a thousand people in the north—west of england also without power. eople in the north west have had their power restored. we are also getting reports that down in somerset and number of people, about ten people have been rescued from snowdrifts in cards or from walking on exmoor and the authorities tell us that had those people not been rescued they would have died. goodness. thank you very much. and the guilt talking to us from the stadium of light in sunderland. despite the chaos the snow has caused it's brought out the artist in many of our viewers across the uk. vermillion captured this magical shot of icicles frozen to a tree in the lake district. the owner of this car in harrow in north london would have had a lot of trouble trying to start the engine this morning. some of our pets don't seem to mind the wintry weather. more car trouble, this time in kent, thanks to kathykate for this picture. lakes around devon are freezing over. the heavy falls have given children the chance to build snowmen. storm emma made road conditions very difficult for

hundreds of people in the north of england and in north and mid—wales, are without power — as the uk les with the continued effects of the week's bitter weather. motorists and rail passengers have been told to expect continued disruption, with scotland receiving the heaviest snowfall, and some of the lowest temperatures, in the uk. elsewhere it's expected to get milder. as the snow begins to melt, the environment agency has 12 flood warnings in place for parts of the north east and south west england. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports. another day of britain taking a battering. after the snow come the high tides and the flood warnings. the sea has taken over the railway line. 0n the outskirts of cardiff, the snow is still hanging around. 400 homes across wales are without power, some people have now seen enough. very pretty and all that, but i must admit it is getting on my nerves now. it has affected me in not being able to get into work. i did not expect it to be as bad as it's been but we are getting cabin fever now. the motorway across the pennines was deserted for more than a

—east of england. north—east of england. five to ten centimetresground. over the higher ground. south—west and southern england as well. well. of snow over the high ground. blizzard conditions possible with lots of blowing snow around today. lots of blowing snow around today. parts of wales and the south west today. today. persistent snow heading in across parts of southern england. parts of southern england. the east of scotland, combined with a brisk, easterly wind. a brisk, easterly wind. about a degree or so either side of freezing. freezing. wind—chill, it could feel much colder. colder. heading up towards the north of england. england. continue to see snow showers further north. north. and ice around first thing saturday morning. morning. stays cold in the north of the country unless cold in the south. country unless cold in the south. an ongoing risk of snow for some of us. ongoing risk of snow for some of us. here is how saturday is shaping up. full snow showers in the east of scotland as well. scotland as well. further south there will be

maybe making progress into the north of england. ers across the top end of the pennines. certainly across the cairngorms, where the snow is really mounting up. sunshine in the south, the odd shower as well. at least here you have some warmth to speak of. anywhere near the east, i'm afraid it is one of those days again. then, from friday to saturday, here it is the change. it is all about the importation of some really cold air from siberia and also scandinavia. that is the mark of the weekend, and there will be snow in the forecast. this is bbc news. the headlines: police say several people have been killed after a pedestrian bridge collapses onto traffic in florida. as the prime minister visits salisbury, scene of the nerve—gas poisoning, mrs may's allies show their support for her sanctions against russia. we do hold russia culpable for this brazen, brazen act and despicable act that's taken place on the streets of what is such a remarkable city. russia denies any involvement, as france, germany and the united statesjoin britain to

north—east of scotland. —— cold air cuts in. still double—digit temperatures down towards the south. wednesday, increasingly we will see snow across scotland, the far north of englandight make it feeljust a bit chillier north—westerly winds that might make it feel just a bit chillier towards southern areas. you will certainly notice that colder air further north, 4— seven celsius. in the run—up to easter we will keep that battle between the cold air and be less cold out. it is as if winter keeps saying, one more thing, and then popping up. and a week later we are back into the whole thing again. absolutely. thank you, we will talk to you later. still to come, we will be looking at the sunday papers. but right now, time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from tokyo. it's a city that is gearing up to host the olympic games in two years' time and also a place that i call home. but, like the rest of the team, i spend a fair amount of my time on the road, bringing you stories from around the world. so let's have a look back at some of our most recent travels. here's a taste of what is coming up. it's crazy here. there are

there was also another weather front across the north of scotland which produced snow over the hilltops. the band of rain has reached the far north of englandd england and the far south of scotland and northern ireland, with wintry showers over the high ground. a quieter story further south with a few showers and generally for most of us it will be largely frost free. easter weekend is adding very mixed, low pressure always nearby, it will be cold —— looking very mixed or stop sunshine, the best of it on sunday. this is the picture, outbreaks of rain, snow over the high ground of scotland, and a window of fine and dry weather for england and wales before the next band of rain pushing into the southern counties of england. and on the cool side. saturday, the weather front will bring cloud and outbreaks of rain to england and wales, and a wet day for some, the best of the dry and bright weather for scotland and northern ireland. showers across scotland, wintry over the high ground. we are in between weather systems on easter day, sunday, looking the driest day of the easter weekend, a lot of cloud, a few glimmers of brightness, but to the sou

north of britain. but further south we have developments as we speak. we have seen a lot of this thing, but now there is this new belt of weather which is affecting the southern counties of englandon through drive time. the very far south, one or two of our correspondents picked up or two of our correspondents picked up on milderairand or two of our correspondents picked up on milder air and it is rain rather than snow, so that means ice will be a problem. into the small hours, it makes progress further north. some mild air getting into the south. but that brings with it as which get into the new day on saturday a combination of circumstances which will give me cause for concern through this weekend. milder in the south, yes, but we have got that issue with frozen surfaces and a lot of ice and with some fog problems. the northern half of britain still cold and think wintry showers and you won't go wrong. yes and ice is always a terrifying prospect. i know you will be back soon. thank you. the full forecast is just before half past and a full look ahead just before 6. you can keep up—to—date with weather developments and the travel on the bbc web—site. more weather coming up just

too many children growing up in the north of england are facing the double disadvantage of entrenched before school and widens over time. she has called for more investment to boost teacher recruitment in the north of england. simonjones reports. at this nursery school in leeds they aim to give children the best start in life, but it doesn‘t happen everywhere. in a report called ‘growing up north‘, anne longfield concludes that children in the north are more likely to move on to a poor school and leave education earlier than their southern counterparts. she believes it has not had the same backing as areas like london. children living in disadvantaged communities in the north, with entrenched disadvantage, are being badly let down. i‘m worried about children living in disadvantage anywhere in the country. there‘s a disproportionate number living in those areas of entrenched disadvantage in the north. they haven‘t had the attention, they haven‘t have the focus, the nationalfocus and the backing, they need. among her recommendations are boosting teacher recruitment, grants for areas to

the snow continues to come down here in the north east of england. in the north east of england. can. if you don‘t need to travel, don‘t. don‘t. north yorkshire police say driving conditions are abysmal. driving conditions are abysmal. a66 remains closed at the moment as well. well. their best to try and clear it as soon as possible. soon as possible. the big concern today is the wind as it picks up. today is the wind as it picks up. are being covered as quickly as they are being cleared. are being cleared. need to travel, perhaps best to stay indoors. good advice. thank you. the situation on to cite this morning. situation on to cite this morning. it is worth saying there are many problems throughout the uk. problems throughout the uk. up—to—date with the transport situations. —— jon kay in truro. there are problems on the railways as well. as well. and we have extra time for the weather forecast later as well. the weather forecast later as well. now the other main news this morning. of the european council, donald tusk, in downing steet today. with the eu. could be lost in the uk c

. the far north of england. nd and wales tonight, heavy at times. and wales tonight, heavy at times. and the peak district we will see more snowfall. more snowfall. ireland, clear skies, so we could take a frost into saturday morning. conditions to start saturday. wales first thing, becoming confined eastern counties through saturday. eastern counties through saturday. brightening sky is to the west, many finish saturday dry with sunshine. finish saturday dry with sunshine. temperatures dropping back into single figures across most areas. single figures across most areas. through the night and into sunday, is clear skies and lighter winds. is clear skies and lighter winds. there could be some frost on sunday morning, mist and fog. morning, mist and fog. thickens, single figure temperatures even with lighter winds. even with lighter winds. day, moving northwards into monday, hitting cold air. hitting cold air. snow quite extensively, even to low levels at times. levels at times. keep checking the forecast, some of

wet weather pushing into the south of england, this is the next weather front which will move north andles could have a wet day with outbreaks of persistent rain and snow to the high ground. further wintry showers in scotland. again, it will be on the cool side, temperatures in single figures. easter sunday, the best day of the weekend, we are in between weather systems, very few isobars around and it looks like it will be a cold start, but bright with lots of sunshine and the cloud will build so it will be a bright and dry afternoon. later in the day, the next weather front moves into the fasan next weather front moves into the fasa n west next weather front moves into the fasan west and this will bring heavy rain. -- fasan west and this will bring heavy rain. —— the far south west. the next weather front will be quite active, as it moves into the cold airwe are likely active, as it moves into the cold air we are likely to see some heavy rain turning to snow, and we are thinking mainly over the higher ground but it could even fall down at lower levels as well as continues to move north

the reason for this mish—mash is some of you have been stuck by a weather front affecting the south—east and north—east of englanday a much improved prospect. until this rain moves up. for the most part, yes, a lot of cloud to the east and some sharp showers as well. but much, much drierfor many showers as well. but much, much drier for many of you and a better chance of seeing some sunshine. although that may be in short supply in the east. temperatures seven to ten. here we are later in the day, we are going to drag this cloud and rain further north and that is the key to story for the northern half of britain. 0ver key to story for the northern half of britain. over night through into monday, wales, the north midlands, northern ireland and then increasingly up towards the north hills of england, southern uplands of scotla nd hills of england, southern uplands of scotland and through the central belt through easter monday we could well see significant snow. there will be several centimetres over higher ground and even down to lower levels. further south it is not an issue, because your temperatures are in doubl

more cloud across the far south—east of england but even here, the cloud will tend to thin and break up throughout the afternoon. one or two showers across the far northgood spells sunshine and maximum temperatures getting up into double figures, about 10—12d and with light winds, that will feel quite pleasant. this evening and overnight, with clear spells, it will turn fairly chilly fairly quickly, with frost developing across scotland, northern ireland and into northern and western areas, temperatures below freezing. further south and east, a bit more cloud and temperatures perhaps staying up at 1—4 celsius. as we go into next week, a bit of a battle going on. across the north, aircoming infrom battle going on. across the north, air coming in from scandinavia. across the south, milder or less cold aircoming in across the south, milder or less cold air coming in from the atlantic and as two meet, that is where we could start to see a bit of snow. as for monday's forecast, bit chilly first thing in the morning and gradually got the sunshine eroded away by some cloud moving in from the west, eventually rain pushing into northern ireland, west wales and

further snow and ice is forecast, with warnings in place for scotland, northern ireland and the north of england we'll have full coverage of italy's general election, with results and analysis live from rome.

there is a threat of more snow on friday, we have the showers across scotland and the north of englandengland and into wales, especially in the afternoon. how quickly it moves northwards, still a lot of uncertainty. it will be another cold day, temperatures struggling to get above freezing, and we still have a bit easterly wind, so this is what the temperatures will feel like. but things will slowly change over the weekend. instead of that bitter easterly wind, we will start to push up something more from the south. this is certainly less cold air, and that will percolate its way north slowly but surely over the next few days. still some cold winds for the northern half of the uk, snow showers around here coming in off the north sea, and we may have a lot of cloud further south as well. still the threat of some rain perhaps coming into southernmost counties overland and over the hills, the threat of some snow, very messy picture for saturday. the winds easing down in the south, temperatures would be quite so low, but still the threat of icy conditions and perhaps snow working northward

showers are effectively far north of scotland, lately we will see some rain spreading north into ireland and ahead of that more cloud spreading in. also it is the western part of englandf the higher ground of scotland, taking us into tuesday. much of the rain clears other way. a mix of sunny spells and showers. temperatures across southern area still in double figures, 11—14dc, turning noticeably colder across scotla nd turning noticeably colder across scotland and in north—east of england, tempted here five celsius. —— temperatures here. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: "enough is enough," sayjewish groups in a letter accusing jeremy corbyn of failing to tackle anti—semitism. at least 64 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping centre in a siberian coal mining city. many of the victims are children, according to russian officials. an adult film actress has described how she was threatened to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with donald trump in 2006. stormy daniels detailed the events in an interview with american news network cbs where she described her alleged affair with donald trump. a guy walked up on me, and said to me, "leave

of some more snow on friday. we've got these snow showers across scotland, across the north—east of england running through the centralatens northern ireland and we could see some more snow arriving up across southern parts of england and into wales, especially in the afternoon. how quickly, how widely and how quickly it moves northwards, still a lot of uncertainty. it is going to be another cold day. temperatures struggling to get above freezing and we've still got this bitter easterly wind so when you add on the effect of the wind, this is what it will feel like, another cold day to come. but, things will slowly change over the weekend. instead of that bitter easterly wind, we'll start to push up something more from the south, this is certainly less cold air and that will percolate its way northwards slowly but surely over the next few days. still some cold winds for the northern half of the uk, still some snow showers around here coming in off the north sea. we may have a lot of cloud further south as well. for the most part it will be dry, but still the threat of some rain perhaps coming into southernmost counties

term, and as we speak, there is another belkov whether drifting out of the midlands towards the north of englandt could be another 1—3 centimetres of snow. they had a bit wintry showers across northern and easily parts of scotland. less cold in the far south. whatever you start your journey is, if in the far south. whatever you start yourjourney is, if you have a untreated surfaces under your wheels oi’ untreated surfaces under your wheels orfeet untreated surfaces under your wheels or feet watch out for ice. a loss of ice warnings around. as we get going, no doubt about it, watery rather than wintry showers. longer spells of rain across southern parts of the british isles. it will become increasingly confined to the northern parts. the temperatures are just beginning. this is bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: president trump ups the ante on trade tariffs, with a threat to hike taxes on european car imports. a big step for football — video assistant referees are set to be used at this year's world cup in russia. the philippines government warned her not to investigate alleged poli

of more snow on friday. we have the snow showers across scotland and the north east of england & full belt.snow arriving in southern parts of england and on to wales, especially into the afternoon. how quickly and widely in moves northwards, still a lot of uncertainty. we still have this bitter easterly wind. another cold day to come. but things will change over the weekend. instead of the bitter, easterly wind we will push up bitter, easterly wind we will push up something more from the south. this is less cold air and it will percolate its way north slowly but surely over the next few days. cold winds for the northern half of the uk and snow showers coming in off the north sea. we may have a lot of cloud further south but the most pa rt cloud further south but the most part it will be dry. still the threat of rain coming into southernmost counties, 0verland and over the hills, the threat of snow. messi picture for saturday. the winds easing down and temperatures won't be so low. snow working northwards towards the borders of northern england on sunday. to the south of that we may see some

poor schooling and deprivation are forcing children in the north of england to face a double disadvantage found that a child on free school meals living in hackney, london, was three times more likely to go to university than a similar child in hartlepool. simonjones reports. at this nursery school in leeds, they aim to give children the best start in life, but it doesn't happen everywhere. in a report called growing up north, it is found that children in the north are more likely to move onto a poor school and leave education earlier than their southern counterparts. they have not had the same backing as areas like london. children live in disadvantaged communities in the north, and they are being badly let down. i am worried about children living in the disadvantage anywhere in the country, but there is a disproportionate number living in those areas of entrenched disadvantage in the north. they have not had the attention, they have not had the focus, they have not had the floating in the —— focus and backing they need. among recommendations are boosting teacher recruitment, grants for

thousands of schools are closed, while 5,000 homes in the north—west of england are without electricity from ben brown who's in alnwick in northumberland. yes, good morning. freezing again here today and bitter winds are sleeping in. here in hole in north london, they have said this is the worst snow may have seen for several yea rs. worst snow may have seen for several years. the a1 is basically blocked from the year up to berwick. you can get as far as alnwick but no further along the a1. that is what they are telling us on the roads and some people who have been tried on the a1 have been brought into snow —— alnwick for a makeshift rescue centre for those who were stranded. a lot of the surrounding villages in northumberland have been cut off and people have been talking about huge snowd rifts people have been talking about huge snowdrifts and that they cannot dig their cars out of them. we have had huge travel problems around the country, planes, trains and on the roads, major incidents have been declared by the police in the of england, where roads became impassable and hundreds of

encounter the shower and a bit of drizzle but most places will be dry, limited sunshine, in northern scotla nd limited sunshine, in northern scotland and north—east of englande will be outbreaks of rain coming back to south—west england and south wales later in the day with strengthening wind. that's as these weather fronts marched smartly north—west sunday night into easter monday, not just with north—west sunday night into easter monday, notjust with rain, going into cold air, some sleet and snow from the midlands northwards. some wet snow for a time northwards, some uncertainty in the detail. the far north of scotland will stay dry during daylight hours. south of that band it turns milder and brighter, though there will still be some showers. at risk of snow, and what a busy day easter monday is, it could cause some problems. keep in touch with the forecast if you have travel plans, because we will tweak it between now and then but we will keep you up—to—date with the latest come and go to the website for the latest details of the met office weather warnings. this is bbc world news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: at least 15 palestinians are repo

disruption with it — warnings are in place in scotland, northern ireland and in the south—west and north of englandchannel — we'll bring you special coverage of italy's general election, with results and analysis first tonight, another golden moment for great britain at the world athletics championships with andrew pozzi winning the men's 60 metre hurdles. pozzi had qualified as fastest for the final, but he looked to have been pipped on the line by the american jarrett eaton. there was a photo finish between the two athletes and just a hundredth of a second between them. after a nervous wait, though, victory was confirmed for pozzi in front ofa home crowd in birmingham. the 25—year—old, who's great britain's joint team captain, grew up not far away from the arena itself in straford—upon—avon. it's pozzi's first global title after taking european indoor gold last year. my heart stopped at the end there. i knew at the fifth hurdle i was behind. i wanted it so badly, i just threw my body at the line hoping to get there, and just about got there. this championships has been amazing, and to be voted co

showers in the far north of england. man. northern ireland is likely to see showers which will continue across north—west scotland. with rain and drizzle will slowly ease. maybe brightness later in the day in south—east england, western wales. the highest temperatures in eastern scotla nd the highest temperatures in eastern scotland where we have the best sunshine. where we have sunshine it will give clear skies overnight as temperatures will tumble. wintry showers feeding into the far north—west of scotland. cloud across england and wales keeping temperatures between four and seven celsius. a cold start to the day for many but bright with sunshine. cloud clinging to the far south of england. it could bring drizzle but elsewhere a decent day with spells of sunshine. watch out for showers especially in north—west scotland. they could be wintry. it should feel pleasa nt they could be wintry. it should feel pleasant in the sunshine tomorrow. however. it does start to turn colder. just how cold is open to doubt. the risk of

and eastern areas of scotla nd north—east englandet, along with a bit of snow, as we go through the afternoon and those temperatures continue to rise. an area of rain working into eastern england. it may skirt away from london but will affect parts of suffolk and norfolk. it will be turning slightly milder, highs today reaching eight degrees. looking at the weather picture overnight, that area of rain will work out into the north sea before ending back into the cold air in scotland. so before the cold air in scotland. so before the end of the night we will see heavy snow working in here. not as cold as it has been over recent nights, but still chilly in or frost in ruralareas, so nights, but still chilly in or frost in rural areas, so there will be a risk of icy stretches again on monday morning. snow is a further concern across the hills of scotland on monday. several centimetres building up, perhaps as much as ten centimetres across some of the higher hills in scotland. showers in the forecast again, mainly wales and south—west eng

to clear snow from roads and railways lines after days of disruption. 15 flood warnings are still in place in the south west and north east of englandnorth yorkshire. andy. tell us how it's going. the a66 is a very important trans—pennine route, linking north yorkshire with penrith in cumbria, vital for businesses and passengers. it has been shut for five days because of the snow, but the highways agency say after hard work by their crews, it has reopened. driving conditions still very bad, it has been snowing and sleeting here today and there is a lot of fog around as well. the weather also still affecting trans—pennine rail routes, there is a replacement bus service on the carlisle to a replacement bus service on the ca rlisle to newcastle a replacement bus service on the carlisle to newcastle route and the leads to carlisle route is affected, too. as far as the east coast mainline goes, they did get some trains running last night, but today, still no trains on the west coast mainline. there is a replacement bus service there. within scotland itself, scotrail say their services are nearly normal, although there will be alterations

of wales. snow showers continuing for the north east. still the met offers ample warning for parts of north—east scotland and north england. astern corner of northern ireland. but it is this south—western corner where we all have the most disruptive weather overnight. widely in ample warning. —— amber. it is covered by that red warning. a lot of snow piling up, some spots seeing 15—20 centimetres, maybe even 40—50. that's snow fringing into northern ireland and the keeper showers across north and east in scotland and the far north—east of england. these places particularly at risk of disruption overnight. it may be that the snow turns back to rein in places and, if that happens, that rain is likely to fall on very cold surfaces, bringing a significant it is risk. travel disruption is very likely indeed. a dry spell perhaps further south west of wales, but then it looks like snow will return from the south, heavy snow at that. snow and other southern areas as well. a lot to play for, a lot of uncertainty. the zone of largely fine weather with sunshine in between. when we consider the strength of the wind, this is what it wil

of the north. a few splashes of rain across eastern parts of scotland but even through the morning, northern ireland, southern scotland and the far north of englandshine to take us into the afternoon across england and wales, showers fewer and further between. this system developing waiting in the winds for the night, but as promised, double—figure temperatures on the map. 13 degrees in london, not quite so in scotland, northern ireland, you might just not quite so in scotland, northern ireland, you mightjust get to 10 degrees. one or two showers in northern ireland and southern scotla nd northern ireland and southern scotland into the night. a lot more cloud across england and wales, the weather system across the south—west pushes into france but is up cloud, rain, and keeps temperatures are for england and wales. in scotland and northern ireland, where you see the clear skies it will be a chilly start to the weekend. —3 in parts of scotland. after that chilly start an average weekend in store and if you have outdoor plans there will be a good deal of dry and bright weather around. some of the dampest conditions on saturday in southern counties

this was the main road across the north of england yesterday. blocked for more than 2a hours. this morning, the m62 reopened, and the transpennine traffic returned, reconnecting the main cities of the north. but many other roads across the hills between leeds it's been quite incredible, never seen anything like it. we've had sort of five or so foot drifts round by where we live, the other side of the hill over there, cars getting stuck, including police cars and so on. these are the ice roads of the north pennines. this lane leading to the tiny village of bewcastle has been blocked since wednesday. this morning, local farmers cleared the snow. people here feeling a bit forgotten. i rang the highways department yesterday morning, asking them to send out some assistance as our tractor was stuck in a neighbour's. and they said "there's no way anybody was going to be out our way". i think it's absolutely disgusting. right across the north, there's still plenty of snow to clear. we don't want any more, but, you know, it is what it is and we can cope

of rain and drizzle. it will ease off and the cloud slowly being eroded from the north with sunshine across north of englandrthern ireland, west of scotland, some could be wintry. the best temperatures in eastern scotland. cloud overnight, particularly in east anglia and south—west england. showers in north—west scotland and for many, a cold night. a touch of frost. a cold start tomorrow but right, spells of sunshine, cloud will be stubborn to go from south—east england, perhaps bringing drizzle at times. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the french police officer who swapped places with a hostage in an armed siege at a supermarket has died. three other people were killed and 16 more were injured in three separate attacks — all carried out by a man who said he supported the group that calls itself islamic state. owen smith says he'll continue to argue against brexit, despite being sacked from the labour front bench over the issue. the views that i'm reflecting are the views of the vast majority of labour party members, including those who supported jeremy corbyn in the leadership contest over the las

more warnings of snow in scotland, northern ireland, and in the north of england. bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me damian johnson. the main headlines from us: britain's andrew pozzi strikes gold in a thrilling finish to the men's 60 metre hurdles at the world athletics championships. champions—elect manchester city beat chelsea to go 18 points clear at the top of the premier league table. brighton inflict a fourth straight defeat on arsenal to pile further pressure on manager arsene wenger, and ease their own relegations fears. and bannister has done it. also this evening, we remember the great sir roger bannister, the legend of track and field who became the first man to break the four—minute mile, and who's died at the age of 88. britain's andrew pozzi has taken gold in the men's 60 metre hurdles at the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham. pozzi had qualified as fastest for the final, but he looked to have been pipped on the line by the american jarrett eaton. there was a photo finish between the two athlet

front that seems to have stalled with intent across the eastern side of scotland, central parts, and into the north—east of englandd. it will be joined eventually from the south by another weather front, bringing the prospect of some pretty hefty showers. at least behind that there is some sunshine to be had for the greater part of england and wales and some warmth as well. friday into saturday, quite significant that the low— pressure saturday, quite significant that the low—pressure drifts away. we begin to look to the main event of the weekend, that high pressure over scandinavia, which will eventually start to throw really cold air at us across all parts of the british isles, riding on that stream of cold air there will be plenty of wind through the weekend. there will be snow showers, not just across eastern parts. i think some of them, given the strength of the wind, will make it right across towards the welsh mountains. if you are thinking about moving about over the weekend, think about snow and ice, there will be some disruption, i'm sure, over the next few days. bbc local radio will keep you up—to—date.

an amber warning remains in place in the north of england and scotland. ben brown who's in the north east of england. we're at the angel of the north in gateshead, we've had some pretty brutal conditions here through the day i have to tell you. subzero temperatures around —8, we've had blizzard this morning, very heavy snowfall as well. and winds of around a0 miles an hour. it hasn't stopped some of those people you can see behind me around the angel of the north just having a bit of fun really on their sledgers, making the most of this very wintry conditions, as you were hearing, even though technically, according to the meteorologists, this is the first day of spring. 0n the roads, this is the a167 just off the a—1. the traffic is moving along. they've had snowploughs and gritters out. there when we came up for a one there were quite a few stranded vehicles and a lot of emergency vehicles as well. nothing like the conditions they seenin nothing like the conditions they seen in scotland on the m 80 near glasgow, where, as you were saying, hundreds of driv

the heaviest rain to southern counties of england through wednesday morning. uncertainty of how far northns. northern ireland, scotla nd chilterns. northern ireland, scotland and the north of england sunshine and showers. the showers will be frequent to the north—west of the country and over the high ground a risk of wintriness. for get the double figure temperatures, tomorrow's high between seven and nine degrees celsius for most. that is wednesday's weather wrapped up. thursday, low pressure to the south—west will drive in heavy downpours pours, south—west england, wales and northern ireland no snow for these areas. north a band of rain affecting the north of scotland. the mountains to northern scotla nd scotland. the mountains to northern scotland there could be snow here. temperatures still generally a little bit cool for the time of year. easter, things will start off ona year. easter, things will start off on a cool note. bands of rain around at times, sunny spells. sunday not too bad. things turning milder. windy and wet as we go on this through monday. the heaviest rain towards so

south—west of the uk. south—west of the uk. drizzle through the afternoon. nibbled away across the north of england here. england so we see sunshine here. scotland and northern ireland and some are wintry. some are wintry. thunder to the list of scotland and some sunshine here. some sunshine here. temperatures take a tumble close to freezing. freezing. temperatures of between four and seven. as low as —3 full role spots. tomorrow but bright for many and a good deal of sunshine. good deal of sunshine. where they could be wintry in nature. the wind will be fairly light. it should feel quite pleasant. things change slowly next week. week. particularly on tuesday and wednesday. wednesday. detail so keep an eye on the forecast. forecast. and cold with sunshine through the morning. morning. disappears as cloud built in the west. west. ahead of the rain there are highs of ten or 12. highs of ten or 12. an eye on what is happening on tuesday and wednesday. tuesday and wednesday. prospect that some of us could see some snow. hello, good afternoon. for a hostage yesterday has died of his injuries. the islami

of the winners at tonight's 90th academy awards. economics editor at the independent. good morning and welcome to bbc news. despite temperatures slowly rising. warned to expect delays. and north—east of englandousands of homes in cut—off rural communities remain without power. simon clemson reports. for a while yet. morning, while scotland faces more coming in from the north sea. to be aware of ice following lower overnight temperatures. travel," services are resuming. a number of companies on a reduced service. have reopened, but there are reports of delays and cancellations. today to reconnect remote areas. thousands of homes in cut—off villages remain without power. and village on the north coast which were cut off. away. but at the end of the day, what can we do? it was freak weather. we've just got to get on with it. up the waves. quietly. in the weathered. correspondent is outscored currentjunction of a 66. outscored currentjunction of a 66. so what is the picture there? still looking miserable. looking miserable. allowed but the main route is still closed. closed. that is going into a fourth day now. day now. this morning, that is not necessarily mean it is good open. necessarily mean

of the night. further north, the east breezer bringing snow showers to eastern and northern parts of scotland and north—east englanday, i have issues with the fact that rain may well fall onto frozen services. i stand fogg could be a new issue as we start the new day on saturday. further significant snow to come across the eastern side of scotland and the north—east of england. further south turning little milder. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. drifting snow, ice and driving winds are continuing to cause severe disruption in many parts of the uk — nine people are known to have died in weather—related incidents since tuesday. theresa may outlines her hopes for a future economic partnership with the eu, while setting out what she calls the "hard facts" about brexit. we all need to face up to some hard fa cts . we all need to face up to some hard facts. we are leaving the single market. life is going to be different. in certain ways, our access to each other's markets will be less than it is now. a 21 —year—old man from leicester has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a muslim woman — who he target

just some in the loss of england dashed the north of england is love about moving into thursday againn thursday. the rain starts to push in later in the day. gradually working up later in the day. gradually working up east. damage just up east. damagejust creeping into double figures, a maximum of 12 degrees by thursday. so largely dry start of the week sunny spells. turning my older and we have rain later in the week. dashed telling my older. hello, it's monday, it's 9 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. our top story today — highly addictive fixed odds betting terminals should have their maxium stake reduced from £100 to £30 or less — that's the verdict of the gambling commission, who're calling on the government to act now. and ijust went and i just went to the counter and and ijust went to the counter and i debt, 500. i lost that in the space ofa debt, 500. i lost that in the space of a few minutes. 1000, lost that. 1000, lost that, another thousand until i had no more money in my bank account. we'll speak to one man who's lost 250 grand on fixed odds betti

north and east of scotla nd towards the north and east of scotland producing quite a bit of rain and significant snowfall across the high and then northern ireland down through the north west of england heavy rain in its own right there. the snowfall totals really mounting up across the higher ground of scotland here. it really will be a high ground feature, i think. really will be a high ground feature, ithink. similar really will be a high ground feature, i think. similar prospect perhaps across the highest ground at the top end of the pennines. don't discount this more southerly feature. it looks rather more patchy but even so i think there will be the moderate burst of rain. further south than that is where you get sunshine but some pretty sharp showers as well. as you sleep into the start of the weekend marked transformation. we start importing some really cold air. there will be a widespread frost on saturday. thanks to the importation of some really cold air and that big area of high pressure over scandinavia throwing the cold air towards the british isles, no signs of mild air we are all in this similar boat. and on that noticeable very keen easterly wind there will be plenty

across the southern counties of england and wales through the course of the evening and overnight the temperatures will stay positive across the southern half of britain, further northn the countryside with all the lying snow it will be another cold night and there might be further snow showers simply because this area of low pressure is doing is u nsettled area of low pressure is doing is unsettled but it's helping lift the temperatures slowly but surely. close to that area of low pressure down towards the southwest expect heavy rainfall into the south—western parts of wales, further north weather front will produce rain and sleet around the coastal areas and write—up in the far north and maybe the high ground of scotla nd far north and maybe the high ground of scotland we might well find further snow showers. this is tuesday, looking at a fairly settled picture, quite a bit of dry weather, but the leaden skies it has to be said, dallas bungling of showers down towards the south west. further rain about the coast of scotland, maybe over the highest ground again a further dusting of snow and at this stage tempters in the south starting to push towards double figures

north that are still quite chilly and there will be wintry showers around. more snow to come on the hills of eastern scotla nd come on the hills of eastern scotland and north—east englandther. it stays cold next week across the north of the uk weather is the ongoing threat of further snow. but it will mainly be confined to the hills. elsewhere it turns less cold with rain showers at times. so yes, we are over the worst, but because of the snow on the ground and more wintry weather around today, articulate with the risk of ice, we could still have further problems over the coming hours. you'll know that we've been looking at special educational needs and how it affects individuals and their families. today we focus on families unable to travelling on average three times further than children in other institutions, in some places making 30 mile round trips. the government says it is committed, but education institute said it has neglected special skills. 6:30am, and nikki is getting ready for the school run. he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age seven and is now suffering from suspected of dramatic stress related to what happened in his mainstream school.

of cloud. those snow showers continue across the north and east of scotla nd across the north and east of scotland running through the central belt and the north east of england across northern ireland and wales but in southern england, especially during the afternoon, and patch is slowly work its way north, with some uncertainty about how much snow we will get during the day on friday. another called david temperatures struggling to get above freezing, and we still have that easterly winds that is what it's going to feel like if you're out in the wind. another very cold day ahead. things are going to change. the beast from the east, that strong easterly wind being replaced by something a little less cold, coming up from the south, with the weather beginning to come from southern climes rather than all the way from siberia, so we should see temperatures lifting, slowly. we still have the threat of more snow showers across northern parts of the uk will restore still have a cold, easterly wind. further south, the winds will becoming lighter and it should be driver soweto weather beginning to arrive in the south later but by the most part, this should be rain. o

of england but elsewhere lots of sunshine. some fair weather cloud in scotland and the far north of england. l thin and break—up and brighter weather will come through eventually. plenty of sunshine elsewhere. some showers perhaps in scotland, northern ireland and northern parts of england but those will be few and far between. like winds and sunshine and temperatures getting up to 13. through the evening and into tonight with clear spells it will turn cold quite quickly and as you can see by the blue colouring, a frost setting in in northern and western areas. south—eastern areas perhaps staying just above freezing and two to four degrees. into next week, some changes on the way. a battle between cold aircoming changes on the way. a battle between cold air coming from the north, scandinavia, and less cold, milder aircoming from scandinavia, and less cold, milder air coming from the south. as those two meet, there is the risk of snow. for monday, a fine start, cold and frosty, but cloud invades from the west bringing rain pushing into ireland and south—west england. double—figure temperatures

for higher ground, the hills and mountains of wales, the hills and mountains of wales, the north midlands, parts of north england to those lower levels. temperatures falling away to freezing or below across the northern half of the country. further south not so cold. but we could see some snow across the midlands and the north of england and wales. that could cause some disruption of your bbc local radio station will keep you up to date. this area of snow and rain slides away this area of snow and rain slides r this area of snow and rain slides away very quickly and then not a bad day for many with some spells of sunshine and just a scattering of showers. and relatively mild compared with what we had a week ago. highs of seven in aberdeen, 10 degrees in london. then on friday dry weather around, some showers in the north, wintry over higher ground and data during the day wet weather pushing across the channel islands and into the south—west of england. pretty heavy rain developing courtesy of a frontal system pushing its way north during friday night into saturday. all driven by low pressure. but with that out o

night, we have met office amber "be prepared" warnings in force, initially across parts of eastern england, into the north including the london area, and then into sunday, parts of south—west england and south wales. these are the areas most prone to disruptive snowfall as we head through saturday night and into sunday. lots of showers pushing in from the east, as you can see. and then later in the night, through the early hours, there is the potential for an area of more persistent snow to develop across the south—west of england and into the south of wales. temperatures dropping below freezing, so quite a widespread frost and some ice to take us into sunday morning. so on sunday there is the potential for significant and disruptive snow across the south—west of england and the south—west of wales. worth staying in touch with our forecast through the weekend. but notice further east, the showers tend to fade away. more in the way of dry weather, some spells of sunshine. it will, though, still be cold. now, high pressure will be sitting to the north as we go through the weekend. during sunday night, that