good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and sarah campbell. our headlines today: storm burt is sweeping across the uk, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain and snow. disruption is expected in all four nations. amber weather warning said to go into force across northern england and parts of scotland. up to a0 centimetres of snow expected. roads here across the pennines are still open but for how long?— here across the pennines are still open but for how long? good morning. exect a open but for how long? good morning. meet a triple — open but for how long? good morning. expect a triple threat _ open but for how long? good morning. expect a triple threat of _ open but for how long? good morning. expect a triple threat of severe - expect a triple threat of severe weather across the country today. first we have heavy snowfall parts of northern england and scotland followed by heavy rain and gales for all of us throughout the day today. you can catch all the latest of when and where from me a little later on. the government in laos

says it's �*profoundly saddened' by the deaths of six foreign tourists, including british lawyer simone white. as the government launches an independent review of the role of physician associates, we find out what role they play in the nhs. in sport, away with the new boss. the new manchester united manager reuben amorim, is on the road to suffolk, ahead of his much—anticipated first game in charge. it's saturday 23rd november. our main story. storm bert has arrived with snow closing roads and heavy rain and winds expected to cause further travel disruption and potential flooding. gusts of up to 60 miles per hour are predicted in parts of scotland, northern ireland, north wales and northern england. weather warnings and flood alerts are also in place. 0ur reporter 0li constable is in barnard castle in county durham for us. 0li, what's it looking like there?

good morning. as you can see the snow is falling here and we are near the a66 tween the castle in penrith. it is a major route that connects parts of the north pennines and as you can see it is still open. we thought it may have been closed today but it is not. we've seen critters and snowploughs making their way down here trying to keep il people moving but the road still open. the question is how long will it be open for because there is an amber weather warning for snow due to come place from seven o'clock this morning covering much of northern england across to darlington and parts of scotland as well. that is in place only for a short amount of time until about midday today when that warmer air is set to come in and the snow set to turn to rain. as you can see the road is open and the cars are coming

past and it has been partially closed near scotch corner. a small amount of travellers coming. we heard from avante amount of travellers coming. we heard from ava nte west coast that warned passengers against travelling north because of that anticipated poor weather. north because of that anticipated poorweather. it north because of that anticipated poor weather. it is a case of sit tight and see what happens. people have been warned against in essential travel but this picture this afternoon does look a lot better. the met office has issued a number of weather warnings across the weekend. louise is here to tell us more. crucially it is the where randy when. yes. iwill stick crucially it is the where randy when. yes. i will stick with the amber warnings because that is the middle tier meaning you have to be aware that there will be some disruption from the story today. as you can see with the amber, this is for snow across the north of england. this is valid, as we heard, until lunchtime today. heavy snow will be quickly replaced here by heavy rain but it could, with the

strength of the wind produce lizard like conditions and difficult driving conditions. further north we have —12 degrees in the far north east at the moment and it is bitterly cold. temperatures overnight as long as they were in 2010. we will see significant snow that could lingerfor 2010. we will see significant snow that could linger for much of the day today, 20—a0 centimetres. as the storm continues to bump into that speu storm continues to bump into that spell of snow will continue and quickly turns back to rain, heavy rain and widespread across the country. don't forget the strength of the wind. some could see gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour across the northern ireland in the west of scotland. more details through the morning. a lot of potential disruption and i do not want to be the bearer of bad news but i am afraid there is more possible disruption. let's bring you up—to—date with the

situation at gatwick. gatwick airport have warned passengers that queues may be longer today after the south terminal was shut yesterday because of a bomb scare. thousands of passengers have had their flights delayed or cancelled after the building was closed for more than four hours. it re—opened at around 3pm after a security alert was cleared by police. flights are now operating from both terminals. the laos government says it's �*profoundly saddened' by the deaths of six foreign tourists, suspected of having suffered methanol poisoning in the town of vang vieng. 28—year—old simone white from kent and two friends from australia, holly bowles and bianca jones, have been confirmed among the dead. 0ur correspondent nick marsh has more. it isa it is a right for the for thousands of young people. from home on one of the most beautiful and welcoming parts of the world. the past few days have revealed a more dangerous side to southeast asia. so for six

people from four different countries have lost their lives to methanol poisoning. 0n have lost their lives to methanol poisoning. on thursday officials confirmed that simone white, 28—year—old lawyer from southeast london died in louth. herfamily pay tribute to her wonderful energy and spark folau. she has been taken from us too soon, they said. she will be sorely missed by her brother, grandmother and entire family. yesterday confirmed that australian polly bowles and her best friend bianca jones, both 19 from melbourne had also died from methanol poisoning. they were staying at this hostile in vang vieng. the owner admitted giving out up to 100 free vodka shots to guests but insists the alcohol came from a reputable source. he has been taken in for questioning by local police. news

spread quickly along the backpacker trail and visitors to vang vieng are already changing their plans. fin trail and visitors to vang vieng are already changing their plans. on the wa i was already changing their plans. on the way i was asked _ already changing their plans. on the way i was asked where _ already changing their plans. on the way i was asked where i _ already changing their plans. on the way i was asked where i was - already changing their plans. on the way i was asked where i was saying | way i was asked where i was saying and she told me what had happened. i counselled straightaway and managed to get to another hostel. in a statement — to get to another hostel. in a statement today _ to get to another hostel. in a statement today that - to get to another hostel. in a statement today that louth government said it was profoundly saddened over the loss of lives of foreign was tourists and promised to bring the perpetrators to justice. it is still completely unclear where exactly these tourists consumed the tainted drinks, who provided them and, crucially, who manufactured them. in the meantime, governments advised to rest to take care when travelling in the region and avoid all spirits, especially when they are offered free. nick marsh, bbc news, singapore. north korean soldiers may enter the conflict between russia and ukraine, the us defence secretary lloyd austin has said. it is believed the soldiers are being integrated

into russian formations and being trained in a way suggesting they are about to be deployed. it's expected they are there in exchange for russian oil and armaments. it follows vladimir putin's latest comments that his country has a stock of powerful missiles they are ready to use against ukraine. us president—elect, donald trump, has nominated the billionaire wall street investor, scott bessent, to be his treasury secretary. mr bessent had been a major fundraiser for mr trump's re—election campaign. the hedge fund manager has defended the use of import tariffs, and called for an extension of tax cuts. israel carried out a powerful air strike on central beirut overnight. lebanese media says an eight—storey residential building collapsed after being hit by several missiles. local reports say at least four people have been killed and more than 20 others injured. the rapper and music producer sean "diddy" combs faces further days in detention after a new york judge delayed a decision on whether to grant him bail. the 55—year—old is awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering

charges, which he denies, and was refused bail more than two months ago. 0ur north america correspondent neda tawfik has this report. walking past the cameras and into the courthouse, sean kom's family showed up in large numbers to support him. all six of his adult children and his mother. inside he was led blew him kisses. he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. his defence lawyers renewed their bid to having granted bail proposing strict conditions including 2a/7 security monitoring at an upper east side men happen —— manhattan apartment with no access to phones or the internet unless to speak to his lawyers. prosecutors argued he could not be trusted. his legal trouble started atjust over a

year ago when his former partner, cassie ventura, accused him of raping years of physical violence. in footage from 2016 she is seen leaving a los angeles hotel room. sean appears to run after her for violently assaulting her. the full tape shows her being kicked as she lies on the ground. prosecutors in new york said the footage obtained by cnn was evidence of the danger he could pose to women if released on bail. his defence team claim that the video was manipulated and was not evidence of sex trafficking or a coerced sexual encounter which he allegedly referred to as a free golf. during raids of his la miami mansions in march, authorities seized supplies they say were used in those recorded days long sex a thousand bottles of baby oil. in light of the criminal sayges his a thousand bottles of baby oil. in light of the criminal say were 5 a thousand bottles of baby oil. in light of the criminal say were used seized supplies they say were used in those recorded days long sex parties. including drugs, more than parties. including drugs, more than a thousand bottles of baby oil. in a thousand bottles of baby oil. in

light of the criminal charges his light of the criminal charges his influence on the sound and culture of hip—hop are now being re—examined. instead of hosting his famous celebrity filled white parties and greasing red carpets, for now he will continue to prepare for now he will continue to prepare for his trial in may from this jail in brooklyn. his lawyers say the conditions at the jail are horrific and that is preventing him from preparing for trial. prosecutors have argued that he would tamper with witnesses if released. the judge says he will weigh in next week. it's being used in education, entertainment and even medicine but artificial intelligence could also be used to help boost the uk's declining red squirrel population. their numbers have fallen, largely because of non—native grey squirrels, which carry a lethal virus.

are actually grey in colour. special feeders can then either deny food to greys, or lace it with a contraceptive paste to stop them reproducing. it is lovely to see some pictures of red squirrels at this time in the morning. i red squirrels at this time in the mornin:. ., red squirrels at this time in the mornin. . _ , red squirrels at this time in the mornin:. . _ , ., morning. i am feeling sympathy for the re morning. i am feeling sympathy for the grey squirrel — morning. i am feeling sympathy for the grey squirrel in _ morning. i am feeling sympathy for the grey squirrel in that _ morning. i am feeling sympathy for the grey squirrel in that scenario. l the grey squirrel in that scenario. i am aware of the plight of the red squirrel. let's go back to the weather. louise is there for us this morning. all eyes are on you this morning, louise because the storm is here and we saw evidence this morning with the snow starting to fall. ithink morning with the snow starting to fall. i think there is a conspiracy because the last time i was 0n breakfast was five weeks ago and that was the first named storm of the season so i don't know what i have done to deserve it but there is

a lot to talk about. the second named storm of the season, storm bird. a triple pronged attack because for some will get heavy snow and blizzards and others will have heavy rain, widespread gales but turning incredibly mild after a heavy rain, widespread gales but turning incredibly