One of the most familiar faces of Childrens Television in the 1980s, has died after a long illness. He was 60. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Snow, ice and plunging temperatures have caused major disruption across swathes of the country today. More than 1,000 schools have been closed in wales, the midlands, the south west and other areas. Rail travel across england and wales has been disrupted and hundreds of flights cancelled. Tonight, conditions on many roads are treacherous. Forecasters are warning that temperatures could hit minus 13 degrees overnight. That would make it the coldest night of the winter so far. 0ur correspondent steve knibbs has been in the forest of deane. A little earlier he told me how the community has reacted to the heavy weather. Well, over the weekend, well, overthe weekend, it well, over the weekend, it was a case of will it all wanted snow in many parts of gloucestershire but here in the forest of dean, it definitely did, along with the north cotswol
Keith chegwin once a familiar face whos died at the age of 60. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news the full line up for the Champions League including a messi draw for chelsea wholl face barcelona in the last 16. Good evening. Scientists in london have reported a major breakthough in the treatment of huntingtons disease and say it could lead to new therapies for alzheimers and other conditions. Its been described as potentially the biggest breakthrough in the field for half a century by correcting the defect that causes huntingtons a disease which is incurable and kills most sufferers within 20 years of diagnosis. Huntingtons affects an estimated 10,000 people in the uk, with a further 25,000 thought to be at risk, as our Health Correspondent James Gallagher reports. The allen family has been blighted by huntingtons. They have seen their mother, stephanie, die from it. The last year of her life, every time we all went to visit her, she just held us and said, i want to die. The disea
The windchill gets wednesday morning. Also some chances for snow coming up. Authorities are putting together the background of a suspected terrorist arrested for setting off a pipe bomb in the subway in new york city. He is 27yearold akayed ullah from bangladesh. Law enforcement says he was inspired by isis but had no direct contact with the terrorist group. He came to the us on a visa and recently traveled to bangladesh and to the united arab emirates. Surveillance shows the suspect detonating the pipe bomb strapped to his body in a subway walkway near times square. He suffered burns on his hands and stomach. Four other people were slightly wounded. The attempted attack shutdown several streets and train lines around the Port Authority terminal. You did not really hear it too much but you could feel it shake. I was actually sleeping and it woke me pipe bomb that was fixed to his person with a combination of velcro and zip ties. Thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate go
Had on their im dealing with all of this is the news hour live from london coming up that it may put the highlights russias growing influence in the middle east visiting syria egypt and turkey all in one day. This is the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital continues to draw anger sending thousands into the streets in lebanon. A near miss in new york as a bangladeshi man targets the subway with a homemade bomb that injures him and three other spots thats what our country is doing again were dreaming big. President trump launches a new us with a mission to lead the way through an eventual mission to mars. In spore the most lucrative competition in Club Football underlines its blockbuster status grandmother the defending champions right i will play currie son jim in the last sixteen of the champions. Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of us troops from syria he made that announcement during a surprise visit to syria where he held talks with pre
In the Champions League draw. Arguably the draw wasnt the kindest to chelsea though theyll face five time winners barcelona. Well look at how others fared not a huge amount of snow. Temperatures falling away quickly. It isa temperatures falling away quickly. It is a we are worried about this evening and overnight and into tomorrow. I will have more later. Thank you, darren. Mount hope. It is now the tallest mountain in the country after being re measured. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption in many parts of the uk and across the channel. Heathrow airport is trying to clear a backlog of hundreds of flights, the port of calais is closed, while roads and rail have been affected. Its all making travel difficult and even hazardous. Tens of thousands of pupils are having an unexpected day off after the cold weather prompted local authorities to shut their schools. A large swathe of Central England and most of wal