that said, "this is mr wilkins. he is not a german spy". he was inspired, i saw he was very unfussy, he was inspired, i saw he was very unfussy, very self—deprecating. he always said he wasn't very good at that. he was principled, always principled, compassionate, kind, but just so wonderfully funny. i think it's fair to say though that the bbc has never practised discrimination. they've always taken on any oxbridge graduate, regardless of talent. despite jokes at its expense, he became a regular on bbc radio four panel shows like the news quiz and i'm sorry i haven't a clue. was your dad a king for a day? he must have been, to make a princess like you. was your dad a pancake chef? he must have been, to make a tosser like you. you talk about lambeth, a cooperative council... a lifelong socialist, his beliefs informed much of his comedy and he frequently campaigned too, on numerous issues. i remember him as a great friend — the otherjeremy. we did lots of events together. he was always giving his time to raise money so other people could speak for them — human rights causes, justice causes. what a loss.

more committed to socialism than to singing... # let me alone #. ..he will be remembered for his sharp comic brain, and as radio listeners knew, a unique way with a tune. cheering and applause. the comedian jeremy hardy, who has died at the age of 57. now, stav is back with the weather forecast. a very smelly and the week with disruptive snow across southern britain, easing down through the course of friday night taking us into the weekend. -- the snowy weekend. showers across northern and eastern areas. the snow is allowing northerly winds to drive in more wintry showers to northern and eastern parts of the country before this ridge of high pressure builds into kill many of those showers. we

will start the week and risk of ice from lying snow which could cause some disruption if you are heading out early saturday morning. particularly through northern scotla nd particularly through northern scotland and parts of southern england as well. those wintry showers continuing for northern and eastern scotland. a much better day gci’oss eastern scotland. a much better day across southern england. half the country will see winter sunshine. a fairly cold one and brisk and bracing northerly winds. could see one or two across western coasts of wales. other than that, a dry, clear and very cold night. widespread frost again. signs of a subtle changes we had on into sunday. small areas of low pressure. rain initially to northern ireland. it's

not until it reaches the high ground of scotla nd not until it reaches the high ground of scotland where we will see significant snow, mainly over the hills. central and eastern parts of england will stay dry and bright throughout the day. it's going to be another cold one. as we head on into monday, a more significant area of low pressure. this will bring a speu low pressure. this will bring a spell of weather. a band of pretty heavy rain which will move through. mainly rain further south. sunshine and blustery showers. temperatures up and blustery showers. temperatures upa degree and blustery showers. temperatures up a degree or so. we could see ten oi’ up a degree or so. we could see ten or ii celsius in the far south—west. it can —— that area of low pressure moves away. this next area will show its hand during tuesday. dry and bite across northern and eastern parts of the country. it turns

weather, cloudier and windier. showery bursts of rain. note that temperatures in belfast. a little bit milder. on into wednesday, we've still got the atlantic influence. fairly brisk again across northern and western areas. across central and western areas. across central and eastern parts, we should see plenty of sunshine. temperatures in double figures across the south. values above the seasonal norm. then throughout the week, it looks like the atlantic will be bringing a small weather systems. south—westerly winds. it looks like we've temporarily lost the cold input. areas of low pressure will bring spells of wet and windy weather. and we could see a bit of snow across northern hills. hello.

this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first, the headlines: heavy snow causes hundreds of schools to close across wales and southern england and more snow is on the way. millions of commuters — and the emergency services — face nightmare journeys as some places are hit with several inches of snow. drivers are told not to travel. it's very picturesque, i'm sure, but being here in the traffic stationary for nearly five hours now is not a huge amount of fun. dramatic footage has emerged of the dam collapse last week in brazil — that left more than 300 people dead or missing. in a landmark verdict — the mother of a 3—year—old girl has become the first person in the uk to be found guilty of female genital

mutilation. the search continues for the mother of a newborn baby girl found abandoned in a london park on one of the coldest nights of winter. and all of the three major health screening programmes in england fail to meet government targets. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are owen bennett, who's head of politics at cityam, and the business journalist john crowley. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph — it says that a court has heard how the lawyer sir phillip green hired to investigate harrasment claims against him was also a victim of his behaviour. the mirror celebrates organ donor

opt—out being made law with a ‘thank you' from ii—year—old heart donor recipient, maxjohnson. the ft leads with a warning to over a million people who've taken out their pension as a lump sum, suggesting they may be hit with a big tax bill. and the mail says parents will be told by health chiefs for the first time to limit their child's screen time to protect their health. while the the times says the schools minister, nick gibb, says mobile phones should be banned from schools in a bid to help pupils concentrate. and then just three papers leading on brexit tomorrow. (ani — guardian) the guardian says government officials are preparing —— the guardian says government officials are preparing

to deal with putrefying stockpiles of rubbish in the event of a no—deal brexit. the independent says whitehall officials have already begun planning for the uk to remain in the customs union as a way of rescuing the brexit deal. and the express leads on the row in brussels after the eu described gibraltar as a british colony. we'll we' ll start we'll start with the i and they are dealing with a backstop. this is a bit of a reversal of fortunes. it seems the eu, which up until quite recently has been quite unified, seems to be strange and the irish prime minister has been talk —— being called to brussels over some copper mines over the backstop with northern ireland which is a reversal of fortunes. what is interesting is the eu doesn't want to be seen to be

undermining island but they want ireland to come up with a solution and ireland has been the poster boy of the eu. if that actually stacks up. it's been looking to the eu for support. again, it shows that ireland has stood for —— took firm for the last two years and they have to come up with something when they have been implacably opposed to any solution is the british have offered. why is the eu doing this? italy has gone into recession, germany went into contraction in the third quarter and we will see that contracts again and then it is officially in recession, europe is under pressure itself over a myriad of things. an interesting story. you mention germany, angela merkel stepping down in 2021. does she want

her legacy to be a hard brexit which would cause economic damage? they have a trade deficit with us as we have a trade deficit with us as we have been told by brexit supporters. ireland have played to the eu script through this process, very loyal, and if the eu is applying any kind of pressure to get them to soften, that will only fuel eurosceptics across europe. brussels wants you to bend when it wants you to bend. if you're not germany or france are one of the real economic powerhouses, they are not always keen to be in your corner. of study this a little bit. when they were bailed out in 2010, germany was seen to apply very severe terms on ireland for doing it. the fact that ireland has bounced back has been in spite of those severe terms. there is a

feeling again that germany says it is pushing for this, rather than a nswer is pushing for this, rather than answer any of the other big nations, that feeling will come back again to the fore. the independent, still with brexit, cabinet ministers pushing theresa may to accept the red line on the customs union. the civil service are apparently undertaking serious work or the uk staying in the customs union. theresa may has always said she doesn't want to be in the permanent customs union because she wants the uk to have an independent trade policy. jeremy corbyn wants both. maybe they are doing this so next time theresa may and corbin meet up, maybe theresa may can say, jeremy, we went your way and it doesn't stack up i'm afraid. she doesn't realise that even if she gets a

little bit from the eu, it won't be enough for hardcore brexit supporters, they will call for more and the need to get the deal through the back of parliament on the back of labor party voters. with the customs union, she would lose more than the hardcore 20 or 30 tory mps in the er g. the front of the guardian, trading and waste, basically. there could be an issue. brexit foul wind is blowing. the guardian has been leaked some documents from the environment agency which purports to show that officials are preparing to deal with stockpiles of rubbish in the event ofan stockpiles of rubbish in the event of an ideal brexit. this is a p pa re ntly of an ideal brexit. this is apparently because export licences for waste will become invalid overnight. we've been so intertwined with the eu so —— the last a0 years that apparently this will mean that we are going to have to deal with

all this waste. it makes you wonder why we are not hanging on this waste. if we asked senior to europe for electricity, there could be a silver lining, you never know. that could be a positive out of it. there could be a positive out of it. there could be, but if we don't want an additional 3 billion tons of waste burnt in the uk, we are to rebalance ourtime of burnt in the uk, we are to rebalance our time of fashion tyro economy. lead you incinerate it. trying to get a waste incineration plant built in sx, there was mass opposition. nobody wants this on our doorstep. the article does go on to say we haven't got enough, basically. incinerators in landfill. right, let's turn to gibraltar. a row

between brewing, the eu insulting jude bolton and the uk possibly. the eu refers to gibraltar as a colony of britain. the kind of thing to get the daily express fired up. the five words here from the chief minister of gibraltar. the government saying it is not a colony, it is an overseas territory. but what this does highlight, if you open the withdrawal agreement, you are going to have spain saying, let's talk about gibraltar. france, let's talk about gibraltar. france, let's talk about fishing rights. this is why theresa may didn't want to reopen the withdrawal agreement. you want to pick anything up or can i ask you to pick anything up or can i ask you to turn to the next story? what i wasjust going to to turn to the next story? what i was just going to say, to turn to the next story? what i wasjust going to say, the comments from gibraltar's chief minister, our

giant neighbour takes whatever opportunity it can to stick its finger in our hide. we will not allow one grain of sand or drop of our water to be taken by spain. those are fighting words. the telegraph is talking about no platforming, which could be illegal. this is at universities, open free speech. he ran the university debates, you would see your position, the other position, there would be a heated debate but now it seems universities, people feel they can't bear to hear opposing views which makes them feel uncomfortable, these safe spaces are being created. as owen said in the first episode tonight, this has been a big thing for the telegraph, they really campaigned on it. one of the reasons i thought ukip did so well because one of the things they were talking about were being suppressed, and

that led to this kind of underground sense of no—one really ought to talk about this but we are going to take theissue about this but we are going to take the issue by the hand and it leads to quite extreme views. it's better to quite extreme views. it's better to get things out in the open and you can have these proper informed discussions. less look at the daily mirror, and a big thank you, and it is about the t big thank you, and it is about the opt out. and it is about the or condoning opt out scheme, an 11—year—old saying it is fantastic, and when you see that you think how could anyone possibly be against it? iam not could anyone possibly be against it? i am not against it at one thing that did strike me, now effectively the state can decide what happens to your organs. i think have we had a deep enough philosophical conversation about that in this country? whether or not we want the state to effectively have control of our body after we die and take our organs away? i don't know if that is

what we want, but i would like to see more discussion around that aspect. and the terms and conditions. i will have to buy the mirror to read the rest of the story, because it doesn't say how you can as abstain, it takes the nanny state to the next level, where they can decide purportedly what they can decide purportedly what they want to do, and some people may be absolutely fine with that, but a lot of people will have problems with this. but maybe not have the tools or know— how. with this. but maybe not have the tools or know-how. we will turn to the daily mail, and it is two papers dealing with very similar stories. the daily mail is talking about limiting official guidance, limiting screen time for your children. so what are they saying and who is saying this? so this is the chief medical officer, sally davies, apparently... we have been talking about the nanny state just that, to limit children's screen time to

protect their health, children should break off at least every two hours and avoid social media before bedtime, she says. well, we were talking about this earlier, parents have to practise what they preach, pa rents have to practise what they preach, parents certainly don't do this. so obviously a child's mind is developing as they grow, a very emotive subject because we have had some stories this week from a father ofa some stories this week from a father of a young girl who went on to instagram and she committed suicide, her father says, because of the images. and what she viewed out there. and, you know, for parents trying to navigate this landscape, just this week at our school we were invited to go to talk with someone who is giving parents advice. we need guidance on this, do we need to be told directly what to do? again, it asked that question between our choice and where the state should intervene. it is an interesting kind of debate on what they should do. and the state is intervening come

2020, on the front page of the times, saying schools will have to adopt this new guidance. well, yes, the schools minister says he would like to see mobile phones banned in schools. what will change in 2020 is some of the lessons about what is a safe online, making the point here that the lessons of personal and social health and education. the curriculum has not been updated since 2000, before gay marriage, or equal marriage, i should say, so it shows how out of touch it is. and it is always called sex education, but they are going to teach five—year—old about sex, it is not about that. it is about teaching them things like how to stay safe online and that there are bad people in the world and you shouldn't trust everyone. in this debate tends to get oil down tojust everyone. in this debate tends to get oil down to just the kind of sex of it all, but it is not about that at all. —— oiled down. the fact it has taken 20 years to update, you

think a much things have changed since then —— boiled down. think a much things have changed since then -- boiled down. he goes beyond his brief because he talks about... again it dovetails well with the daily mail, every hour talking on a smartphone is an hour less exercise and an hour less sleep, which research is showing can have a damaging effect of a child's mental health. we will both say yes, this is kind of right. so again it is that kind of sliding distinction where should the government tell you what to do? i think a lot of parents are seeking guidance and are a little bit worried, a little bit bewildered, because again they are looking at their own use in terms of how they use their phones, and if we can't manage ourselves, how can we expect our children to do that? but again, there is a logistical nightmare in schools, because what are they going to do? if this is made kind of a law, in inverted commas, what do you do? and your

phone into the teacher as you go into school? parents might want to get hold of their children during the day. so it raises a lot of questions. ok, it definitely does. thank you so much. lovely to see you both again. lots of questions, lots of front pages, a nice variety of stories, actually, on the front pages. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, owen bennett and john crowley. and from all of us, goodnight. good evening. here is your latest from the bbc sport centre.

what a start to the six nations we were treated to this evening. wales travelled to a soggy paris, trailed by 16 points at half—time, but produced a stirring fightback in the second half to win 2a—19. sports correspondent andy swiss can tell us more they emerged to a cloud of smoke and a wave of anticipation. france against wales team going for a 10th win ina against wales team going for a 10th win in a row, fingers crossed. but those hopes, it seemed, were soon being swatted aside. louis picamoles rampaging through to put france ahead. too much power from the french number eight. and wales's frustration had onlyjust gun. liam williams‘s effort ruled out after the video referee he lost the night lost control. it summed up their first half, as careless as france we re first half, as careless as france were ruthless. some sleight of hand sending yoann huget clear as the hosts extended their lead in style. and when camille lopez fired over a

drop goaljust before the break, it was 16—0, wales were the first half to forget. they needed something remarkable, and out of nowhere, they found it. josh adams was the spark, as he sent thomas williams skidding over. as he sent thomas williams skidding over. and the sublime was followed by the ridiculous. a new addition to rugby's blooper reel, huget with a spot of french farce much to george north's delight. wales grabbed the lead but france grab the back, a penalty making it 19—17, but the greatest drama was yet to come, as the hosts simply through the way, george north with a stunning interception and a 60 yard dash for glory. astonishingly, wales had turned it around. their winning run goes on, and fair to say the rest of the six nations has some act to follow. in these sort of conditions, anything can happen. you know, with

local week about chasing everything down. you know, the first half we didn't have much luck, bouncing the ball, and we didn't really play the way we wanted to. we got away from our gameplan and so allowed them in the game. and then second half it was just all hands on deck. you know, refocus, rejig, and get back to where we know we can be. england women opened their 2019 six nations campaign with 51—7 win against ireland in dublin. zoe harrison and emily scott were amongst the tries for england, eight of them in total. elsewhere, scotland lost to italy. another difficult day for england in the caribbean, as west indies have built a lead of 85 runs heading into the third day of the second test. on a difficult wicket that saw england skittled for 187, it looked like england's bowlers were getting on top in the afternoon. the windies' patient approach, mixed in with the occasional flamboyant strokeplay, typified their impressive series to date. three batsmen made it to the a05, but couldn't kick on. stuart broad was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets england are behind in this game. the

only way of getting anything out of this game is they are going to have to bat very, very well in the third innings. i call it the first innings game versus innings. i call it the first innings game versus the fourth innings. england need to set west indies 180 to try and have any chance of winning this game, so that means they've got to match west indies‘ they‘ve got to match west indies‘ score in this second innings. to do that, they are going to have to bat very well. kilmarnock missed the chance to close the gap on scottish premiership leaders, celtic, to three points as they lost 2—1 to hearts. goals from sean clare and steven naismith in a five—minute spell put the visitors into a commanding lead. jordanjones pulled a goal back, but kilmarnock couldn‘t avoid theirfirst home defeat in three months. three more matches tonight on the opening weekend of the super league season. hull kingston rovers won the hull derby, just. they beat rivals hull fc18—16, and they did it with the last play of the game. former leeds manjimmy keinhorst was the hero as he snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. elsewhere, castleford beat

catalan dragons and salford beat huddersfield. and that is all your support for now. “— and that is all your support for now. —— sport. hello there. it has been another day where we have seen some severe transport disruption, this time focused across central and southern england, especially around the basingstoke area. reports now at i9 the basingstoke area. reports now at 19 centimetres lying on the ground in the north—east of hampshire. conditions truly atrocious. and actually, this is a photograph from near that area, looking down on the m3. absolute carnage. you can see snow covering all of the carriageway, and i havejust been checking on the travel england website, the stretch of the m3 around basingstoke on even at this time of night, still has 1.5 hour delays on it so don‘t even think about travelling that way unless you are going to leave yourself a lot of extra time. so is horrendous travel conditions out and about lasting through the evening and overnight

with the risk of further snow in some icy stretches around as well. it is not just some icy stretches around as well. it is notjust across the south. we will have some wintry showers the eastern scotland coming into eastern areas of england, into that cold air, we will get ice around first thing in the morning, for sure. now, saturday any snow in the south—east are coming confined to kent before easing away. the problem we still quite cloudy here through the morning at some further wintry showers coming down the north sea coast. property still a few showers left over for the far west of wales and running into cornwall for a time and running into cornwall for a time and it will be wintry showers as well for northern ireland and western scotland. pretty well scattered. the many areas in land, certainly, a lot of sunshine, especially across northern parts of the uk. but after that cold, i see, frosty start, temperatures are going to be struggling and through the afternoon we are looking at high for many of us of around four agrees celsius or so. now, many of us of around four agrees celsius orso. now, saturday many of us of around four agrees celsius or so. now, saturday evening the skies clear so it will be another cold one, a few more wintry showers, some wintry snow coming and going across parts of eastern england. another cold night but then we will start to see a weather

system bumping into that cold air in northern ireland. and this is the some wintry weather. as we going to sunday, we see this front pushing into the cold air and it is going to bea into the cold air and it is going to be a risk of snow. snow over the high ground in northern ireland but could get down to lower levels across the northern end in area and into scotland as well. we could see around three to six centimetres. this will properly transition back to rain as the day goes by. at lower levels, slightly milder air against a work in during sunday afternoon. but looking ahead to next week it is all change. we can forget about the wintry weather, it is going to be turning much milder. unsettled weather, though, often windy with gales and severe gales, especially across the north—west of the country. so we are leaving behind this cold, frosty, icy spell of weather, but in the short term there are going to be further problems travelling around the night, especially around central and southern england. that‘s your latest weather. this is bbc news. i‘m kasia madera.

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