hash — bristol airport.ruptions elsewhere, also which are police tweeting and posting on social media not to go out unless yourjourney is absolutely necessary. we know there's been snow in nottingham, not in him is in the other amber area where there is that warning of frozen rain, because this could be a problem in the morning in those areas where the rain has fallen with a freeze and it will turn the roads into an ice skating rink and the problem is you do not always see that ice on the road when you are driving along, so that could be a problem in those areas, but we are getting this picture building up that the snow, as the forecasters suggest, starting down in the west and moving further up north into the country, but the warning, the country, but the warning, the biggerwarning, is the country, but the warning, the bigger warning, is here in this area of england, west yorkshire, north yorkshire, northumbria and cumberland, so it really is this area that we are watching in the morning just to see how muc

manchester and bristol airport, they were closed for a while and then re—opened, but liverpooljohn lennoneen closed, we are told, until 10am this morning. as the flood levels dissipate in some places, in others they are expected to rise, like here. people are preparing for what they do in that, but most people getting ready then for that big clearup ahead. and natasha, what are the authorities doing, have they set up emergency centres for people who are affected to go to? yes, there is an emergency refuge centre at the memorial church hall up the road, in barrow upon soar, for everyone affected by that severe alert. you will know if you are in that area because your phone will go off with a loud buzz alert to let you know to be alert for rising floodwater. in the local area here they have had an emergency meeting by the parish council, and it was decided they are going to put barriers up to try and stop people and cars going through the floodwater, where it is making it worse in different areas. so plans in place, but yeah, i think everyone looking to that clear up ahead which could be lo

bristol airport has reopened after it suspended operations but warns that delays to flights are stille affected parts of birmingham, bristol and cardiff. dozens of soldiers and military police officers from guatemala and el salvador have arrived in haiti in an effort to reinforce security and combat armed gangs. haiti has experienced a rise in violence, despite the presence of a un—backed international force. the soldiers willjoin the multinational mission already led by kenya, which sent nearly 400 police officers last year. so far, the mission has failed to prevent the violence or stop the gangs, which now control about 85% of the capital, port—au—prince, according to the united nations. earlier, i spoke to jacqueline charles, a correspondent with the miami herald. so we know now that security forces from guatemala, el salvador have arrived in haiti. they're there to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with gathering the country's gang violence. what do you anticipate with the addition of these troops to the mission? well, i'm here to tell you that people have been waiting for

bristol airport has reopened after it suspended operations, but warns that delays to flights are stilll and cardiff. new york will shortly become the first us city to charge drivers a fee for entering its centre. the so—called congestion pricing will apply from sunday at 9:00am local time to 9:00pm, then from 5:00am in the morning until 9:00pm in the evening on weekdays. car drivers will now be charged $9, or £7.25, to enter parts of manhattan. there are higher fees for trucks, with tourist buses paying the most. the scheme aims to raise billions of dollars for the public transport network while discouraging people from using their cars. the incoming president and prominent new yorker donald trump says he strongly disagrees with the plan. but it has got many backers too, among them rachael fauss, a senior policy advisor at the sustainable transport advocacy group reinvent albany. she spoke with me a little earlier. rachel, very good to have you with us there in new york. so the congestion zone comes into force at midnight local time, in that very area where you are right now. just walk

manchester and bristol airport they were closed for a while and then re—opened, but liverpooljohn lennonas been closed, we are told, until 10am this morning. as the flood levels dissipate in some places, in others they are expected to rise like here. people are preparing for what they do in that, but most people getting ready then for that big clear up ready then for that big clear up ahead. ready then for that big clear up ahead-— ready then for that big clear up ahead. ready then for that big clear u- ahead. �* . ., ., ., ., up ahead. and natasha what are the authorities _ up ahead. and natasha what are the authorities doing, _ up ahead. and natasha what are the authorities doing, have - the authorities doing, have they set up emergency centres for people affected to go to? yes, there is an emergency refuge centre at the memorial church hall up the road, for everyone affected by that severe alert, you will know if you are in that area because you are in that area because you phone will go off with a loud buzz alert to let you know to be alert for rising floodwater n the local area here

but the third day they had to close runways at manchester airport, and at bristol, liverpooland manchesterso shut for a time, leading to delays for people hoping to get away from the weather. river levels are expected to be high until tomorrow, and forecasters say the cold weather is also likely to stay around for the rest of the week. just coming into us, the week. just coming into us, the us tech giant meta has announced it will remove the fact checking from its services and replacing them with a community notes system similar to x. the changes will begin in the us and will affect facebook, instagram and threads. c old mark zuckerberg has said governments around the world are restricting free expression on social media platforms. he said work to politically biased and said he would be supporting the incoming trump administration incoming trump administration in the fight against what he called censorship. mid ulster staff have told the bbc they still face sexual abuse and harassment a year after its boss told mps safeguarding had been strengthened. uk's equality watchdog has said it has

bristol airport has suspended its operations this evening due to the conditions.or more on this now, i'm joined by our weather presenter ben rich. the snow is now fallen and clients and disruption in some parts of the uk, particularly in the south and west. for many it's the mix of rain late in snow, so it helps to look at the bigger picture, so i have some graphics here for you to look at. , we have cold air in place, where cold airfor we have cold air in place, where cold air for the last few days, which mild airthat is mild air that is pushing in. the yellow mild air that is pushing in. the yellow colours mild air that is pushing in. the yellow colours are mild air that is pushing in. the yellow colours are starting to cause the issues. i the yellow colours are starting to cause the issues.— to cause the issues. i am the boundaries, _ to cause the issues. i am the boundaries, we've _ to cause the issues. i am the boundaries, we've got - to cause the issues. i am the boundaries, we've got a - to cause the issues. i am the - boundaries, we've got a weather front,

airports in liverpool, manchester, birmingham, leeds and bristol were forced to close some runways temporarily and several roads were impacted with conditions slicker than usual. at a time when many people were traveling, returning from christmas break or heading back to university much of the same problem in ireland, parts of which were also coated in snow, the irish weather service says that bitter cold conditions will continue over the next few days, at a time when nearly 60,000 homes, farms and businesses were without power. german officials warned of black ice for drivers and pedestrians as the snow and ice snarls. transportation here to frankfurt and munich airports warned passengers of potential delays or cancellations, and some authorities are advising people to stay at home if possible well, if you want to drive into manhattan during peak hours, it will now cost you $9. it's part of a new congestion pricing toll that's meant to reduce traffic in the united states's busiest city. cnn's gloria pazmino tells us all about it. >> well, that's right. in fact, congestion pricing has been in

some airports struggled to get lights off the ground. manchester, liverpool and bristole afternoon. but for many, without the worry of school or work, it was a chance to the slopes. here in the lancashire town, even the snowman had a smile on their face. ., , , snowman had a smile on their face. , . snowman had a smile on their face. . , , ., , ., , face. he has seen a few people from school — face. he has seen a few people from school and _ face. he has seen a few people from school and they _ face. he has seen a few people from school and they have - face. he has seen a few people from school and they have all l from school and they have all had a time on the sled, bumping into trees and crashing. i had a time on the sled, bumping into trees and crashing.- into trees and crashing. i went over a jump — into trees and crashing. i went over a jump and _ into trees and crashing. i went over a jump and it _ into trees and crashing. i went over a jump and it cracked. it | over a jump and it cracked. [it looks over a jump and it cracked. it looks really fun and ijust want _ l

bristol university, dr rebecca shepherd, with help from professor lister and others, has found a quick way to tell different types of ivory apart using lasers. there's a piece of equipment at airportsw, trying to stop the trade in illegal elephant ivory, a tough job to try and tell the two apart. yes. i mean, you can't do it. you couldn't, really. there's not really any way of knowing. i mean, we've got a piece of elephant ivory here. how easy would it be to disguise this as mammoth ivory? very, very easy. you see this piece of elephant ivory that's been in the museum for years. here's an equivalent tusk tip from a mammoth, and all you would have to do would be to stain this a brown colour and you couldn't tell the difference. so this is a school of anatomy. you'd never guess, would you? laughter. at bristol university, dr rebecca shepherd, with help from professor lister and others, has found a quick way to tell different types of ivory apart using lasers. from homeland security recently who said that it's a bit of a problem people trying to smuggle eggs of endangered bird species across the border from mexico. so the next project i'd like to get started is to see if we can tell t

bristol university, dr rebecca shepherd, with help from professor lister and others, has found a quick way to tell different types of ivory apart using lasers. there's a piece of equipment at airportssed in the identification of materials for things like drugs and unidentified liquids, so we're trying to repurpose this to tell the difference between elephant and mammoth ivory. essentially, it shines a laser at a sample, and the way that laser bounces back to the detector can tell you really detailed information about what a material is made of. there are people running legitimate businesses carving mammoth ivory, and presumably your technique will be useful for them because it gives them a way of proving, look, this is legal mammoth ivory. absolutely. it can be used tojust prove that a sample is what it says it is. is there a lot of interest from law enforcement in this new technique? there is. i've been talking to people within border force in the uk and the uk wildlife crime agency, and there is potential use for this in law enforcement in the uk. you're also thinking about different types of things that you could identify using this tech. i had a really interesting conversation

this was the snowy senate gatwick airport. bristol and birmingham airport �*s had to temporarily suspend flights to clear their runways, and some passengers due to fly into sta nsted their runways, and some passengers due to fly into stansted ended up far away. due to fly into stansted ended up far awa . , ., ., ~' due to fly into stansted ended up far awa . , y ., far away. yes, i took off from dubfin far away. yes, i took off from dublin around _ far away. yes, i took off from dublin around 11:30am. - far away. yes, i took off from dublin around 11:30am. we . far away. yes, i took off from i dublin around 11:30am. we were supposed to lend it stansted and because they were trying to clear the runway for us, we are flying around their for a the runway for us, we are flying around theirfor a while, and got to around theirfor a while, and got to a point where we wouldn't have been able to land because we wouldn't have had the fuel to stick around any longer, so they diverted us to manchester. we ended up flying straight past manchester a

bristol airport reopened a short while ago after closures to runways overnight.esterday, a man's body was recovered from an area of flooding in north yorkshire. major incidents have also been declared in leicestershire and lincolnshire, and east midlands ambulance service has declared a critical incident. a severe flood warning is in place near barrow upon soar, meaning there is danger to life and large scale evacuation is required. river levels there are expected to remain high until tomorrow. a yellow snow and ice warning covering most of the south west, england and wales, the west midlands and the north west of england remain in place until 10 am. this morning. the same warning is in place for western and northern parts of scotland until midday, and in northern ireland until 11 am. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to bev and andrew for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. >> sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> right. good morning. 936 is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb

bristol airport reopened earlier on after closures to runways overnight.yesterday a man's body was recovered from an area of flooding in north yorkshire. major incidents have also been declared in leicestershire and lincolnshire, and east midlands ambulance service has declared a critical incident. a severe flood warning is in place near barrow upon soar, meaning there is danger to life and large scale evacuation is required. river levels there are expected to remain high until tomorrow. the environment agency has 190 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and 292 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible in place. and a short time ago, the met office issued new snow and ice warnings for scotland and northern ireland that are now in place until midday tomorrow. well, the bad weather isn't just here at home. a storm blair has killed five people in the us. more than 60 million americans are facing weather warnings, and seven states have declared emergencies, including kansas and missouri. washington dc is bracing itself for heavy snowfall. forecasters

aberdeen airport and liverpooljohn lennon airport have reopened and flights are due to start again shortly. bristolr. lets get an overall picture of the situation. helena wilkinson is with us with an overall picture. so the airports are starting to reopen but we expect delays and cancellations. if but we expect delays and cancellations.— but we expect delays and cancellations. if you are one of those _ cancellations. if you are one of those people _ cancellations. if you are one of those people who - cancellations. if you are one of those people who are - of those people who are travelling at various airports today, in particular manchester, aberdeen, bristol and liverpool airports, they were all closed for a number of hours. just to give you an idea of the kind of work that the airports were having to undertake because of the snow. manchester airport had 30 snowploughs and tractors clearing the snow away from the runway. those four airports have reopened but clearly if you are travelling, do expect delays at the airport. liverpool airport, a statement from them in the last half hour orso from them

for the third day, they had to close runways at manchester airport, and at bristol, liverpool and aberdeenre expected to be high until tomorrow, and forecasters say the cold weather is also likely to stay around for the rest of the week. jessica lane, bbc news. in a moment we'll get the latest from boston, in lincolnshire, with paul murphy. first let's go to leicestershire. kasia madera is in the village of quorn, near loughborough. kasia, what's the situation there? well, as you can see, the main high street is completely flooded, and if you think about that campsite that we heard about in that report, it is normally a few minutes up the road from here where the river soar is and the severe weather warning is there. we can't pass the road now because this river is really damaging the situation here in quorn. the problem with this village, a beautiful, picturesque village, a beautiful, picturesque village, is it is right between the river soar and a couple of bricks, so once again the residents here are seeing their high street turned into a river, and this is the second time in as many ye