Well bring you reaction to the decision. Storm caroline brings strong winds to scotland, causing transport disruption. Dozens of schools have been closed and, the richest youtuber in the world is a 26 year old man from aldershot. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Brexit talks over the irish border are intensifying as negotiators on both sides push for a breakthrough on a post brexit plan to push negotiations forward in a way which satisfies the european union, ireland and the democratic unionist party. Earlier an announcement that European Council president donald tusk will make a statement on brexit early on friday morning fuelled speculation that the Prime Minister had made progress on the wording but a uk government source has stressed that no agreement had been reached. There is speculation that the Prime Minister will meetjean Claude Juncker tomorrow. And leaving talks in westminster this evening, the dups westminster leader nigel dodds refused to comment when questioned if th
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
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
And star wars fans flock to see the lastjedi, the latest film in the star wars franchise. Well be live at the london premiere. Its five oclock, good afternoon. Our top story is that prices have increased at their fastest rate in nearly six years. Inflation has risen to 3. 1 in november as the squeeze on households continues. Consumers are facing pressure from rising food prices in the run up to christmas with groceries costing more now, than at any time since 2013. The governor of the bank of england mark carney will now have to write a letter to the chancellor to explain how the bank intends to bring inflation back to its 2. 0 target. Our economics correspondent andy verity has the story. At this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, not just the at this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, notjust the bread rolls are on the rise, it is barnes, loaves and mince pies, end up in pubs and restaurants from wetherspoon is to pret to tgi and as far afield as the middle east and asia, ingredien
Child to die as a result of mondays house fire in greater manchester. Chris froome the four time Tour De France winner is being investigated over excessive use of an asthma drug against anti doping rules. And the comedian peter kay has cancelled his first stand up tour for eight years due to unforeseen family circumstances. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is tonights vote at westminster on the governments main brexit legislation, where the government is facing the real possibility of defeat. The house of commons will vote on an amendment that would empower both houses of parliament to approve any brexit deal before it can come into force. The Prime Minister theresa may insisted again today that parliament would get a meaningful final vote before the uk leaves the eu in march 2019 but some conservative mps want a guarantee written into the eu withdrawal bill. The former attorney general Dominic Grieve is leading the demands for a vote on any final deal before it is finalised. Our chief Pol