phil mackie, bbc news, norway. so impressive!oms, you might just they need to to practising, staterooms, you mightjust get some. this week we will see the two faces of late february, it was the warmest day of the year so far, 18 degrees, one with sunshine, but look at what is likely to happen during thursday. severe gales, rain

temperatures of minus a0 degrees — and they'll be walking in that for up to 9 hours a day. 0ur reporter phil mackieof their training, in norway. the ice maiden team is heading out across a frozen norwegian lake at the start of its final training exercise. in september, these soldiers will begin their historicjourney, hoping they will succeed and inspire a generation of women. it's not just about five women crossing antarctica, it's about encouraging women from across the military but also in civilian life to get out there and give things a go, and realise there is no ceiling and you can achieve anything. i think we can inspire some women to get out there and be physically active. it doesn't have to be antarctica. their 5k can be their antarctica. we're just going to have... 0oh, it's hot chocolate with orange today! their home for the next few weeks and the 80 days of the expedition will be a small tent. it will be a bedroom, living room and kitchen. hi, mum. hi, dad. there are doctors, a former teacher, and an electrical technician on the team. i'm just a normal person from newcastle and i have ju

phil mackie, bbc news, norway.ind the till and starts to shop. he goes to a fridge and picks up some bottles of what looks like water. so far, so normal. little can he imagine what‘s about to happen. he heads to the counter but there‘s one last item he needs. then this happens. caught on cctv from a different angle, you can see a white car ploughing through a plate glass window and crushing the man between two rows of shelves. but look at him staggering free, obviously shocked and hurt but remarkably, amazingly, not suffering from any major injuries. he sits down in the corner. later, he would apparently walk to the ambulances. and what about the people in the car? one of the doors opens and a woman clambers out. she looks around, more than a little shocked herself. it‘s not clear why she or the car she was in took this unusual detour, adding a whole new dimension to drive—through shopping. but when you see these images again, you can only wonder how tragically this might have ended and how miraculous it was that n

phil mackie, bbc news, norway. that is quite something.is is on the way. stormy weather to come on thursday, we will get snow but not too much hopefully, but it could cause disruption. for the time being we have rain up into the time being we have rain up into the north and west with wind. a lot of clout and the grey old afternoon, mild old afternoon and yet again temperatures peaking around 14 degrees, way above the average for this time of year but the weather front will straddle its way down through the country, still producing outbreaks of drizzly rain, nothing substantial but a lot of clout, mild and windy, severe gales into the far north of scotland and here colder with a good slice of sunshine. you can see the difference to the temperatures but as we move into thursday, the fourth main storm of the season is expected to arrive which would bring wet and windy weather and there is an amber weather and there is an amber weather warning which could cause disruption and there is potential for some snow across central and southern parts a

phil mackie, bbc news, norway. so impressive! louise lear, ifeel cold just looking at those pictures. they need to to practising, staterooms, you might just they need to to practising, staterooms, you mightjust get some. this week we will see the two faces of late february, it was the warmest day of the year so far, 18 degrees, one with sunshine, but look at what is likely to happen during thursday. severe gales, rain and the potential for snow, which could cause disruption. more on that in a moment. out to the north and west, turning increasingly wet and windy. further south, the rain is fairly light and patchy with lots of cloud around and a pretty grey afternoon with good visibility towards the coast —— with poor visibility. the rain lightand coast —— with poor visibility. the rain light and patchy through the midlands but peps and through north and west england, the isle of man, western scotland and northern ireland, where the winds will start to strengthen. relatively mild for the time of year, seven to 11 degrees are high,

phil mackie in stoke—on—trent.ome of the muslim women who've experienced religious hate crime in this country. but first, our religious affairs correspondent looks at why the number of incidents of violence and abuse targeting jewish people in the uk has reached a record high, according to a new study. just six days after the annual holocaust memorial day, these figures reveal british dues are the victims of a staggering rise in the number of attacks. according to the community security trust which collates statistics in co—operation with the police. in the past five years, the number of incidents has doubled from around 600 to this year's record high. racists, including anti—semites, feel emboldened, encouraged, at this moment in time, for a whole range of reasons, to come out with their hatred. they used to keep it underground and now they are coming out. a lid has been lifted off. basically, society as a whole needs to turn around as a whole and say it's not acceptable and these people need to be driven back int

phil mackie reports. nothing like this has been found in britain before.l the two friends who found these whilst recently taking up metal detecting two decades after they gave the hobby up. i heard him say he'd found something. he was coming down the field to me and he pulled out of his pocket and waved it at me. that's when i went to pieces. my legs went like jelly and i went light—headed because i knew what it was. this isn't the first time there's been such a significant find around here. the staffordshire horde was found seven years ago. but this is 1,000 years older and it's the first of its kind from that period. this is a spectacular find. these four items made out of gold are unique. it's surprisingly heavy. this would have been worn around the neck of a wealthy woman 2,500 years ago and it's a period of british history about which we know very little. they were either buried for safe keeping or as an offering to the gods and were probably made in france or germany. what it's really suggesting that excitingly we might be seeing new connections with

our reporter phil mackie joined them for some of their training in norway. to get out there and give things a go, and realise there is no ceiling and you can achieve anything. i think we can inspire some women to get out there and be physically active. it doesn‘t have to be antarctica. their 5k can be their antarctica. we‘re just going to have... ooh, it‘s hot chocolate with orange today! their home for the next few weeks and the 80 days of the expedition will be a small tent. it will be a bedroom, living room and kitchen. hi, mum. hi, dad. there are doctors, a former teacher, and an electrical technician on the team. i‘m just a normal person from newcastle and i have just happened to come across this incredible opportunity. if you want it and work for it, you canjust do it. they will leave their families and partners behind to spend nearly three months together on the ice. there is important research being done as well. no one really knows what it will take to sustain an all—female team on a journey like this. it‘s not just about the calories. it‘s about th

live now to our correspondent phil mackie who is in stoke—on—trent. or not they will be putting upa whether or not they will be putting up a statue to peter crouch doing the robot after his 100th league goal last night. the man in the know is with us now. how are people going to vote, do you think? is brexit the beak issue? labour would like the nhs and local issues to be the big issue but quite clearly, on the doorstep, brexit is still the number one issue and the ukip candidate will make that the number one issue throughout. i first covered an election 25 years ago. this was as safe a labour seat as you could get. 20 years ago, this had a 20,000 labour majority. could ukip take their seat or is it beyond their reach? it was 5000 in it last time. no, it is not without their reach. it is quite conceivable. at the moment, they are calling it neck and neck and labour are worried. so, the bookies are normally quite good on these things. paul hanley has even got a shop —— the uk independence party candidate has even got a shop with banners up here, but it

phil mackie reports. it is not clear why these items were buried. after taking up the hobby again, they struck gold. i knew straightaway what it was because i‘d seen pictures in books and magazines. i said where did you find that because my head was racing. he said, at the top of the hill. i said well, i will look at the area and do some more sweeps of the area. we heard stories that where there is one could be more buried. it wasjust before christmas when the two men walking along with metal detectors found the treasury just behind me along with metal detectors found the treasuryjust behind me of a bear. a couple of days ago they came back again and found one of the missing pieces. today the items were officially declared as treasure. the collection is expected to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and the men will split the proceeds with the men will split the proceeds with the landowner if their items are sold. they have not said exactly how much it would fetch or what is going to happen. moneywise. wejust look on it really is a bonus. that

our reporter phil mackie joined them in norway, where they're training for their 80—day challenge.n achieve anything. i think we can inspire someone to get out there and be physically active. it doesn't have to be the antarctic. their 5k can be their version of antarctica. their home will be a small tent. it will be a bedroom, living room, and kitchen, for the next 80 days. hi, mum. hi, dad. they are a doctor, a former teacher, and electrical technician who are on the team. i am just a normal person from newcastle and i have just come across an incredible opportunity. if you can work for it you canjust do it. they will leave their families and partners behind to spend nearly three months together on the ice. there is important research being done as well. no one really knows what it would take to support and sustain an all—female team on a journey like this. it is about the composition of the rations, carbohydrates, protein, and trying to figure out how we can manipulate that, i suppose. and also for a group of women whose nutritional needs are different to men, there has been very