let me show you pictures from barnard castle in county durham this morning.

this is barnard castle earlier today with the snow plough on the a66.area, this is the area that tends to get shut first. we have also of football cancellations and postponements. this is because of the weather. in the scotland and in the north, just looking some new ones come in. the rangers kick—off has been pushed back to 3:a5pm due to the unexpected late arrival of dundee united trying to get there. since mirren have also been making strenuous efforts to clear the pitch there. inverness caledonian thistle against queen of the south has been called off. also alloa athletic versus dumbarton, a lot of football in scotland and there has also been some cancellations in england. let's show you pictures and is from northumberland. we know that newcastle airport a little earlier on was struggling, and that was because there has been a heavy snow. this is northumberland. let's stay in the north—east of england and go to durham. this is the university area in durham, and again, that is what a lot of people woke up to this morning. snow there. let's had to sco

this was the scene at barnard castle in county durham this morning, where you can see the a66 it is closed in both directions between the a67 near bowes and the a685 near brough because of heavy snow in the area. also the m48 severn bridge is closed in both directions because of the wind speeds. storm bert could bring up to 30cm of snow today as wintry conditions sweep across the uk with a "hazardous mix of wet, windy and wintry conditions". let's show you where the alerts are in force. the met office has dropped its amber alerts. but there are yellow alerts in place with wind, rain and snow warnings cover much of the uk. large parts of the country are still under this warning, this yellow warning. here you can see the path that storm bert has taken overnight and into today. storm bert will also bring extremely heavy rain to parts of wales and southwest england, with up to 150mm over high ground. let us start our coverage with this report from graham satchel. storm bert has been battering the country since first thing this morning. this is lyme regis in dorset, the heavy winds gusting up t

at barnard castle, the snowploughs are out and the road leading into the town has been blocked. if you know that area, you will know that when it snows, this is one of the rows that does get blocked and closed. there has also been a crash that has closed the m 7a atjunction 14, that is in south lanarkshire, where south la narkshire, where weather conditions south lanarkshire, where weather conditions are set to be very poor. also, the m 48 between england and wales, between england and wales, between bristol and wales, that is closed in both directions due to wind speeds. storm bert could bring the experts say up to 30 centimetres of snow today as the wintry conditions sweep across the country with what they are describing as a hazardous mix of wet, windy and wintry conditions. certainly, those pictures show those wintry conditions. if you are justjoining us, let's show you where the alerts are in force. the most important ones first. the most important ones first. the amber warnings are for heavy snow and ice and they are across scotland, and also covering yorkshire and the nor

place across the uk, including most of northern ireland, wales and cornwall this was the scene at barnard castle in county durham this morning, where you can see that the a66 it is closed in both directions between the a67 near bowes and the a685 near brough due to heavy snow in the area. newcastle airport, flights there are disrupted because they are trying to clear the snow from the runway. also in scotland, _ snow from the runway. also in scotland. a — snow from the runway. also in scotland, a crass _ snow from the runway. also in scotland, a crass has - snow from the runway. also in scotland, a crass has closed . scotland, a crass has closed the m74 scotland, a crass has closed the m71; at junction 1a scotland, a crass has closed the m71; atjunction14 in south lanarkshire where the conditions there are said to be very poor. the also the m48 severnbridge is closed in both directions due to current wind speeds. storm bert could bring up to 30cm of snow today as wintry conditions sweep across the uk with a "hazardous mix of wet, windy and wintry conditions" . let's show you where the alert�*s a

let me show you pictures from barnard castle in county durham this morning. the snowplough out trying to keep the roads open, but the a66 is closed in both directions between the a67 and the a685 due to the heavy snow in the area. the north—east of england also hit, the airport in newcastle has been affected by the snow as has scotland. we will have all the details coming up. also the m70 87 bridge is closed due to the current wind speed. storm bert could bring up to 30 centimetres of snow as the condition sweep across the country with a hazardous mix of wet and wintry conditions. let me show you where there are alerts in force, the first two amber once after heavy snow and ice are in force across scotland and also covering parts of yorkshire and the north—east of england. that is where we have seen the snow. elsewhere, we have the yellow wind, rain and snow warnings from the map you can see covering much of the rest of the united kingdom. let's show you the path that storm bert took overnight and into this morning. you can see that rain band coming and cover

let's speak to our reporter oli constable, who's in barnard castle in the northeast of england.age of 66, it looks very beautiful but i'm sure it is seen as causing a lot of concern?— lot of concern? it's a very beautiful _ lot of concern? it's a very beautiful part _ lot of concern? it's a very beautiful part of - lot of concern? it's a very beautiful part of the - lot of concern? it's a very i beautiful part of the world, with or without the snow. and this is part of the amber weather warning that has been in place since seven o'clock this morning this is the a66. the snow gates are not close today and that is surprising, national highways said officially they should be closed but we've had cars and trucks going past us all morning. we've also had snow ploughs and graters coming trying to keep people on the move. moving that huge amount of snow out of the way, and gritting behind them. we were told that we would expect 30 millimetres of snow, it's not quite got that extreme. i've done a very un—scientific test and it seems to be ten centimetres. we are being told about that di

weather warnings and flood alerts are also in place. 0ur reporter 0li constable is in barnard castlety 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 trav