that sits in wiltshire, back to the studio.d guilty of cutting her daughter back in 2017. the girl's father was also on trial. he has been found not guilty and cleared of all the charges against him. as the guilty verdict was read out against the mother, she was heard quivering as the news was announced in front of the court. this is a case that dates back to 2017, the girl was just three years old. she was taken to hospital in london with serious genital injuries and had been cut in three separate places. when she got to the hospital, the towel she was lying on was completely soiled with blood. this trial has been going on here for the last three weeks and we have had extraordinary evidence relating to witchcraft. we heard about the mother's interest in witchcraft. two cow tongues and ingredients used for silencing spells was found in her home freezer during a police search and the names of police officers, social workers and foster carers were all next to those ingredients, aiming to silence those people involved in the case.

it is still a blizzard by the motorway in wiltshire. been snowing heavily throughout the morning in many parts of the southern united kingdom today. that has caused major travel disruption overnight. you can see the motorway behind me, there are cars and lorries travelling on it but snowploughs have been in constant action. we have been watching them over the last few minutes trying to keep this motorway open. 0n the smaller roads around here, real problems, on the railways there has been disruption in many parts of the country and at airports as well, including heathrow. we will bring you the details on that in the next few minutes. hundreds of schools around the country are close this morning, some of the worst snow has beenin morning, some of the worst snow has been in cornwall in the south—west. at one stage about 100 motorists who got stranded overnight had to abandon their cars and were put up ina pub abandon their cars and were put up in a pub in bodmin. let's bring you the details as we have them at the moment. there are now yel

but from here in wiltshire now, back to you in the studio, kate. ben brown there. a newborn baby girl has been found abandoned in a park on one of the coldest nights of winter. named roman by nurses, she was found in newham, east london, just after ten o'clock last night and taken to hospital. the police say her condition is now stable but are appealing to the mother to come forward. we've heard from one of those who found the child last night. my mum, at ten o'clock in the evening, she was walking the dog, and she heard a noise coming out from the bag. she rang me up because she was too scared to approach the bag, and i came, ijust found a baby in a bag. and we phoned the ambulances and police. do you have a message to the mum? no, we don't, there's no words for it. you must hope she's ok. of course, this is terrible, it's unreal. tsb's blamed it problems for a pre—tax loss of more than £105 million. the bank says last year was its most challenging. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is here. many tsb customers will remember why. re

i'm ben brown, live in wiltshire. i'm by the m4 motorway at chippenham in wiltshire, where heavy snow is still falling. snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. more than a hundred people sought refuge for the night at a pub on bodmin moor in cornwall after their cars got stuck on the a30. around 400 students were also stranded at callywith college in bodmin where they were forced to spend the night. we slid into the back of someone on the way back and deemed it too dangerous to travel home, so we pulled in at a petrol station, and we called our parents and walked back to the school. there are yellow warnings for snow and ice, lasting until this afternoon, covering southern, eastern and north—eastern england, parts of wales and scotland. the other main stories on bbc news. police appeal for a mother to come forward after a baby girl was found abandoned in a park in east london. tsb records losses of over £100 million as it counts the cost of last

six "snow rollers" were spotted by brian bayliss in wiltshire.hought these are formed when wind conditions are ideal to blow chunks of snow along, which in turn pick up more snow along the way. i don't know if that is the seasonal equivalent of the crop circles we used to see in wiltshire a few years ago. where can you go after that, except to the weather. hello there. through the coming week we're going to notice a big difference in the feel of our weather. it's going to be turning much milder as we look to the atlantic for weather systems and draw up milderair. through the rest of the day we have got outbreaks of rain and it's starting to push in to parts of northern ireland too, but it's certainly not been as cold as it has been recently. so overnight that rain continues its journey up towards the north and the east. some snow for the highlands. here we could see as much as ten centimetres and it will be accompanied by some blustery winds, particularly along western coasts. some exposed spots could have gusts of up to around 50 miles an hour a

i'm ben brown, live in wiltshire.d southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. more than a hundred people sought refuge for the night at a pub on bodmin moor in cornwall after their cars got stuck on the a30. around 400 students were also stranded at callywith college in bodmin where they were forced to spend the night. we slid into the back of someone on the way back and deemed it too dangerous to travel home, so we

derbyshire did 0k sunshine out there, but clearly not in wiltshire.t couple of days. we will get to see some sunday sunshine either side of an area of cloud which may give you a bit of rain moving in from the atlantic. i say it may because it will move we can —— weaken as it moves east across the uk. northern ireland and scotla nd the uk. northern ireland and scotland under cloud, a bit of rain here and there but some heavier burst. they won't really be moving in until late in the night for northern ireland scotland. any cloud affecting parts of england and wales will tend to clear away. so temperatures are not going down too far. a very mild start to february, in belfast, 10 degrees. at 9am, for many of us there is sunshine. a fairly narrow area of cloud and rain the south—west england, wales, moving into north—west england, beginning to pull away from northern ireland. some heavier burst still around parts of western scotland to start the day. a windy day tomorrow, these are average wind speeds in the arrows, gusts of up to 50 mph in western scotlan

the wiltshire plant will close by 2022. i think it's just going to be a sad day for swindon as a whole. it's notjust the workers here, but it's the whole of swindon, and all of the subsidiary companies and everything that goes with it. the local mp says the closure is due to global trading conditions, and not brexit. also on the programme: you don'tjoin a political party to spend years and years fighting the people within it. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. seven labour mps say they've had enough and are quitting the party — over anti—semitism, and the handling of brexit. 3a migrants, including at least one child, have been rescued in the english channel. and in a world first, a woman from oxford gets dna treatment — for the most common form of blindness — in the uk. and coming up on bbc news: will it be manchester united or the holders, chelsea, who'll secure the remaining spot in the quarterfinals of the fa cup? good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the japanese car—maker h

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown, live in chippenham in wiltshire.intry weather has caused widespread disruption to a large parts of southern england have very cold weather and britain suffered its cold est weather and britain suffered its coldest night for seven years. the conditions brought chaos on the roads as commuters tried to get to work, hundreds of schools were closed and rail services disrupted. take extreme care, drive with caution, take everything nice and gentle, the throttle, the brakes, the steering. the road is very, very treacherous indeed. my advice, personally — stay at home. we'll have reports with the very latest conditions from our correspondents across the country

the wiltshire plant will close by 2022. don‘tjoin a political party to spend years and years fighting the people within it. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. seven labour mps say they‘ve had enough and are quitting the party — over anti—semitism, and the handling of brexit.

you're watching bbc news at five, i'm ben brown live from chippenham in wiltshire. heavy snow causes hundreds of schools to close across wales and southern england, after the uk suffered its coldest night for seven years. millions of commuters face nightmare journeys as some places are hit with several inches of snow — drivers are told not to travel. take extreme care, drive with caution. take everything nice and gentle. my personal advice, stay at home. i'm carrie gracie. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. in a landmark ruling, the mother of a three—year—old girl has become the first person in the uk to be found guilty of female genital mutilation. the united states announces that it's suspending compliance with a key nuclear arms control agreement, signed with the soviet union during the cold war. if you stuck to the classic stuff it would have been a big mistake. he mistake? to the music i trained my entire life to play? racial tension in the deep south is the focus of oscar contender green book ? see what mark kermode thought of that on the film review at

scientists say that a combination of wind and the right sort of snow led to it rolling across a field in wiltshireno footsteps or any other sign of human involvement in making it. hello. after the coldest, snowiest week of the winter so far, there was only a gradual thaw over the weekend, but that is going to pick up pace in the coming days. but this is going to be disappearing away from the higher hills and mountains, as temperatures are heading up across the uk. but monday still starting on a chilly note across northern scotland, where there's some snow around. several centimetres into the hills here, above 150 metres or so, but a bit to even lower levels than that. it could be icy in places around this area of low pressure, which has also pushed this band of rain east across the uk through the night, though lingering for a time in the morning, particularly across east anglia and south—east england. so the snowfall in northern scotland could be causing a few problems as the day begins. that's slowly going to fizzle during the day. it's quite windy for a time in scotland, as well. the rain pulls

you can see it is still snowing quite heavily across parts of wiltshire, gloucestershire, into partsw here full stop a mix of rain, sleet and snow in the far south—east of england and some snow showers moving in across the north and east. elsewhere, some sunshine, a pretty cold day, maximum temperatures up to this is bbc newsroom live, i'm ben brown live in wiltshire. the snow is continuing to fall here. the headlines at 11am. heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. more than 100 people sought refuge for the night at a pub on bodmin moor in cornwall after their cars got stuck on the a30. around 400 students were also stranded at callywith college in bodmin where they were forced to spend the night. we slid into the back of someone on the way back and we deemed it too dangerous to travel home so we pulled in

here is the view from wiltshire earlier.gland fared quite well with the sunshine. most of us will see sunshine. most of us will see sunshine at some stage on sunday, though there is a weather system that will move east and they will be a chance of seeing a bit of rain, this area of low pressure will bring that cloud east tomorrow. cloud from today will tend to clear through the night, moving northwards and pushing out into the north sea. a lot of cloud in northern ireland and into western scotland, outbreaks of rain will pep up, along with the wind, and it will be a mild night, 10 degrees in belfast as we start sunday. heading out on the morning, plenty of sunshine for the midlands but more cloud already rolling in to south—west england, wales, pushing it in england, too. a fairly narrow area of outbreaks of rain. gusty winds through western scotland, the western isles, we could see a0 to 50 per mile does. the cloud and occasional rain moves eastwards. we start with sunshine, cloud is increasing in the east but there is hard

scientists say that a combination of wind and the right sort of snow led to it rolling across a field in wiltshire as it went. the key thing here is that there are no footsteps or any other sign of human involvement in making it. and this might look like the president of the philippines rodrigo duterte and north korea's kimjong—un walking together, but, on closer inspection, it turns out the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators, who were out on the streets of hong kong posing with people for selfies and having a chicken dinner together. the car maker nissan has confirmed that its scrapping plans to manufacture its x trail 4 by 4 in the north east of england — reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x—trail will now continue to be made in japan instead. the news comes as angela merkel arrives injapan for a meeting with the prime minister shimnzo abe. amongst the subjects up for discussion preserving free trade. a short time ago i spoke to our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, and began by asking him how damaging the nissan decision is for the uk. it's not immediately dama

honda has made vehicles in wiltshire for more than 30 years, but production will now switch to japanas called "a shattering body blow, at the heart of uk manufacturing". 0ur correspondentjon kay reports from swindon. for 30 years honda cars have been heading out of this factory to a showroom near you. but for how much longer? workers leaving the swindon plant tonight were stunned by news that the site could close. i've got two kids, i've got a mrs, obviously this is my full—time job, this is my life, so obviously without this, technically i'm jobless. ijust think all these companies that are closing down, it shouldn't be happening. i'm hearing there might be a meeting tomorrow so we willjust wait and see what they say about that tomorrow. but obviously it is all over social media so, yeah, that is all we know at the moment. so you found out on social media? yes, we found out on social media. last month, honda announced it would shut the swindon operation for six days in april, to deal with any brexit disruption. and some of the 3,500 workers now blame brexit for a more permanent clos

honda has made vehicles in wiltshire for more than 30 years, but production will now switch to japan. "a shattering body blow, at the heart of uk manufacturing" 0ur correspondent, jon kay reports from swindon. for 30 years honda cars have been heading out of this factory to a showroom near you. but for how much longer? workers leaving the swindon plant tonight were stunned by news that the site could close. i've got two kids, i've got a mrs, obviously this is my full—time job, this is my life, so obviously without this, technically i'm jobless. ijust think all these companies that are closing down, it shouldn't be happening. i'm hearing there might be a meeting tomorrow so we willjust wait and see what they say about that tomorrow. but obviously it is all over social media so, yeah, that is all we know at the moment. so you found out on social media? yes, we found out on social media. last month, honda announced it would shut the swindon operation for six days in april, to deal with any brexit disruption. and some of the 3,500 workers now blame brexit for a more permanent closure. i c

they're taken by brian bayliss from wiltshire, who thought somebody had been hard at work rolling snow form in the most perfect of conditions, are incredibly rare. earlier, louise minchin on bbc breakfast spoke to forecasterjohn keyes, from the national weather service in idaho, who explained the natural phenomenon. we see a lot of these show up in idaho. i guess the way to put this is they are not rare but they are also not uncommon, if that makes sense. they are out there. i think they happen more than people think and itjust happens that the viral videos and pictures for some reason have come from here, the state of idaho. you talk about perfect conditions and you do need perfect conditions. wet snow on the ground and what you need underneath that is almost an icy surface. whether it is rain that has frozen or ice that has fallen on the ground, and what happens is you get a little push from the wind or gravity itself, and they start to roll up. sometimes they are very small. we had some in our parking lot at my office a couple of weeks ago the size of golf balls, and that is a small

apparently he was on the brink of retiring to wiltshire to keep bees when he was persuaded to become escape! this is the one paper and one headline that says unfit for office, that chris grayling can say, it is not about me! you have brought it is not about me! you have brought it full circle, jo, that is just right! thank you both are very much, another discussion at 11:30, thank you both for the moment. next on bbc news, it's click. we've been banging on about virtual reality for an age, and while it's failed to ignite the imagination of consumers — i mean, how many vr headsets do you own, for goodness sake? it has started to catch on in areas like simulation, training and healthca re. marc cieslak has been to sheffield to investigate. make sure it's tight. that's it, yep. keep your grip in your right hand. yes, got it! so what i see, there's different types of games, and the game that i was playing was a bow and arrow one. and you have a bow in front of you, and you need to pick it up and get that arrow behind you and thenjust let it go, and it shoots and pops it. here at sheffiel

elinor goodman, the former political editor for channel four news — whojoins us from marlborough in wiltshirevotes coming out next week. how does this turmoil compare with some of the turbulent times that you were reporting on in the past? are we really in an unprecedented period of instability? we are. but, there are some striking parallels with the launch of the sdp at the beginning of the 1980s when i was listening to the press conference of the mps leaving the labour party, so many of the phrases we re labour party, so many of the phrases were the same things like we are the mainstream, the party has left us behind, the way the accused, grassroots of extremism and bullying, all those kinds of things, but you've got to add into the equation the poison of anti—semitism and of course the complications caused by brexit. in some ways, you would say the circumstances for the launch of a new party are more auspicious than they were in the early 80s in the sense you've got to really unpopular leaders, both parties are split and arguably, there is less fixed class loyalty than they used to be. but

the hillforts that dot the landscape of dorset and wiltshire were once home to iron age settlers.ng there. the monuments will now receive funding to ensure the archaeological sites can carry on protecting the fragile habitats that have grown up there. 0ur reporterjohn maguire has been to find out more. as first happened here thousands of yea rs as first happened here thousands of years ago, the hill is being cleared by hand, some of the wood is burned, some of it reused to. some people might wonder, it seems order to be cutting trees down, what is the point of it? this is growing on quite significant remains, as you can see. and if you look at some of the older scrub down there, you'll see it's quite bare underneath. and that's a bit of a problem as far as archaeology is concerned because it's lots of loose soil like this and that washes down, causes erosion problems, that sort of thing. the latest research has identified more than 4000 hillfort across the british isles, most built in the iron age and home to hundreds of people. big, big statement in the landscape, they were very

they're taken by brian bayliss from wiltshire, who thought somebody had been hard at work rolling snown the most perfect of conditions, are incredibly rare. earlier, louise minchin on bbc breakfast spoke to forecasterjohn keyes from the national weather service in idaho, who explained the natural phenomenon. we see a lot of these show up in idaho. i guess the way to put this as they are not rare that they are also not uncommon, if that makes sense. they are out there. i think they happen more than people think and itjust they happen more than people think and it just happens they happen more than people think and itjust happens that the viral videos and pictures for some reason have come from here, the state of idaho. you talk about perfect conditions and you do need perfect conditions, wet snow on the ground and what you need underneath that is almost an icy surface. whether it is rain that has frozen or ice that has fallen on the ground, and what happens is you get a little push from the wind or gravity itself, and they started to roll up. sometimes they started to roll up. sometimes

here in the 1980s, honda has been a crucial part of swindon‘s economic transformation from an old wiltshirehriving young business community. there are now 3,500 workers employed at the site, but... you can double or triple that in terms of the job losses potentially in the supply chain, so a very significant moment and bad news for the car industry. over the decades, workers here in swindon have known nervous times before, and in an uncertain global market, some worried this year could bring bad news, but few expected anything as bad as the closure they are fearing tonight. and jon, who's at the honda site, has been gauging more reaction on the expected job losses tonight. it is hard to overstate how significant this place is in swindon. since the 1980s thousands of people have been employed at honda and thousands more in the supply chain attached to this factory. when the news leaked out this afternoon that it could close with a loss of so manyjobs, people here frankly could not believe it. let's speak to a representative from the unite union. how did you find out? i was driving up the m5

i don't know if you saw this one in wiltshire, they look really stunning.could have. this was a planned for the future to build a car there. they are not cutting jobs as such but they are saying they won't be creating this new car, with the extra jobs. nissan has made cars at sunderland since 1986 and employs almost 7,000 people. but how we buy cars is changing, and it is having an impact. in a letter to its workers, nissan's boss said they had made a u—turn decision not to build the x—trail car in sunderland because of business reasons, and he also added that uncertainty around brexit was making it hard to plan for the future. we are joined now by jim holder from what car. thank you very much forjoining us. so just tell us what are these business reasons that are being talked about here? yes, the principal reason for businesses the drop in demand for diesel. consumers especially across europe have really reduce the number of diesel is they are buying quite dramatically, especially in the last 18 months. in line with that, the european union has put in much

. >> this is an election where the wiltshire wealthy are going to pay more.ibutions, pay more to super pac and ultimately if democrats win, pay more in taxes. >> senator elizabeth warren wants candidates to reject all pac money from corporations and wealthy donors and appealed to a billionaire. >> elizabeth warren and number of years ago knocked on my door and asked me for money when she was running for the senate. >> senator amy klobuchar took almost 6 million from pacs. top donors to senator harris include names from silicon valley and hollywood which she recently attended a fundraiser with millionaire studio execs. >> the candidate to go to the top are going to pay for it in the polls and the democratic primaries. >> the question is do democrats try to hide millionaire money? do they say they can't cozy up to a ceo who makes 900 times the average american worker or do they just want a winner? connell: it is interesting because unless you're mike bloomberg you need money. he's a wall street guy to begin with. william la jeunesse finale for us. 6 million or

the hillforts that dot the landscape of dorset and wiltshire were once home to iron age settlers butaeological sites can carry on protecting the fragile habitats that have grown up there. 0ur reporter, john maguire, has been to find out more. as first happened here thousands of years ago, the hill is being cleared by hand, some of the wood is burned, some of it reused to. some people might wonder, it seems order to be cutting trees down, what is the point of it? this scrub is growing on quite significant remains, as you can see. we are going on the steep slopes of the ramparts here. and if you look at some of the older scrubs down there, you'll see it's quite bare underneath. and that's a bit of a problem as far as archaeology is concerned because it's lots of loose soil like this and that washes down, causes erosion problems, that sort of thing. the latest research has identified more than 4000 hillfort across the british isles, most built in the iron age and home to hundreds of people. big, big statement in the landscape, they were very important, they were high areas where communi

here on the ma in wiltshire, people setting off for their first early morning commute since the snowstormsough cities in the midwest, as temperatures hit record lows. counting the cost of an it failure. £100 million loss for tsb after its massive computer outage last year cost it money and customers. get ready to rumble, as the six nations championship starts tonight. wales are looking for their tenth win in a row in paris later, but ireland are favourites to retain their crown. it's friday 1st february, our top story: heavy snow has swept across southern england and wales overnight, disrupting travel and leaving hundreds of people trapped in theircars on a major trunk road in cornwall. many simply abandoned their vehicles to seek refuge at a pub high on bodmin moor. we'll be bringing you all the latest from the worst affected areas throughout the programme. there's an amber warning in place for snow in parts of south—east england this morning — including reading and oxford — and there are yellow warnings for snow and ice for large parts of the uk, lasting until this afternoon. the south—w

the hill forts that dot the landscape of dorset and wiltshire were once home to iron age settlers but arejust stunning views this morning. if you are just looking over the top of the duvet this morning, still in bed, maybe on the end of your half term week, a employee to get out into the british countryside. you will get a view like this —— i implore you. this is our this morning. absolutely stunning looking across the dorset countryside. these ramparts, spectacular, built by hand. this particular one, hambledon hill fought at maybe 5000 years ago. for the last 5000 years men and women have stood up here at and enjoyed this view. it is spectacular. but it does not look after itself. that is where the national trust comes in. as first happened here thousands of yea rs as first happened here thousands of years ago, hodge hill is being cleared by hand. some of the wood is burned and some will be reused as fencing. people might wonder, michael, it seems odd to be cutting trees down. what is the point that? this scrub is going on quite significant remains, on the steep slopes of the rampar

we spoke to wiltshire police, and they say they are looking into the incidents, and an enquiry is ongoingt mueller, is looking into the allegations. the nearest thing to that in britain is the culture select committee‘s report on fake news and disinformation. its findings, published this morning, are scathing about technology companies and the legal and regulatory framework in which they operate. the committee says, facebook intentionally violated both data privacy laws and anti—competition laws. it recommends a new code of conduct, overseen by an independent regulator. and it says that current electoral law is not fit for purpose. rather than having a system where the tech companies just apologise when things go wrong, and carry on repeating the same mistakes, we should have a proper statutory regulatory system, which imposes a standard on the tech companies, with a regulator that can act against them if they fail to reach those standards. this system exists in broadcasting, it is common in other industries, and we need it in the tech sector, as well. sir nick clegg told me, they have ta

this was the scene in wiltshire. some heavy rain across northern england, north wales.oud. the journey home will be better. most places become dry. across the southern half of the country, increasing hazy sunshine. temperatures up to the teens in most areas. peaking at 17. friday, a subtle shift in wind direction. early morning fog expected which will clear. some rain in northern ireland. the odd shower further north. for most, sunny, temperatures still in the high teens. high—pressure at the weekend will move eastwards allowing us to bring airfrom a different move eastwards allowing us to bring air from a different direction from the canaries and africa. still feeding in some warmth. still find this weekend. only a few showers in the west. and next week, the dry weather will continue, temperatures rising again on tuesday. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. more defections over brexit — this time three conservative mp5 leave their party — accusing it of moving to the right when we allowed a cabinet minister to say f business, and we have a prime minister bullied i