Wins in a row as they beat neighbours united at old trafford. Jose mourinho says his sides title hopes are probably over after losing 2 1 as city extend their lead at the top, and continue to break premier league records. And it is Christmas Carol season, of course, but does singing make you feel better . This week we will be looking at whether it is really good for you. And carol can tell us whether the cold spell is set to continue. Good morning. Once again this morning we have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in east anglia and the south of england. It will also be windy today. More showers in the north and west of the uk. Some of those will be windy. In between we have dry, crisp and sunny weather. Wherever you are it will feel cold with the risk of ice. Our main story this morning, snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have in train and plane cancellations and drivers have been warned icy conditions are making r
Of the antarctic, has been re measured, and now takes top honours. And trouble in the tunnel. Milk and water thrown at mourinho in a clash with celebrating city players after yesterdays derby. Its monday the 11th of december. I many mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live large live parts of the uk are continuing to suffer large parts of the uk are continuing to suffer from the effects of heavy snow that fell over the weekend. Many schools are closed, homes are without power and freezing temperatures overnight have led to fears of black ice on the roads. The deluge of snow was compounded with freezing temperatures overnight. Minus 12 was the coldest, in the appropriately named chillingham barns in northumberland. Amber weather warnings have been issued by the met office for much of england, scotland and the whole of wales and Northern Ireland. More than a thousand schools have been closed across the uk, including more than 450 schools in wales, every council run school in birmingham,
Lets take a quick look at the markets after a long weekend not after a long weekend. A week. Nasdaq up 25 points and the s p up. A longer weekend than usual. It was longer for me because i wasnt here friday. Here are the big stories. Greek banks reopening three weeks after they close. Capital controls remain in place including limits on withdrawals and no word yet on when the stock market might reopen. Although some are trying to play this with the etf and trades here. Increases in value and a tax agreed to on the new bailout terms have now taken effect on things like coffee and tea. Well hear more from Michelle Carusocabrera pulling double duty. Lets take a look at asia. It was another volatile session. The shanghai stocks closing higher. But closed up just shy of 1 . There have been a media report earlier in the session suggesting the government was studying how to end its bailout. Well continue to watch the ongoing volatility in china. Every day there seems to be a new story there.
Hurricane irma cause devastation as it rips through the caribbean islands on a path to florida, where its expected to strike this weekend good morning glad to have you on the show once again its thursday, not just any thursday, its ecb day weve been waiting for the first fall meeting of the ecb, whether or not we get a tapering announcement today, that remains to be seen majority of economists expect more details in the month of october, but an update to growth and Inflation Forecasts today. Lets look at how the markets are faring ahead of that theyre not doing much at all. Were a fraction lower on the stoxx 600, roughly an hour and 50 minutes into the trading session. Lets look at the indices one by one. You can see a bit of a mixed picture. Ftse 100 is flat the xetra dax is higher to 0. 2 . The auto sector is doing well. Its been higher for a fifth day in a row we saw a couple upgrades from jpmorgan and Goldman Sachs, so theres renewed interest in the german auto sector the cac 40 is
With even some fog. 60s for temperatures. Airquality is vastly improved. The system is producing rain in the valley with a lot of cloud coverage and isolated showers. Things look to be winding down but they will pick up later on with the colder air coming to the north. There is a little bit left around fremont maybe union city and fremont. Near the dumbarton bridge as well and toward this cloud coverage but it is not doing too much as the system has moved out with the unstable air coming in. Glen ellen. 4 inches. San francisco 1 3. San jose almost. 25 inches there have been heavier amounts in Higher Elevations. 40s and 50s getting cooler with the marine advisory and High Surf Advisory to the northwest. 15 to 20 feet swells and the monterey showing 19 feet every 17 seconds. 19 feet at the San Francisco buoy. Ortega bay at 15 feet. Things are almost done in the sierra. Truckee had light snow and we have unstable air to the north but for us partly cloudy with cloud coverage coming from th