frankie mccamley reports.ving up, neither did those trying to clear it away and keep traffic moving. but with strong winds causing blizzard conditions, here in devon driving became difficult, some struggling to keep control. in newcastle for those just trying to leave the house, it wasn't an easy task. i have been here for a good hour and i have done about a quarter of this road so i'm making headway. we are not equipped for the snow, it is not like when you live abroad and you have a lot of snow. i think some other problem is the drivers, i don't think it has been too bad. railway stations across the country have also seen delays. in newbury, all trains were stopped in their tracks, staff doing what they can to help, and as snow hit the south west, bristol airport stopped flights this morning with exeter cancelling flights for the rest of the day. even for those wanting to brave the weather and support their local team, football and rugby fixtures were called off, including the anglo welsh cup final at glouce

frankie mccamley, bbc news, west yorkshire.n called back before a committee of mps. they believe alexander nix has fresh questions to answer about the way his company used the personal details of up to 50 million facebook users. the personal details of up the social media giant will also be asked to appear. both deny any wrong doing. will also be asked to appear. here‘s our business correspondent joe lynam. the correspondentjoe lynam. idea that all women sho receive the idea that all women should receive the same message... meet alexander nix, he is the eton educated boss of the data mining company cambridge analytica, which specialises in something called psycho graphics. that is an understanding of your personality, because it‘s personality that drives behaviour and behaviour that obviously influences how you vote. but now a committee of mps thinks he might have given parliament false state m e nts might have given parliament false statements about what his company did with millions of facebook profiles. he has been recalled

drivers are being urged to be prepared before setting out on journeys. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley near wakefield in west yorkshire. there have been sporadic snow showers are throughout the day and the snow does seem to be staying care, especially going into the evening. you can't see behind me a lot of the snow on higher ground has stuck. temperatures today have dipped into around —3 in north yorkshire. the met office and say with these heavy winds of up to 70 miles an hour in some places, that could feel like it is going down to -8 could feel like it is going down to —8 and —9 overnight. there are amber weather warnings in place across the northwest, the midlands, london and the southeast. further amber warnings are coming into placed in the southwest and south wales. into sunday morning. there has been a lot of disruption, planes, heathrow has had to cancel a hundred flights today. we understand that has affected around 1500 people. also on the roads in cumbria, there has been a12 the roads in cumbria, there has been a 12 car accident in the snow on the 866. there've also been a

our correspondent frankie mccamley is in lofthouse near wakefield in west yorkshire.wn. describe how it is out there, despite this might grow apart from cold. it is very cold, the snow has been coming down. it has been coming down in sporadic showers, 15 minutes on and then you would see sunshine. it is starting to stick and with their winds on top of that. an idea of how cold it is filling, around three miles from here, the met office is saying it will feel in wakefield at around —8 and overnight that will drop to minus nine. there are amber warnings that will drop to minus nine. there are amberwarnings in that will drop to minus nine. there are amber warnings in place across north yorkshire as well as in the midlands, london and the south—east. that means if you are on lower ground, there will be about three centimetres of snow and on higher ground up to 15 centimetres. you can see the snow is sticking and that will be coming down overnight. police are advising people here to avoid the higher roads especially the trans—pennine road. you may remember, when the beast

frankie mccamley, bbc news in westminster. —— in west yorkshire. the headlines.a of stockpiling the nerve agent thought to have been used on a former spy and his daughter in salisbury. travel disruption and school closures in the south—west of england as wales as the so—called mini beast from the east brings snow and ice to much of the uk. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's james pearce. chelsea are through to the fa cup semi—finals after pedro scored in extra—time to give them a 2—1win against leicester at the king power stadium. chelsea took the lead just before half—time when willian broke free and found alvaro morata, who scored his first goal of the year. leicester's equaliser came a quarter of an hour before the end. jamie vardy bundling the ball home, to take the tie into extra time. but it was chelsea who ended up celebrating. it was pedro who scored the winner at the end of the first period of extra time. it's chelsea's tenth fa cup semifinal in 18 years. we must be pleased, because also i saw a good performance, great

uk overnight as a cold snap dubbed the mini—beast from the east sweeps in. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamleyoesn't look too bad but it does look windy there. tell us more. it might not look too bad but it is snowing quite hard now. we have had sporadic snow showers throughout the day. it is quite interesting that that 15 minutes there has been heavy snow and then it stopped and then use all the sunshine. 0n snow and then it stopped and then use all the sunshine. on top of that there are high winds so it feels extremely cold. the met office says in wakefield a few miles from where we are it is going to feel about minus eight. that gives you a sense of how cold it is out here for us at the moment. we are being told of amber warnings the moment. we are being told of amberwarnings in the moment. we are being told of amber warnings in place tonight and tomorrow so that is across the north west and in the midlands and london in the south—east and in the lower ground you could expect about three centimetres of snow but then in the higher ground it could be 15. west yorkshire police are saying to av