., ., cumbria? not too bad overnight, a chill . cumbria?ad overnight, a chilly- we _ cumbria? not too bad overnight, a chilly. we have _ cumbria? not too bad overnight, a chilly. we have about - cumbria? not too bad overnight, a chilly. we have about four- a chilly. we have about four inches — a chilly. we have about four inches of— a chilly. we have about four inches of snow. with the wind, it is_ inches of snow. with the wind, it is drifting around so we have _ it is drifting around so we have some rather deeper drifts and some _ have some rather deeper drifts and some areas which have almost _ and some areas which have almost been blown clear. you are used _ almost been blown clear. you are used to — almost been blown clear. you are used to dealing _ almost been blown clear. 7m, are used to dealing with these levels of snow in cumbria. you are a volunteer snowplough operator. give us a sense of what you do in the circumstances. right, well, it is a community _ circumstances. right, well, it is a community interest - circumstances. right,

we've got about— village in cumbria. we've got about a — village in cumbria. a dozen volunteers involved. men and women from 30-63— involved. men and women from 30—63 years old. but all sorts of trades— 30—63 years old. but all sorts of trades and professions involved. we've got handymen, business — involved. we've got handymen, business manager, artist, military— business manager, artist, military veteran, an it professional who is also a blacksmith, and basically, the plough— blacksmith, and basically, the plough and quit. we have got two machines. a big snowplough which _ two machines. a big snowplough which you — two machines. a big snowplough which you can see in the background plus a smaller plough _ background plus a smaller plough and greater. and we cover— plough and greater. and we cover about 89 mile route serving _ cover about 89 mile route serving perhaps 50—60 houses that wouldn't otherwise accessed by the council graters. accessed by the council graters— accessed by the council raters. �* , , ., graters. and 'ust explain. because— graters. and '

so, you are used to dealing with these sort of levels of snow in cumbria. lot of the little back roads around the village of nenthead in cumbria. we've got about a dozen volunteers involved, men and women from 30 to 63 years old. we've got all sorts of trades and professions involved. we've got handyman, business manager, artist, a military veteran, an it professional who's also a blacksmith. and basically we plough and grit. we've got two machines, the big snow plough, which you can see in the background, plus a smaller plough and gritter and we cover about a ten—mile route serving perhaps 50 to 60 houses that wouldn't otherwise be accessed by the council gritters. that was kevin who was talking to us earlier. you may remember backin to us earlier. you may remember back in 2021 there was a pub that got snowed in for four days. there has been snow up there in richmond today and a little earlier on... earlier, i spoke to nicole hayes who is manager of the tan hill inn in richmond, britain's highest pub! she told us what it's like there. um, yeah, we've got f

it goes up to northumberland and across to cumbria and those borders near scotland.o a large area of england expecting and some areas already getting snow. you mentioned that 40cm of snow. there is a concern that that will be in the pennines area which is high up, but we are already seeing 12cm of snow in bingley and ten centimetres of snow in shap in cumbria. and you can just see if i show you my boot here that this is quite deep here. this has been settling overnight and you know, i can get my hand clearly into there so you can see the amount of snow that has fallen here. and it's been falling like this for a good 3 or 4 hours now. now the issues with the airports are beginning to ease, as you mentioned, in manchester and liverpool, but we are now looking at disruption on the trains because of course, when snow and ice falls on those lines and the trains start operating, they find that they can't always get through. so northern rail have got cancellations and delays. so have scotrail. and so down in the south west of england have gwr. so what is the picture across

that takes in yorkshire up to northumberland, over to cumbria. been 16 centimetres of snow nearby to hear. on the moors, on the pennines, they are concerned that they could be up to a0 centimetres of snow. still some concerns, but the big issue now is really to do with transport. the trains, northern rail has a do not travel alert out at the moment and there are issues on a lot of the other providers, including trans— pennine and lner. you mention in the headlines about the airports reopening. that is good news in itself, but not totally good news as simon calder, the travel editor of the independent explained to me earlier. ~ . , , . earlier. we have seen such mayhem. _ earlier. we have seen such mayhem. so _ earlier. we have seen such mayhem, so many- earlier. we have seen such - mayhem, so many cancellations, spare _ mayhem, so many cancellations, spare a _ mayhem, so many cancellations, spare a thought for the a lot of people didn't have to go to work today, whereas tomorrow there will be that morning rush hour, so there will be some concern

it covers wales, northern england, the midlands, right up into cumbria, and it is basically for snowrom late saturday until monday. there will be some particularly high snow depths within this area. as much as perhaps a0 centimetres over the tops of the pennines, and may 20—30 centimetres across north wales, the hills there, and into the peak district as well. of course, that warning area covers a lot of major cities, and we are likely to see some rural communities cut off as well because of the depth of the snow. there will also be icy conditions. there is the risk of freezing rain across north wales, and we will see slightly milder air are cut in as we head through sunday towards the south, so a lot of that snow will melt, and that could cause some problems as well. ., ,,., ._ could cause some problems as well. ., ., ., well. late saturday through to monday - _ well. late saturday through to monday - it — well. late saturday through to monday - it sounds _ well. late saturday through to monday - it sounds like - well. late saturday through to monday - it sounds like the i monday —

an amber weather warning for snow in parts of lancashire, cumbria and the lake district has been extendedt. milder temperatures in the south of england have led to more than 20 flood warnings being issued. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the government says an overhaul of the nhs app will make it easier for patients needing non—urgent care in england, to decide where they are treated, as part of a plan to tackle waiting lists. patients will be able to choose from a range of providers, including the private sector, as well as book tests and appointments. the health secretary, wes streeting, has accused elon musk, of a "disgraceful smear", after he criticised the uk government's response to grooming gangs. mr musk called the home office minister, jess phillips, an "evil witch who should be locked up". the comments were made after ms phillips rejected a request for a government—led inquiry into child sexual exploitation in 0ldham. ru paul's drag race uk starjames lee williams, better known as drag queen the vivienne, has die

an amber weather warning for snow in parts of lancashire, cumbria and the lake district has been extendedry showers are expected overnight. milder temperatures in the south of england have led to more than 20 flood warnings being issued. the fbi says a man who killed 1a people in new orleans on new year's day visited the city twice — in the months before the attack. investigators say shamsud—dinjabbar recorded videos of the area where he rammed a truck into crowds. the us army veteran, who'd pledged allegiance to the islamic state group, was killed in a shoot—out with police. fbi special agent for the new orleans office lyonel myrthil, gave this update on the findings so far. during that time using meta— glasses he recorded a video as he rode through the french quarter on a bicycle. this video shows jabbarr during that trip in october with his meta— glasses as we continue to learn more about that trip we ask anyone who may have seen or interacted with him to contact us. elon musk has called for nigel farage to be replaced as the leader of reform uk, just weeks after reports that the billi

an amber weather warning for snow in parts of lancashire, cumbria and the lake district has been extendedry showers are expected overnight. milder temperatures in the south of england have led to more than 20 flood warnings being issued. the fbi says a man who killed 14 people in new orleans on new year's day visited the city twice — in the months before the attack. investigators say shamsud—din jabbar recorded videos of the area where he rammed a truck into crowds. the us army veteran, who'd pledged allegiance to the islamic state group, was killed in a shootout with police. officials say they believe he acted alone and the team showed unseen cctv footage of the suspect placing improvised explosive devices into coolers in the area where he later carried out the attack. they're also looking into trips he made to canada and egypt_ indirect talks between israel and hamas aimed at securing a ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages are continuing in qatar. there are fresh differences between the two sides after a hamas official said the group approved a list of 3a israeli hostages to be

am in the amber warning area that spreads up to hexham in northumberland, across the carlisle in cumbriamber alert which is the second highest that the met office issues. we heard insurance report, already snow in the bristol area, the flights at bristol area, the flights at bristol airport have been suspended, which are police and telling people not to go out because roads are being shut, and the snow is moving up the country. ijust checked on the bbc weather app. here, we are expecting the snow to start in the next hour, and it would probably be happy us around 3am in the morning. the area that this amber alert covers also includes the pay nines, which is where we think the worst of the snow could be, up to a0 cm of snow could fall in those higher areas of the pay nines, but even lower down, he could be between 5—15 simm to meet — 5-15 be between 5—15 simm to meet — 5—15 cm, so elect of snow coming down overnight, so when people wake up on sunday morning and opening their doors, they may well find that there is a lot of snow in their areas. and that authorities here, we had the pitcher

west yorkshire and further up you can go up to northumberland, you can go across to carlisle and cumbriaear the scottish borders and that whole pennines area. all that whole pennines area. all that area is under the amber alert which is the second—highest that the met office issues. what it means is that they are concerned that if there is the amount of snow that they think there will be, it will have an impact. it will have an impact on the roads but it could also mean potentially a risk to life, particularly if some of those rural villages get cut off. we are expecting there could be up to a0 centimetres of snow on those high areas of the pennines over 300 metres. in the other areas, below a 150 metres you can still expect between five and 15 centimetres of snow. that will affect the area widely if we get it. the good news is that this will come down in the middle of the night. the warning doesn't come on until night and the snow will be in the early hours, it does mean when people wake up tomorrow morning there could be a lot of snow in this area. the plus point is that it is a sunday

it goes up to northumberland and across to cumbria and those borders near scotland so a large area ofngland and some areas already getting snow. you mentioned that 40 getting snow. you mentioned that a0 centimetres of snow and there is concern that that will be in the pennines area, which is high up, but we are already seeing 12 centimetres of snow in beenleigh and ten centimetres in cambria. you can just see, if i show you my boot here that this has been saddling overnight and i can get my hand clearly into there. you can see the amount of snow falling here and it has been falling here and it has been falling like this for a good three orfour falling like this for a good three or four hours at now. the issues with the apples are beginning to ease as he mentioned in manchester and liverpool —— back of the airports are beginning to ease. now we are looking as disruption on the trains because where snow and ice levels on this land, and the trends that operate in, they find they cannot always get through. northern rail have got cancellations and delays are so you have got and down the so

and this last until midnight tonight and covers yorkshire but also up to northumberland and over to cumbriand, it has to be said, has gotten of weird to be said, has gotten of weird to be said, has gotten of weird to be light unlike the republic of ireland where 28,000 people are without power and they are trying to reconnect them there. do not forget, if you want to get the latest, we have a live page “p get the latest, we have a live page up and running on the bbc news website with the latest both from a team of correspondents around the country but also more critically, the bbc weather centre as well and they have the details of the forecast where you are. you can see here the snow is easing off by the snow is still on the ground certainly until those temperatures rise and is no such a rise back to you in the nice warm studio. has such a rise back to you in the nice warm studio.— such a rise back to you in the nice warm studio. as nikki were sa in: , nice warm studio. as nikki were saying. there — nice warm studio. as nikki were saying, there are _ nice warm studio. as nikki were saying,

0ne farmerfrom cumbria has made it his mission to restore what he says is a lost art, asjonathan swingler had their hands on, have challenged themselves and their friends to lift. you're linking yourself through the stone to history, and ijust find that fascinating. it's euphoric when you get it off the floor. you've challenged yourself, you've challenged the stone. callum has become obsessed with finding historical lifting stones. he's discovered one in someone's back garden in county durham. it's the first what you'd call a challenge stone that's been found in england. it's a lovely, 130kg lump that young men walking home from the pub would pass the blacksmiths and challenge each other to lift. we think potentially 1830s but it could well be older. the only person i ever knew who lifted it was my dad's brother, my uncle brian, in the late 605, but nobody had brother, my uncle brian, in the late '605, but nobody had ever lifted it until callum got in touch. i think it's important that these stories are told and not lost. 0ral history's important, but it is weird! my drive is to revive th

i am overnight and in cumbria, ten centimetres. iam in overnight and in cumbria, ten centimetres. i am in an amber warning area for snow, and this covers north yorkshire, west yorkshire, up to northumberland and over to cumbria. so it is a wide area that this alert is in force. it is in force until midnight tonight. the other amber warning is further down in the midlands, and that is for the snow and ice. but the temperatures are rising there. so the snow is melting. that of course brings its own problems, because if temperatures do get colder, it could freeze on the road. here in west yorkshire, they are a hardy lot and they have been out, out and about, people are getting onto the roads. it is up in the higher ground, particularly over the pennines, where they are worried that there could be up to 40 worried that there could be up to a0 centimetres of snow. that is a concern. 0ne to a0 centimetres of snow. that is a concern. one of the main roads that often get shut has been shut in that area. but the authority is keeping an eye, if the snow does continue to fall there. we can t

scotland and cumbria. there are weatherwarnings. i scotland and cumbria.hrough them. there is a yellow warning for snow and ice in northern scotland until midnight. a yellow warning for ice until 10.30 in southern england, south—east wales. weather warnings for snow and ice across western wales, north—west wales and south—west england. another in northern ireland. also a yellow warning for fog until nine o'clock in northern ireland and we are seeing flood warnings. 68 in england and three flood alerts in wales. we have the flooding around parts of the uk we have seen. tricky conditions. the advice is to stick to main roads and i will show you why. you might be able to see the high street here. it has been gritted. it is easier to get around on main roads but on the side roads, still a lot of snow and ice. if you are going out, stick to the main roads and do take care. the foreign secretary, david lammy, will today announce plans for new sanctions targeting people—smuggling gangs. asset freezes and travel bans could be imposed on gang members, as well as fi

so northumberland, overto cumbria.re not out of the woods yet, there is a concern about tomorrow morning, because you can see the rain is falling. if it is icy conditions overnight, temperatures go below freezing, when people wake up in the morning, roads like this might well be very icy and could turn into a bit of a ice skating rink. being a sunday, that hasn't been that much traffic but tomorrow is monday and people will be making their way to work. so they are concerned about the conditions in the morning, the gritting lorries will be out trying to prevent that from happening overnight. when it comes to public transport, there has been major disruption, national rail issued a do not travel alert for northern, also transpenine express have had cancellations. lner has said the passengers if they have a ticket it will be valid tomorrow. they have also been issues with scotrail. when it comes to the airports, the three main airports that were shut are now open but there is still a backlog of passengers trying to catch

if you're about to step out, cold spots in cumbria, not far from step out, cold spots in cumbria, notfrom penrith. widely the well below freezing in scotland, northern ireland and northern parts of england. temperatures four cell seasoned southern counties of the uk. showers in northern ireland, eastern england. rain, snow and sleet. snow flurries in northern scotland. for many, you will avoid them, staying dry all day long. southern scotland and much of england and wales will state sunny. early cloud in the south—east corner gradually departing as well. there could be snow on the north yorkshire moors later. temperatures are around one to five celsius. it will feel even colder than that when you step out this afternoon thanks to the breeze. —4 to —6 in the north of scotland. over 90 frost will return. an ice risk again. rain, sleet and snow into northern ireland, northern part of again. more cloud around. that will live temperatures overnight. to the north of it, —5 in northern scotland, —6 in northern ireland and south wales. more details in half an hour. thank you. the time now is

much of the uk endured below freezing temperatures overnight, dropping to —11 in the shap and cumbriaw recording minus five degrees. football matches have been postponed today due to the cold snap as it plays havoc with fixtures. meanwhile, in derbyshire, gritters were stopped from working by 200 parked cars in the near in the scenic route near edale. the county council turned to social media , asking visitors to the media, asking visitors to the peak district to please move your car. those are your latest headlines. i'll have more in just an hour 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. >> cheers very much will. it's saturday night my friends, and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show, but. well, actually, before i get to this, i do want to say that i don't know if you heard, but someone's phone went off during that. my perfect intro there. i must say, i thought that was a very good one, and it was ruined by the leftist on the pa

much of the uk endured below freezing temperatures overnight, dropping to —11 in shap and cumbria, withng minus five now in sport. david moyes has been appointed everton manager for the second time following the departure of sean dyche. moyes spent 11 years at goodison park before leaving to replace sir alex ferguson at manchester united in 2013, and has been out of work since departing west ham in the summer. the 61 year old returns with the toffees hovering a single point above the relegation zone. the first game of his second spell in charge is on wednesday, and sam moore, who sang soul man and other 1960s hits in the legendary sam and dave duo, has died at the age of 89. moore, who influenced musicians including michael jackson, ai including michael jackson, al green and bruce springsteen, died yesterday in florida due to complications while recovering from surgery, according to his publicist. moore was inducted with dave prater, who died in 1988, in a car crash into the rock n roll hall of fame. in 1992. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more news from me in an ho

much of the uk endured below freezing temperatures overnight, dropping to —11 in shap and cumbria, withording minus five degrees. those are your latest headunes degrees. those are your latest headlines for now. i'll have more in half an hour 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. >> good afternoon and welcome to gb news. we are britain's news channel. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio now. coming up, rachel reeves says there's no choice but to engage with china as she seeks to restart britain's formal economic relationship with the nation. some may say that she's running away. remember that song, bob marley? you're running and running away, but you can't run away from yourself. then for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking, should rachel reeves actually be in china? whilst the poundis actually be in china? whilst the pound is plummeting, the poll is live on the gb news website. please head over there. vote now. nigel farage will be speaking live from reform uk'

much of the uk endured below freezing temperatures overnight, dropping to —11 in shap in cumbria, withg minus five. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, it's back to dawn. >> thank you very much, tatiana. okay. and thank you for your company this afternoon. you don't want to move a muscle because we have got a packed show coming up for you for the next three hours covering everything that you want to talk about. and lots of you are already getting in touch. so remember, it's your show. do get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay. right. let's get straight into today's story, shall we? the pressure has piled onto reform leader nigel farage after he waded into the row over shamima begum, reportedly saying in an interview that the government should consider letting the isis bride back into the uk. he says inever bride back into the uk. he says i never wanted to. i've instinctively never wanted to, but i'm now thoughtful. i'm thoughtful. i don't classify classify her as an isis, all our isis killer. she's sort of less she is a lesser part of the equation. that, of course, comes after d

tom, associate professor of para medicine at the university of cumbria. how are you doing?ank you. how do we take the pressure off? ~ , . off? well, it is tricky. i think a _ off? well, it is tricky. i think a number- off? well, it is tricky. i think a number of- off? well, it is tricky. i. think a number of people off? well, it is tricky. i- think a number of people have mentioned it, it is like a conveyor belt. anything impacts back into the hospital service and into a&e departments and back into the ambulance service. at any single point you can change the capacity. but some of the challenges are not being able to discharge patients out of hospitals. answered a&e is the epicentre of chaos. it answered a&e is the epicentre of chaos. , ., ., , ., of chaos. it is the doors into the hospital, _ of chaos. it is the doors into the hospital, the _ of chaos. it is the doors into the hospital, the entrance i of chaos. it is the doors into l the hospital, the entrance and everything has an impact there i gets blocked up.— i gets blocked up. what about secialist i gets blocked up.

wide area across west yorkshire, going up towards northumberland and hexham, across to carlisle and cumbriaues, and there are concerns about relate severe snow, particularly in the higher areas of the penn nines, which could see up to a0 cm of snow. even areas that winners and a 50 metres i could see up to 5-15 and a 50 metres i could see up to 5—15 cm. here, i am in the headingley area and i checked on the bbc weather app and it is predicting heavy snow here at around 3am in the morning, and that is the point with this alert. the laws of the student will be in the middle of the night, so it is when people wake up on sunday morning, they will probably find that their area might be covered in snow, itjust depends how much snow we get. the good news is because it is not a work day, not a lots of people it will be heading to work, so the authorities are hope that that that will mean there are less issues on the road, but certainly, as we were driving up certainly, as we were driving up the m1 certainly,