Still coming in. The rac says it is currently dealing with five breakdowns a minute and expecting around 7500 by the end of the day. With ten to 20 centimetres falling in some parts of the uk, quitters have been replaced with ploughs in areas like redditch in worcestershire. As snow continues to fall, the met office has issued an number whether morning made dan ackerman for the east of england and wales. Passengers are burning and other airports have been warned about delays and cancellations. 20 flights have been cancelled from sta nsted. Flying over wales it could be a scene from the snowman, a thick coating of white across the mountings and lakes. For these children in the peak district, finally a chance to play in a Winter Wonderland. I like it because where we live we never get snow, it is just sweet. I like snow because you can make siiow i like snow because you can make snow angels and snowmen and i find it really fun to do. For many it is a time forfun and enjoyment, but with m
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
Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 2 in the morning injerusalem where Donald Trumps decision to recognise the city as the capital of israel is continuing to cause unrest. Thereve been clashes in the west bank and gaza. Elsewhere, tear gas was used against protestors outside the us embassy in beirut. But israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made it clear he backed Donald Trumps decision telling palestinians to get to grips with reality. Our Arab Affairs Editor sebastian usher reports. Tear gas was fired into a crowd of around 1,000 protesters in beirut as they tried to reach the us embassy this morning. Effigies of President Trump and us flags were burned by angry groups of Palestinian Refugees and lebanese activists. Translation we are here to tell the us embassy, the embassy of the aggressor, thatjerusalem is arab, was arab and it will stay arab. Large rallies have been held in the moroccan capital, rabat. And in cairo too. As protesters try to build mo
Decision to acknowledgejerusalem as israels capital could jeopardise middle east peace efforts. In israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahyu says the sooner palestinians accept the decision the sooner there will be peace. But the change in us policy has been met by widespread anger across the arab and muslim world and as our middle east editor sebastian usher reports, the protests have been escalating. Tear gas was fired into a crowd of around 1,000 protesters in beirut as they tried to reach the us embassy this morning. Effigies of President Trump and us flags were burned by angry groups of Palestinian Refugees and lebanese activists. Translation we are here to tell the us embassy, the embassy of the aggressor, thatjerusalem is arab, it was arab and it will stay arab. Large rallies have been held in the moroccan capital, rabat. And in cairo too. As protesters try to build momentum across the region against President Trumps decision. In istanbul, thousands turned out to hear president