caroline davies, bbc news.ris week in five years as freezing air arrives from russia. the cold snap will affect the whole of the uk from sunday night, with damages expected to drop down to —8 in some areas. the gritters are gearing up as britain braces itself for a big freeze. the so—called beast from the east is sweeping in from siberia. the met office, in conjunction with nhs england, has issued a level three cold weather alert for the whole of the country, the second most serious level. that means there is a 99% chance of severe weather, icy conditions or heavy snow, between now and thursday. there are additional yellow severe warnings for snow early next week covering most of eastern britain. that could cause travel problems and power cuts. it is certainly not the first snow we will have this winter. but what makes this cold snap different is it is expected to affect the whole of the uk. temperatures could fall as low as minus 8, but it will feel much chillier because of the wind. there could be increased p

caroline davies, bbc news.ian government attacks on the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta are said to have killed five hundred people this week. the un is still to vote on a ceasefire resolution. the international committee of the red cross becomes the latest aid charity to admit staff have been let go due to sexual misconduct. a man and a woman have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following the death of two brothers — in coventry. and in sport: great brtain have made hstory at the winter olympics thanks to billy morgan taking the bronze in the snowboard big air. that takes team gb to their hightest ever medal tally of five. there was disappiontment for great brtiain‘s women's curlers who missed out on a bronze. they lost 5—3 to japan in the bronze medal match — it is japan's first medal in the sport. and in the six nations aird are leading wales 15—13. england face scotland at 4.115 today. more at around 4.15 for you. police in calais have told the bbc they fear there'll be another camp

caroline davies, bbc news. should be tackled. we need to think wider than the police. unfortunately the police resources have been reduced. we‘ve had a 20% reduction. when i was a borough commander for four years, we had six people on each ward. a sergeant, two pcs and three community support officers. there has been significant reduction in policing. it has clearly had an impact. the idea that reducing these numbers would not have an impact sounds quite bizarre, so it would have and it has. theresa may... that has been an effect on things like stop and search which requires physical intervention. absolutely. you‘ve got an increasing workload for police officers with fewer resources and notjust pcs on the street but also pcos and police staff. all of those have been reduced quite significantly. we need to be looking at a much wider approach. cressida dick, the commissioner, was in scotland yesterday, she‘s a very, very capable and very able individual who actually has good a track dealing with issues. and she w

caroline davies, bbc news. because of the rate at which migrants are returning to the area. french authorities cleared the so—called jungle camp in 2016, where up to 8,000 migrants were living, trying to smuggle themselves onto lorries bound for the uk. at the moment, it's estimated that around 800 migrants are there, 200 having arrived injust the past 2 weeks. the bbc‘s europe reporter, gavin lee, has visited the area again. the calaisjungle migrant camp, as it was. population 8,000. until it was closed by french authorities in 2016. this is thejungle now. empty, closed off with police watching on nearby. there are migrants still in the area. a few hundred metres from the old jungle a group of ethiopians show us where they've set up the latest camp, living amongst the rubble. ali is 20 and has been here for six months. in the morning when we wake up all the blankets are wet because of, the water is in, you know. and also the top is white ice when we wake up in the morning. how many people are sleeping in here

caroline davies, bbc news.that agreement can be reached on a possible ceasefire in eastern ghouta in syria. let's talk to our north america correspondent at the un in new york, nick bryant. we had just showing our viewers the live shots from the chamber. lots of empty seats. what is happening? are a lot of empty seats, just two ambassadors have ta ken a lot of empty seats, just two ambassadors have taken their seats at the famous horseshoe table. they are from equatorial guinea, ivory coast. those countries are not the most significant players on the security council. the most significant players are not there, the british, the americans, the french, the russians, significantly the you 80s. they had a chairman at the you 80s. they had a chairman at the moment. they have been drafting this resolution with the swedes. —— those from kuwait. there are inside rooms, perhaps carrying on a last—minute negotiations. negotiations carried on into the evening last night. they couldn't reach consensus, they broke up. witho

our reporter caroline davies is here... first of all, what is the commonwealth?oup of 53 countries, some of them used to be british, colonies, some of them have no ties to britain at all, the language mostly used as english but there is no official status for that. what are they considering at the moment? people may be quite surprised that prince charles does not automatically become head of the commonwealth, the queen is currently head, but it is not hereditary, they don't have a formal process to select the leader at all so this is something that will be considered today. there is a high—level group set up by the commonwealth to look at how it operates, they are going to be considering whether, different elements of the commonwealth and how it works, we hearfrom insiders they will potentially talk about the fact who takes over from the queen after she dies. there are an a few things currently on the table, it could be in style is is selected to be the next leader, that might be that it's a one off, it's charles for now, when he dies, it might not automatically