Labours call to remain within a Customs Union. It would be a complete sell out of Britains National interests and a betrayal of the voters in the referendum. Police name three people believe to have died in an explosion in leicester and rule out finding any more suivivois. And Rupert Murdochs 21st century fox faces a fight to take to take control of sky, as the us cable giant comcast makes a bid worth £22 billion. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Train Services and flights have been cancelled and hundreds of schools have been closed because of the heavy snow and freezing conditions. 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 in southern england with the m20 in kent among the worst affected. Rail journeys have also been badly affected with southeastern cancelling more than 100 services between kent and london. Services in east anglia a
A coward by donald trump actions after the president says he would have tried to help even without a weapon i think i would have tried to have helped. And American Media giant, comcast, puts in a bid for sky challenging an existing offer from Rupert Murdochs 21st century fox. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im reeta chakrabarti. Heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road and rail disruption in many areas. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places as a band of wintry weather and very low temperatures sweeps westwards. Hundreds of trains are cancelled, many schools are shut and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. 45 children were led to safety after a bus crash near Deeping St James in lincolnshire though no injuries are reported. The met office has issued amber warnings for large parts of the country as cold air sweeps in from the east. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of Eastern
Response from you to our Programme Live from a pupil referral unit yesterday, that today we want to hear from you, your experiences of prus, whether you were taught at one yourself or your child goes to one. Please do get in touch throughout the programme this morning and well speak to some of you on air after 10am. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning well have the latest breaking news and developing stories. A little later in the programme, well be hearing how another 100 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by the Boko Haram Militant Group in nigeria and asking why it isnt leading to another massive outcry. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today snow is falling across parts of the uk as cold air begins to sweep in from russia. The met office has issued amber warnings for large parts of the south east and
Pressure has been ramped up on send banger. Also, golf, men and women will be playing side by side on the European Tour. There is snow out there. It is all about knowing where to look. There is more Severe Weather to come through the rest of this week. More Severe Weather warnings and more travel warnings. If you thought it was cold today, just wait until tomorrow. Also coming up, the warning that Global Warming could have a devastating impact on king penguins. Heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road, rail and flight disruption in many areas. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places three people have died in lincolnshire after a crash involving a car and a lorry. Hundreds of trains are cancelled, many schools are shut and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. And theres a warning from the met office that if you havent seen snow yet by the end of the week you will have. Lets get the latest from our correspondent in North Yorkshire. First,
These cities, stuttgart and is sold off, they are the most polluted in the country, Environmental Groups sued them to force them to take action against Dangerous Levels of nitrogen oxide. Angela merkel has opposed a ban and wants to protect thejobs in the industry. She gave this reassurance today. Translation what most definitely happen is that clear air plans have to be put into action with the help of the government. We will discuss further matters but the parties concerned. What is important to mention is that the ruling is specific to individual cities, were more needs to be done, but it does not target the whole country or all drivers in germany. The concern is germanys mass of car Manufacturing Industry and how it would cope if the ban was ruled out. It will no doubt heard. Germany has 15 million ca is doubt heard. Germany has 15 million cars on german roads and 50 million of them are diesel and of them, only a fraction, 2. 7 million made those eu standards. Hours after the rulin