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
Mountaineering championships. This was the scene on the southern slopes of the mount etna volcano. A spectacular setting and a dogwas even prepared to brave the cold and accompany the skiiers. The race had to be delayed for two days as the freezing conditions became simply unbrearable. It was exhausitng workjust to reach the finish line. You have to just hope it was worth it thats all from sportsday. Well have more throughout the evening. Lets get more now on the heavy snow and freezing temperatures that have caused disruption and created treacherous driving conditions across parts of the uk. We can speak to our correspondence in maidstone and newcastle. Peter whittlesea, thanks for joining in maidstone and newcastle. Peter whittlesea, thanks forjoining us. Clearly it is dark behind you and we can still see this now but there has been a big problem from lorries on the motorway there. There has been a problem all day. In the last ten minutes, it has been snowing on and off and what happ
Coverage with chip reid. A tornado just came through right on 460 right now. It tore the place the pieces. Reporter this facebook video shows the path of destruction after an apparent tornado ripped through the small town of waverly south of richmond, virginia, this afternoon. State Police Confirm that three people have died. Late today a tweet from cbs affiliate wtvr in richmond said, sadly one of the three confirmed deaths was a young child who died when mobile home was hit. The station also reported eight others were injured. Everything is destroyed. Unbelievable. I mean, unbelievable. Reporter the debris field is three miles long. Sussex surrey dispatch reporter Michael Campbell photographed this mobile home ripped open, cars flipped over, sheet metal twisted around telephone poles. Roads are blocked by downed trees, power lines and piles of debris were torn from homes. And take a look at this video of the storm passing over the white monument. Some pretty scary stuff. And scott, w
Tornado watches and warnings are up from South Carolina to new jersey, including washington, d. C. , and philadelphia. This is the same system that brought death to the south last night and well begin our coverage with chip reid. A tornado just came through right on 460 right now. It tore the place the pieces. Reporter this facebook video shows the path of destruction after an apparent tornado ripped through the small town of waverly south of richmond, virginia, this afternoon. State Police Confirm that three people have died. Late today a tweet from cbs affiliate wtvr in richmond said, sadly one of the three confirmed deaths was a young child who died when mobile home was hit. The station also reported eight others were injured. Everything is destroyed. Unbelievable. I mean, unbelievable. Reporter the debris field is three miles long. Sussex surrey dispatch reporter Michael Campbell photographed this mobile home ripped open, twisted around telephone poles. Roads are blocked by downed
African variant. The number of children of key workers who are still going into Primary Schools is undermining the lockdown, teaching unions have warned. And some nurseries looking after the very youngest children question why they have to stay open and say they need more help to deal with the pandemic. A change in tone from President Trump he now condemns the violent storming of the us capitol by his supporters. Hello, good afternoon. The latest r numberfor the uk has been published and government scientists estimate it is currently between 1 and 1. 4 that means that on average every ten people infected with the virus will pass it on to between 10 and 1a people. Before christmas it was estimated to be between 1. 1 and 1. 3. Scientists advising the government said the estimates of r and growth rates are based on the latest Data Available up to january 11th and do not include any impact of the Current National lockdown. The mayor of london, sadiq khan, has declared a Major Incident in t