not come in with major sanctionsm extremely complicated. they will not come in with major sanctions. it is too dangerous. but we are in a

situation in the world where putin has pushed the envelope once too often, and i do not know what people will do. cyber attacks? well, america is another... we could spend three hours in america, so we won't do that, but there is a long complicated chain of madness going on over there now in relation to this and it is becoming part of the narrative here. i think it is a good warning that let's not worry too much. bonnie, let's go on to a by—product of what has been going on. and the corbyn mp ‘s plan new party. a headline on the sunday times. the problem that happened was, jeremy corbyn's statement after the prime minister's statement which a lot of people felt was illjudged, not that it was wrong but ill

judged. some people are very upset about it, it is affecting poll numbers as well. there is always some kind of talk about something happening in the labour party. i would not think that would get too far. i was very interested last week because theresa may gave two speeches in the commons on monday and wednesday, and the response from corbyn was rather illjudged. he did notjudge the tone or the mood of it. we don't want to get too much into his position on this, but what he is saying is, we must be sure of what we're doing. not many labour mps have gone as far as putting their names down on a piece of paper. it was the reaction by a labourmp, paper. it was the reaction by a labour mp, yvette cooper, for example, and various others were saying, this is not a time to have a party political disagreements. as farasi party political disagreements. as far as i could see, it really opened up far as i could see, it really opened up the divisions in the labour

party. partly it was theatre. it was the one moment for it. then they jumped into it, yvette cooper. this is where it is now. let's go back 110w is where it is now. let's go back now to the sunday... go to the sunday telegraph. anger as gibraltar is left out of brexit transition. gibraltar, we do not hear a lot about what is going on there and their views. we don't. i did actually look at the draft transitional agreement and gibraltar was not mentioned. but there is time. do not panic! there is plenty of time to actually come to a relationship for gibraltar. it is also interesting that spain is saying, what about us? actually, i am not sure that spanish position is

very sound one because we are negotiating with the european union. but some deal will be done. you can understand them being edgy about all of this. now they have got this. and the eu gave spain the veto. now, that will have to be sorted out as well and i that will have to be sorted out as welland i am that will have to be sorted out as well and i am sure gibraltar do not see themselves in the whole mix. that is horrible. it is all very much of a mess. but whether it will actually use the veto is a different issue. but the habit on the table, and whether the user or not we do not know but they have it, and gibraltar knows they have got it, and maybe that's why they are not in here. i think it will be sorted out. we would talk in a few months' time. this is an important week, coming up all of this. you thought things are broadly on track? they are broadly

on track. there will be a council meeting at the end of this week, in march, when it looks as though it is highly possible that the council will actually agree to the transitional arrangements put in place. they had been negotiated already with michel barnier. and it looks to me as though we are almost there. a few concessions we do not like back—ups. there. a few concessions we do not like back-ups. i will listen and see