Heavy snow fell across much of the uk today, causing disruption on the roads, to air travel, and on the railways. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed at a number of airports, including at heathrow, stansted, and in belfast. There were problems for rail passengers too, while the police warned motorists to travel only if absolutely necessary. The met office says its the heaviest snowfall to hit parts of the uk in four years. Tomorrow, hundreds of schools in the midlands, gloucestershire and shropshire will be closed. The forecast is of freezing conditions. Our correspondent Richard Lister is in beaconsfield in buckinghamshire for us tonight. Much of britain looked like a Christmas Card today. Scotland and Northern England had been expecting snow, but this was buckinghamshire, and on the ground, it wasnt pretty. Breakdowns and blizzards on the m25 near Gerrards Cross made for slow going, in slippery conditions. On the asa near newbury, two stuck lorries meant the southbound carr
In the manchester derby. As guardiolas men set a new premier league record, to go 11 points clear at the top of the table. At at 11 30, well bring you the paper review with the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Heavy snow fell across much of the uk today, causing disruption on the roads, to air travel, and on the railways. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed at a number of airports, including at heathrow, birmingham, and in belfast. There were problems for rail passengers, while the police warned motorists to travel only if absolutely necessary. The met office says its the heaviest snowfall to hit parts of the uk in four years. Tomorrow hundreds of schools in the midlands, gloucestershire and shropshire will be closed. The forecast is of freezing conditions. 0ur correspondent Richard Lister reports from beaconsfield, in buckinghamshire. Much of britain looked like a Christmas Card today. Scot
Wins in a row as they beat neighbours united at old trafford. Jose mourinho says his sides title hopes are probably over after losing 2 1 as city extend their lead at the top, and continue to break premier league records. And it is Christmas Carol season, of course, but does singing make you feel better . This week we will be looking at whether it is really good for you. And carol can tell us whether the cold spell is set to continue. Good morning. Once again this morning we have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in east anglia and the south of england. It will also be windy today. More showers in the north and west of the uk. Some of those will be windy. In between we have dry, crisp and sunny weather. Wherever you are it will feel cold with the risk of ice. Our main story this morning, snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have in train and plane cancellations and drivers have been warned icy conditions are making r
Where in just a few hours time the polls open and voters will chose between a republican accused of molesting a child and a democrat who is pro choice on abortion. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im holly hamilton. Coming up on the programme a messi draw for chelsea in the Champions League theyll take on five time winners barcelona in the last 16. Drama at old trafford as Manchester City are accused of milking their 2 1 win over united before a row outside the changing rooms. And with all the attention on englands off field antics down under wicketkeeperjohnny bairstow says its time to rebuild trust. Hello and welcome to the programme. Plenty to get through as always but well start with the european draws in switzerland with a record five english sides represented in the Champions League but chelsea appear to have been handed the hardest task of the lot theyll face five time winners barcelona. Olly foster has more deta
Our main story is that snow and freezing temperatures are causing widespread disruption in many parts of the uk. Heathrow airport is trying to clear a backlog of hundreds of flights, the port of calais is closed, while roads and rail have been badly affected. Its all making travel difficult and even hazardous. More than a thousand schools failed to open this morning because of the snow. Hundreds of homes, mainly in wales, and a belt across the centre of england, are without power. The forecasters say temperatures could fall in places tonight to as low as 12 celsius. Our correspondent phil mackie reports. A large swathe of Central England and most of wales woke up to a winter wonderland, but the morning commute was tricky, many areas saw their heaviest snowfall for seven years. Some areas saw 20 centimetres, which froze when temperatures plummeted. Driving conditions were extremely dangerous, and the Breakdown Services have been working around the clock. On an average sunday, we do 10,0