Had stopped it from delivering aid to the area. And scientists warn king penguins are under threat as Global Warming impacts their habitats. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Snow and freezing temperatures have caused major disruption across many parts of the uk today with forecasters warning that there is much worse to come this week. Parts of south east and north east england, scotland and north wales are badly affected. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places. There has been disruption on many major roads with 20 accidents in a space ofjust three hours on lincolnshires roads including a fatal crash which left three people dead. Rail journeys have also been badly affected with southeastern cancelling more than 100 services between kent and london. Services in east anglia and north of london have also been affected. More than 560 schools schools were shut across england, wales and scotland and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. The met office ha
Employees and former employees live in any constituency. And the company has an Apprenticeship Training center. They fearsome uncertain future. Will the Government Act now to prevent similar corporate theft what should have been hundreds of millions of pounds in pension contributions and unearned corporate bonuses to themselves . Exactly what does the government propose . First of all, mr. Speaker, i completely understand the anxiety that must be affecting the apprentices and their families and the honorable gentlemans constituency. He probably heard me say during last weeks debate that the Construction Industry Training Board has taken responsibility for finding employers to enable all those apprentices to continue and complete their qualifications. They are making Good Progress in that work. But i should certainly insure that the particular concern hes expressed about gateshead is brought to their attention. On the broorder question, the house will understand, mr. Speaker, that it wi
President s club which has held Charity Dinners in london for more than 30 years has cancelled all future events after women employed there say they were groped and sexually harassed by the guests. Downing street says the Prime Minister is appalled by the revelations. An undercover reporter filmed last weeks dinner at the dorchester. A government adviser who helped organise it has resigned. And some of the charities for which money was raised are handing back hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations. Heres our special correspondent lucy manning. All the president s club men appear to be enjoying themselves at their charity dinner, the women working there much less so, with claims that they were groped at the men only event for those in business and politics. Women working as table hostesses were made to wear revealing outfits, their phones confiscated. Madison marriage is the Financial Times journalist who went undercover to expose the dinner. Multiple women told me that they had b
Tom lets begin our friday coverage. Here are top headlines with vonnie quinn. Vonnie they would have had real snow, where beijing will have to import snow. Representatives of the ecb, imf and European Union are meeting in athens with the cabinet minister. Tsipras made troika a dirty word during the campaign. There is a rebellion among members of his party. He told lawmakers today he never had time to lead greece out of the euro. Shares of linkedin are falling in premarket trading. The professional networking website forecast revenue. There is concern that linkedins growth is slowing down in its core business. President obama is warning that opponents of the nuclear deal with iran are putting the squeeze on congress. He held a Conference Call with allies last night and said supporting that it will be tough for lawmakers i can tell when they start getting squishy. A Top Lobbying Group is pressing for the deal to be rejected. And fitness fanatics cannot get enough of soul cycle. The chain
In sport west indies have won a test match in england for the first time in 17 years. Shai hopes historic century helped them to a famous victory, on a thrilling final day at headingley. That looks nice. Low love cardamom. The Great British bake off returned to our screens last night. We will be asking if the new recipe tickled the taste buds of one panel of viewers. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Across the north of the country today, we are looking at a breezy day, with sunshine and showers. Warmer than yesterday. Further south, though, it is the opposite. We have some persistent rain particularly in the south east and it will feel colder than it was yesterday. I will have more details inis yesterday. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story there has been unanimous condemnation of north koreas firing of a Ballistic Missile overjapan at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council overnight. Pyongyang has described the launch as the fi