disruption continues here in the lake district. the ambleside i the lake district. of england. the focus now, say cumbria police, is a move to support the communities affected by the heavy snow on saturday. by that they mean the power supply is that many homes and businesses have lost, there were around 7500 homes and businesses who were without power at one stage. that number has now fallen considerably. but several hundred, up considerably. but several hundred, up to 1000, still remain without power. the problem engineers face, of course, is that access to the damaged areas is quite difficult, it is quite treacherous for engineers to reach some of the remote spots. even 4x4 vehicles are having problems, so they are having to go on foot to try and repair damaged cables and parts of the network. they say they are doing their best but clearly some of the supplies will not be restored until later today. will not be restored until later toda . ~ . , will not be restored until later toda. ., , ., ., today. what is the forecast for conditions _ today. what is the forecas

take windermere in the lake district. aked documents show it was initially thought to be a serious category 2 incident. but the environment agency didn't attend and the incident was later downgraded to a no—impact category four. category 4s aren't counted in the official figures because the pollution is supposed to be so insignificant that it doesn't have any impact. the pollution in windermere was far worse than that. so if you downgrade pollution incidents to category 4, they drop off the books. they're not registered and everything looks better than it really is. they appear to be getting better, but that's not the case. and people out there on the river bank, they know this isn't the case. united utilities told us we were wrong — there was no discharge from the outfall in the middle of the lake, and that water samples taken on the lakeshore showed no environmental impact. but we've got hold of united utilities' own documents. they say the location of the outfall was in the body of the lake. we've even got their map sho

right honourable friend that the - honourable friend that the immigration minister met with the lake districter. ., ., , employer. the net migration figures are unsustainably _ employer. the net migration figures are unsustainably high, _ are unsustainably high, notwithstanding the large amount of hon- notwithstanding the large amount of hong kong and ukrainian people, so i will come _ hong kong and ukrainian people, so i will come most of these proposals. particularly the action on dependents put hogan up seven filter 2020 pertaining to care and health workers _ 2020 pertaining to care and health workers. we have heard about kelp recruiting _ workers. we have heard about kelp recruiting to homes that don't exist. — recruiting to homes that don't exist. and _ recruiting to homes that don't exist, and dependings with no connection to those already visas being _ connection to those already visas being put— connection to those already visas being put together by people traffickers. so how are measures going _ traffickers. so how are measures going to — traffickers. so how are measures going to b

chances are things will clear up a little bit in, say, the lake district, lancashire, wales in the southwestt's sunset soon, so i think the bulk of england and wales, let's call it a cloudy day with a chance of some rain. however, later in the day, on tuesday, towards the evening hours, skies will clear, the winds will fall light, and we've got a frost on the way. so still that nip in the air first thing in the morning on wednesday, with temperatures perhaps as low as minus five in scotland and close to freezing if not below in the south. and the morning on wednesday will be very cold across many parts of the country, especially further east. could be some lingering fog, could feel quite raw during the day. so quite disappointing temperatures, again. four degrees, even could be optimistic in some spots, could be close to freezing. but out towards the west, we've got that warmth here, that mild air sweeping in, weather fronts coming in, bringing the outbreaks of rain. and that change really is under way towards the end of the week with a low pressure and westerly winds. now, this is the tempe

as that pushes across the pennines, the lake district and into scotland, we will see some snow, but it most amount of snow, about 200 metres. strong winds as well. and in some of the heavier bursts, we could see some of that getting down to lower levels. still colder in the north and comparatively mild, especially for the time of year, in the south. through the latter part of the week, on thursday it remains unsettled, snow on the hills, and then it turns a bit cooler. live from london. this is bbc news. the hamas—run health ministry reports that at least 70 people have been killed in the al—maghazi refugee camp, as bombardment continues across the gaza strip. for the first time in 100 years, ukraine celebrates christmas today, as part of its further shift from russia. king charles will deliver his christmas message, while standing beside a replantable christmas tree. hello. at least 70 people have been killed by an air strike in the al—maghazi refugee camp in gaza, according to the hamas—run health ministry. camp in gaza, according body bags have been piled outside the al—aqsa hospita

the yellow in the lake district. rain alert remains in place, though, for north east england. and the ice warning covers the whole of scotland until tomorrow morning . that's just about it morning. that's just about it from the newsroom . this is gb from the newsroom. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . and i'm keeping news channel. and i'm keeping you company till 7:00 tonight. >> alongside me, i've got the deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib, and also the journalist and broadcaster ella whelan. good evening to both of you. you know the drill as well, don't you, on this programme? it's not just about us three here. it's very much about you guys at home. what is on your mind tonight? you can get in touch with me. all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com or you can tweet me at nick gibb. news. vaiews@gbnews.com or you can tweegot e at nick gibb. news. vaiews@gbnews.com or yo

as that pushes across the pennines, the lake district and into scotland, we will see some snow. o see the most amount of snow, above 200 metres. ten to 15 centimetres. strong winds. in some of the heavier bass we could see some of that getting down at times to lower levels. still colder in the north and comparatively mild, especially for the time of the year, in the south. as we move through the latter part of the week, on thursday it remains unsettled with showers, snow on the hills, and then it turns a bit cooler. live from london, this is bbc news. israel's army says it's reviewing reports of an air strike, after gaza's hamas—run health ministry said at least 70 people were killed in a blast targeting the maghazi refugee camp. protestors in serbia have vowed to block streets in the capital, belgrade, unless the government agrees to re—run recent elections, following claims of ballot rigging. for the first time in a hundred years, ukraine celebrates christmas today, in a further shift from russia. royals attend christmas day service at sandringham, ahead of the king's christmas

chances are things will clear up a little bit in, say, the lake district, lancashire, wales in the southwesthowever, later in the day, on tuesday, towards the evening hours, skies will clear, the winds will fall light, and we've got a frost on the way. so still that nip in the air first thing in the morning on wednesday, with temperatures perhaps as low as minus five in scotland and close to freezing if not below in the south. and the morning on wednesday will be very cold across many parts of the country, especially further east. could be some lingering fog, could feel quite raw during the day. so quite disappointing temperatures, again. four degrees, even could be optimistic in some spots, could be close to freezing. but out towards the west, we've got that warmth here, that mild air sweeping in, weather fronts coming in, bringing the outbreaks of rain. and that change really is under way towards the end of the week with a low pressure and westerly winds. now, this is the temperature anomaly map, so warmer than average or colder than average. and actually, you can see towards the end of th

chances are things will clear up a little bit in, say, the lake district, lancashire, wales in the southwest, it's sunset soon, so i think the bulk of england and wales, let's call it a cloudy day with a chance of some rain. however, later in the day, on tuesday, towards the evening hours, skies will clear, the winds will fall light, and we've got a frost on the way. so still that nip in the air first thing in the morning on wednesday, with temperatures perhaps as low as minus five in scotland and close to freezing if not below in the south. and the morning on wednesday will be very cold across many parts of the country, especially further east. could be some lingering fog, could feel quite raw during the day. so quite disappointing temperatures, again. four degrees, even could be optimistic in some spots, could be close to freezing. but out towards the west, we've got that warmth here, that mild air sweeping in, weather fronts coming in, bringing the outbreaks of rain. and that change really is under way towards the end of the week with a low pressure and westerly winds. now, this is the te

as that pushes across the pennines, the lake district and into scotland, we will see some snow. o see the most amount of snow, above 200 metres. ten to 15 centimetres. strong winds. in some of the heavier bass we could see some of that getting down at times to lower levels. still colder in the north and comparatively mild, especially for the time of the year, in the south. as we move through the latter part of the week, on thursday it remains unsettled with showers, snow on the hills, and then it turns a bit cooler. live from london, this is bbc news. israel's army says it's reviewing reports of an air strike, after gaza's hamas—run health ministry said at least 70 people were killed in a blast targeting the maghazi refugee camp. for the first time in a hundred years, ukraine celebrates christmas today, in a further shift from russia. king charles and queen camila have arrived in sandringham, ahead of the king's speech later to the nation. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. at least 70 people are thought to have been killed in an air strike in the al—maghazi refugee camp in gaza. th

yunis mulla has more from the lake district. few have witnessed these scenes in recent years. ours on the m6. drivers were told to leave their cars and go to an emergency refuge. in the dark we ran into inaudible on his way to a family wedding, this man was stuck the 19 hours without food or water or he says help from emergency service. cumbria police declared this a major incident and at one stage around 7000 homes and businesses were without power. yellow weather warnings are in place for large parts of england, scotland and wales. you're live with bbc news. ukraine has launched an investigation after it accused russia of killing unarmed ukrainian prisoners of war. it's based on a video that ukraine says shows russian troops killing two ukrainian soldiers. the video has not been verified, and russia has not commented. our correspondent jessica parker has more. this video emerged on saturday, and a ukrainian soldier said it shows two men from his unit being shot by russian soldiers as those two men were surrendering. it is alleged to have happened near the village at step bay

as that pushes across the pennines, the lake district and into scotland, we will see some snow. st amount of snow, above 200 metres. ten to 15 centimetres. strong winds. in some of the heavier bass we could see some of that getting down at times to lower levels. still colder in the north and comparatively mild, especially for the time of the year, in the south. as we move through the latter part of the week, on thursday it remains unsettled with showers, snow on the hills, and then it turns a bit cooler. now on bbc news, we look back at the biggest stories of the past year. there's a huge barrage going on overhead just at the moment. yevgeny prigozhin seemed determined to march his men to the top of the hill. then, he marched them down again. political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it's one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in is

as that pushes across the pennines, the lake district and into scotland, we will see some snow. s. ten to 15 centimetres. strong winds. that will be blowing. some of the heavier burst could get to lower levels. colder in the north and comparatively mild, especially for the time of the year, in the south. as we move through the latter part of the week, on thursday it remains unsettled with showers of rain, snow on the hills, and then it turns cooler. this is bbc news. the headlines: israel's army says it's reviewing reports of an air strike, after gaza's hamas—run health ministry said at least 70 people were killed in a blast targeting the al—maghazi refugee camp. dozens of injured people were rushed to nearby al—aqsa hospital. ukraine celebrates its first christmas on the 25th of december, in a further shift from russia. the country had previously used thejulian calendar, also used in russia, with christmas falling on 7th january. president zelensky changed the law back injuly, to, as he said, "abandon russian heritage". now on bbc news — windrush: portraits of a generation: epis

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once that road begins to shut down here in the lake district. rth in keswick, i've had some friends send pictures from there and there's zero snow whatsoever. so it's very isolated in this area. but the police are still recommending no travel whatsoever in these parts. so again, whilst it looks very beautiful to come, you might think can be coming to hike in the hills, it's only going to add to the traffic problems on the road at the moment whilst mountain rescue, the fire service and various bits are out there trying to regather these vehicles, get them off the road and get this cleared and get it moving again. here in england, the cold weather is in fact one of the factors putting pressure on the health service. the health secretary victoria atkins discussed the situation on the bbc�*s sunday with laura kuenssberg. our senior news reporter tony bonsignore told us more about what ms atkins said about how the nhs is preparing for winter. the winter crisis last year will be lots of people will remember it here in the uk, problems in particular wit

in the foothills of the lake district, cumberland infirmary is the largest accident and emergency hospitaldischarge patients. currently, i don't have beds free i in hospital and we do have patients waiting in ed, and that's obviously | a concern for us and for patients. | we have ambulance weights - and so we are doing work to look at how we can maximise the space. how's it going today? it's busy, but it's always busy. no beds and not enough doctors, with the hospital increasingly reliant on locums, and operations are already being postponed — 19 in the last week. they are working round the clock to try and stop patients here, there's working round the clock to try and stop patients going into hospital in the first place and they're trying to get them out. we try and refer anybody going into hospital to the services that are needed, anything to prevent that admission. across the country there are fears about how the nhs will cope this winter. ambulances reaching patient at home who have not yet seen a clinician of the area are probably the greatest risk. that's why we're looking at improvi

yunis mulla has more from the lake district. few have witnessed these scenes in recent years. ivers were told to leave their cars and go to an emergency refuge. in the dark we ran into inaudible on his way to a family wedding, this man was stuck the 19 hours without food or water or he says help from emergency service. cumbria police declared this a major incident and at one stage around 7000 homes and businesses were without power. the met office has warned that parts of the country could be facing an "ice rink monday", as snow refreezes overnight. yellow weather warnings are in place for large parts of england, scotland and wales. you're live with bbc news. to india now, where prime minister narendra modi's party, bjp, has won three out of four key state elections, according to the election commission's website. votes were held in the central states of rajasthan, madhya pradesh and chhattisgarh, and the southern state of telangana. the results indicate a big boost for mr modi ahead of a general election due within six months. for more, here's our south asia editor anbarasan e

chances are things will clear up a little bit in, say, the lake district, lancashire, wales in the southwestink the bulk of england and wales, let's call it a cloudy day with a chance of some rain. however, later in the day, on tuesday, towards the evening hours, skies will clear, the winds will fall light, and we've got a frost on the way. so still that nip in the air first thing in the morning on wednesday, with temperatures perhaps as low as minus five in scotland and close to freezing if not below in the south. and the morning on wednesday will be very cold across many parts of the country, especially further east. could be some lingering fog, could feel quite raw during the day. so quite disappointing temperatures, again. four degrees, even could be optimistic in some spots, could be close to freezing. but out towards the west, we've got that warmth here, that mild air sweeping in, weather fronts coming in, bringing the outbreaks of rain. and that change really is under way towards the end of the week with a low pressure and westerly winds. now, this is the temperature anomaly map, so w

there will be heavy rain around as well and as that pushes across the pennines, the lake district and likely to see the most amount of snow, above 200 metres. ten to 15 centimetres. strong winds as well so that will be blowing and in the heavier bursts we could well see some of that getting down to lower levels at times. still colder in the north and comparatively mild, tickly for the time of year, in the south. as we move through the latter part of the week, on thursday it remains unsettled with showers and rain, snow in the hills and then it turns a bit cooler. this is bbc news, the headlines. the hamas—run health ministry reports that at least 70 people have been killed in the al—maghazi refugee camp. dozens of injured people were rushed to nearby al—aqsa hospital. the health ministry says three houses were hit in the attack that happened late on sunday. ukraine celebrates its first christmas on the 25th december, as part of its further shift from russia. the country had previously used thejulian calendar, also used in russia, with christmas falling on 7th january. president zelens

but with the traffic on the spine road going through the lake district, it doesn't take much for thatic beginning to pile up, people struggling to move on the snow. literally a few hours later, most cars maybe got 100 metres in about an hour and then they abandoned the cars and the parish centres and village halls were opened up for those seeking refuge and accommodation. people have been helping _ refuge and accommodation. people have been helping each _ refuge and accommodation. people have been helping each other? - have been helping each other? absolutely, the community have come out and reports that in hawkshead, the schools have been used to try and help people overnight. some of the roads off the main trail have become impassable and nobody is moving out there. it is a saturday, busy area, beautiful area to be in. there wasn't anywhere for people to stay, perhaps they weren't prepared for this weather coming in. it was forecast for snow in the area but i personally have not seen snow like this for the eight years i have been in ambleside. some reports from people in the area sa

in the foothills of the lake district, cumberland infirmary is the largest accident and emergency hospital in cumbria but it's not big enough. it's already at capacity. there are no more beds. health bosses are working day and night to try and discharge patients. currently i don't have beds free in hospital and we have patients waiting and that is a concern for us and for patients. we have ambulance weights and so we are doing work to look at how we can maximise the space. how's it going today? it's busy. no beds and not enough doctors, with the hospital increasingly reliant on locums, and operation already been postponed. 19 in the last week. plan come from a few miles away, a team working on a solution. they are working round the clock to try and stop patients going into hospital in the first place and they are trying to get them out. we try and refer anybody going into hospital to the services that are needed, anything to prevent that admission. across the country there are fears about how the nhs will cope this winter. we are always worried about patient safety, ambulances reaching pat

disruption continues here in the lake district, the ambleside area here in the north of england.as now fallen considerably. but several hundred, up to 1,000, still remain without power. the problem engineers face, of course, is that access to the damaged areas is quite difficult. it's quite treacherous for engineers to reach some of those more remote spots. even 4x4 vehicles are having problems, so they're having to go on foot to try and repair damaged cables and parts of their network. they say they're doing their best but clearly, some of the supplies won't be restored until later today. what's the forecast for conditions there and in other parts of the country impacted by this weather? they were taken by surprise here, it's fair to say. they weren't quite expecting the intensity of the snow, they were expecting cold weather but not the 30 centimetres of snow that fell in some parts of this area, and that's why we had those scenes of drivers stuck on the motorway, drivers stranded, people told to walk to the nearest rescue centres here. they put up around 100 people in a parish

take windermere in the lake district. ronment agency didn't attend and the incident was later downgraded to a no—impact category 4. category 4s aren't counted in the official figures because the pollution is supposed to be so insignificant that it doesn't have any impact. the pollution in windermere was far worse than that. so if you downgrade pollution incidents to category 4, they drop off the books. they're not registered and everything looks better than it really is. they appear to be getting better, but that's not the case. and people out there on the river bank, they know this isn't the case. united utilities told us we were wrong — there was no discharge from the outfall in the middle of the lake, and that water samples taken on the lakeshore showed no environmental impact. but we've got hold of united utilities' own documents. they say the location of the outfall was in the body of the lake. we've even got their map showing the discharge point. when we asked you originally about this, you said it wasn't true, you d

in the foothills of the lake district, cumberland infirmary is the largest accident and emergency hospitalit's not big enough. it's already at capacity. there are no more beds. health bosses are working day and night to try and discharge patients. currently i don't have beds free in hospital and we have patients waiting and that is a concern for us and for patients. we have ambulance weights and so we are doing work to look at how we can maximise the space. look at how we can maximise the sace. ., �* , look at how we can maximise the sace. ., �*, ., ., look at how we can maximise the space-_ it'si space. how's it going today? it's bus . no space. how's it going today? it's busy- no beds — space. how's it going today? it's busy. no beds and _ space. how's it going today? it's busy. no beds and not— space. how's it going today? it's busy. no beds and not enough i busy. no beds and not enough doctors, busy. no beds and not enough doctors. with _ busy. no beds and not enough doctors, with the _ busy. no beds and not enough doctors, with the hospital - doctors, with the hospital increasingly re

nearly 40 schools closed today in cumbria in the lake district as a result. wales england, south—east and wales and the midlands until 6:00 tonight. just less than an hour tonight. just less than an hour to go. and a yellow rain warning also in place for north east england. that is until 9:00 tomorrow morning . so take your tomorrow morning. so take your umbrella if you're going outside, you're with gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> thank you very much, polly . >> thank you very much, polly. now we start with the migrant crisis and the home secretary, james cleverly has been setting out his plans to bring down net migration . addressing the migration. addressing the commons, mr cleverly said that whilst britain would always help those in need of asylum, the british people rightly expect legal migration to be controlled i >> british people will always do the right thing by th

we will speak to the lake district certain amount and rescue a little later in the programme to get the events in cumbria so stay with us for that. we have the rest of the news including the conflict in the middle east. thank you. israel's bombardment of gaza continues to intensify after the collapse of a week—long truce. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says military pressure is the only way to bring hostages home. but hamas — designated as a terror organisation by the uk government — says no more captives will be released until there is a permanent ceasefire. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. southern gaza. palestinians have been seeking safety here. now, a target for israel's attacks. hamas leaders are thought to be hiding here and people have been told to evacuate further south. the bombing of the city was the heaviest in the war so far. residents say. translation: the israelis told us it was a safe zone which led us to flee here. ., ., ., , .,, here. now, even khan younis has become a — here. now, even khan younis has become a war— here. now, even khan you

people in the southern lake district were urged to earn the travel if necessary.ency accommodation for people sleeping on the streets. it comes after heavy overnight snow in scotland. this was the scene on the m8 and glasgow airport was forced to ground all flights for several hours on saturday morning. a number of football matches have also had to be postponed due to the freezing temperatures. those below zero temperatures in the uk have led to a number of local authorities activating a scheme that will provide emergency accommodation for people sleeping on the streets. worth saying, the freezing conditions set to continue across the weekend. the face of the women's rights movements in the us during the 1970s and an icon of feminism, gloria steinem has spent the last 50 years focusing her efforts on advancing women's political participation and reproductive rights. now at 89 years old, steinem has sat down with bbc 100 women to discuss how feminism has changed over the decades, the impact of cancel culture, and what the future might look like for women's rights a

in the foothills of the lake district, cumberland infirmary is the largest accident and emergency hospital in cumbria. but it's not big enough, it's already at capacity. there's no more beds, there's no more room in accident and emergency, with around 50 patients waiting to be seen. health bosses are working around the clock trying to discharge patients. so currently i don't have beds free in the hospital and we do have patients waiting in ed. and that obviously is a concern for us and also for patients. we do have ambulance waits. and so we again, we're doing work in ed to look at how we can maximise the space. it's obviously not a situation that we would want to be in. the pressures here are multiple, no beds and not enough doctors, as the hospital is increasingly reliant on locums. how's it going? it is busy today but the hospital's busy. and all of this is bad news for patients. not only waiting in a&e, but operations are having to be cancelled — 19 in the last week. hello. you're through to carlisle and district icc. but a few miles away, there's a team working on a solution. ok, so t

we will see some snow overnight across the pennines, the lake district, and a lot of rain. walks. certainly todayis for those christmas walks. certainly today is going to be wet. back with you later. thank you for now. it's been over a decade since we first met the characters of period drama call the midwife, and we've followed them from the post—war baby boom right through the swinging sixties. now, they're back, kicking off a new series with a christmas special. celestina olulode reports. this forthcoming christmas will be my last upon this earth. sister, that is a very doleful prediction. and a clue, perhaps, that major change is on its way in this snippet of the call the midwife christmas special. the series itself has been a staple of the small screen for over a decade. music like this, performed by the bbc�*s concert orchestra plays a key part in the production. so we've gone behind the scenes to see the recording of the christmas soundtrack, at the very same place the beatles produced some of their hits. sorry, i've been a little distracted today. actress laura maine

people in the southern lake district were urged to earn the travel if necessary.ple treating —— sleeping on the streets. the freezing conditions are set to continue across the weekend. we can return to the climate conference in dubai now. the labour leader sir kier starmer is among those attending. earlier my colleague raijini vaidnijathan spoke to him and asked what he hoped to achieve by being there. we have just been through the worst cost of living crisis for many, many years, and many people watching this will still be feeling the effects of that. one of the drivers of that is that we haven't had energy security, we have been exposed to the international market and we need to transition to renewables, and we need to do that at pace, because if we are able to achieve what we the labour party want to achieve, hopefully a labour government, which is clean power by 2030, that means reduce bills notjust for one year but permanently, and that means that we get energy security, so that putin can't put his boot on our throat and there are of course many, many thousan

northern parts of the uk are being told to brace for snow and ice, including the already struggling lake districtvere weather left a blanket of snow. in some areas just 30 cm fell, motorists were caught out and stranded. i've been in my work because i'd been at the flight of stairs just stayed there for the night which was also really helpful because a lot of people could not get home. the snow was unprecedented. it's just been chaos. a friend rang me and said _ he could not get home and said that that he was coming to my house for lunch— and two o'clock yesterday, i he left at seven o'clock this morning and there are lots of people i stuck in putting people up and justl doing what we can to help. if you have witnessed this kind of weather in years. —— few have witnessed. this was the m6. motorists were stuck for hours and went to emergency refuge. everyone had to get out and i left the car out there. in the dark, we ran. lots of local people brought in food, clothes. people were just very grateful to have somewhere out of the weather. this was the a595, a driver was on the way this was the a595,

northern parts of the uk are being told to brace for snow and ice, including the already struggling lake districts this report. severe weather left a blanket of snow in some areas. as much as 30 centimetres fell. motorists were caught out and stranded. this is ambleside. kerry abandoned her trip home to kendal and slept at work. i stayed at my work because i've got like a flat upstairs or a few of us just stayed there for the night, which was also really helpful because a lot of us couldn't get home. the snow was just unprecedented. we didn't expect this amount of snow, so it'sjust been chaos. anthony harrison has lived here for 35 years and opened up his house to give a friend a bed for the night. a friend who rang me at lunchtime yesterday said he couldn't get home and said, "can i come round to your house for lunch?" so he came at 12:00 yesterday and he left at 10:00 this morning. he stayed with us last night and there were lots of people stuck and people putting people up and just doing what we can to help. few have witnessed these scenes in recent years. this was the m6. motorists were stuck

northern parts of the uk are being told to brace for snow and ice, including the already struggling lake districtre weather left a blanket of snow. in some areas as much as 30 cm fell. motorists were caught out and stranded. is ambleside. kerry abandoned her trip home to kendall and slept at work. i've been in my work because i'd been at the flight of stairs just stayed there for the night which was also really helpful because a lot of people could not get home. the snow was unprecedented. we didn't expect this amount of snow _ it's just been chaos. anthony harrison has lived here for 35 years and opened up his house to give a friend a bed for the night. a friend rang me and said - he could not get home and said and said that he was coming to my house for lunch. - he came at two o'clock yesterday, he left at ten o'clock this morning and there were lots of people - stuck and putting people up and just doing what we can to help. - few have witnessed scenes like this in years. this was the m6. motorists were stuck for hours and went to emergency refuge. drivers were told to leave their cars and go t

no, i’m not the only one, here in lepel, in the lepel district, closer to lake lepel, you will find morel well, let's attract good luck, let's hug, here is our glorious lepel lake, stories about local tsmoki, well known throughout belarus associated with it. on the very first pages of his historical novel, christ landed in grodno, vladimir korotkevich mentioned the mythical characters. classic be, firstly, the tsmok is distinguished by a long mustache, and secondly, it has a large body, somewhat reminiscent of a calf, instead of wings it has large fins. according to local historians, local customs exist. in order for family life to be long and happy, young people must take the most delicious dishes from the festive table, go to the nearest lake and throw them into the water. but since i’m not a married girl, and i don’t have a soulmate... yet, i’ll try to appease our belarusian tsmok in my own, girlish way. go to me, my dear. i hope it worked. katerina strikha, roman felutich, television news agency. the final home match of the outgoing year will be played by dynamo hockey players. today

dangerous, this year there’s already the first... thin ice in the bykhovsky district near the village of voroneno, a man drowned in a lake the strength of the ice for fishing, fell into the wormwood, unfortunately, it was not possible to save him, you should always remember the safety rules when going out on the ice, starting from this year, flying is allowed only using life jacket, now the drainage of reservoirs has been intensified. his portfolio includes an oscar from among four russian ones, venetian lions, the golden palm of caen and 1,600,000 subscribers on the internet. tell me not to be silent, visiting nikita mikhalkov. people's artist of the russian federation, actor, director, screenwriter and blogger, gave an exclusive interview to bel-telerokiya. the film crew of the project went to moscow, where one of the most titled russian film directors, characteristically sharply answered pressing questions. such meanings are embedded in performance 12, which tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be presented to the minsk public, and is the theatrical production different from cinema square? risking everything, in p

head german grefganizers of the competition had previously found frozen lakes in the mountains of the koshelyachsky districti republic. team ledoru will open at the end of december. the mancherok resort already has all the necessary infrastructure for year-round recreation. five-star hotel with 304 rooms, one of the largest spa complexes in the country, congress hall, ski equipment rentals. we will continue to build more one five-star hotel. yet the third five-star hotel, today there was such a significant event, the decision to invest our funds in the construction of hotels, including here. and for us this is a very significant event, we know that many investors are considering these opportunities to come here, and here in gorny altai a new center of attraction will really be created in the very near future, because there is truly unique positive energy here, at the exhibition at the russia today forum on the first day of calendar winter, lights were lit on the fir trees, decorated with 36 kilometers of garlands, christmas trees... ddh, there are 90 of them in total, one represents the whole country, the r

it know, clue's in the name when it comes lake district. comes to the lake district.ere body water from who complained from an american who complained that they didn't light it up at night . you well, it's night. and you think, well, it's an about stunning natural an area about stunning natural beauty. right in beauty. i think i'm right in saying the largest body saying it's the largest body standing in the standing body of water in the uk, and there's this woman from ohio wanted it illuminated at night. just think, well, night. you just think, well, there you go. >> and no, you're it. there you go. >> aryeah,\io, you're it. there you go. >> aryeah, yeah.u're it. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> leave review for anything. >> you leaving review >> got you leaving a review for a lake. >> f who's ee— >> one person who's just going to comments, such to leave some odd comments, such as is brown. yes as big ben is too brown. yes >> um, i'm just going to think we've time for one more >> um, i'm just going to think we'vehavetime for one more >> um, i'm just going to think we've have we?

the peak district . now, not everyone district. now, not everyone could enjoy the beautiful, snowy landscapes nearly 800 properties in cumbria were left without power and many motorists in the lakeeavy rain is across the uk. heavy rain is expected across the country, so those beautiful scenes that we're looking at now now are probably going to turn a little more a little more dreary. but battling the weather in derbyshire is reporter , will derbyshire is our reporter, will hollis. will can you bring us the latest from where you are ? i the latest from where you are? i can a dusting of snow there . can see a dusting of snow there. >> yes. well i suppose the good news is that in most of the country , the snow has now country, the snow has now stopped but stopped. >> but it's been replaced by rain. >> where we are in the picturesque town of matlock . a picturesque town of matlock. a lot of the snow has started to melt. it's not quite snow . it's melt. it's not quite snow. it's not quite ice, but i don't think it can be called slush yet. it's basically warnings everywhere across britain right now. if you go into the north, you'd find a met office warning for scotland for ice, for no

as and around the lake districtand as the disruption is coming and as the weather of course spreads out here at nottinghamshire, in derbyshire, there, though, the disruption line disruption of trees on the line and wires going down and overhead wires going down is what's most the what's causing most of the disruption . disruption. >> stuff . jack carson >> ian great stuff. jack carson in nottingham . thanks very much. in nottingham. thanks very much. stay warm my friend . um, it's stay warm my friend. um, it's unbelievably as well. paddington station, the uk's second busiest station, the uk's second busiest station as far as i understand . station as far as i understand. network rail closing it on christmas eve when everyone's going to be travelling to and fro in and out of the capital, closing repair works. i closing it for repair works. i think eve , peak, think christmas eve, the peak, the of travel and i'm sorry the peak of travel and i'm sorry we didn't ask the weather expert about every single county in the co