2017 at 2. 30. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Weather warnings are in place for parts of Northern England and scotland today after heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected large parts of the uk. Glasgow airport was closed for a few hours with flights suspended, but has now reopened. The temperature plunged to 12c at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands overnight and forecasters say driving conditions will remain difficult for the rest of the day. Judith moritz reports. Grounded at glasgow, flights at the citys airport were suspended after snow settled overnight. The airport reopened by mid morning, but managers have apologised for the knock on disruption that was caused. Temperatures plummeted in scotland. Heavy snow fell in glasgow city centre, and in the highlands the mercury fell to 12 celsius on what the met office described as the coldest night of the year. Gritters have been covering the major routes, with everybody keeping an eye on the forecast. Conditions are
Down to encourage debate but is it censorship . On meet the author this week, my guest is leo benedictus, whose new novel consent starts as a creepy thriller and turns quickly into a contemporary horror story. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. A man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder after deliberately driving a van into a crowd of muslims near a north London Mosque lastjune, in an act of terrorism. He killed makram ali, who was 51, and injured several others. Darren osborne from cardiff was described as a loner whod become obsessed with muslims, after watching a tv drama and looking at far right groups online. The 48 year old told the court he was not mad but angry. Daniel sandford reports. It was an act of terror. A large van, its engine revving, smashing into a group of muslims on a summer night during ramadan. Those he injured, terrified that the driver was going to attack again. Theres a few people who were really badly hurt and couldnt move. I thought he wa
If they begin their careers in towns and villages which struggle to attract Family Doctors. In sport, england all rounder ben stokes has been dropped by one of his sponsors following his arrest outside a bristol nightclub, and then an ill judged online video, for which he has apologised. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Yes, got details on whats coming up today after a day of flooding in parts of north west england, dry and bright for many. Details on hurricane 0phelia, what that means for us and why im here in the beautiful surroundings of 0sterley house. See you in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The government is expected to announce a cap on Energy Prices for 12 million households later this morning. The business secretary greg clark will publish a draft bill which gives the Energy Regulator new powers to limit customers bills. Sean has more. Its been a big political potato, energy bills, of late. So, consumer groups have been saying for quite a while that c
Way and if you are happy to speak on air, start your message with the words call me. And hes gone from this to this. The first strong evidence there is the supermassive black hole at the centre of the milky way came from a 10 year study. And hes here to answer your questions on all things science. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories at around half past nine this morning were expecting the latest hate crime figures. Well bring them to you as soon as we get themm, and a little later well hear how house prices in large parts of england and wales have fallen over the last ten years. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged. Theresa may and the president of the European Commission, jean claude juncker, have agreed to accelerate the brexit negotiations. In a Statement Issued after a working dinner in brussels last
Headquarters in london. Francine lacqua is off today. She will be back tomorrow. Lets get straight to our top stories. The conflict in ukraine is escalating. Violence spreading across the country. While president obama and chancellor merkel appear ready to impose more sanctions against russia. Happensgure out what next and what has just happened. Ryan chilcote joins us on the Ryan Chilcote joins us in the studio. On the phone is henry. According to interfax, ukraine has renewed its offensive and there is heavy fighting. Eastern andeen in southern ukraine, it can be very confusing, conflicting reports from the two sides. Fighting in a city not too far from there. And this is the important thing, edessa in the south of the country. We had that tragic fire where more than 40 people were killed in the fire and the clashes around the fire. Yesterday, we had pro russian activists storming a police headquarters, freeing safety seven of their colleagues. They could have taken the police headqu