Also in the next hour, well. Discuss city celebrating in the Manchester Derby as they set a new record to go 11 points clear at the top of the table. And at 7. 30 meet the author will speak to writer and historian norman davies. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. An amber weather warning has been issued for much of england and wales as heavy snow continues to cause disruption for travellers across the uk. Over 100 flights have been cancelled at heathrow and passengers have been stranded on planes for hours that have landed at the airport but are unable to dock with the terminal. Elsewhere a further 50 flights have been cancelled at stansted and flights at birmingham international, east midlands and Belfast International airports have been affected. A number of motorways and a roads, including the mi and mao have been dealing with temporary closures due to numerous breakdowns and collisions. Rail lines have also been impacted a landslide has halted crosscountry Train Services between
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. An amber weather warning has been issued for much of england and wales as heavy snow continues to cause disruption for travellers across the uk. At heathrow airport, over 100 flights have been cancelled while a further 50 flights were also cancellations at sta nsted. They are warning of further delays into this evening although the ru nway into this evening although the runway there we are told opened again at lunchtime. Birmingham international, east midlands and Belfast International airports have also all been affected. A number of motorways have been covered in snow with police asking people to travel only if absolutely necessary. Electricity supplier sse says up to 2a,000 homes in oxfordshire, berkshire and wiltshire are without power. Elesewhere, a p 0 ferry bound for dover carrying more than 300 people ran aground in high winds at the port of calais in northern france. Officials say no one on board vessel was injured. Lee milner reports no
A new premier league record, to go 11 points clear at the top of the table. And at 8. 30 me, my mind and i follows three radio 1 listeners who got in touch wanting to share their Mental Health experiences. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. An amber weather warning has been issued for much of england and wales as heavy snow continues to cause disruption for travellers across the uk. Theres been delays and confusion at heathrow where over 100 flights have been cancelled. Passengers have been stranded on the tarmac on planes arriving at the airport. Elsewhere, a further 50 flights have been cancelled at stansted and at birmingham international, east midlands and Belfast International also affected. Theres been temporary closures on a number of motorways and a roads, including the m1 and m40, due to numerous breakdowns and collisions. The railways have also been affected a landslide has halted crosscountry Train Services between birmingham and bristol for the rest of the day. Electrici
There have been more protests in the arab and muslim world against President Trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Violence flared near the us embassy in beirut, and thousands gathered to express their anger in the moroccan capital rabat, as well as in cairo and istanbul. It comes as us Vice President mike pence strongly criticised the palestinian authority, saying it was unfortunate that palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was declining to meet mr pence on his forthcoming trip to the region. With the latest, heres sebastian usher. Tear gas was fired into a crowd of around 1000 protesters in beirut as they tried to reach the us embassy this morning. Effigies of President Trump and us flags were burned by angry groups of Palestinian Refugees and lebanese activists. We are here to tell the us embassy, the embassy of the aggressor, thatjerusalem is arab, was arab and it will stay arab, was arab and it will stay arab, this man says. Large rallies have been held i
Heavy snow fell across much of the uk today, causing disruption on the roads, to air travel, and on the railways. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed at a number of airports, including at heathrow, stansted, and in belfast. There were problems for rail passengers too, while the police warned motorists to travel only if absolutely necessary. The met office says its the heaviest snowfall to hit parts of the uk in four years. Tomorrow, hundreds of schools in the midlands, gloucestershire and shropshire will be closed. The forecast is of freezing conditions. Our correspondent Richard Lister is in beaconsfield in buckinghamshire for us tonight. Much of britain looked like a Christmas Card today. Scotland and Northern England had been expecting snow, but this was buckinghamshire, and on the ground, it wasnt pretty. Breakdowns and blizzards on the m25 near Gerrards Cross made for slow going, in slippery conditions. On the asa near newbury, two stuck lorries meant the southbound carr