this is from worcestershire.how things are looking in nottinghamshire this morning. if we look at some of the lying snow depths across the country we have around 50 centimetres of snow across parts of south wales. elsewhere, between 20 to 40 centimetres, so enough to cause ongoing disruption and with the cold conditions, it is not going to be melting in a hurry. we have these brisk, easterly winds coming in from siberia. further south, the winds are turning more southerly to something less cold on the cards with the arrival of the re m na nts of the cards with the arrival of the remnants of storm emma. this will continue to bring some more snow through today. so this morning, the snow is as heavy across wales and southern england as it has been but we will see another band of heavier and more persistent snow pushing in from the south during this afternoon. more snow showers for north—east england and eastern scotland, further west across northern part of the country, things are not looking quite as snowy but temp

in worcestershire, teams have been trying to clear roads and shovelling snow off pavements, laying downst as they can. but few people are daring to venture out — streets here are empty. in shropshire, there are huge snowdrifts, as there are in many parts of country, with snowploughs doing their best to clear a way through. in the west midlands alone, 1,500 schools are still closed and thousands more across the uk. here in alnwick, in northumberland, they have been pulling cars out of the snow. northumberland county council says these are the worst conditions here for eight years, but the community is pulling together. farmers and local rural communities, they're able to get out and help with snowploughs have have played their vital part in clearing some of those rural roads, ensuring the communities that would otherwise be stranded are able to get on to the main roads, which the council are focussing on. the authorities here in northumberland say they're especially worried about vulnerable people in these snowy conditions and in particular the elderly as the brutal winter weather contin

neighbouring worcestershire also saw several inches of snow.o wales, three people were rescued after getting buried by drifts in their car near cowbridge. they had to sound their horn to guide searchers in. in ebbw vale, firefighters were called in to dig their way into this house. back in the high pennines, keeping livestock fed was a priority. keeping them watered though is a problem. the water's frozen, that's the main thing, in the house and out of the house. so, just watering animals is a big chore at the minute and just trying to feed up and getting to the sheep that are three miles away, just trying to get there is fun and games at the minute really. delivering supplies by any means possible will be normality in much of britain this weekend. there's no obvious sign of a thaw yet. large parts of wales have been badly hit by sub—zero temperatures and heavy snowfalls over the last 48 hours. cardiff and the valleys bore the brunt today. as kate morgan reports. after more than 15 hours trapped in the car and under several feet of snow, three

event, injune, begins in east anglia, and passes through suffolk, northamptonshire, warwickshire, worcestershirelaunch in london. five days of top—class racing and it will seize some of the worlds best women's cyclists returned to the roads, this is one former winner of the race in 2016, what laps one of the race in 2016, what laps one of theissues the race in 2016, what laps one of the issues this year was that the women's race will now have the same prize money as the men's. this is setting a precedent, how it should be done in 2018, it shouldn't be a topic, sadly it is that from the start this race has always been about quality, it should be given, if you go to raise, if you see a man's race or a woman's race, parity, maybe not the same time and in the same year. in sport has been discussed this week, i asked lizzie about how damaging this cases to the sport of cycling. very damaging, there's so much good happening, sadly it is being overshadowed by this report. hopefully things will be finalised and we can move on from it. 17 teams will line up in june for the start of the tour but given tha

neighbouring worcestershire also saw several inches of snow. their car near cowbridge. they had to sound their horn to guide searchers in. in ebbw vale, firefighters were called in to dig their way into this house. back in the high pennines, keeping livestock fed was a priority. keeping them watered though is a problem. the water‘s frozen, that‘s the main thing, in the house and out of the house. so, just watering animals is a big chore at the minute and just trying to feed up and getting to the sheep that are three miles away, just trying to get there is fun and games at the minute really. delivering supplies by any means possible will be normality in much of britain this weekend. there‘s no obvious sign of a thaw yet. the extreme weather has affected emergency teams too — with south—western ambulance service telling people not to call unless there is a threat to life. across the uk, many doctors, nurses and support staff have walked through snow and ice in an attempt to ease the pressure on services. from the royal devon and exeter hospital,

and morning amble captured just how bitterly cold it has been in worcestershire.t the uk that's in the grip of this severe weather. sub—zero temperatures are affecting swathes of europe. these pictures just in from the netherlands show people making the most of the bitter cold snap to go ice—skating on canals that have frozen solid in amsterdam and in delft. the dutch media is calling the wintry weather "the siberian bea r". you can keep up to date with the weather and travel situation wherever you are, by visiting the bbc news live page, that's at bbc.co.uk/news. you can also get live updates on the bbc news channel and your local radio station. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has said the prime minister's brexit offer showed that it is possible to get "frictionless" trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. theresa may's speech, which she made in london yesterday, has largely been welcomed by leave and remain supporters in the conservative party. mr hunt said the prime minister's vision should please all shades of op

in worcestershire, teams have been trying to clear roads and shovelling snow off pavements, laying down. few people are daring to venture out, streets are empty. in shropshire, there are huge snowdrifts, as there are in many parts of the country, with snowploughs doing their worst to clear a way. in the west midlands alone 1500 schools are closed and thousands more across the uk. here in alnwick in northumberland they have been pulling cars out of the snow. northumberland county council says these are the worst conditions for eight years but the community is pulling together. farmers and local, rural community members are able to get out with snowploughs have played their vital pa rt snowploughs have played their vital part in clearing some of the rural roads, ensuring communities that would otherwise be stranded i able to get onto the main roads, which the council are focusing on. authorities in northumberland say they are especially worried about vulnerable people in these snowy conditions, particularly the elderly, as the brutal winter weather continues to bite. i have to say the tem

neighbouring worcestershire also saw several inches of snow.the border into wales, three people were rescued after getting buried by drifts in their car near cowbridge. they had to sound their horn to guide searchers in. and in ebbw vale, firefighters were called in to dig their way into this house. back in the high pennines, keeping livestock fed was a priority. keeping them watered, though, is a problem. the water's frozen, that's the main thing, in the house and out of the house. so just watering animals is a big chore at the minute. trying to feed up and get to the sheep that are three miles away, just trying to get there is fun and games at the minute, really. delivering supplies by any means possible will be normality in much of britain this weekend. there's no obvious sign of a thaw yet. danny savage, bbc news. the experience of motorists stuck on the m62 over the pennines was one repeated around the country. several major routes have problems caused by the heavy snowfall. worst hit was the south—west of england where the main a303, whic

neighbouring worcestershire also saw several inches of snow.oss the border into wales, three people were rescued after getting buried by drifts in their car near cowbridge. they had to sound their horn to guide searchers in. in ebbw vale, firefighters were called in to dig their way into this house. back in the high pennines, keeping livestock fed was a priority. keeping them watered though is a problem. the water's frozen, that's the main thing, in the house and out of the house. so, just watering animals is a big chore at the minute and just trying to feed up and getting to the sheep that are three miles away, just trying to get there is fun and games at the minute really. delivering supplies by any means possible will be normality in much of britain this weekend. there's no obvious sign of a thaw yet. danny savage, bbc news. the extreme weather has affected emergency teams too, with south western ambulance service telling people not to call unless there is a threat to life. across the uk, many doctors, nurses and support staff have walked th

updates from the m80 — is now out of the hold—up, and the last time we spoke to him he was in worcestershirenews for him, but for many others, the news is a great deal worse. with me is edmund king, the president of the aa. it seriously worse for a lot of people. it really is, today has been abysmal on the roads, many drivers have been stuck, literally, on a road to nowhere, notjust in scotland, but lincolnshire, part of the south—west, parts of south wales. there are hotspots across the country. to put it into context, we've had something like 30,000 calls for breakdowns and crashes today, about three times what you would expect an a similar day at the beginning of march. we've had extra patrols on them, extra garages, even four by fours to take staff to the call centres so they could deal with these problems. it is a combination of things. people driving out, they might be in four by fours, they become complacent, cocooned in those cars. you hit the eyes, you can still skid off. we've had a lot of those minor shunts. a third of insurance claims today are about the snow and ice. with those

make sure that you treat your burgers -- unlike meatballs, you don't stuff them with onions or worcestershirea steak, so salt and pepper. >> seth: okay. >> i'm not really season -- i'm kind of a wild dog here. >> seth: no, that's great. live your life. >> ah, just raw beef everywhere. >> seth: great. >> to make sure you have raw beef wherever. [ laughter ] >> seth: that's excellent. >> that's nice. >> seth: yeah, it's great to have raw beef around. >> it's fine. we're going to wash your hands later. >> seth: we're going to do it later. nothing on this. >> nothing. >> seth: it's just a hot cast iron. >> hot cast iron, because there is enough beef fat. >> seth: right. >> in here that it's going to render out. >> seth: okay. >> and that's another thing. if you put a bunch of oil in there, then it's going to get greasy. >> seth: uh-huh. >> as we're doing this -- so the big thing, we got beef, we have cheese, we have condiment. we need buns. so can you butter buns? >> seth: yep. >> seth likes to butter buns. >> seth: hey. [ laughter ] >> we're going to watch him butter some buns. >> seth: i told y

look at the snowdrifts in worcestershire. incredible snowdrifts, actually, across many parts.s here. quite widely those depths into the 20s. we have an easterly wind bringing bitterly cold air. this little blog of less cold, milder air, bitterly cold air. this little blog of less cold, milderair, as bitterly cold air. this little blog of less cold, milder air, as i said, from storm emma, it is moving northwards. ahead of that we have another band of snow moving northwards. now and again, still the risk of freezing rain across southern areas. increasingly during this afternoon there will be some snow, fairly patchy snow, moving its way across southern parts. two five centimetres, perhaps ten centimetres of the higher ground. still some showers over the east of scotland and northern ireland. another cold. temperatures at best about freezing. with the wind chill it will feel like —5 or about —10 degrees. through this evening and tonight, that area of snow will continue to move northwards. it will tend to ease off, giving a covering in north wales and southern parts of england. it

. >> there's also some worcestershire sauce.cook it for 10 to 12 minutes and just taste for salt. >> is this a lasagna layering process? >> it's like a single layer parfait. and the reason you want to get the potatoes a little looser, a little creamier, because you want to spread them evenly. use the back of a spoon to spread both but use different ones for the meat and potatoes. >> what's your ratio? >> about the same. you see what i did there? you're not supposed to do that. so just be gentle about it. but i like to fill the casserole dish just under half with meat and then to almost the top or close to the top with mashed potatoes. >> at this point i'd think you'd be done but no. >> there's more. >> also seal the corners. >> if you want to be a real top chef, al. >> this is my own twist just to make it a little more decadent. >> what have you got there? >> pepper jack cheese. >> i've never seen that before. >> i'll have another pint, please. >> if you didn't like it so spicy, you could use regular jack cheese. put this in a 3

beautiful weather watcher pictures sent in from worcestershire this morning.land we have had some early snow in the north—east but that is moving away and leave a lot of cloud in its wake. we have sunny skies across parts of the midlands, we can see the rain coming up and does it also ahead of it cloud will continue to build. some of this rain will be heavy, particularly so, a hampshire, dorset and parts of somerset as well. in england and wales, temperatures roughly today where they should be at this time in march but in the north still cold. in aberdeen only four, and a keen easterly wind in the far north of scotla nd easterly wind in the far north of scotland so you will still have a significant wind—chill so it will feel colder than these temperatures are suggesting. overnight the rain continues to advance northwards, as it engages with the cold air it will gladly turn to snow, again mostly on the hills. we continue with hill snow across scotland. out towards the west, more likely to be rain that we have. quite a lot of cloud, patchy mist and fog forming a

it is a snow day for many schools, more than 180 in worcestershire and more than 2000 across the westitters. people are trying to hide away and stay warm and taking advice which is not to travel unless necessary all stop —— unless necessary. thank you very much indeed. let's get more on the situation on the roads. we have seen so much chaos and disruption on roads and motorways through the night, as we have been saying. hundreds and hundreds of drivers stranded at various points for many hours. when there are accidents in the snow and on the icy blocks motorways and there are thousands of vehicles stranded. now we have the latest on that. here they are able to see all the motorway network across the south of england. they have been incredibly busy over the last 36 hours. the busiest was on the a303, the highway to the son. it remains very difficult down there with big eyes. we are getting reports of a serious accident involving 40 vehicles. —— thick ice. early stages of that incident but we're working with the police to try to understand what is going on and our crews are in route to