i am joined by david dixon the infrastructure director for scotrail, tell us how it's going?ter today, a lot of routes opened we did not have before, we are getting more and more services recovered. final safety checks, final checks that lines are clear and we are restoring the service so by the end of today people will see there is a pretty good service back in scotland. good news for commuters and passengers, being held back, what's the picture between scotland and england at the moment? we are conscious that it's been difficult of the last few days for people to make connection between scotland and england. we hope to have the west coast main line open later on today. the east coast main line is actually clear in scotla nd coast main line is actually clear in scotland but there are problems further south we are told which will be clear later on but we are running scotrail services at the top end of the east coast ectoderm bar. looking ahead to the commute on monday morning, people will be wanting to check timetables and be sure they can get other work, what you think it'll

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checks are happening and it's hoped the west coast main line will be up and running later today and scotrail they hope for a full train service tomorrow. looking ahead that looks good. on other travel, airports and on the roads, still take extra care and check before you travel, we do have forecasts for more snow here so of course untreated roads are still icy. the scottish government have urged people to carry on the community spirit we have seen over the last few days and to keep helping each other out. the picture across the rest of the uk, as we heard, it is gradually improving but there are still warnings for icy roads so they remained treacherous. then the next thing, when the snow starts to melt and there are flood warnings in place for parts of the south west and north east of england. but with all this disruption we have had over the last few days around the uk of course it will take some time to get everything back on track. train operators say they are confident that a normal service will be resumed across scotland by monday morning. we've cancelled all nonessential works tonight

check with your provider, if you're using great western, check with them, if you're using scotrail, checkfore you make your journey to the yourjourney to the station. a lot of these websites have live departure boards online. airports, air travel and some international airports have been affected. things are much better today. birmingham airport was —— michael has reopened, it was suspended yesterday. it is not a small airport. it is the seventh biggest airport in the uk. for the nerds among us, it is the 43rd largest in europe. back open today, was suspended yesterday, dublin airport, even bigger, was closed for two days, back open. heathrow airport running and near normal service as is gatwick, edinburgh, but of course are a lot of people in the wrong place as a result of cancelled flights and blocked airports so there are tens of thousands of people were they do not want to be right now and that will take a few days to get them all back to the right place. thank you so much for that. given us a clearer picture. look at the websites to get the best information, the latest information. a

scotrail, i had a look at their website a few moments ago, they are trying to run services between edinburghis a reduced service. as ever, check with the website before you go. we have got snowploughs on some of these lanes. the moment we clear the snow, address back in again. the combination of temperatures, drifting snow, ice and eventually as well, could throw up fresh problems? i weather experts will tell you the impact of the risk of flooding when all that snow eventually dissolves and turns into many rivers and all the problems that come with that. just to finish my thought on the inner side of things, i have been in touch with london city airport. a much reduced service. the airport closes at 12 o'clock anyway every saturday. due to a long—standing agreement with their neighbours there are no services. reduced service today. dublin airport closed for two days, back open today. that leaves the 75,000 or so out of position passengers who are not where they want to be, or expected to bea where they want to be, or expected to be a few days ago. that could ta ke to be a few days ago. that

central rail station earlier today and many services throughout the day came back on stream and scotrailthey are hopeful they will have a normal service tomorrow which bodes well for the monday morning commute. the west coast main line between scotland and england, they had hoped that trains would be running on that this afternoon but they have been fighting a battle with drifting snow and when the plough managed to move it, the snow came back on the line so they're starting again. hopefully that will be sorted soon. the airports have been open, passengers still advised to check with their airline, because there are still cancellations and delays. with the amount of disruption that there has been, you would expect that. on the roads, the main arterial routes are doing well, the problem is untreated side roads where the snow is compounding but not melting and it is becoming icy. underfoot and in the car, treacherous on some of the side roads and the advice is to make sure you are safe and check carefully before heading out. we have seen some tremendous community spirit and let me tell you

scotrail, i looked at their website a few moments ago, they are trying to run services between glasgowe major arteries for the rail network, but it isa arteries for the rail network, but it is a rigid service. as ever, check with the website. and we have snowploughs going on some of the lines, the moment we clear the snow is drifts back in, and a combination of the temperatures, drifting snow, ice, and eventually a four to drop all sorts of problems. weather experts will tell us about the of flooding when the snow eventually melts and all the problems that comes with that. just to finish my thought with the air travel side of things. london city airport, much reduced service, but the airport closes at 1230 anyway every saturday. no flights in the afternoon due to a long—standing agreement with their neighbours. birmingham airport was closed, temporarily suspended yesterday, it is back on with a reduced service today. at dublin airport closed for two days, back—up and this morning. but that all leaves the out of position aircraft and certainly the 75,000 out of position passengers who a

within scotland itself, scotrail say their services are nearly normal, although there will be alterations to timetables within scotland tomorrow. infact, rail companies across the uk saying that the weather has been so bad, it is causing cancellations today, and that will continue into tomorrow for the return to work. many minor roads still closed by snowdrifts. there are still flood warnings and closures around the coast because of high winds and high tides, and thousands of homes are still without power in many parts of the uk. we are told that a thaw is on the way in summer or areas tonight it could get back to —4, so with the disruption to electricity, to roads and rails, for people tomorrow it would be a normal rush—hour return to work on monday. thank you for that update, still very challenging. the headlines on bbc news: sir roger bannister, the first athlete to run a mile in less informants, has died at the age of 88. theresa may urges the eu to get on with what she calls her ambitious but practical vision for relations after brexit. and work is continuing to clear snow from roads

weather. 0n the rail networks, some train companies, including south eastern, south western and scotrail their routes. there are also cancellations at major uk airports, including heathrow. 0ur transport correspondent, victoria fritz, is at london waterloo station. ican i can tell you it is still very cold in this station as well. when it comes to trains, 26 out of 27 train companies are operating severely disrupted lines, including the ones that go in and out of here, london waterloo, europe's busiest station. lots of train companies have been saying to people, do not travel u nless saying to people, do not travel unless it is absolutely essential. south—eastern which operates out of london waterloo east saying do not travel. it is a result of freezing rain turning to ice on conductor rails meaning it cannot cope duct power the trains. the south—western services leaving behind me they are trying to wind up services by 8pm. the station will close after the last service which is 21:a5pm. when it comes to flights, this is the worst day for flight cancellations we have seen all week, more t

at 8:10 we'll speak to scotrail to find out how many of their services are back up and running. 20,000s up at the start line. diversity, or the lack of it, has been a big issue at the oscars in recent years. we'll speak to the teenagers frustrated by this and who decided to highlight the issue themselves by recreating famous film posters and swapping the white performers for black actors. all that still to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one, as it's time for match of the day. we are still here, on the bbc news channel. thank you for being with us. normally on this point we would say if he didn't want match of the day we have more foot all the sports news, but it isn'tjust football? no, notjust football. and who needs match of the day in half now, you can do it in a few minutes. we are talking athletics today? yes, indoors, no snow indoors. a fantastic few days of athletics in birmingham. great britain are up to four medals. success in the pentathlon for katarina johnson—thompson. but laura muir has half of those medals now, because she

in scotland, scotrail has its best day for several days, but still hundreds of cancellations if you areil do check in advance. just as you say that, there are pictures of dawlish, we did see a train passing through, despite the conditions, so it's right what you're saying. while people are struggling with the problems on their doorstep in terms of snow and whatever, what about airports? let's go from north to south this time. scottish airports still having problems, edinburgh, the busiest in scotland, has lots of cancellations today, was cool also having a few problems, most of those residual, and flights to double in which only opened this morning after about 36 hours of closure, and there are still thousands of people stranded on the rocks i'd of the irish sea, trying to get back. elsewhere it is most of the southern half, birmingham has been having huge problems, lots of cancellations. a flight in the early hours came in from barbados, that was diverted manchester. manchester itself, the outbound flight to go was cancelled. lots of people enjoying extra holidays in india. and a lot o

on wednesday, scotrail told commuters to go home early when it cancelled all its services.vid dickson, scotrail‘s logistics director, joins us now from glasgow. mr dixon, good morning. thank you for talking to us. when do you expect to get a full programme of services back up and running?m expect to get a full programme of services back up and running? it is really good news for people using the railway in scotland, so after being at night and the people working away to clear the tracks across the 2800 miles of railway in scotland, what we are looking for todayis scotland, what we are looking for today is really to put in a near normal service so all scottish roads are open today, and we expect to provide a very good service to the people. right across scotland. many people. right across scotland. many people will be relieved to hear that. we're looking at pictures while you're talking of some of the railways. just how challenging as this cold snap been for you and your staff? hugely challenging, this is unprecedented, to see a red alert warning of serious risk to life real

scotrail are hoping to resume some services but their advice is to check before you travel.isruption to public services. more than 1500 schools are closed in scotland including every state school in the central elt stretching right the way from the west to the east. there are more closures than there were yesterday. in dundee, the schools we re yesterday. in dundee, the schools were open but today they are closed. councils have warned the schools are going to be closed tomorrow. a lot of disruption to public services. the scottish conservative party conference has been postponed because of the weather. a lot of disruption and no signs of a letup. britain really at the moment in the grip of this beast from the east, the siberian conditions coming in from east and storm mr coming up from east and storm mr coming up from the. a double whammy of it out winter where there even though it is the 1st of march. for me to be at all -- the 1st of march. for me to be at all —— the meteorologists, this is the first day of spring and it really doesn't feel like it. let us go to phil macki