phil bodmer, bbc news. time for the weather with nick miller.ld and sunny for many of us today, but there were still snow showers of rain, particularly in north west scotland. let's focus on the sunshine in norfolk this afternoon. the gorgeous afternoon. wintry showers in northern ireland. the picture shows speckled cloud. thicker cloud in north—west scotland. frequent, heavy, wintry showers that will continue overnight. and there will be more snow in the hills. significant accumulations developing. blizzards as well. here in northern ireland, western and north—west, and, icy conditions on untreated surfaces. elsewhere, largely dry and clear with a widespread frost in the morning. the air coming in from the atla ntic morning. the air coming in from the atlantic bringing some showers particular into north—west scotland june day tomorrow. father snow showers here. one to showers in ireland, wales and west england. morning sunshine in the rest of the weekend. the best of the sunny spells across eastern areas. temperatures are quite respectable. aro

phil bodmer in levisham in north yorkshire. ben ando is in colchester in essex.tion has there been there? there has been a fair amount. greater anglia who run trains from this station into london normally packed with rush—hour commuters were running barely half the number of services. the snow levels weren't as high as anticipated but the temperatures were very cold. some commuters were asking if the beast from the east was the least from the east. the difficulty for the rail network is they need to plan for the worse. snowy conditions can cause signals and points to fail and all sorts of difficulties and they can't run as many trains and those that do run as many trains and those that do run have to run more slowly. they are looking to reinstate some services, particularly to rural lines. they are aware that tonight the forecast is for more snow and there could be more disruption to come over the next few days. staff here have been helping out. there have been engineering workers, people who normally work in administration coming down to help passengers. althoug

our correspondent phil bodmer is at leeds university. what is the impact their?students here affected by the strike action. these steps earlier on today were a full of protesters who marched to the city centre. one of those on the demonstration was this professor and also a lecturer in food physics here. what did you make of the protest today? i was really inspired by it. we had the biggest number of bigots we have ever had. lots of classes were closed, all the entrances were covered, lots of support from students as well as staff. people and students recognise it is notjust about defending pensions, it is about defending education in britain. the longer the dispute goes on, the harder it will be to sustain that level of support, isn't it? i think people have recognised that universities will not pay any attention to anything other than something which seriously disrupts their operation. most people in the union involved in the strike realise that. we have had two oi' strike realise that. we have had two or three day strikes before and the university has written

but first let's speak to phil bodmer who is in thornton—le—dale in north yorkshire.r? it might look pretty but behind the picture postcard image there has been disruption on the edge of the north york moors overnight. they had six centimetres of snow on top of four centimetres lafell yesterday. they expect worse weather tonight. this is in an amber warning area. across yorkshire, more than 100 schools are closed with many more are expected to be shut tomorrow as well, as this snow sweeps in from the east and traverses the whole of the east and traverses the whole of the county. the whole of the north east affected, pretty much up to the scottish borders. leeds blackwood airport has been closed to flights because of too much snow on the runway, and as quick as they queried, more -n iii; ; a, . " where , iadhere we , where we are ‘on the ‘ on the. and this is the this is th london, is” ,, -:;;,, f: a" fi . between london, the northeast and of counlepldozenagebicleszrabded several the counlepldozenagebicleszrabded several- the emergency we re were called them out and man

phil bodmer, bbc news. we will be talking about that issue later.plain all of that later. ben is taking a look at what children are spending their pocket money on. nearly £1000 each? that is a lot of money. it all racks up and for big business, they want a slice of that, we're talking about whether there's too much pressure on young people from advertisers and peer pressure to spend that money rather than perhaps saving it. we've been looking at some of the numbers. it might be a few pounds here and there, but for the firms vying for that money it's big business. we're talking about young people and their pocket money. and we have a glimpse of what children are spending on with new figures this morning. the ons says the average 15—year—old gets through £1,300 a year. a typical 13 to 15—year—old girl spends £1.70 a week on cosmetics and toiletries, that's about £88 a year. for boys that figure was nearer £5. but one of the biggest expenses for boys was computer games. that came in at around £57.20 a year. as advertisers target that spending, is the p

phil bodmer, bbc news. spells of sunshine. weather watchers have been busy and this is one of the scenes at the moment in northern ireland with blue skies down by the beach. as you can see from the satellite imagery, that sunshine is evident across england and wales but further north and west noticed more cloud here and with that some showers moving in. in the aisles of lewis we have a shower recently passed by. if i stand to the side, you can just about make out a rainbow as well. for the rest of the afternoon, snow showers piling in across northern and western scotland, some wintry showers in northern ireland and perhaps the pennines as well, but elsewhere we continue with the blue skies and sunshine. in the south ten or 11 degrees, but further north little more chilly at five or six celsius. overnight snow piling in across scotland, but elsewhere with clear skies it will be colder than it was last night with temperatures hovering at around freezing into friday morning. with that, there's the risk of some

our correspondent phil bodmer gave us this update from outside leeds university. and there seems to be some support amongst students who are having their lecturers disrupted. 33,000 stu d e nts their lecturers disrupted. 33,000 students likely to be affected. this isafair students likely to be affected. this is a fair sized picket line that has been underway since eight o'clock this morning. people are forming up, ready to take place in a march, which will follow the line of protesters and pickets down to the city centre, where they will rally in front of the town hall. this is the first of ii; in front of the town hall. this is the first of 11; days of escalating strikes over a four—week period. as you mentioned, lecturers here protesting against their pensions. that the moment, they were changed from defined pensions to career average schemes. that is now according to union people here today, they say the idea is to change them to stock market related pension schemes. they say that could leave average earnings by about £10,000 per year worse off in retirement. t

our reporter phil bodmer is in stamford bridge in east yorkshire for us this morning.oad from the city of york through to the coastal resorts on the yorkshire coast. that is running freely and we have seen snowploughs out this morning and gritting teams. they have been working hard to keep this major trunk road open. there area this major trunk road open. there are a handful of school closures across east, north and west yorkshire this morning. but not as bad as we predicted. elsewhere across the uk, there are other issues in the south—east and in east anglia. we know greater anglia has cancelled and reduced a number of trains operating into london because of bad weather. of course, the cold temperatures. the airports, you are advised to check before you travel at glasgow, edinburgh, leeds bradford airport, manchester included and newcastle, where the bad weather is affecting those as well. check before you travel and if you are heading out in the car, be prepared and maybe take a little bit longerfor prepared and maybe take a little bit longer for your journey. prepar

phil bodmer, thank you.s disruption on the roads and railways. well, it is still snowing here, quite heavy showers from time to time. in this area the forecasts were pretty well on the nose in the sense that we've got a swathe of snow running from the thames valley right across kent and into surrey and sussex. about five centimetres here in ashford, but elsewhere, towns and villages reporting a little bit more than that. in terms of the disruption, it's been very mixed. the main arterial routes overall are open but we have had real difficulties on the m20 near maidstone. westbound, that remains a problem, say kent police, with a number of abandoned vehicles and a number of accidents. elsewhere on the m20, on the a249, the major arterial road, that has a steep hill, again, we've had abandoned vehicles and a jackknifed lorry. that of course closes the roads and whenever that happens the gritters cannot get through. the gritters in this county of kent have been operating under what the county council have calle

phil bodmer is in stamford bridge in east yorkshire. tell us about the picture there.d morning, as you can see, it is snowing again in stamford bridge on the edge of the yorkshire moors and it has been snowing off and on throughout the morning. i have to say, this area is right in the middle of one of the amber weather warning areas but we have not had ten centimetres of snow predicted, however, that is not to say we won't get it because this snow is quite heavy now. i have to say the main a166 heavy now. i have to say the main ai66 which links the yorkshire coast with the major centres of yorkshire like leeds and yorkers remained open, the gritting teams have been out and we have seen snowploughs this morning. —— and york has remained. the main problem seems to be an public transport and with the airlines. if you are travelling abroad, the advice is to check with your airline. abroad, the advice is to check with yourairline. 0n the abroad, the advice is to check with your airline. 0n the trains, network railare your airline. 0n the trains, network rail are saying you

phil bodmer is in the snowy village of thornton—le—dale in the north york moors for us this morning —d several centimetres of fresh snow overnight. i have to say the journey up here today has been really tricky. the m1 was completely covered in snow and at that time the a 64 approaching this direction was absolutely white out. i have to say the village looks absolutely beautiful. that bus has got to go to leeds. i have been talking to local people this morning who have been telling me conditions are much worse this morning than they were yesterday morning. what is significant today is the wind chill. it feels it could cut you in half. we estimate it to be roundabout —12 here today. that gives you a clue as to how cold it is. these weather warnings are in force for the whole of the north of england, throughout yorkshire up to the north—east. there are concerns about the welfare of vulnerable people, especially if they have to go out. if you live near somebody who may need help or shopping, go and assist them because they are concerned about people's welfare in this cold weather. the sn

kent, sussex, surrey and yorkshire and public transport is widely affected. 0ur correspondent, phil bodmer thornton—le—dale in north yorkshire. what is the picture there? the picture here is one of the further snowfall overnight, they had about four or five centimetres yesterday at another five centimetres or so overnight and driving conditions like elsewhere in the country are especially hazardous. what i can assure you is the wind—chill, that is what is significantly different from yesterday. the air temperature now is about minus two. early on it was about minus six. couple that with a wind speed of about a0 knots and it gives us a wind—chill factor earlier on today of about minus 12. it is not quite that cold now but nonetheless it is really bitingly cold, the yorkshire discretion is 110w cold, the yorkshire discretion is now the ring and that sums it up. hundreds of schools across yorkshire are closed and a local primary school, 200 children here, the school, 200 children here, the school was closed today. the main road here is the a170, that runs between scarborough on the east coast

our correspondent phil bodmer is outside leeds university.here isa their views. there are indeed. there is a mood of defiance here in leeds today amongst the lecturers and there seems to be support among stu d e nts there seems to be support among students who are having their lectures disrupted today. 33,000 stu d e nts lectures disrupted today. 33,000 students are likely to be affected but this is a fair sized picket line. it has been underway since 8am and people are forming up to take pa rt and people are forming up to take part ina and people are forming up to take part in a march that will follow the line of protesters and pickets down to the city centre, where they will rally in front of the town hall. this is the first of 14 days of escalating strikes over a four—week period and as you mentioned that the lecturers are protesting about changes to their pensions. at the moment their pension scheme, they we re moment their pension scheme, they were changed from defined pensions to career average schemes and that is now according to the u

phil bodmer is outside leeds university.as a cause of celebration among students, now they wa nt celebration among students, now they want compensation? indeed, there is an element of sympathy among students, certainly the ones we spoke to win leeds earlier on today. the number of students joined a rally of 200 or 300 lecturers assembling on the steps of the building, and they had a picket line from about 8am. they set off on this rally through the city centre rob leeds to meet at the town hall, where they held the rally, listening toa number of where they held the rally, listening to a number of speeches. clearly, the mood is one of defiance. they are unhappy about these proposed changes to what they call switching from a defined benefit pension scheme to a contribution scheme. they claim that is the result of them being worse 0ff they claim that is the result of them being worse off in retirement. for their part, the vice chancellors did not make any comment today. but universities generally say that the current system is