Yearin companies. Thats review 2017 a year in business. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. 111,000 properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales , after power lines were brought down overnight. Birmingham airport closed for a time to allow for slush and snow to be cleared from the runway. And collisions on the m1 and m25 caused by treacherous driving conditions left parts of both motorways closed. 0ur news correspondent joe inwood is here. Pretty chaotic overnight in parts of the country. Those hoping to travel and many people are today what do they face . Fairly widespread disruption, treacherous conditions. The most severe incident was the one on the m1, a jackknifed lorry by junction 19, which closed large sections of the motorway. We understand the lorry has been cleared. But delays will go on for a long time because of diesel on the road. Nearby, the a14, reports of multiple
Good morning and welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. 14,000 properties were left without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales, after power lines were brought down overnight. Birmingham airport closed for a time to allow for slush and snow to be cleared from the runway, and Stansted Airport also says a runway is temporarily closed. More on that in a moment. Just to show you some of the pictures that youve been sending. This one from rugby. Several centimetres of snow covering a park in the city centre there. This wintry scene is in four marks in east hamshire, where snow is still falling heavily. Our news correspondent, joe inwood, is here. First of all, that breaking news in sta nsted in first of all, that breaking news in stansted in the last half hour. Yeah, theyve just told stansted in the last half hour. Yeah, theyvejust told us stansted in the last half hour. Yeah, theyve just told us that its been, the
Syrian children are allowed to leave a rebel held area of damascus. Tesco investigates after customers complained that their christmas turkey was rotten or had gone off. And england have had their best day on their ashes tour of australia so far. Alistair cook completed his first ashes century in 7 years. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. Thousands of homes and properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales, after power lines were brought down overnight. Theres been disruption for passengers at birmingham and sta nsted airports, and collisions on the mi, m25 and a number of a roads caused by treacherous driving conditions have caused major delays. Viewers have been sending in pictures from their area , georgina tweeted this photo from the departure lounge at stansted airport, which has suffered delays due due to a closed runway, but has now reopened. But the weather hasnt be
But could it mean other prices rise as a result . Ill have the details. In sport, the only interesting thing about chelsea v arsenal last night . The var was called into action properly for the first time but no goals in the League Cup Semi final first leg. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Some frost around this morning but also fold, especially so in western parts of the uk, where summons and run southern parts of england and eastern england, slow to live, someone at all, but the brighter skies later will be in the west. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Prime Ministers setting out plans to tackle plastic pollution, by wiping out all avoidable waste by 2042. Two ideas among the proposals include asking every supermarket to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings at all as well as extending the five pence charge for carrier bags to all retailers. Environmentalists say the plans are worthless, unless theyre written into law. Heres our
This morning, i am looking at what is on the agenda. Good morning. In sport britains kyle edmund is 2 1 sets up against Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter finals of the Australian Open. And we will be keeping you up to date on his progress throughout the programme. Come on so exciting. And matt has the weather. It is not just it is notjust the Australian Open where things are hotting up, 15 degrees for one or two today, but a little bit of rain during your morning rush hour. All the details coming up later. Good morning. First, our main story england is lagging behind scotland and wales when it comes to introducing measures to improve child health, according to a new report. The Royal College of paediatrics and child health says children deserve better, but westminster insists it has world leading plans in place. The college also says four out of five young people who are obese will battle ill health for the rest of their lives. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Being healt