Coming up on sportsday on bbc news the full line up for the champions league, including a messy draw for chelsea, who face barcelona in the last 16. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. 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 sima kotecha sent this report from the West Midlands. A blanket of snow, covering large parts of the uk. An ideal playground for children, many of whom have had the day off with hundreds of schools closed due to treacherous conditions. Here in birmingham the council run schools are closed today. The loc
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
And Christian Fraser is in london. In 11 hours time, the polls open in alabama and voters will chose between a republican accused of molesting a child and a democrat who is pro choice on abortion. Polls suggest the republican could win. But roy moore, who also believes muslims should be banned from serving in congress and homosexuality should be illegal, has been shunned by members of his own party. The Top Republican senator from alabama, richard shelby, chose to go on National Television yesterday to say he couldnt vote for mr moore because the accusations of Sexual Harassment were just too compelling. I want to reiterate again, i did not vote for roy moore and i would not vote for roy moore and i would not vote for roy moore. I think the Republican Party can do better. The president however does not agree. This weekend he recorded a robocall essentially a telephone phone marketing message in support of mr moore. Ryan moore is the guy that we need to pass our make America Great again
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
Died of a lung condition at the age of 60. He played a part in pioneering new programme formats, such as multi coloured swap shop and cheggers plays pop in a varied career that would span five decades, as our correspondent lizo mzimba reports. His energy, his sheer enthusiasm, made Keith Chegwin into a household name. Welcome to our very special christmas edition of cheggers plays pop. A career on tv seemed somewhat inevitable, even in his early teens. He was a natural in front of the camera, in productions like this road safety video. Gosh, thanks do you want to swap this . Just a few years later, cheggers, as the public now called him, was sharing the screen with some of entertainments most famous faces. How long did it take you to record the album . Figures who worked with Keith Chegwin have been paying tribute. I knew he was very unwell. I spoke to him about four weeks ago, and he said he was recovering, so i didnt expect this. Very, very sad news. His one time presenting partner a