navtej johal is at east midlands airport. he sign behind and somebody coming out with cases but it's a — but is there much sign of flights? it's been a miserable scene here at east midlands airport throughout the day. it's really borne the brunt of the travel disruption here in the east midlands. there was a family i was speaking to earlier arrived at around 7. 30 for a 9. 30 flight and have been waiting over six hours, they can't leave until thursday for their home in france where they're originally from. that's really been the case here because of the snow that fell earlier this morning around seven when it arrived. it's caused the runway to be closed at east midlands airport. we are expecting more news to come later from east midlands airport about what's going to be happening in the next few hours. across in the west midlands, in birmingham, the birmingham airport, the flights have been cancelled there as well, flights suspended. we have learned over half an hour or so that the airfield is being cleared and they're expecti

meanwhile, here at midlands airport, the first flight at midlands airport, the first flight which we expect to leave at any moment now from eastfor the last eight hours or so airport for the last eight hours or so is going to either lanzarote or tenerife. either way, it so is going to either lanzarote or tenerife. eitherway, it will so is going to either lanzarote or tenerife. either way, it will be a lot warmer than what we have experienced here throughout the course of the day. i was just give other, with temperature starting to drop dramatically, since we have lasts well into you, dusk has arrived, i imagine you're feeling it. i hope you have not become rooted to the spot! yet managed to get inside for at least a visa, t. what about the airport for the next couple of hours, presumably falling temperatures after snow and rain, potentially mean ice, some freezing conditions. and of course we heard it one of your interviewees say she couldn't get a fight before thursday, we are into winter timetables, presumably flights to some of these places are a lot less frequent and a book for you at the disruption. absolutely. they have

navtej johal is at east midlands airport. the latest, where we spoke to your narrow, there was no sign of any movement buddy ralph for their be an announcement in another hour from now? —— but you were hopeful there would be an announcement? there has been some movement here at east midlands airport, they're expecting flights to resume relatively shortly. but it has been a fairly miserable scene today, the snow started falling here at around seven this morning and it has remained pretty heavy and persistent throughout. it is still falling around me, as you can see. we are a0 had 5-10 around me, as you can see. we are a0 had 5—10 centimetres fall in the east midlands today and the airport has grown the brunt of that weather. it is meant plenty disrupted, plenty of flights cancelled, no flights have arrived or left since about quarter to eight this morning. and that has met a lot of disappointed travellers behind me in the departures lounge and earlier today, i was speaking to some of them was very annoyed, very frustrated.” ar

our reporter at the east midlands airport. not start your journey until you airport. the advice is do not start yourjourney until you know or you are told that your flight is going ahead. that does not include being cancelled as you get to the airport, conditions can change. i should bring you an update, i mentioned sta nsted, we bring you an update, i mentioned stansted, we had a statementjust before the top of the hour, about eight or nine minutes ago from the airport press office saying they do not have an exact number of flights that have been cancelled but they think it is around 50 today and there may yet be some further cancellations this evening. it said passengers should check their status with the airline before travelling and if their flight is cancelled then they should not travel to sta nsted. then they should not travel to stansted. that then they should not travel to sta nsted. that is then they should not travel to stansted. that is the current situation. stansted stansted. that is the current situation. sta ns

it has been a miserable day for people flying to and from airports in the midlands, both birmingham airport and the easted for the majority of the day. here, the situation has improved and earlier, birmingham airport opened but both have warned of a backlog of cancelled flights meaning there will be delays. here you can see the queue of people waiting to find out what will happen. one of the passengers who has been affected is daniel who is originally from spain but lives in sheffield. you knew about the weather situation and you take extra precautions. last night we arranged a hotel and we spent the night there to make sure we were here in the morning just to see what happens. we have been checking for updates, our flight was at ten past five, nothing has been said until around a quarter to four that the flight had been delayed. all of the flights there have been warnings and notifications, but not ours, ours kept saying everything was fine. and then at a quarter to four, after the security checks, we got told it was cancelled. by the time we had been cancelled, other passengers, from other companies,

also east midlands airport announcing this morning that there have been delays to flights in and out irport and the ru nway and out of the airport and the runway has also been closed temporarily too. also derbyshire police in the last couple of hours have been telling people to stay at home if you can. if you are travelling take it slow as well. it's been snowing probably about five centimetres or so of snowfall so five centimetres or so of snowfall so far, we are expecting it to ease this afternoon. plenty of people enjoying the snow here, including one family who have come down from a couple of miles down the road. let's have a word with dad first. why did you want to come here today? to bring the kids sledging, they've never done it before, it was a good opportunity. gracie, you have been very excited about the snow. what do you make of it, when you saw it what did you think? i... so excited it's becoming too much to talk about to us. becoming too much to talk about to us. mum as well, let's have a word with yourself. what did you make of the snow this morning bringing kids out her

airports. give us the picture on flight nationally. it is getting worse i'm afraid. east midlandsairportare worse i'm afraid. east midlands and birmingham airport are hoping to openin birmingham airport are hoping to open in about half an hour. they are showing they have got arrivals coming in. whether that goes ahead, we do not know. meanwhile, stansted airport is where the large numbers of passengers will be affected. they are currently closed at the moment. because this is ryanair‘s main base across europe it means the airline cancels flights as soon as disruption is happening. there are already dozens of cancellations to and from italy, germany, poland, and asa and from italy, germany, poland, and as a result tens of thousands of passengers are likely to find themselves out of position. it is now affecting europe's busiest airport, heathrow, with long delays and some cancellations although not all of them are because of problems with the weather here. a lot of them are to do with conditions on the continent, particularly in amsterdam. wherever you are going by air, be prepared

airport but are unable to dock with the terminal. elsewhere a further 50 flights have been cancelled at stansted and flights at birmingham international, east midlands belfast international airports have been affected. a number of motorways and a roads, including the mi and mao have been dealing with temporary closures due to numerous breakdowns and collisions. rail lines have also been impacted — a landslide has halted crosscountry train services between birmingham and bristol for the rest of the day. electricity supplier sse says up to 2a,000 homes in 0xfordshire, berkshire and wiltshire are without power. and school closures have already been confirmed for monday across worcestershire, walsall and shropshire, due to the snow. with all the latest now on the impact the bad weather is our correspondent richard lister. few people this far south had expected to see snow when they woke up expected to see snow when they woke up and they expected proroguing did not expect it to hang around as long as it did. the roads are slushy and pavements are slippery. getting anywhere where it has snowed has been something of a treacherous ordealfor many. been somet

unhappy passengers at east midlands airport. a bit frustrated.told us when we checked in that the flight told us when we checked in that the flight was cancelled. we've been waiting around for six or seven hours. a p&0 ferry ran aground in calais due to high winds. no one was hurt and it was refloated, but this was a day to stay at home. listened to me! where we live, we never get any si'iow. to me! where we live, we never get any snow. just sleet. to me! where we live, we never get any snow. just sleet. i like snow because you can make snow angels and snowmen, and i find it really fun. and maybe do some of this. it's been a great day for snowmen, sledging and snowballs, but what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at rush hour. gritters are out in force as the roads ice up, ready for a difficult day tomorrow. the met office says for the next 2a hours you've got to watch out for the ice. in some places, it is still snowing, which means that the rush—hour tomorrow morning could be dreadful in places. you r

east midlands. it looks pretty, wintry, seasonal, but it has been causing disruption. at birmingham airportts are suspended temporarily and at the east midlands airport, the runway has been shut temporarily until at least midday with inbound and outbound flights delayed. they are telling passengers to be wary of back and make adjustments to their journeys accordingly. we are expecting snow to continue falling, just a couple of centimetres at the moment, but getting heavier all the time and expecting it to continue falling until late afternoon. we know there have been warnings to drivers. how sort of slippery is it where you are? and has been falling for the last couple of hours, when we first woke up, there was a light dusting, but we we re up, there was a light dusting, but we were slipping a little bit. fine about 2—3 centimetres, but we're spectre in 5—10 with more on higher ground later throughout the day. thank you very much indeed. get inside and get some cover and a warm cup of drever sublets go back to wales. —— let's go back to wales. topped was macro about conditions there, becaus

unhappy passengers at east midlands airport. a bit frustrated.ked in that the flight was cancelled. we've been waiting around for six, seven hours. a p&0 ferry with 300 passengers on board ran aground in calais due to high winds. no one was hurt and it was refloated, but this was a day to stay at home. listen to me! where we live, we never get any snow. just sleet. i like snow because you can make snow angels and snowmen, and i find it really fun. and maybe do some of this. it's been a great day for snowmen, sledging and snowballs, but what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at rush hour. gritters are out in force as the roads ice up, ready for a difficult day tomorrow. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come... why the winner of the nobel peace price believes the world could be just a moment of panic away from nuclear war. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. protests continue against president trump's re

and there were unhappy passengers at east midlands airport too. a bit frustrated. lot of wasted time this morning. they could have told us when we checked in that the flight was cancelled. we've been waiting around for about six, seven hours. a p&o ferry with 300 passengers on board ran aground in calais due to high winds. no one was hurt and it was refloated, but this was a day to stay at home... and maybe do some of this — skiing in shropshire... snowmen, sledging and snowballs in nottingham. but what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at rush hour. gritters will be out in force through the night, preparing for another difficult day to come. richard, the forecast for tomorrow is not looking good for travellers? it certainly isn't. this far south, most people did not expect this amount of snow. on the ground, much of it is still here. the pavements are slippery, the roads are slippery. it will make for a treacherous commute tomorrow. and the temperatures are falling. the met office has said that eyes will bea met office

and there were unhappy passengers at east midlands airport as well. bit frustrated.ed in that the flight was cancelled. we have been cancelled so we have been waiting around for about six or seven hours. a p&0 ferry with 300 passengers on board ran aboard in calais because of high winds. no—one was hurt and was refloated. this was a day to stay at home. and do some of this — skiing in shropshire. snowmen, sledging, and snowballs in nottingham. but what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at rush hour. gritters will be out in force through the night preparing for another difficult day to come. richard lister, bbc news, beaconsfield. across northern europe heavy snow and sub 02 bridges grounded hundreds of flights. jimmy's busiest airport, frankfurt, was one of the worst affected —— germany's busiest airport. despite the attempt to clear the runway and the ice aircraft, 300 flights were cancelled, stranding hundreds of passengers. from the airy look magical. this is in the netherlands. blanketed by a thick low of snow. —— laye

and there were unhappy passengers at east midlands airport, too. a bit frustrated.in that the flight was cancelled. we've been waiting around for about six, seven hours. a p&0 ferry with 300 passengers on board ran aground in calais due to high winds. no—one was hurt, and it was refloated, but this was a day to stay at home. and maybe do some of this — skiing in shropshire. snowmen, sledging and snowballs in nottingham. but what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at rush hour. gritters will be out in force through the night, preparing for another difficult day to come. sharanjit, the temperature in london is just above freezing. the snow was so bad that some members of our production team were unable to get into work. i'm going to regret asking but what's the weather like in singapore? well as you can see behind me with the singapore skyline, it will be a lovely sunny day, a balmy 26 degrees, but i have to admit some of us degrees, but i have to admit some of us have got a little bit of snow envy. you have been watching ne

and east midlands airport where inbound and outbound flights have been delayed and the runway has beenorarily until at least midday. we expect more snow to fall across the region throughout the afternoon until around 3pm, but plenty of people enjoying it so it has not been bad news for everyone. thank you very much indeed. as you may expect, the snow is bringing some travel disruption. here to tell us more is the independent‘s travel editor simon calder. where are the worst problem so far? when they first materialised this morning, it was at the airport ‘s, in particular birmingham airports where a large number of aircraft we re where a large number of aircraft were diverted and people flying in on ryanairfrom were diverted and people flying in on rya nair from barcelona were diverted and people flying in on ryanairfrom barcelona find themselves landing in edinburgh, so that will be an interesting journey getting home from there. we've had diversions from barbados, people ending up in gatwick, and other people not being where they need to be. east midlands is also closed and it isa be.

and there were unhappy passengers at east midlands airport as well. frustrated.hat the flight told us when we checked in that the flight was cancelled. we have been cancelled so we have been waiting around for about six or seven hours. ap and a ferry with 300 passengers on board ran aboard in calais because of high winds. p&0. it was refloated. this was a day to stay at home. and do some of this, skiing in shropshire. snowman, sledging, and snowballs in nottingham. what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at rush hour. dresses will be out in force through the night preparing for another difficult day to come —— gritters. this far south most people had not expected this amount of snow. you look around and much of it is still here. the pavements are slippery, the rows are slippery, it will make for a treacherous commute tomorrow. the temperatures are falling. the met 0ffice temperatures are falling. the met office has said that ice will be a major hazard until about lunchtime tomorrow for much of the country. it hasissued t

as we heard, also problems at stanstead, luton, birmingham and east midlands airports.ms for air travellers. what about railways? well, again, across the midlands almost nothing is running to time. very little is running at all. west midlands railway and london north western railway, first day of the new franchises today, they've said do in the travel and now we have problems on the east coast main line, that's from edinburgh, newcastle, york, leeds, down to london kings cross. a raft of problems, including bad weather and overrunning engineering works is causing problems on that line. again the message is don't travel unless you absolutely have to. 0n the roads, well, it's getting worse by the minute. the police are putting out messages saying do not drive unless you have to. if you are driving don't speed, because many of the problems we are seeing now are due to accidents caused by excessive speed and that's jamming up the whole system. we were seeing pictures of the m25. cars moving very gingerly, obviously, treacherous conditions on motorways. certainly. and a numb

and there were unhappy passengers at east midlands airport too. a bit frustrated.f wasted time this morning. they could have told us when we checked in that the flight was cancelled. we've been waiting around for about six, seven hours. a p&0 ferry with 300 passengers on board ran aground in calais due to high winds. no—one was hurt and it was refloated, but this was a day to stay at home. and maybe do some of this — skiing in shropshire. snowmen, sledging and snowballs in nottingham. but what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at rush hour. gritters will be out in force through the night, preparing for another difficult day to come. a little earlier i spoke to nigel simon who landed at heathrow airport earlier this afternoon on a flight from vienna. when we spoke at 8pm he was still waiting for his bags. i meant to have arrived on thursday. we eventually arrived and waited on the tarmac for 1.5 hours and we still haven't got our bags. we are already 7.5 hours late and no bags at all. must be very frustrating. what have y

one hesitate to ask, but i do not know if you are catching a flight to east midlands airport, but youks likelj midlands airport, but you will not get there soon, it looks like. i am working on getting back to the airport and then back to the cambridge area. depending on how long this goes, i might have to go back to cambridge later on today. it all depends on what time this gets fixed. we are grateful to you for taking the time to talk to us and sending those photographs. we wish you a safe journey whether it is to the airport also foamed. simon, a lorry driver. —— airport or home. we will talk to experts after seven o'clock on breakfast this morning about it. it is not snowing in australia. it has been quite worn down there. things are heating up, i can tell you. england are delighted to say it is the second day and it has been going their way. a bit too little, too late. i thought you would say that. debutant tom, to ta ke would say that. debutant tom, to take out captain, steve smith, an incredible day for him. fingers crossed it will continue. steve smith fell for 78. that set out

east midlands airport was one of those who had problems. problems at birmingham and at heathrow.where there is lots of lying snow. the trains are also advising people to check before they travel but most of the services seem to be able to run, although with delays. one of the things, of course, which i mentioned, i suspect lots of people will be out enjoying it today because the schools are closed. it has not snowed in this part of the country this much for seven years now. so it is a rare day. although a lot of schools are closed, my daughter at‘s is open, so she was rather grumpy today and she will have to avoid the snow and avoid sitting on the sofa in front of the fire, she will have to fight her way in. thank you for that thought. now, we will continue to look at this subject. if you thought the snow caused traffic problems yesterday, imagine what it can do to a monday morning rush hour. frank bird is from highways england, which is tasked with keeping the roads moving. he's at their headquarters in birmingham and we can speak to him now. ican i can see clearly some of the t

heathrow, gatwick, the east midlands, manchester airport may experience some problems.rther north and west. —— less cold. as we move into how pleasure it will weaken oat so not much on this area of cloud and patchy rain as it moves further south across scotla nd as it moves further south across scotland and northern ireland and northern england, some may see not much rain at all. southern areas staying quite cloudy on wednesday and towards the north of that weather front in scotland and northern ireland that should be sunny spells developing. you can find more details on the website but for now, take care with the fall, especially tomorrow morning. —— take ca re especially tomorrow morning. —— take care with the fog. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. the iranian refugee murdered by his neighbour — a review finds the police and council showed institutional racism in the years before his death. we have been shocked to see that all these years institutional racism is still existing. a review of building regulations following the grenfell

airports. if this area expands into the east midlands, you have a lot of big airports and busy travellers at thise advice is to get in touch with your airline the first thing in the morning to see if there any delays. it will be tricky tomorrow morning. what will it be like for the rest of the country? not everybody will get the fog, but to reiterate, central southern and eastern parts of england, that is will really get the fog through tonight and tomorrow. this is the picture around 6:00am, fog forming already. it is a cold evening. what about further north—west? there is more breeze off the atlantic, i don't go be too many for problems. i know you can see some patches of white, that is generally low cloud, mist and drizzle. i think belfast and glasgow should not have too many problems. a temperature contrast, well above freezing in the north but freezing across the south. the fog tomorrow morning, around 6:00am, central and southern england, the airports around london city. elsewhere across the country, just if you fog patches here and there. a weather front is approaching north—western scotla

east. dense fog patches tomorrow in the midlands, east anglia, in southern england. it is an important week for pre—christmas travel. some airports and western wales and northern ireland. most will have a dry day. bright breaks in the east of the high ground of scotland and northern ireland. that brings temperatures tomorrow. 3—4 in rural areas. sunshine in the north—east of the country. 14—15. somewhere in between. fog could be back again on tuesday night in the south—east of the country thanks to high pressure. light rain in scotland and northern ireland. that will push into parts of northern england, north and west wales as well. light and patchy rain. the country is split into. mild towards the south and east. rather grey. rain in the forecast, but not much. light winds will cause a problem in england and wales. overnight, dense fog patches forming. you will not be able to see more than a kilometre? there you go. the latest series of david attenborough‘s blue planet shocked the nation by showing the amount of plastic in our oceans and the harm it is doing to marine life. we have talked about it a lot. now, the environment sec

airports. particularly the midlands, east anglia and the south of england. y before you head out. that fog will lingerfor a good part of the day. there will be some good sunny breaks. sunshine breaking through the cloud for north—east scotland. part of antrim, north—east england, too. otherwise, cloudier in the west. patchy rain or drizzle on the west. patchy rain or drizzle on the hills. if you do get the sunshine, 1a, 15 degrees possible in the moray firth. three or 4 degrees we re the moray firth. three or 4 degrees were the fog lingers. into tuesday night, the rain spreads across scotla nd night, the rain spreads across scotland and northern ireland, allowing clearer conditions and brighter weather for the allowing clearer conditions and brighter weatherfor the middle allowing clearer conditions and brighter weather for the middle part of the week. freddie gray in england and wales. not a huge amount of sunshine. dense fog here and there. overall it will be a mild day. patchy rain and drizzle into northern england, north and west wales. this week and not

midlands towards the south—east and we are going to find most of that fog as well. it's not only going to cause problems for motorists, but there may well be from travel disruption in the airports manchester airport. keep up—to—date on bbc local radio. a tricky start the morning tomorrow, a lot of fog around, it will lift for most areas. as cloud continues to come in from the west, there may well be more fog over higher ground. lots of much towards the north—west, some rain in the far north—west of scotland, there will be some sunshine in moray firth and temperatures reaching 1a degrees. we may see temperatures getting close to double figures across western fringes of england and wales. after default lists, temperatures are slow to rise to the midlands, we could see sunshine in east anglia and the south—east but there may also be fog patches lingering and making it feel quite cold. a range of temperatures through the day. not as much for during tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, more in the way of cloud. rather misty and murky. this band of rain coming southwards across scotla nd rain coming southwards across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures at about six or 7 degre

airports as well. gradually, most of that fog will left as cloud rose over the top from the west. some areas, east midlands quite as dense. not as foggy across southern areas overnight, this band of rain moves southwards across scotland and northern ireland. ahead of it, we will find temperatures four or 5 degrees, chilly in the north of scotland. once that band of rain has cleared through. this weather front is very weak, it will get stuck eventually on wednesday across northern england and wales, both of that, milder conditions on wednesday, cloudy conditions to be nice if we do get sunshine in northern scotland it is because we are in colderair, northern scotland it is because we are in colder air, but only briefly. the weather front still hangs around the uk overnight and into thursday, a little bit further so that the stage are heading that way during the day on thursday, a loving my sunshine to develop across scotland, northern ireland, possibly england into the midlands and north wales. cloudy and damp across the south. that weather system gets swallowed up that weather system gets swallowed up by t

east midlands through warwickshire and the leicestershire digitally badly affected overnight. western power has began to get some of them back on this morning but a lot will be cut up right through until this evening. birmingham airportclosed overnight for about one hour and a half because of snow on the runway, they have clear that. there are no further problems there today, but it did mean, much like it sta nsted, but it did mean, much like it stansted, some but it did mean, much like it sta nsted, some flights but it did mean, much like it stansted, some flights had to be diverted this morning. you were asking about the weather to come. when we get those forecasts in, it looks horrible, not for snow but the rain. there are already flood warnings and flood alerts, the ground will be saturated because of the melting snow on the weekend, so will you be thinking more about getting our wellies on rather than hats on grass. we were told about this weather, but you have the sense that people were still caught out? i left this morning at 7:00am and they we re left this morning at 7:00am and they were gritting at that time, and i thought was too late? the thing with snow it is difficult to forecast exactly where and when.

airports in that error. west midlands never cleared away in strategy. the mixture of low cloud, increasing cloud, hillfort. maybe a touch of frost in the south—east.s will stay foggy. potentially some sunshine and possibly for degrees. it could be 14 degrees in the moray coast. overnight and into wednesday, getting started in northern england and wales. not as faulty in the south. it will be mild. —— not as foggy. we are packing up at the end of this vital summit we are packing up at the end of this vitalsummit in we are packing up at the end of this vital summit in brussels. what is happening next is our faces are on your tv for brexit discussion. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: a train derails from a bridge onto a busy road below in the us state of washington. the county sheriff says there are multiple fatalities, and about 80 people have been taken to hospital. an inquiry into the murder ofan iranian refugee finds evidence of institutional racism by bristol's police and city council. bijan ebrahimi was beaten to death by a neighbour injuly 2013. theresa may says there can never be a place for threats and intimidation in politics after a

much of the midlands, east anglia and southern england are dry and bright but frosty start, but there are those dense patches of fog causing a few issues at heathrow airportof rain to anglesey. a dry start in northern england and some dense patches of fog in and around the vale of york. murky over the hills, especially northern ireland and the higher ground of scotland. some patchy rain and drizzle here and there. pushing into cumbria through there. pushing into cumbria through the morning. the weather still be the morning. the weather still be the hebrides as the wind picks up and the rain turns more persistent later on. a lot of cloud compared with yesterday. even if we don't shift some of the fog across the south—east, many will see the sunshine breakthrough. temperatures only in mid— single figures compared with what we could see, 1a or 15 around the murray first thanks to south—westerly winds and a bit of brightness throughout the second half of the day. the wind will pick up half of the day. the wind will pick up across half of the day. the wind will pick up across scotland and northern ireland, turning wet of the many for a time overnight. the odd