here in leicestershire _ that £21» million hero.ero. here in leicestershire you have the - that £21» million hero. here in | leicestershire you have the one severe warning, which means there is a danger to life. that is just a few moments up the road from here. isjust a few moments up the road from here.— isjust a few moments up the road from here. that is also in my constituency. _ road from here. that is also in my constituency. anyone - road from here. that is also in i my constituency. anyone around the area — my constituency. anyone around the area watching today, please follow _ the area watching today, please follow the advice and call 999 if there — follow the advice and call 999 if there is an immediate risk to harm _ if there is an immediate risk to harm i_ if there is an immediate risk to harm. i would like to thank all the — to harm. i would like to thank all the emergency services and local_ all the emergency services and local authorities for all the work— local authorities for all the work we _ local authorities for a

navteonhal, bbc news, leicestershire. north of england and in wales, it's another day of heavy snowfall that's been causing disruption. danny savage has more from north yorkshire. after more than 2a hours of heavy snowfall, it was tough out on the pennine hills today. on a b—road above wharfedale, some cars struggled to get through. so we all got out and pushed him up, which then allowed the gritter to finally come through. lots of high roads were in a similar state across a wide area of northern england and southern scotland. spare a thought, though, for hill farmers. michael was crisscrossing the valleys around malham today, feeding his flock, most of which are expected to lamb next month. he was rescuing some of them from drifts, too. quite rough, really. very cold, very rough and very... and while the winds got up, it makes it a lot worse, obviously, because it's blowing the snow into drifts and then the sheep are under the drifts and you've got to get them out. so have you been digging your sheep out? just several th

large parts of the leicestershire and lincolnshire countryside are under water this morning.ounties, fire services have declared major incidents. my friend is coming. dozens of people have been rescued from cars and houses, as heavy rain and melting snow caused rivers to burst their banks. there are almost 200 flood warnings still in place across england, and one severe warning, meaning danger to life at this caravan park near barrow upon soar in leicestershire. east midlands ambulance service has for the first time declared a critical incident, saying flooding has significantly added to existing pressures of patient demand and a lack of beds in local hospitals. 50 children at ednam primary school in lincolnshire had to be driven to safety by volunteers, after their school was cut off by the rising water. two inches of water in here. this is everything we'd bought from last year's flood that still hasn't been fitted yet. for many, like tom, who has twin three month old daughters, today will be about assessing the damage and starting to clean up. although the forecast is for d

let's return now to leicestershire where we can speak to our correspondent kasia madera.are coinu. , , , coping. this is the very picturesque _ coping. this is the very picturesque and - coping. this is the very i picturesque and beautiful village of quorn, but behind me, it's not a high street right now. we've seen people in waders and wellies trying to get across and what they are looking up, they are expecting what has happened with the white horse, the beloved local pub which only last whi

she'd got into trouble in the leicestershire village of great glen this morning, a place hit hard byt doesn't make any. how are you? oh, my gosh. how are you feeling? oh, no. i'm good. yeah. that's fifth time. fifth time you've changed clothes?! and this is the man being hailed as a hero. he owns the now flooded pub next to where the rescue took place. what was going through your head? because that was a potentially very dangerous thing to do. i wasjust thinking, like, get that person out from there. that's what i was thinking only. so i thought nothing. i thoughtjust to grab. if you stay there another 15, 20 minutes, she would die or she would pass away. she said she said that if you. hadn�*t, if. you hadn't rescued her, that if you another 15, 20 minutes later, hadn't rescued her, she might have died. another 15, 20 minutes later, she might have died? yeah. the woman, who's asked to remain anonymous, says she's now fine and has thanked jemmy and other local residents for their help. were you scared? not at all. absolutely no fear. fearless. no, i've got no fear. no. were you even t

but rutland in leicestershire has been declared a major incident according to the fire brigade, who say 200 calls this morning to rescue people from stranded vehicles and flooded homes. 17 people rescued so far. you can see the extent of the flooding into fields and so forth from these live pictures coming to us. there is a qr code on the screens for the viewers in the uk if you want to get right up to date with the bbc on what is happening. ben rachel will be in the studio with me shortly to talk about the snow in the states as well. let's just keep with these pictures are for a few moments. you can see some vehicles moving on the roads but unfortunately, we don't have that rather extraordinary image of someone being pulled along by a car on water skis but that is the latest that we are hearing from the fire service in rutland and leicestershire. the fire brigade they are urging locals to take these flood warning seriously and take steps to prepare themselves, including turning off electricity, gas, and water and of course, checking all the flood alerts. the assistant chief fire and re

large parts of the leicestershire and lincolnshire countryside are underwater this morning and both counties declared major incidents. dozens of people have been rescued from cars and houses as heavy rain and mounting snow because rivers who burst their banks. there are almost 200 flood warnings in place across england and one severe morning, meaning danger to life, at this caravan park in leicestershire. ambulance services declaring a critical incident. 50 children at high school in lincolnshire had to be driven to safety after the school was cut off by the rising water.— school was cut off by the rising water. two inches of water in — rising water. two inches of water in here. _ rising water. two inches of water in here. this - rising water. two inches of water in here. this is - water in here. this is everything from last years flood. ~ , flood. with between three-month-old i flood. with between - three-month-old daughters, three—month—old daughters, todayit three—month—old daughters, today it would be about assessing the damage and starting to clean up. although the forecast is for dryer

major incidents have been declared across lincolnshire and leicestershire because of severe flooding.om people trapped by the rising waters who need rescuing from stranded vehicles or flooded houses. there are almost three hundred flood alerts in place for the next 24—hours across england. sir keir starmer has unveiled the government's proposals to cut waits for planned nhs treatment in england by nearly half a million in the next year. the prime minister said he would tackle the backlog utilising ai and community diagnostic centres. some critics say the targets aren't feasible without a larger workforce and more funding. a prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate inside a cell has beenjailed for fifteen months. linda de sousa abreu, who was working at wandsworth prison, pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office. thejudge said she had "undermined discipline "in the prison and put officers at increased risk". you're live with bbc news. russia's defence ministry says it is continuing to capture towns in eastern ukraine. it says it's taken the industrial town of kurakh

major issues in leicestershire and lincolnshire. new warnings issued. we will bring those to you.ing. the u.s. convened this afternoon to certify donald trump's election victory in november. ordinarily, that is a formality, but of course all normal conventions were upended four years ago by the mob that ransacked the capital. unlike trump four years ago, kamala harris is not disputing the results, and unlike republicans in the aftermath of the 2020 election, democrats made a point of not challenging the count. vp harris: the votes for president of the united states are as follows, donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 312 votes. [applause] , the harris of the state of california has received 226 votes. [applause] christian: a much calmer, less death-defying experience than four years ago. the contrast between the two january 6 def events could have hardly been starker. kamala harris said she viewed it as a sacred obligation for the constitution. vp harris: as we have seen come our democracy can be fragile, and it is up to each one of us to stand up for our most cher

we have seen the police in leicestershire say they are being inundated with calls over the flooding andly between leicester and peterborough, is closed in places and they are having real trouble doing services there. as you show those pictures from cad, there has been subsiding down there. flooding becoming the real issue but it is having an impact on the railways and as you mentioned, also at the airport because manchester airport had to shut it runway earlier this morning as i did yesterday. it is now back open but of course, there are lots of lights that have been cancelled or delays, which means lots of passengers are heading there and might not be able to take off on the flight that they were expecting. the advice, as always on the situation is, it's a check before you travel with your airline before you travel to the airport itself. i airline before you travel to the airport itself.— the airport itself. i know ou're the airport itself. i know you're not _ the airport itself. i know you're not a _ the airport itself. i know you're not a weather- the airport itself. i know- you're n

leicestershire fire and rescue service declared a major incident across the county and rutland today,ays it's rescued dozens of people caught out by the flooding. in excess of 200 calls in fire control, and every appliance across the county was out at some point throughout the day. point throughout the day responding to various different incidents from vehicles in flooded water, flooded properties, rising water levels. leicestershire is one of the places hit hardest by the weather over the last 2a hours, but there's been disruption across the midlands to roads and railways. dozens of schools have been closed across the region, and nearly 100 flood warnings still remain in place across the east midlands. the advice from the authorities has been to avoid driving through floodwater and to check routes before travelling. i love a chicken sandwich... with many vehicles unable to cope in this weather, some have chosen to be creative, like this paddleboarder in a supermarket car park. for communities in the north of england and wales, it's another day of heavy snowfall that's been causing di

some are trying to keep a positive outlook, like this man who is wakeboarding down a road in leicestershirerez was a big winner this year, taking home four awards. and 62—year—old actress demi moore gave an impassioned speech as she accepted her first ever award as an actor. but that question on everyone's lips was is that an engagement ring on zendaya's left hand? according to tmz, it was. time now for ten seconds of an ice festival. the annual harbin ice and snow festival is now in full flow in china. members of the public can explore these incredible sculptures and exhibitions. honestly, i don't think i would ever leave. you're all caught up now. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. wolves are taken apart by nottingham forest in the premier league with forest hunting the chasing pack at the top. djokovic says he still holds the trauma over his covid related deportation, from the australian open with the first major of the year starting this weekend. and there are shocks aplenty as we find out who made the cut for the 2025 premier league darts season. hell

we can speak now tojulie beresford, assistant chief fire officer for leicestershire fire and rescue. staff. what the situation? thank you and good evening. i'm pleased to say the situation doesn't seem to have calmed down, but that's not to say those dreadful conditions don't still exist out there. he experienced this morning, as you've already said, a significant number of calls, which is why we issued a major incident notice at around about 7.30 this morning.— 7.30 this morning. yeah, and we've been — 7.30 this morning. yeah, and we've been showing - 7.30 this morning. yeah, and we've been showing our - 7.30 this morning. yeah, and i we've been showing our viewers of flooded fields and difficult conditions. as the combination of both snowmelt and rain? i of both snowmelt and rain? i think it was a combination of a bit of a perfect storm with, as you say, the forecast itself. there overnight and into the early hours in the morning, with what was already waterlogged. people were returning to work after christmas and new year break, so there was an awful lot of traffic on the road. it

major incidents declared tonight in leicestershire and lincolnshire with new weather warnings issued.ood evening. the us congress convened this afternoon to certify the donald trump's election victory in november. ordinarily that is a formality, but of course all normal conventions were upended four years ago by the mob that ransacked the capitol. there was no hint of a repeat this time. unlike trump, four years ago kamala harris was not disputing the result, and unlike republicans in the aftermath of the 2020 election, democrats made a point of not challenging the count. much calmer, less death—defying experience for the vice preisdent than four years ago. the contrast between the two january 6 events could hardly have been starker. not all vice presidents have presided over the count, and this cannot have been easy for the losing candidate, but kamala harris said she viewed it as a sacred obligation to the constitution. as we have seen, our micro is a gap can be fragile and it is up to then each one of us to stand up to then each one of us to stand up for our most cherished suppose.

flood warnings are in force across large parts of the uk with a danger to life alert in south leicestershired be taken now. and mcdonnell staff say they are still facing sexual abuse and harassment —— mcdonald's staff say they are

force in more than a hundred parts of the uk — with a danger to life warning near one river in leicestershire staff say they are still facing sexual abuse and harrassment — despite the company promising to clean up behaviour at its uk operations. hello i'm annita mcveigh. the late president will be going to lie in state in the rotunda. the public will be able to pay their respects. these pictures showing the military honour guard that had been keeping vigil. they have been keeping vigil. they have been six days of public ceremonies which will conclude on thursday with the funeral. let's speak to andrew feinberg — white house correspondent for the independent. thank you very much forjoining us today. once president carter's coffin arrives, what can we expect between that and the late president will be going to lie in state in the rotunda. the public will be able to pay their respects. these pictures showing the military honour guard that had been keeping vigil. they have been keeping vigil. they have been six days of public ceremonies which will conclude on thursday with the funeral. let's spe

one woman stranded in her car in leicestershire had a narrow escape, when she was rescued by the ownera local pub. in the last decade, as the populist right made advances across the west, justin trudeau bucked the trend. leading an unashamedly liberal, leftist, government — and surviving. during the first trump term, he was the counterpoint to the anti—immigrant, climate—sceptic agenda on the other side of canada's long border. trump liked to needle trudeau. he recently referred to him as "the governor "of the great state of canada". not only was trump turning against him, but so were the majority in canada. the last few years have been difficult to say the least — canada is running a huge budget deficit, 3 million immigrants have arrived in just over 3 years, and his carbon taxes were deeply unpopular. today he finally bowed to the pressure, announcing his esignation. 0utside his residence at rideau cottage in ottawa. my friends, as you know, i am a fighter, every bone in my body has told me to fight because i care deeply about canadians, i care deeply about this country and i will al

force in more than a hundred parts of the uk — with a danger to life warning near one river in leicestershireay they're still facing sexual abuse and harrassment — despite the company promising to clean up behaviour at its uk operations. hello from the bbc sport centre. the carabao cup semi—finals get under way later. the ties are two legs, each a month apart. all of the last four are premier league teams which allows an experiment with var, as referees will make in—stadium announcements. first up tonight arsenal host an in—form newcastle, who have won six in a row in all competitions. i am very excited to play the game in front of our crowd, a semi final opportunity to earn the right to be in the final, with two legs. obviously it will be two long games against a very competitive team, we know that. but very excited and we need a big atmosphere in our stadium. it isa it is a tough opponent for everybody. they are a really good side, they have really good individual players. this is an important game for us, this sets up what is going to happen afterwards. we need to be at our absolute best.

130 flood warnings remain in place — including one danger—to—life warning for the river soar in leicestershireantic, at least five people died in a winter storm that has seized a swathe of the us in its icy grip, leading to mass school closures, travel chaos and power cuts. 0ur weather presenter, stav danaos, told me more about the extreme weather in the uk. we're into a slightly drier spell of weather now after the very heavy rain which we've had, and of course all the flooding there. we're into sunny but very cold weather now, with some extremely cold nights, but there still are further warnings for snow and ice. the first graphic that i'll show you is what we can expect tonight and into tomorrow. further, five to maybe ten centimetres of accumulating snow, likely across the north highlands, maybe two to five for the higher ground of northern ireland. so here we're likely to see some disruption, perhaps through tonight into tomorrow, with the risk of some ice as well. now further south, we look to a renewed, uh, story. and this is an area where we haven't really seen any snowfall so far for

flood warnings are in force across large parts of the uk — with a danger to life alert in south leicestershire charlie hebdo after it published political cartoons of muhammad —— the satirical magazine. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start with the latest on that major earthquake that has struck china's tibet region.

in leicestershire, there were hundred of calls to firefighter on monday. 59 people were rescued thereflood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and 199 flood alerts meaninged inning is possible england. in wales there is one flooding and six flood alerts in force. a new study funded by cancer research uk shows that those with more calcium in their diet have a significantly reduced risk of bowel cancer. this is the largest study ever on the link between diet and bowel cancer. cancer research uk says the study highlights the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet for lowering cancer risk. let's speak to sophia lowes. she's the senior health information manager thank you forjoining us. i understand this was a study of more than half a million women over16 more than half a million women over 16 years. explain how significant the study is. it is a really big _ significant the study is. it is a really big study, - significant the study is. it 3 a really big study, which is fantastic, because it builds that confidence in the results. one of the most exciting results that we saw is that for p

major incidents declared tonight in leicestershire and lincolnshire with new weather warnings issued.

that is because of flooding, particularly between leicestershi re particularly between leicestershire to peterborough, there are big problems there. here in the north, there are still a yellow warning for the cold conditions and he mentioned manchester airport. that had to shut its runway again this morning. it has reopened but of course, it was shut yesterday as well which means that is a huge backlog of flights that have been cancelled or delayed and that means that passengers might not get away on time. the advice, as always with all of that public transport and the airports, check with the operator before you decide to set out. . ~ operator before you decide to set out. ., ~ , ., operator before you decide to set out. ., ~ i. n set out. thank you, nicky schiller — set out. thank you, nicky schiller in _ set out. thank you, nicky schiller in burnley. - eight policemen and a driver have been killed in a blast in central india. a police statement said an explosion hit a police vehicle in the bijapur district of chhattisgarh. it's the latest in a series of sporadic attacks on security

in england, that includes one severe danger to life warning that are seen barrow upon soar in leicestershire stuff on facebook and instagram as it relaxes on policies contained users can post. it says it will stop using independent fact checkers, instead using a variation of community notes. currently used on x for the accuracy of post. donald trump accused fact checkers are being buys. lastly meta announced the resignation of the formally deftly promised of the uk, nikole, and he has been replaced by his number two, joel kaplan, who has been a vocal champion of conservative causes. for more i have been speaking to david gilbert covering misinformation and online extremism. david, i would like to start on a practical note. when you heard this announcement from meta it would do away with these fact checkers on facebook, instagram, threads, what came to mind? what was your reaction?— to mind? what was your reaction? . _, , reaction? having covered this information _ reaction? having covered this information particularly - reaction? having covered this information particularly on . information

a post office has been injulie beisner�*s family in leicestershire since 18117.between 1996 to 2021. she was accused of a shortfall of £1,970. the post office made her sign off the accounts before they allowed her to retire. shazia saddiq used to run three post offices in newcastle—upon—tyne. she says she "lost everything" as a result of being accused of crimes in 2013. she didn't face criminal prosecution, but she had to leave the area with her two young children after being assaulted in the street. chirag sidhpura's world was turned upside down when a post office auditor claimed there was a £57,000 discrepancy at his branch in farncombe in surrey. he found that sum to pay them back — and then they sacked him for breach of contract. betty brown is the oldest victim of the post office scandal. she's here today on her 92nd birthday. betty and her husband spent more than £50,000 of their savings to cover the unexpected losses which started as soon as the horizon computer system was installed in her branch in county durham. in total she and her husband together were

until midday tomorrow. 0ver100 flood warnings remain in place, including across lincolnshire and leicestershire been extended to the weekend. with a closer look at the weather, there is no let up? staying cold, typical midwinter weather across the country. that evening to you. the temperatures are falling like a stone already across the country,

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this is one of the areas worst hit in the country, leicestershire.d warnings out yesterday. that has slightly reduced today. but we do have a severe flood warning in place for barrow upon soar. you will know if you are in the area because your phone will suddenly start going off, sounding a large alarm, to tell you that you are in an area of severe flood warning and you do need to be alert. now there is still a lot of disruption on roads and rail. there was yesterday a lot of warnings of disruption on roads and rail. there was yesterday a lot 0 a larnings of disruption on roads and rail. there was yesterday a lot 0 a number of applies with schools. a number closed yesterday. there will be a few that remain closed today. in areas like this though it is still reasonably waterlogged. a lot of local flooding. reasonably waterlogged. a lot of localflooding. the reasonably waterlogged. a lot of local flooding. the area reasonably waterlogged. a lot of localflooding. the area is reasonably wet. check before you go out and be careful. good advice, natasha. t

incident as widespread flooding hits leicester, leicestershire and rutland.he fire brigade has received more than 200 calls since this morning, with crews finding cars stuck in floodwater and evacuating residents from flooded homes. around 17 people have been rescued so far, while weather warnings persisted across the country this morning as many commuters suffered travel disruption from severe weather. major roads have been closed and railway lines blocked. manchester airport's runways were closed early this morning because of heavy snow but have since reopened. this comes after most of the uk saw heavy snow or icy rainfall over the weekend, and even reaching the weekend, and even reaching the coldest night of the winter so far at —13.3 degrees. now to our top story today. the prime minister has defended his position as director of public prosecutions, saying child sexual exploitation is utterly sickening and it was something he had tackled head on whilst in that role. the prime minister has also hit back at elon musk over his comments on twitter that claime

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flood warnings are in force across large parts of the uk — with a danger to life alert in south leicestershiremmemorations are taking place in paris to mark the tenth anniversary of the attack on the serrat girl magazine charlie hebdo after it published political cartoons of muhammad —— the satirical magazine. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start with the latest on that major earthquake that has struck china's tibet region. chinese state media says at least 95 people have been killed and more than 100 injured. the dalai lama has said he is deeply sadden. i want to show you some of the latest pictures we have from the scene where you can see that rescue and search teams are managing to pull people out of those buildings that have collapsed. there is rubble all over the ground there and one of the survivors is being pulled out on a stretcher. we are told that many of the survivors are afraid to go inside buildings because there have been strong aftershocks continuing to shake the area. the magnitude 7.1 quake struck at around 9am local time. let me give you a sense of the geography. it is in the

inundates, lincolnshire and leicestershire, while yellow warnings for snow and ice are in effect acrossarge parts of the uk as flooding and snow caused delays on the roads and railways and forced hundreds of schools to close. manchester airport has reopened its runways after they were closed this morning due to heavy snow, but delays remain. and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has announced his resignation. trudeau has faced growing pressure from inside his governing liberal party after a surge in support for the opposition conservatives in the polls. the 53 year old stepped down after nine years in office, and he says he will step down as soon as his party choose a replacement for him. trudeau said earlier today that although he's a fighter, the parliament he's a fighter, the parliament he's serving is paralysed under his leadership. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. now it's back to martin 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. >> thank you tatyana. welcome to fara

major incidents have also been declared in leicestershire and lincolnshire, and east midlands ambulanceservice 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 believe the extreme weather is being caused by the polar vortex. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau announced his resignation yesterday after nine years in power. the 53 year old sai

inundates, lincolnshire and leicestershire.low warnings for snow and ice are in effect across large parts of the uk, as flooding and snow caused delays on the roads and railways, and forced hundreds of schools to close. and as you've been hearing today, the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has announced his resignation. trudeau has faced growing pressure from inside his governing liberal party after a surge in support for the opposition conservatives in the polls. the 53 year old steps down after nine years in office, and he says he'll step down as soon as his party choose a replacement for him. trudeau said earlier today that although he's a fighter, the parliament he's a fighter, the parliament he's serving is paralysed under his leadership. and those are the latest gb news headlines for how. >> now. >> it's back to patrick 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 evening everybody. welcome along now. just a reminder that

major incidents have also been declared in leicestershire and lincolnshire, and east midlands ambulanceervice 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 news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> while the weather is terrible in some parts of the country, is it so terrible, though, that hundreds of schools have had to be closed today

as the publication releases a special edition, lincolnshire and leicestershire declare major incidents as rain and snow batters the nation, with the body of one man recovered in nonh body of one man recovered in north yorkshire. and as the decorations come down and life returns to normal after christmas, are you wondering how to get rid of your tree? okay. suggestions? welcome. failing that, we will tell you. >> and in the sport i tell you, it's like the old brian clough days. it's nottingham forest win again. the joint second on points at the moment at the top of the premier league. the referee will have a voice for the first carabao cup semi—final tonight between arsenal and newcastle, if he's needed. and the snake bite and the bully boy are dropped from the premier league of darts. >> hello there. good morning. it's a cold and icy start, also with some snow showers in the west and this could lead to some travel disruption. i'll be here later with all the details. >> one minute. coming up to 6:02. a very good morning to you i'm eamonn holmes, i'm ellie costello and this is gb news br

declared and more than 100 people have been rescued as floodwaters inundate lincolnshire and leicestershire warnings for snow and ice are in effect across large parts of the uk, as flooding and snow causes delays on the roads and railways, and force hundreds of schools to close. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. now it's back to state of the nation 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. >> welcome back to state of the nation. after a whole week of global attention on the grooming gang scandal, sir keir starmer has finally addressed it. >> it is something about the nature of our politics, because once we lose the anchor, that truth matters. in the robust debate we must have, then we're on a very slippery slope. and when politicians and i mean politicians who sat in government for many years are casual about honesty, decency, truth and the rule of law, calling for inquiries because they want to jump on a bandwagon of the far right. >> so there you have it. if you would like a national

inundates, lincolnshire and leicestershire.low warnings for snow and ice are in effect across large parts of the uk, as flooding and snow caused delays on the roads and railways, and forced hundreds of schools to close . and canadian schools to close. and canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau prime minister justin trudeau has announced his resignation. trudeau has faced growing pressure from inside his governing liberal party after a surge in support for the opposition conservatives in the polls. the 53 year old steps down after nine years in office, and he says he'll step down as soon as his party choose a replacement for him. trudeau says that although he's a fighter, the parliament he's serving is paralysed under his leadership. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. now it's time for headliners. >> 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. >> hello. welcome back to headliners, your first look at tomorrow's

this is leicestershire, where there has already been flooding after heavy rain.ke these in scotland are predicted to last until the end of the week. experts say no new snow is expected, but temperatures could fall to miinus 20 tonight, their lowest this year, bringing more widespread ice and with it, dangerous conditions. thomas magill, bbc news. 0ur reporterjessica lane is in bradford for us. we can see snow underfoot. how is it affecting people? we can see snow underfoot. how is it affecting maple?— affecting people? good morning, this is queensberry _ affecting people? good morning, this is queensberry in _ affecting people? good morning, this is queensberry in west _ affecting people? good morning, this is queensberry in west yorkshire - is queensberry in west yorkshire between bradford and halifax. 0ne is queensberry in west yorkshire between bradford and halifax. one of the highest villages in england so no strangers to the weather here but as you can see there has been a lot of snow for quite a few days which is causing disruption. you might be able to mak