Im joanna gosling. The other main stories on bbc news. The three main Health Screening programmes in england for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer fail to meet government targets. Tsb records losses of over a £100 million as it counts the cost of last years it meltdown, which caused chaos for thousands of customers. Major commitment problems. I imagine every time he said, its not you, its me. They had a trial separation, which involved a very brief trial and a long separation. The comedian jeremy hardy has died of cancer at the age of 57. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from chippenham in wiltshire. It is still a blizzard by the motorway in wiltshire. It has been snowing heavily throughout the morning in many parts of the southern United Kingdom today. That has caused major travel disruption overnight. You can see the motorway behind me, there are cars and lorries travelling on it but snowploughs have been in constant action. We have been watching them over the last few minutes trying to keep this motorway open. 0n the smaller roads around here, real problems, on the railways there has been disruption in many parts of the country and at airports as well, including heathrow. We will bring you the details on that in the next few minutes. Hundreds of schools around the country are close this morning, some of the worst snow has beenin morning, some of the worst snow has been in cornwall in the south west. At one stage about 100 motorists who got stranded overnight had to abandon their cars and were put up ina pub abandon their cars and were put up in a pub in bodmin. Lets bring you the details as we have them at the moment. There are now yellow warnings in place for snow and ice in parts of the United Kingdom, lasting through until this afternoon. Hundreds of schools have been closed in england and some 500 schools have been closed in wales, thats about a quarter of the total number of schools in wales. And in london there has been disruption and cancellations of some short haul flights at Heathrow Airport and reduced services on south eastern ra i lwa ys reduced services on south eastern railways and Great Western railway as well. Lets get a round up of the latest developments now from our corresponding jon donnison. It may not be a polar vortex but it is pretty party and for millions of people the difficult and for some impossible journey to work. People the difficult and for some impossible journey to workm people the difficult and for some impossible journey to work. If you have to go out, take extreme care, drive with caution, take everything nice and gentle, the throttle, brakes, steering, the Road Conditions are treacherous and my advice would be to stay at home. Some, though, didnt follow such advice, overnight on the a30 in bodmin moor in cornwall hundreds of drivers had to abandon their vehicles after being stuck for hours in freezing temperatures. We have beenin in freezing temperatures. We have been in the car since about apm, we left redruth, so we have gone about 30 miles, in what is that . Nine and a bit hours. In the last six hours we have probably moved about less than 100 yards or so. The famous jamaica inn opened its doors to those in need of shelter making up beds in the restaurant and bar when all the rooms were taken. And that cali with college in bodmin and the snow forced students to make it their home for the night because the roads were too treacherous. In the end we had about 300 students staying at the college. Everybody is fine and they have been fed and watered and had a good nights sleep, for a teenager i imagine two 01 sleep, for a teenager i imagine two or three hours. We were grateful for a donation of £800 for bedding to support the students and provide as cosy a n support the students and provide as cosy an environment as we could provide for them. More snow this morning means the college will be closed today along with hundreds of schools across southern england and wales. Earlier, an amber weather warning was in place from oxford down to basingstoke but there is expected to be snow flurries across much of the country throughout the day. Do you wa nt country throughout the day. Do you want a bread roll with that, my love . Want a bread roll with that, my love . Spare a thought for the homeless. In bristol where the council has launched its emergency Severe Weather programme, they have been handing out hot food and drinks. I couldnt even sleep last night, i was that cold. I had a sleeping bag and im not being funny, i had to sleep in all of these clothes to keep one, a pair of gloves, scarf and a hat, do you know what i mean . Thats how it is, mate. But i think we kind of get used to it, its a case of having to. And the Winter Weather is set to continue well into the weekend with temperatures not expected to rise significantly until tuesday. Jon donnison, bbc news. It is brutally cold here where we are in wiltshire and the snow is driving almost horizontally across us driving almost horizontally across us right now and it has been snowing for hours now. The coldest spot in the country so far this winter was braemar in aberdeenshire, 15 celsius overnight. Most snowfall was in cornwall, some 12 centimetres of snow falling there. Thats why so many motorists got stuck on the a30 overnight. 0ne many motorists got stuck on the a30 overnight. One of them was matt argyle who i spoke to earlier. I live in north devon but i went down to work at st austell at the childrens hospice down there, and i drove down at about, i guess, yesterday morning, no snow, went all the way over the a30. Finished about 2 30pm and started driving home. Once again, no snow in st austell. And as we got higher up on the road up to bodmin the snow started coming down and it started settling and it just absolutely dumped. And within about half an hour we were completely stuck and traffic queues for miles. Yeah, and it was very, very icy and lots of snow. Very pretty but not very convenient. So, were you are effectively stranded, then . Yeah, i was there from about 3pm, i guess, until about 11 30pm at night. And then we managed to. A snowplough came through, which we followed, and i managed to drive back to exeter and then went back up over the link road over exmoor, which was also quite exciting. So it was a bit of an epicjourney. I got home at about 2 30am this morning. Wow, thats a lot of hours and did you manage to keep warm in all that time . I must have had a premonition yesterday because before i left home i put a sleeping bag, a shovel, a load of food, some water in my car. I didnt really think id need it but it was brilliant, i was wrapped up in my sleeping bag on bodmin moor in a big traffic queue. So, yeah, it was a good thing to do, i reckon. So, you were remarkably well prepared. You obviously listen to all that advice we hearfrom the motoring organisations. Yeah. Last year we had the beast from the east, we had a lot of snow in north devon and i took the kids out to play in some snow and kind of wished id taken the shovel with me so i learned my lesson. I think ill always throw one in now. Matt argyle talking to me earlier about getting stuck on the 830. The smaller roads around where we are here off the mfor are treacherous, our own car got stuck when we parked it, it is quite hard to get it out again. The m4. The advice is not to go out in many parts of the country unless you have to, and if you have to, make sure you have those provisions with you in your vehicle, as matt argyle did. He had a sleeping bag and a shovel amongst other things. So do make sure you are well prepared. Disruption on the road, as we have been hearing, some disruption on the railways is welcome and at airports as well. Bristol airport, bournemouth airport, and heathrow, so lets go to heathrow for the latest from our corresponding to helena lee who is there this morning. In the last half an hour there has been some fresh snow falling, however, that has now turned to rain but it is bitterly cold here at Heathrow Airport. Some of the snow below us has turned now to slush, but it is forecast for more snow to fall in the next hour or 0 more snow to fall in the next hour or so here at Heathrow Airport. The good news is that the airport is open, its operational, we know that the airport has invested millions of pounds in preparing for eventualities, bad weather like this, so that the runways, we are told by Heathrow Airport, they are clear. A lot of the planes are taking off and landing here. Visibility, though, looks pretty poor at the moment, but there have been some cancellations. We know British Airways have had to cancel dozens British Airways have had to cancel d oze ns of British Airways have had to cancel dozens of short haul flights and also merge some of those short haul flights. What they arent saying to passengers meant to be travelling out of Heathrow Airport today on short haulflights, out of Heathrow Airport today on short haul flights, they recognise it could be pretty tricky to people coming to the airport given the bad weather conditions what they are saying. So British Airways is offering passengers to postpone their journey if they want to. But at the moment the airport is running as normal. There are some cancellations and some delays for passengers and that will cause various problems. But with more snow forecast i think airport here will be watching the situation and we may well get some more problems a little later on today. All right, helena, thank you. Helena lee reporting live from Heathrow Airport. We were talking about the situation across many parts of southern england but wales has been very hard hit as well and with hundreds of School Closures, Something Like 500 schools closed across wales. Lets get the latest from sian lloyd who is in a villagejust outside latest from sian lloyd who is in a village just outside merthyr tydfil. Bring us up to date with the situation where you are. You were talking about School Closures there. The Primary School in this village is certainly close, they have a snow day today. However, the head teacher did tell us it was a very close call. They were watching the weather very closely here. A lot of the schoolchildren come on the school buses, so they did decide to close. But we are 1000 feet up here and they are used to wintry showers and they are used to wintry showers and they are used to wintry showers and they are used to when the snow falls a lot of the people i was talking to here this morning and yesterday, actually, we are used to getting cut off. They are not cut off this morning. We saw people getting in their cars and going to work and cycling around and the couple of centimetres of snow we have had here overnight is actually beginning to thaw. We expected there to have been heavier snow here but perhaps it has been swept around us and certainly the south west of england has been particularly badly affected. Across wales, there are some 500 schools which are closed this morning. Most of the main roads are passable. 0bviously, drivers are warned to ta ke 0bviously, drivers are warned to take care. There is snow on the pavements, a lot of the side roads are particularly treacherous, and again, the warning is, if you are out and about please be careful and make sure you are prepared for this weather. In Cardiff Airport they have had some disruption because the airport was shut for a while while they were making assessments of the runway. The airport has reopened and things are getting back to normal and many of those welsh rugby fans on their way to the big game in paris tonight, hoping that their flights arent going to be delayed. There is still an ice warning, yellow ice warning here in south wales. Thats due to last until 1pm today. 0k, sian, thank you. There was an amber alert just today. 0k, sian, thank you. There was an amber alertjust east from where we are along the m4 in the Thames Valley area, around 0xfordshire, also hampshire and berkshire and buckinghamshire. That amber alert, which is higher than a yellow alert, basically a warning about life and property could be in danger, that has just expired at 11am this morning. That amber alert has now finished but there are still yellow alerts, a slightly lesser warning about snow and ice. There are those yellow alerts in place for many parts of the United Kingdom, england, wales and scotland through this afternoon and the travel disruption is continuing. You have been hearing about the railways, the airports, the roads, the m4 motorway, as i said, they are needing snowploughs to keep this open at the moment. Just a couple of lanes in each carriageway open, and when we were driving up here earlier this morning from bristol, really treacherous conditions. The advice from motoring organisations is most definitely, dont go out unless you really have to, and if you do go out in your vehicle, make sure you are well prepared. Thats the latest from where we are on the m4 in wiltshire. Back to you in the studio. Studio thank you very much. If you find yourself having to go out in the snow there is a video on the bbc website that will give you some guidance. Did you say your car was snowed in . Are you able to get home . It is a little bit stuck. I have to say my producer was having a few problems with that but we will get it out later on with some help from some friends, im sure. Dont worry thank you very much, stay warm, or go and get warm anyway. Lets take a look at the weather conditions in more detail now nick millerfrom bbc weather is here. We just heard from ben that it is bad in that area and a little bit further afield but the amber warning has gone away for that area. Thats right, yellow warnings are still in force across large parts of southern england and wales, more snow will fall and there are icy conditions. That area between london and bristol on the mit, anybody travelling in the area will see the most significant snow falling in that area. For many of us we have seen the last of the snow. But this area of snowfall will lingerfor snow. But this area of snowfall will linger for some snow. But this area of snowfall will lingerfor some time snow. But this area of snowfall will linger for some time and slowly move further south as we go through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. There will be some areas that will see the end of the snow but it will come back lighter than it has done before. Showers heading north east england and northern parts of scotland as well, some places getting snow shower after snow shower and quite a few centimetres of snow developing in places and yellow warnings for snow and ice in force for these as well. The situation in terms of amassing a huge amount of new snowfall where it really hit last night into this morning, we are not going to see massive amounts more but there will bea massive amounts more but there will be a few more centimetres in places. Clearly from what we have heard from ben there are lots of travel problems. Thankfully in cornwall the situation weather wise is a lot better throughout the day after being hit hard yesterday, people heading out in the morning and forthcoming through some really nasty snow. It always seems strange when cornwall gets snow because its quite rare. Absolutely, rain, sleet and snow. There is some Higher Ground in cornwall as well. But its not every time the snow comes in and hits that part of the uk. In terms of where we are going in the next few days . Slow improvements. We like that. We still have frosty nights to come over the weekend, saturday night looks particularly cold under clear skies, the ridge of High Pressure coming in, so that will give more sunshine on saturday by day allowing the snow to thaw but on sunday the weather fronts will come in and some of us will see wet weather. They will be some snow, especially on the high ground across Northern Britain and look at the temperature trends for our Capital Cities into next week. You can spot a couple of double figures for belfast and london, ten or 11 degrees. Quite if you rain the symbols showing up so it is still u nsettled, symbols showing up so it is still unsettled, some sunnier days and wetter days but more of us will see rain rather than snow, temperatures heading up. Im not saying thats the end of winterjust heading up. Im not saying thats the end of winter just yet, heading up. Im not saying thats the end of winterjust yet, there is a long way to go in terms of the calendar although we have to keep our eyes on what the weather has to throw at us in the next few weeks. Thank you very much. And to keep up to date on the latest weather and travel situation in your area. Go to the live page on the bbc news website at bbc. Co. Uk news and tune into your local bbc radio station. And we will keep you up to date, of course. A newborn baby girl has been found abandoned in a park on one of the coldest nights of winter. She was found in newham, east london, just after 10pm last night and was taken to hospital. The police say her condition is stable. Officers have appealed for the girls mother to get in touch as she may need Urgent Medical attention. The headlines on bbc news. Heavy snow has swept across south wales across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. There are yellow warnings for snow and ice covering southern, eastern and North Eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. The three main Health Screening programmes in england for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer have all failed to meet government targets. And in sport. Jonny bairstow believes the pitch in antigua that saw englands batsmen dismissed forjust 187 in the second test against the west indies could hold the answer for their bowlers, going into day 2. Last seasons Super League Man of steel ben barba has been sacked by his new Club North Queensland cowboys after a serious breach of his contract. Barba joined st helens in may 2017, having left australia the Previous Year following a positive test for cocaine. And wales head coach Warren Gatland is focused on his defence as they look to earn an opening six nations win against france in paris tonight. Ill be back with more on those stories after half past. The comedianjeremy hardy has died of cancer at the age of 57. He won the comedy award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1988 but will be best remembered for his regular appearances on radio 4 comedy shows. In a statement his publicist said his wife and daughter were with him when he died, and that, he will be enormously missed by so many, who were inspired by him and who laughed with him. Here he is on the bbc two panel show, qi. Paper cuts the worst thing, isnt it . Lemon on the paper cut. Paper cut, because people say, theres nothing worse than a paper cut. Not a sword, not a chainsaw. Nothing nothing worse than a summer cold. Syphilis, grenade up the bum. Laughter rory bremner, the comedian, joins me now. It is so sad. Im so glad you showed me that because there are so many funny people throughout the country. At broadcasting house now, ifeel the flag should be at half mast because all of the wonderful shows he did here. I cant tell you how loved and admired he was by all the comedians he worked with. We all grew up together, that whole generation, particularly the more political comedians like mark steele and mark thomas, who was like a patron saint, almost, he inspired a whole generation. He was himself so u nfussy whole generation. He was himself so unfussy and unshowy. He is to say people think im self deprecating but i dont think im very good at it. That was there where he was, he was so humble, he cared more for people and causes rather than fame and fortune. He was just the most lovely, lovely man. I cant tell you the affection and admiration we all had for him. Today it is raw, this really hurts today. I know that you we re really hurts today. I know that you were friends going back a long way. Yeah, we started out together, we shared a flat in london, i was rushing around always doing shows, and he said you dont have clothes, you just have a washing because id come home and put it straight in. The first show i did on the bbc was called now Something Else and he was the boom operator pretending to be a bbc staff and saying at bbc youve got to start at the bottom and kiss it. Even then he would drive producers up the wall, sometimes eve ryo ne producers up the wall, sometimes everyone would try and agree on something and jeremy would disagree sometimesjust something and jeremy would disagree sometimes just out of principle. He was very principled. He was an activist with a lot of causes, palestine, against injustice and inequality, and he often put his comedy to the service of his principles. He was a very thoughtful, very caring, such a kind and compassionate man and it is a really big loss. What will you in particular remember him for . There must be so many things over the yea rs. Must be so many things over the years. He was so mischievous on the news quiz, he had his own rhythm and i think he inspired a whole not generation, just in the ideas, but the way he delivered the comedy. Thank goodness we have hours and hours of tape on him on the news quiz and doing sorry i havent a clue and q1 as you just saw. He was unique in the way he delivered. We would do one liners, and his was a lwa ys would do one liners, and his was always thoughtful, always intelligent comedy, and as i say, a lwa ys intelligent comedy, and as i say, always compassionate and principled. But if there was a good joke he wouldnt let a principled stand in the way of that either because he was funny, funny, funnier than a lot of us. How were the last few months . It was brutal, six months since the diagnosis. Yes, he had been ill for a few months cancer again. Very few people, i think, a few months cancer again. Very few people, ithink, knew a few months cancer again. Very few people, i think, knew that, a few months cancer again. Very few people, ithink, knew that, and he wa nted people, ithink, knew that, and he wanted to keep that private and his wife katie, i think they married just before christmas, and she is a film maker and activist and they have a daughter, betty, who was also with him when he died this morning. We are all very sad and thinking of them at the moment and missing a great friend and a unique and wonderful comedian. And obviously you are struggling with your emotions around it inevitably, someone being so close, being able to see his legacy, that comedic material, immediately transforms your face when you think about it. |j would urge people to go on twitter today and look on the tributes and see comedian after comedian after comedian and the warmth of those tributes is the greatest tribute we could give him is you will see how much we thought of him and then start to watch the clips and listen to news quiz and you will be sad but not sad for long because he was a very funny man and a lovely man too. Thank you so much, rory bremner. The three main Health Screening programmes in england for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer have failed to meet government targets according to a new report. The public spending watchdog, the National Audit office, found the worst problems were with cervical screening with a backlog of nearly 100,000 samples. I am joined from oxford by dr becks fisher who is a gp and policy fellow at the health foundation. Thank you forjoining us. Obviously, the Screening Programmes are great and have targets, obviously, that as many people get tested as possible but its not always getting through. Whats going on . I think what we have seen today is what we have seen for a little while which is that not as many people are getting screening as many people are getting screening as we would like. The reason that is really important is because we know that as a country we are lagging behind others we would like to be compared to in terms of our survival from cancer and a big part of that is because we are not diagnosing enough cancers at an early stage. Screening programmes are really important because they pick up cancers early and they enable us to treat people for those when they are more likely to respond to treatment. We wa nt more likely to respond to treatment. We want to get as many people as possible into these programmes and we need them to be as effective as possible too. And exactly as you are saying, life saving, people will not go for screening for many reasons. Actually, last week on the Victoria Derbyshire programme we had a live smear test because the reason many people dont go for those is because of fear, embarrassment, and that was hoping to bust some of the myths around that. There it is, that was with Chloe Delevigne who volunteered to have the smear test and hopefully things like that will make a difference. When we hear today that of the people who are being tested, they are getting delays in the results because there is a backlog of nearly 100,000 samples, could the system actually cope if everybody we re system actually cope if everybody were to show up for their tests . What this report makes clear is that the system could be better and needs to be better. There is a lot of problems, for example, around it infrastructure. Some of it is very old and some of it, the report itself says, isnt fit for purpose. There is clearly investment that is required there. There is also the importance of making sure that we are identifying particular groups who are not identifying screenings. We know that more socially deprived people attend a screening less so we need to think about how we can encourage people into Screening Programmes. There is a screening review under way at the moment led by sirmike review under way at the moment led by sir mike richards. Some of these issues have been known about and its important we are thinking about how we solve them now. The Screening Programme that has the lowest attendance rate is the bowel Screening Programme and it is one of the less well known ones. Tell us a bit more about that. How long has that Screening Programme been in effect and why do you think it might be that that has the lowest attendance . Well, ithink, understandably, people are sometimes relu cta nt to understandably, people are sometimes reluctant to relate to their bowels, shall we say . Im a gp and i think people can be reluctant to engage in the screening process because at the moment it requires putting samples of your to quite literally and putting it into a pot and sending it back but it saves lives and it is important to do. There are ways of making a better, the test has been improved but there are delays to the roll out. We will ask people to send fewer sa m ples roll out. We will ask people to send fewer samples back and hopefully that makes it easier for people to engage with the programme. Samples of your poo. They have been delays in rolling that out across the country and also for the camera test for bowel screening and thats related to a lack of capacity, particularly in getting the camera people to be able to do the camera testing. It is good to talk to you. Thank you very much indeed for joining us and bringing us up to date with all the latest on the various Screening Programmes that there are. Some breaking news to bring you about the leave campaign during the brexit referendum. Arron banks, Eldon Insurance and leave. Eu have been fine, the Information Commissioners Office is just telling us. A total of £120,000 for serious breaches of electronic marketing laws related to the eu referendum. The Information Commissioners Office has said that customers details from Eldon Insurance were used unlawfully by leave. Eu to send almost 300,000 political marketing m essa g es almost 300,000 political marketing messages and leave. Eu has been fined £15,000 for that breach. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford is here. He has more on this. This is part of the Information Commissioners Office long running investigation into the use of Data Analytics in the Referendum Campaign. Leave. Eu was the unofficial, i didnt get the official funding was the unofficial, i didnt get the officialfunding for was the unofficial, i didnt get the official funding for the Referendum Campaign, the leave side of the Referendum Campaign and Eldon Insurance belongs to arron banks, one of the most prominent leave campaigners in that unofficial area, but also a man who put a lot of money into the leave. Eu campaign. What the information commissioner is my office has found is that essentially his insurance company, the leave. Eus Marketing Activities massively overlapped. So, for example, leave. Eu was massively overlapped. So, for example, leave. Eu was sending political messaging to Eldon Insurances customers and also when m essa g es we re insurances customers and also when messages were sent to the leave. Eu database that was being sent in an inappropriate way. So there is a fine of £15,000 for sending political messaging to Insurance Companies and fines of £45,000 and £60,000 for sending out1 million e mails to the leave. Eu database in an inappropriate manner. The information commissioner Elizabeth Denham said it is deeply concerning that sensitive personal information generated for political purposes was later used for insurance purposes and vice versa and it should never have happened. So perhaps, also quite concerning lee for leave. Eu and Eldon Insurance, there will now bea and Eldon Insurance, there will now be a full audit of their data practices, which means the Information Commissioners Office will be able to go into their organisations and pored over the books and interview staff about what was going on and what is going on now and that could generate further problems for both organisations. As i say, this has been going on for quite a long time but this is the final decision on fines, £120,000. Thank you very much, daniel. We can catch up with the weather. Here is all of the latest on the snow. Simon . The snow is still falling in parts of wiltshire, gloucestershire, as we saw from then on the bridge over the m5. Heavy snow in these regions at the moment. Still have snow towards parts of 0xfordshire, still have snow towards parts of oxfordshire, and west berkshire. Gradually working its way further south and east. There is some snow coming into the south east of england. A mixture of rain and sleet right in the south east of england. Snow showers also continuing in North Eastern england and across the north of scotland. All of that is still potential to cause disruption throughout this afternoon. Elsewhere, some sunshine, its a cold day, maximum temperature is between three and 5 degrees. Through tonight, temperatures falling away quite quickly, still the risk of rain, sleet, and snow in the far south east of england. Showers into the north and east. Temperatures widely between one and four celsius. There will be a risk of ice as we go into the weekend. Travel, disruption likely throughout the rest of today and tomorrow. Stay tuned to your forecast. And stay up to date with your local radio station. Goodbye. Hello this is bbc newsroom live the headlines heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. There are yellow warnings for snow and ice covering southern, eastern and North Eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. The three main Health Screening programmes in england, for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer, have all failed to meet government targets. The comedian jeremy hardy, a regular on bbc radio 4 panel shows like the news quiz and im sorry i havent a clue, has died of cancer aged 57. Lets get a sports update. Jonny ba i rstow believes lets get a sports update. Jonny bairstow believes the second day of the second test against the west indies will show whether englands score was a poor or positive performance with the bat. It already looks like another uphill struggle is ahead in antigua. Patrick geary has more. Antigua can look too good to be true, and for englands batsman this paradise was a mirage. All problems re emerged in the heat. Rory burns went first and wilted. Englands openers keep closing early. Dont generally come on debut, will know he should have left this well alone. Joe root had no such choice. This delivery was so fierce, it took two field is just to get hold of it. Jos buttler followed. England were being shaken. Having seen all of thatjonny ba i rstow knew having seen all of thatjonny bairstow knew he would not last long. Batting with the freedom of a condemned man he smashed 52 before he got one with his name on it. On this pitch, plenty of unanswerable questions. Shannon gabriel gave ben stokes one to ponder. Six down. Still, there are worse places to watch englands batting collapses. Moeen ali responded to being thrown into the deep end with some energetic paddling. He carried his tea m energetic paddling. He carried his team upstream, but had chosen a risky course, always a chance it might end like this. The court of kumar roach for 60. The rest was a woozy world. Ben stokes got hurt getting bold. Anderson got out of the way entirely. 187 all out. They we re the way entirely. 187 all out. They were looking for danger in the field in the evening. They found things strangely peaceful. No wickets taken. England remain in trouble in paradise. Ben barba has been sacked by his new Club North Queensland cowboys over an alleged incident in a casino. He has not played a game for the cowboys since being signed from saint helens after an outstanding season in which he scored 28 tries as saints won the League Leaders shield. Prior to arriving in england, he had been sacked by another nrl team, for failing a drugs test three years ago. Manchester uniteds winning streak may have come to an end with a draw against burnley mid week. But that hasnt turned their interim manager one bit. United were 11 points away from the Champions League spots when he came in, but now sitjust two points below arsenal, much to ole Gunnar Solskjaers surprise. We are ripe to the challenges. There was the setback of the burnley. The two goals we conceded. Maybe they will make us move to the next level, because i think we have given ourselves a chance now to get into the top four may be earlier than we thought. This years six nations begins this evening with a match sure to whet the appetite for what is to come over the next six weeks as france host wales. Warren gatlands welshman finished second in the tournament last time, but were 11 points behind this years favourites, ireland. They go to paris aiming fora favourites, ireland. They go to paris aiming for a tenth win in a row, and that has left Warren Gatland in confident mood. Im open about it, we have a chance to win the six nations. I think we can do it. Given that we have home games. We finished second last year, which was ok. It would be great for us to win the six nations, and when the warm up games, and will be see the warm up games, and will be see the world cup. That and win. More sport in the next hour. Thanks very much. The Prime Minister is preparing to win support from labour mps for her brexit deal by offering them a cash injection for their constituencies. Labour mps in these constituencies in the midlands and the north of england are seeking funding for Infrastructure Projects as part of what is being called a National Renewalfun. As part of what is being called a National Renewal fun. Other mps are dismissive about it. Here is what the mp for redcar said about it on newsnight last night. Im horrified that a government would even think about this cynical bung, and this, kind of, bribery. I think its appalling. We have had nearly a decade now of austerity. Ive seen communities like mine absolutely hammered. £6 billion has come out from public spending in the north by this government. And if a programme of National Renewal, im afraid its too little, too late, and part of the reason by so many constituencies like mine voted to leave was because they felt they had been left behind also long. Where people hadnt listened to them, hadnt invested in them. So, this government should absolutely be doing that, not as a bribe or a bung to get through this shoddy deal, which can actually come in the long term, will make constituencies like mine far worse off. Lets speak now to the birkenhead mp frank field whos in our westminster studio. What do you think about this . Either defour the proposal to implement the referendum. I done that all along. My referendum. I done that all along. My constituents, on balance, voted with the rest of the country on that. With the rest of the country on that. I with the rest of the country on that. I was for the proposal to implement the referendum. Because i already support the decision of the referendum, and i have done that in parliament, on the half of my constituents, i was concerned that government would only allow this to people who had not been voting with them. I checked yesterday to say, look, birkenhead needs a roads system that it hasnt seen since before the car. We need more policemen. And we need more teachers. And i want to be in on that deal. And you need to shape this deal in a way that begins to transform the north. Because it was in the north that people rightly felt they wanted their freedom from europe, because some of the good things that london and the south had got, they certainly hadnt filtered to the north. It is the beginnings ofa to the north. It is the beginnings of a new deal. And i would hope that constituent mps who got large leave majorities, if they think this is the right move, they should take it. What the response was to you wanting to be in on the deal . Where you told no . I was told i would. To be in on the deal . Where you told no . Iwas told i would. Iwould to be in on the deal . Where you told no . I was told i would. I would not have changed my vote, even if they had said otherwise, because i believe this is the right move for the country. But i certainly want to be in any pay out going to northern constituencies. And long overdue, as you just heard, for redcar, and we need to shape and push, and its a struggle to make sure this is a very, very good deal indeed. Sorry to interrupt, anna turley obviously feels very strongly about this when she says that, actually, it was the lack of investment, the fact people felt ignored, that in some cases lead people to vote the way they did. She is now angry, saying this is horrifying, this is cynical, this is horrifying, this is cynical, this is bribery. How do you think people might feel is bribery. How do you think people mightfeel in is bribery. How do you think people might feel in those constituencies come in constituencies like yours, to think, for all of that time there was this freeze on public spending, now all of a sudden when the government would like support the government would like support the government is finding money. We will be accountable at the next election from those who elected us. I am looking forward to that challenge and opportunity. I want the deal to go way beyond the damage that the freeze has done. But there are a number of key aspects where we need new money, for roads, for more teachers, for more policemen, and i think i wouldnt be doing myjob if ididnt think i wouldnt be doing myjob if i didnt get in there and defended my constituents apostrophe objectives and wishes. Briefly, in terms of what this does to the ordinary persons trust in politics, does it start to mend it, does it make it worse. Constituents objectives and wishes. Make it worse. Constituents objectives and wisheslj make it worse. Constituents objectives and wishes. I hope people only vote for a deal that they believe is right. If the government is just believe is right. If the government isjust going to believe is right. If the government is just going to go for money to do what we think is right, what is wrong with that . Certainly, yesterday, i made clear what i want money spent on. Notjust in birkenhead, but for a whole package for the north, which begins to rebalance the evil we have been talking about, and anna turley has been talking about, that we have been talking about, that we have been neglected in the north. Thanks very much. The local Government Association has warned that an £8 billion funding gap by 2025 will force councils to cut services such as park maintenance, fly tipping enforcement and council tax support. The Spending Review is expected later this year, after brexit, but doubt surrounds how far ahead it can look. Joining me now is richard watts, who is the chair of the lgas resources board. Whats the warning . The services that we all need and enjoy on a daily basis are at risk unless the government prioritises the funding for local councils in the Spending Review. Councils are the most counterfeit of the sector in the last eight years of austerity. Are the most cut of the sector. We are the most cut of the sector. We arejust are the most cut of the sector. We are just not are the most cut of the sector. We arejust not going are the most cut of the sector. We are just not going to be able to carry those services on if this continues. Give us specific examples of what we might see in our area not happening if this isnt addressed . We are already seeing losses to bin collections, sometimes they are even less tha n collections, sometimes they are even less than a fortnightly. We are at risk of seeing a whole range of services from parks to street sweeping, to bin collections, going. The problem for councils is it isnt just that we are getting cut, but more of our money is being sucked into critical social care services, leaving almost nothing left for everything else. To bin collections slowly going. What do you think about the developments on the withdrawal bill . Its always funny that money is found when it needs to be found. I am all in favour of an Investment Plan to improve economies which are struggling, but i worry that isnt going to see the investment go where it is needed. The challenge for all of us is we need proper investment in Public Services in a planned and managed basis to get rid of this funding black hole. Im worried if money is given out willy nilly we are not going to see that. There is are not going to see that. There is a big problem for councils. We have been heavily cut. Unless we get money back in the Spending Review coming up, then the Services People rely on and value are really going to go over the next few years. In terms of making sure the money you haveis terms of making sure the money you have is being spent as effectively as it can be, what we are hearing about is cuts in front line services, are there other ways, mitigating that, having cuts elsewhere . Yes, but councils are the heavily most heavily cut area. How much gets made up with increased Council Tax Bills . Truthfully, very little, because council tax is such a broken system. When you change it it raises you very little money. We are going to do that, but its only are going to do that, but its only a small part of the problem, and we need a fundamental look at local government financing in this country. And part of that is. A you could increase Council Tax Bills exponentially if desired, but it isnt. No, because exponentially if desired, but it isnt. No, because the government limits how much they can be increased by, so thats not an option for the future. Unless the government would like to signal that it is ok with council tax going up more. Thanks very much. Arctic air continues to sweep across much of americas mid west, brought on by a polar vortex. At least 20 people have died, with millions told to avoid taking deep breaths and to minimise talking if theyre outside. Our correspondent Chris Buckler is in chicago. The snow has been falling in chicago again. Although the temperatures are mild, it is still 16, again. Although the temperatures are mild, it is still 16, 17, again. Although the temperatures are mild, it is still 16, 17, 18 celsius, and it doesnt look much warmer. Take a look at the chicago river, it is frozen over. And there are many warnings about this weather. For example, in some cases, people are worried about falling ice. And beyond that, people are being told to stay out of these types of conditions for too long because they could get frostbite. We, along with others, have been using some pieces of clothing, wet pieces of clothing, this wet t shirt, after a short amount of time, in this weather, is basically frozen solid. Other people have been sharing those kinds of pictures on social media of what this weather can do. Along with spectacular pictures of what has been across the midwest, a frozen wonderland. But a dangerous one at that. Further east, in places like new york and boston, theyve also been feeling the cold there. But after the freeze, quickly is coming the thaw. In illinois temperatures have reached as low as 35 temperatures have reached as low as 35 celsius. By monday they could be as much as plus 10 celsius. That can cause problems. It could lead to potholes. It could lead to flooding. It could certainly lead to problems as far as people are concerned, because it could mean burst water mains. In a moment well have all the Business News, but first the headlines on bbc news. Heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. There are yellow warnings for snow and ice covering southern, eastern and North Eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. The three main Health Screening programmes in england, for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer, have all failed to meet government targets. In the Business News unsurprising news from bank and tsb asa unsurprising news from bank and tsb as a computer meltdown pushes it into a loss for 2018 compared to a profit in 2017. More on that shortly. Uk manufacturers prepare for brexit by stockpiling Raw Materials at the fastest pace on record. The research, by ihs markit found also that employment in the sector has fallen fell and warned that export orders were near stagnant. Despite online giant amazon reporting record sales and profit for the Christmas Holiday period, investors forecast lower than expected sales for the first three months of the year. Shares in the online giant fell almost 5 in after hours trading. Tsbs computer meltdown pushed the bank into a loss of more than £105 million loss last year. That is down from a profit ofjust under £163 million in 2017. A disastrous it upgrade led to some customers being without services for weeks. The bank had to cough up £330 million in extra costs with about a third of that for customer compensation. Lets talk to frances coppola, a banking analyst. Good to talk to you. Unsurprisingly big bill for tsb and a big cost incurred for that computer glitch. Its very large. They are also talking about recovering about 150 million from their it suppliers. Without that itll be even bigger would be even bigger. Its been a huge problem, to wipe out the entire profit and turn it into a loss, and there was also disruption to customers which isnt fully resolved. They still have about 20,000 complaints they havent sorted out yet. After the disaster, paul pester step down, paul pester stepped down. Have they repaired their reputation . There are some signs of it. There is some evidence that people have come back to them and some people have been quite forgiving. They have been attracting people back again. I think people do seem to think it was a huge disaster but they can put it behind themselves and move on. Tsb announced staff will get bonuses, but executives at the upper echelons of the company will get nothing. Yes, thats right, thats good, that sends the right message to my mind. It would be dreadful, after everything that has happened, to give executives bonuses. That was a good decision, i think, and give executives bonuses. That was a good decision, ithink, and itll send a good to customers. Thanks very much indeed. Talktalk shares sank 8 to a more than 7 month low after the broadband firm said full year earnings would fall short of expectations due to higher costs from attracting more customers and changing its accounting standard. More business throughout the afternoon. But for now, it is back to you. Thanks very much. Universities will be required to publish information on what they are doing to tackle the attainment gap between students from different ethnic backgrounds the government has announced. Official figures show that record numbers of ethnic minorities are attending university, but only 56 of black students achieve top grades compared with 80 of their white peers. As part of a string of measures announced on friday, universities will be required to publish data on admissions and attainment, broken down by ethnicity, gender and Socio Economic background. What we are doing when it comes to these plans which need to be published in 2020 that we place in these clear requirements to increase diversity in intake. If universities are unable to do that the office of stu d e nts are unable to do that the office of students will be looking to take further remedial action to make sure universities recognise this is a priority for the government, a priority for the government, a priority which we want to make sure they take reasonable measures to ensure that universities reflect modern britain. A court in the us has found that the Syrian Government was to blame for the death of journalist, marie colvin, 7 years ago. The 56 year old died alongside french photographer, remi ochlik, in an airstrike on homs. The british photographer and filmaker, paul conroy, was also wounded in the attack. Mr conroyjoins me now in the studio. Welcome. Lets take a look of you with marie. That was just months before that attack which took her life in 2012. Almost exactly seven yea rs life in 2012. Almost exactly seven years ago. Yes, february, seven yea rs. Years ago. Yes, february, seven years. We have had this ruling after a civil action in the united states. How are you feeling . Vindication, you know, from the moment that attack started, due to the nature and the fire pattern the artillery used to attack us, i was in the artillery when i was a soldier, so i recognise the fire pattern. They we re recognise the fire pattern. They were deliberately working the shells in. On the bracket on the media centre. They were targeting us. Weve spent seven years now fighting it. And it is vindication. Thejudge has given any credible summary of the attack. She directly says that the attack. She directly says that the regime targeted and killed, so it isa the regime targeted and killed, so it is a murder now, it isnt a crossfire, or. Yes, lets take a look at some footage of marie. I think we have some images. Iconic, isnt she . To see those images. And i think isnt she . To see those images. And ithinka isnt she . To see those images. And i think a film has now been made of her life. It is due to come out. She is played by Rosamund Pike in the film. Itll be a memorial to her and what she achieved in her life. The director of the film is a documentary maker. He wanted to make an homage to her, notjust her, though, but to journalism. An homage to her, notjust her, though, but tojournalism. This an homage to her, notjust her, though, but to journalism. This day and age it is under attack, the fake news from trump in the states, the murdered journalist, people in europe are getting blown up. Journalism, at this point in time, it all seems to come together, its a film aboutjournalism, its a film about marie, and now the court case. Thisjudgment. Its about marie, and now the court case. This judgment. Its quite a about marie, and now the court case. Thisjudgment. Its quite a moment. Iimagine thisjudgment. Its quite a moment. I imagine its difficult for you to go back to the day of the attack, seven go back to the day of the attack, seve n yea rs go back to the day of the attack, seven years ago, but when you described being targeted, and, as you say, the court saying that is exactly what it was, what was it like being on the ground . It must have been horrifying. Being able to see what was happening, knowing there was nowhere to run. Exactly that. The people who were reporting, they have been under this intense bombardment for about a month at this point. They had been. It was a neighbourhood of civilians. They we re a neighbourhood of civilians. They were surrounded by a division of heavy armour. This unit were just pummelling these civilians, we are talking about 28,000 of them trapped under this horrendous fire. We managed to sneak through a tunnel. When we saw what they were undergoing, it was phenomenal. It intensified. The longer we were there the longer they built up this attack. They were there the week before we came onto the bbc. Channel 4. Cnn, there was a live report about what was happening, not long later remi ochlik and marie had died. This is the final straw now, thejudgment shows died. This is the final straw now, the judgment shows this. What they we re the judgment shows this. What they were doing to the civilians, we got a taste of that, what they went through. This verdict really allows us to put the focus back on assad and the regime. Because syria has been a quagmire. But its no good to been a quagmire. But its no good to be able to point to these people and say, they are responsible, notjust for the murdering of these journalists, but for the murder of their civilians. And the film is out on the 15th. Yes. Time for a look at the weather. Plenty of snowy scenes have been coming in from our weather watchers. Lots of snowfall over southern parts of england. This is the latest imagery. You can see wintry showers and rain moving into the south east of england, around the london area, towards essex and the south east. Snow showers moving into the north east of england. Snow showers continuing to feed in across the far north of scotland. That snow will still be around for a time as we go through this afternoon. Travel disruption is still very much likely. Temperatures between three and 6 degrees. Overnight, snow showers will continue to move into the north east. Still some snow and rain and sleet towards the south east of england. A widespread frost expected. Temperatures widely below freezing. Temperatures continue falling tonight. Travel disruption is likely through the rest of today, tonight, and into tomorrow, as well. Goodbye. This is bbc news, im ben brown live in wiltshire. Heavy snow is continuing to fall here by the m4. Heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. More than 100 people sought refuge for the night at a pub on bodmin moor in cornwall after their cars got stuck on the a30. Hundreds of students were also stranded at Callywith College in bodmin where they were forced to spend the night. There are yellow warnings for snow and ice covering southern, eastern and North Eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. If you have to go out, take extreme care, drive with caution, take everything nice and gentle, the throttle, the brakes, the steering. The road is very, very treacherous indeed. Imjoanna im joanna gosling. The other main stories on bbc news. Downing street reacts angrily as eu documents describe gibraltar as a colony and calls its status controversial. The three main Health Screening programmes in england for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer fail to meet government targets. Major commitment problems. I imagine every time he said, its not you, its me. I imagine they had a trial separation which involved a brief trial and a very long separation. And the comedian and star of bbc panel shows jeremy hardy has died at the age of 57. I cant tell you how loved and admired he was by all the comedians he worked with. We all grew up together, that whole generation, particularly the more political comedians like mark steel and mark thomas, he was like a patron saint, almost. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news live from chippenham in wiltshire. We are by the m4 motorway. Heavy snow is continuing to fall, as it has been for many hours now, and it has been for many hours now, and it has been for many hours now, and it has been falling right across many parts of the southern United Kingdom and wales, overnight, through this morning, causing severe travel disruption to roads, railways and airports as well, and hundreds of schools have been closed today in england, in wales, and some in scotla nd england, in wales, and some in scotland as well. Lets show you a snapshot of what it is like here on the m4 motorway where the traffic is still flowing but much reduced. Its not nearly as busy as it would normally be under snow ploughs have been going up and down the m4 all morning trying to keep both carriageways fully open. We can just show you this scene as well from our mast camera on our satellite truck, which is of some of the smaller roads just off the m4, they are still passable but the motoring organisations are warning the conditions here are really treacherous and telling people not to go out unless you really have too. Schools closed, many hundreds of schools closed in england, about 250 where we are in wiltshire alone and its the same picture in other counties as well. Lets tell you what the picture is across the country. We know there are yellow warnings for snow and ice now in place in parts of the United Kingdom. Hundreds of schools, as i say, has been closed in england, some 500 schools closed in wales, thats about a quarter of all schools in wales closed, and severe travel disruption in london. Some short haulflights travel disruption in london. Some short haul flights have been cancelled at Heathrow Airport and problems on the railways reported as well. Jon donnison has ourfirst report. It may not be a polar vortex but it is pretty parky and for millions of people a difficult and for some impossible journey to work. If you have to go out, take extreme care, drive with caution, take everything nice and gentle, the throttle, brakes, steering, the Road Conditions are treacherous and my advice would be to stay at home. Some, though, didnt follow such advice, overnight on the a30 on bodmin moor in cornwall hundreds of drivers had to abandon their vehicles after being stuck for hours in freezing temperatures. Weve been in the car since about 4pm, we left redruth, so we have gone about 30 miles, in what is that . Nine and a bit hours. In the last six hours we have probably moved about less than 100 yards or so. The famous jamaica inn opened its doors to those in need of shelter making up beds in the restaurant and bar when all the rooms were taken. And at Callywith College in bodmin the snow forced students to make it their home for the night because the roads were too treacherous. In the end we had about 300 students staying at the college. Everybody is fine and they have been fed and watered and had a good nights sleep, for a teenager i imagine two or three hours. We were grateful to asdas donation of £800 of bedding to support the students and provide as cosy an environment as we could provide for them. More snow this morning means the college will be closed today along with hundreds of schools across southern england and wales. Earlier, an amber weather warning was in place from oxford down to basingstoke but there is expected to be snow flurries across much of the country throughout the day. Do you want a bread roll with that, my love . And spare a thought for the homeless. In bristol where the council has launched its emergency Severe Weather programme, they have been handing out hot food and drinks. I couldnt even sleep last night, i was that cold. I had a sleeping bag and im not being funny, i had to sleep in all of these clothes to keep warm, a pair of gloves on, scarf on and a hat, do you know what i mean . Thats how it is, mate. But i think we kind of get used to it, its a case of having to. And the Winter Weather is set to continue well into the weekend with temperatures not expected to rise significantly until tuesday. Jon donnison, bbc news. It certainly is Winter Weather where we are in wiltshire now, brutally cold, and snow continuing to drive right across us. The coldest part of the country overnight was braemar in aberdeenshire where it was 15 celsius. Thats the coldest it has been so far this winter anywhere in the uk. The deepest snow falls were in cornwall, some 12 centimetres falling in parts of cornwall. Thats where people were getting stuck on the a 30 around bodmin. I have spoken to one of those who got stuck, matt argyle, who told me he was stranded in his vehicle for many hours on the 830. On the a30. Im based in north devon but i went down to work at st austell at the childrens hospice down there, and i drove down at about, i guess, yesterday morning, no snow, went all the way over the a30. Finished about 2 30pm and started driving home. Once again, no snow in st austell. And as we got higher up on the road up to bodmin the snow started coming down and it started settling and it just absolutely dumped. And within about half an hour we were completely stuck and traffic queues for miles. Yeah, and it was very, very icy and lots of snow. Very pretty but not very convenient. So, were you are effectively stranded, then . Yeah, i was there from about 3pm, i guess, until about 11 30pm at night. And then we managed to. A snowplough came through, which we followed, and i managed to drive back to exeter and then went back up over the link road over exmoor, which was also quite exciting. So it was a bit of an epicjourney. I got home at about 2 30am this morning. Wow, thats a lot of hours and did you manage to keep warm in all that time . I must have had a premonition yesterday because before i left home i put a sleeping bag, a shovel, a load of food, some water in my car. I didnt really think id need it but it was brilliant, i was wrapped up in my sleeping bag on bodmin moor in a big traffic queue. So, yeah, it was a good thing to do, i reckon. So, you were remarkably well prepared. You obviously listen to all that advice we hear from the motoring organisations. Yeah. Last year we had the beast from the east, we had a lot of snow in north devon and i took the kids out to play in some snow and kind of wished id taken the shovel with me so i learned my lesson. I think ill always throw one in now. That was matt argyle with his tales of what happened to him yesterday on the a30, getting stuck for several hours. We have given you a picture of what has been going on in england. Lets go to wales know where we know 500 schools in wales have been closed today, about a quarter of the total number of schools in wales, so a sizeable proportion of welsh schools closed for the day today. Sian lloyd is in a villagejust outside for the day today. Sian lloyd is in a village just outside merthyr tydfil. Im in bedlinog. You were talking about School Closures there. The Primary School in this village is certainly close, they have a snow day today. However, the head teacher did tell us it was a very close call. They were watching the weather very closely here. A lot of the schoolchildren come on the school buses, so they did decide to close. But we are 1,000 feet up here and they are used to wintry showers and they are used to when the snow falls a lot of the people i was talking to here this morning and yesterday, saying, actually, we are used to getting cut off. They are not cut off this morning. We saw people getting in their cars and going to work and cycling around and the couple of centimetres of snow we have had here overnight is actually beginning to thaw. We did expect yesterday there to have been heavier snow here but perhaps it has swept around us and certainly the south west of england has been particularly badly affected. Across wales, there are some 500 schools which are closed this morning. Most of the main roads are passable. Obviously, drivers are warned to take care. There is snow on the pavements, a lot of the side roads are particularly treacherous, and again, the warning is, if you are out and about please be careful and make sure you are prepared for this weather. In Cardiff Airport they have had some disruption because the airport was shut for a while while they were making assessments there of the runway. The airport has reopened and things are getting back to normal there and many of those welsh rugby fans on their way to the big game in paris tonight, hoping that their flights arent going to be delayed. There is still an ice warning, yellow ice warning here in south wales. Thats due to last until 1pm sian lloyd reporting. We have been talking about the travel disruption on roads, the railways but also at Bristol Airport and bournemouth airport have seen disruption and Heathrow Airport, most significantly. Our reporter helena lee is there for us. What is the latest picture . The latest is that there is still disruption at Heathrow Airport. The good news is that because the airport has, in the past, invested millions of pounds in preparing for bad weather like we had overnight in this area, they are well prepared, so the runways have been cleared, they have managed to keep Heathrow Airport open. However, there are some airlines that are cancelling flights as a result of the bad weather, in particular British Airways, we know they have had to cancel dozens of short haul flights, and also, they tell us, they have had to merge some short haulflights they have had to merge some short haul flights as well as a result of the snow. What they are also very well aware of, they say, is for some people going on short haulflights is for some people going on short haul flights today, it may be tricky for them to come to the airport. So they are offering their passengers who are meant to be on short haulflights passengers who are meant to be on short haul flights today, to postpone their journeys short haul flights today, to postpone theirjourneys if they wish. But with more snow forecast on the way things could change here. Helena, thank you very much indeed. Helena, thank you very much indeed. Helena lee, our correspondence at Heathrow Airport, where there have obviously been problems, as youd expect on a very wintry, snowy day like today. The snow is continuing to fall in wiltshire and indeed in many parts of the United Kingdom today. Yellow warnings are in place of snow and ice, real disruption to rail, airand road of snow and ice, real disruption to rail, air and road services. Youre watching bbc news and we are going to say goodbye now to the viewers of bbc two. So the disruption continues and we will bring you much more on that throughout the day on the bbc news channel. From me here on the m4 in wiltshire and from our correspondence around the uk, but for the moment im going to hand back to joanna who for the moment im going to hand back tojoanna who is in a very warm, back tojoanna who is in a very warm , cozy back tojoanna who is in a very warm, cozy studio. I know dont rub it in, im feeling guilty, ben. Im worried because you said yourcar might guilty, ben. Im worried because you said your car might be stuck but now it is settling on you. It is, but dont worry, im quite warm, i have about ten sweaters on so im fine. Thank you, we will see you later. And to keep up to date on the latest weather and travel situation in your area. It is clearly still coming down thick and fast. The area from london to bristol, particularly on the western side, wiltshire, gloucestershire and parts of somerset, it has been around there all morning. Just sticking around and still falling and it is still going to fall for a few more hours yet. As we take this forward through this afternoon the area of snow is only going to slowly pull away further southwards so there will be some areas across parts of southern england that may see the back of the snow and it will start snowing again but it will be light. Snow showers in parts of yorkshire, north east england, across northern scotland as well. So they are delivering a few centimetres in places and some spots just getting a shower and it may brighten up and then another shower after that so beginning to pile up snow here. The next hazard after all of that is going to be ice. Anywhere where you have seen snowfall, anywhere work snow showers are forecast to fall, ice, met Office Yellow warnings in large parts of england and wales, North Eastern england and wales, North Eastern england and wales, North Eastern england and scotland and northern ireland, icy patches as well, and western parts of wales, taking us all the way through into saturday morning. We need to wait for the temperatures to warm up to get rid of the ice. And that is coming . Eventually, still quite a wintry weekend with frosty nights, particularly under clear skies on saturday night, quite a hard frost. A lot of sunshine away from a few wintry showers and then another weather system coming in on sunday bringing hill snow across northern parts of the uk and then another one on sunday into early monday, more snow heading in on that one and another met Office Yellow warning in parts of scotland, snow at lower levels in the Early Morning rush hour on monday. After that looking at the temperature trends, edinburgh, belfast and cardiff and london, notice how the temperature head up next week. Still unsettled, more of us seeing rain rather than snow but we are going to be turning a bit milder. For how long, we dont know. What is going on with the weather . We had the snow much later last year, it was mild earlier in the winter and now this. Is it a trend . We can go back a few winters and find we had some significant snow before christmas and then the rest of the winter didnt seem to happen. But you are right, the last few winters seem to be delivering it quite late, thats all to do with Global Weather patterns and how they are linked and they are different every winter. The uk has a large variability in Winter Weather at any time of year. It is hard to see whether its a pattern or a trend but we will have a conversation again in february next year and see where we are up to and if it is the third year in a row. Im sure we will. Thank you very much. And to keep up to date on the latest weather and travel situation in your area. Go to the live page on the bbc news website at bbc. Co. Uk news and tune into your local bbc radio station. A newborn baby girl has been found abandoned in a park on one of the coldest nights of winter. She was found in newham, east london, just after 10pm last night and was taken to hospital. The police say her condition is stable. Officers have appealed for the girls mother to get in touch as she may need Urgent Medical attention. The headlines on bbc news. Heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. There are yellow warnings for snow and ice covering southern, eastern and North Eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. The three main Health Screening programmes in england for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer have all failed to meet government targets. Sport now, heres hugh. Hello, good afternoon. Alistair cooke believes england are still in the game despite suffering another batting collapse in the west indies. The visitors were all out for 187 in the first innings with the west indies 30 without loss at the close on day one. I think its about par, in all of my days of watching and playing test cricket for england i cant remember a day of test cricket where the ball has lea pt off a day of test cricket where the ball has leapt off the surface is consistently for the first three hours of that session, england have only lost four wickets before lunch, which is a good effort, 180 is a pretty fair score. The reigning Super League Man of steel ben barba has been sacked by his new club north queensand cowboys over an alleged incident in a casino. Barba has yet to play a game for the cowboys, sincejoining from st helens in october. Prior to arriving in england, hed been sacked by another nrl team, cronulla sharks, forfailing a drugs test, three years ago. This years six nations begins this eveing, with a match you can watch live on bbc one later, as france host wales. Warren gatlands welshmen finished second in last years tournament, a full 11 points behind this years favourites, ireland. But wales go to paris aiming for a tenth test win in a row and thats left him in confident mood. Ive been pretty open about the fact i think we have a good chance of winning the six nations, and when this first game and win the six nations. Given we have a home game. We finished second last year, which was ok, and it would be great for us to win the six Nations Building into the world cup warm up games and obviously the world cup. Manchester uniteds winning streak may have come to an end with a draw against burnley in midweek but that hasnt detered their interim manager ole gunnar solskjaer. United were 11 points away from the Champions League spots when he came in but now sitjust two behind fourth placed arsenal. We have reason to most of the challenges. May be, of course, the setback of the burnley, the two goals we conceded, maybe they will make us move to the next level because i think weve given ourselves a chance now to get into the top four may be earlier than we thought. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more about 1 30pm. Thank you very much. The uk has objected to gibraltar being described as a colony and its status as controversial in eu documents. The phrases appeared in new european legislation that would allow british citizens to travel to the eu without a visa after brexit. Our correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. Where has this suddenly come from, adam . The back story to this is that in november the European Commission published some legislation which would allow british people to travel to the eu after brexit for short holidays or business trips without needing a visa. It sounds obvious, eve ryo ne needing a visa. It sounds obvious, everyone was very needing a visa. It sounds obvious, everyone was very much in favour of it but it has to go through the legislative process to make it legitimate and that process has been ongoing. Whats happened today is the eu ambassadors for the Member States agreed their position on the text so it can be negotiated with the European Parliament and the commission. What has happened in the meantime is that the Spanish Government insisted on putting a footnote into the legislation, where it describes gibraltar as a colony of the uk and says that its status is controversial. The uk government found that language quite offensive, and so this morning at a meeting of ambassadors, the british ambassador, sirtim ambassadors, the british ambassador, sir tim barrow, made strenuous objections to that language. However, its words from the uk but it hasnt led to anything, the footnote is still in there and is probably still going to remain in there with the legislation being negotiated by the European Commission and European Parliament. I will point out two things. It shows gibraltar will be raised as an issue by the Spanish Government at every opportunity they get in the Brexit Process and beyond. The main thing for people at home who are watching is the eu is still committed to this idea of you not needing a visa to come to the eu on holiday or for work needing a visa to come to the eu on holiday orfor work for needing a visa to come to the eu on holiday or for work for short stays after brexit no matter what happens. In terms of going forward, obviously spain will remain part of the eu and we will not be. What does that indicate about the use of language in the future . If you look at the brexit withdrawal agreement, there is quite a lot of stuff in there about gibraltar. There are special provisions for gibraltar, there is going to be a special committee that looks at how the brexit deal effects gibraltar and spain and the uk, and where issues can be discussed and debated. For the Spanish Government, they interpret that as a change to that status of gibraltar that means that the Spanish Government will have more say over what happens there and it has had in the past. The uk says absolutely not. The status, sovereignty and jurisdiction of gibraltar does not change, it is just about the technicalities of how brexit applies there. You speak to some eu diplomats and they say this has been designed in this way so that the Spanish Government cannot get their hands on gibraltar through the Brexit Process, and by doing it this way they have managed to kind of draw a little bit of a line around the issue so that it doesnt affect the whole of the rest of the Brexit Process. But then you speak to other people who say after the uk has gone there will be nobody in the eu arguing for the status quo for gibraltar, that it is a part of the british family of nations, and does that mean that whenever there is a dispute in the future about gibraltar the eu will swing behind spain because they will be the only member state who has a say in the dispute . Who knows where it goes from here but i think we will be talking about gibraltar for many yea rs talking about gibraltar for many years to come, just like we have been for many years in the past. Thank you very much, adam fleming. Donald trump has said hes all but given up negotiating with the democrats in the ongoing battle for funding for his proposed mexico wall. The Democratic Party are refusing to agree to the 5. 7 billion that mr trump wants for the wall, but in an interview with the new york times, the president said he would get it finished on his own. The budget row led to the longest Government Shutdown in us history. Daniel lippman is a politico reporter, and the co author of the daily newsletter, politico playbook, and joins me now from washington. Thank you forjoining us. Does this mean hes going to get the money, first of all, will he be able to get the money from that route . |j first of all, will he be able to get the money from that route . I think it indicates that he is still working hard to get this but he has given up on congress, he doesnt feel like they are going to accommodate it because the american polls show that the majority of the country doesnt want the wall and trump has been blocked at every turn, even when there was a Republican Congress most americans dont think it is a good idea and if he declares a National Emergency it could very well get thrown out of the courts. So it is not a route to him getting it done . |j the courts. So it is not a route to him getting it done . I dont think hes going to get his wall. What he might get us democrats will put in extra money for Border Security and to repairfencing, extra money for Border Security and to repair fencing, and extra money for Border Security and to repairfencing, and there is still another 100 miles of the wall that has been appropriated that they havent actually built. So he may be claiming hes going to get his wall evenif claiming hes going to get his wall even if it isnt the 5 billion thing he has been talking about. What does this mean for the budget row and the shutdown . I think it means that we are not going to get another Government Shutdown, because, it is in no ones interest to enact further pain on furloughed workers who already went without pay for a whole month. It is a very toxic political battle and trump does not seem to think he would get political benefit from having another Government Shutdown. He got blamed for the last one. I think they will try and cobble together a deal where he can say he gets a wall without actually putting a wall in the budget. What is all this doing to his popularity . So, he seems to have a, you know, solid base, which is with him almost 100 of the time. Most of his base who voted for him are not going to abandon him. That would in effect concede that they were wrong to support him in the first place. It is not in their interests to say trump did a poorjob. But he hasnt shown any evidence of expanding his base, and thats very important for 2020 because presumably the democratic candidate is going to be much stronger than hillary clinton. And if thats the case, then you have a situation where trump just has that 35 of americans and he needs 45 , 50 . So his re election prospects are looking less likely. Thank you very much, daniel lippman, politico reporter. The comedianjeremy hardy has died of cancer at the age of 57. He won the comedy award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1988 but will be best remembered for his regular appearances on radio 4 comedy shows. In a statement his publicist said his wife and daughter were with him when he died, and that, he will be enormously missed by so many, who were inspired by him and who laughed with him. Here he is on the bbc two panel show, qi. Paper cuts the worst thing, isnt it . Lemon on the paper cut. Paper cut, because people say, theres nothing worse than a paper cut. Not a sword, not a chainsaw. Nothing nothing worse than a summer cold. Syphilis, grenade up the bum. Nothing laughter and after 12. 30 you can see the interview i did with fellow comedian rory bremner. Now its time for a look at the weather. Good afternoon. How are you coping, i dont think things will change rapidly through the rest of today, it will stay on the cold side, so we have concerns for the rest of the day that you will contend with the lying snow, it is not going far and it will freeze and further disruption is likely. Some snowfall, 13 disruption is likely. Some snowfall, 1 3 centimetres down towards the south of london into the downs, further north the onshore breeze to the eastern and northern parts of scotla nd the eastern and northern parts of scotland and north east of england will give further accumulations and not just at high will give further accumulations and notjust at high levels, in the west the skies are a bit clearer, again, another bitterly cold start to the new day on saturday but it is not a write off. Lots of dry, fine, sunny, crisp weather for the first week in february but there will be further snow showers across northern and eastern parts, and again, it is another cold day continuing the theme into sunday of a cold weekend. But there will be sunshine as you have seen. Further wintry showers for some and then another band of rain or snow depending on location later into the west on sunday. Hello this is bbc newsroom live. The headlines heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. There are yellow warnings for snow and ice covering southern, eastern and North Eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. The three main Health Screening programmes in england, for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer, have all failed to meet government targets. Tsb has reported a pre tax loss of £105 million last year. The bank blamed the rollout of its new Online Banking system which went wrong in april last year. The comedian jeremy hardy, a regular on bbc radio 4 panel shows like the news quiz and im sorry i havent a clue, has died of cancer aged 57. The Information Commissioners Office has fined leave. Eu and arron banks Eldon Insurance a total of £120,000 for serious breaches of electronic marketing laws related to the eu referendum. A spokesman said they were disappointed but not surprised and would be appealing. A short time ago we spoke to our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford who gave us the latest. This gave us the latest. Long running investigation into the this long running investigation into the use of Data Analytics during that campaign, leave. Eu didnt get the official funding for the Referendum Campaign, the referendum side of it, and Eldon Insurance belongs to arron banks, one of the most prominent leave campaigners in that unofficial area, and also a man who put a lot of money into the leave. Eu campaign. What has been found is that essentially his insurance company, and the leave. Eus Marketing Activities, massively overlapped. For example, leave. Eu were sending political messaging to Eldon Insurances customers. And when messages were being sent, it was being done in an inappropriate way. Theyve been fined £45,000 and £60,000 for sending out million e mails to leave. Eus database sending out million e mails to leave. Eus data base in sending out million e mails to leave. Eus database in an inappropriate manner. It is deeply concerning that sensitive personal data generated for political purposes was later used for insurance purposes, and vice versa, and it should never have happened. Also quite concerning for Eldon Insurance and leave. Eu, also quite concerning for Eldon Insurance and leave. Eu, there will bea insurance and leave. Eu, there will be a full audit of their data practices, which means the Information Commissioners Office will be able to pour through the books, interview staff about whats going on, and whats going on now. That could generate further problems about the organisations. This has been going on for quite a long time, but this is the final decision on fines, £125,000. The three main Health Screening programmes in england, for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer, have failed to meet government targets according to a new report. The public spending watchdog, the National Audit office, found the worst problems were with cervical screening, with a backlog of nearly 100,000 samples. I have been speaking to dr becks fisher who is a gp and policy fellow at the health foundation, she gave her reaction to the report. What weve seen today is what weve known for a little while, that not as many people are getting screening as we would like. The reason thats really important is because we know that as a country we are lagging behind others who we would like to be compared to with regards to our survival from cancer. And a big part of that is because we are not diagnosing enough cancers at an early enough stage. Screening programmes are really important because they pick up cancers early, and they enable us to treat people for those when they are more likely to respond to treatment. We want to get as many people as possible into these programmes and we want them to be as effective as possible, too. Exactly, as you are saying, life saving, people wont go for screening for many different reasons. Last week on the Victoria Derbyshire programme we had a live smear test because of the reason many people dont go for those this for those is because of fear, embarrassment, and that was hoping to bust some of the myths around that. That was with Chloe Delevigne who very bravely volunteered to have the smear test and hopefully things like that will make a difference. When we hear today, of the people who are being tested, they are getting delays in the response because there is a backlog of nearly 100,000 samples. Could the system actually cope if everybody were to show up for their tests . I think what this report makes very clear is that the system could be better and needs to be better. Theres a lot of problems, for example, around it infrastructure, some of its very old, some of its. The report itself says that some of it isnt fit for purpose. There is clearly investment that required there. There is also the importance of making sure we are identifying particular groups who are not attending screening so we know more socially deprived people attend less. So we need to think about how we can encourage people into Screening Programmes. There is a screening review under way at the moment, which is due to report in summer 2019. Some of these issues have been known about. Its really important we are now thinking about how we solve them. The Screening Programme that has the lowest attendance rate is the bowel Screening Programme. Its one of the less known ones. Tell us about that. How long has that Screening Programme been in effect. And why do you think it might be that that has the lowest attendance . Understandably, people are reluctant to relate to their bowels, shall we say. Iamagp. People can be reluctant to engage in the screening process because at the moment it requires putting samples of your poo into a pot and sending it back. But it actually saves lots of lives. Its really important to do. And there are things under way to make it a lot better. So the test itself is being improved. But there have been delays to the roll out of that. So we are going to be asking people to send fewer samples back, hopefully that makes it easier for people to engage with the programme. But there have been delays in bringing that out across the country. There have also been delays in rolling out the camera test for bowel screening, and thats related to a lack of capacity, particularly in getting the camera, and to get people to do the camera testing. Its being reported that the Prime Minister is preparing to try to win support from labour mps for her brexit deal, by offering them a cash injection for their constituencies. Labour mps in leave constituencies, in the midlands and the north of england, are seeking funding for Infrastructure Projects as part of what is being called a National Renewal fund. Some labour mps have held talks with the pm about the idea, but others are dismissive. Heres what anna turley, the mp for redcar, said on newsnight last night. Im horrified that a government would even think about this cynical bung, and this, kind of, bribery. I think its appalling. We have had nearly a decade now of austerity. Ive seen communities like mine absolutely hammered. £6 billion has come out from public spending in the north by this government. And if a programme of National Renewal, im afraid its too little, too late, and part of the reason by so many constituencies like mine why so many constituencies like mine voted to leave was because they felt they had been left behind for so long. Where people hadnt listened to them, hadnt invested in them. So, this government should absolutely be doing that, not as a bribe or a bung to get through this shoddy deal, which can actually, in the long term, make constituencies like mine far worse off. The former labour now independent mp, frank field, whos already backed the Prime Ministers agreement, thinks any funding should be welcomed. I voted for the proposal to implement the referendum. Ive done that all along. My constituency, on balance, voted like the country on that move. But i have always been concerned about the large amount of people who are apprehensive about that. But because i really support the decision of the referendum, and i have done that in parliament, on the half of my constituents, i was very concerned the government would only allow this to people who had not been voting with them. And i checked yesterday to say, look, birkenhead needs a roads system that it hasnt seen since before the car. We need more policemen. And we need more teachers. And i want to be in on that deal. And you need to shape this deal in a way that begins to transform the north. Because it was in the north that people rightly felt they wanted their freedom from europe, because some of the good things that london and the south had got, they certainly hadnt filtered to the north. Its the beginnings of a new deal. And i hope constituent mps who have got a large leave majorities, if they think this is the right move, should take it. What was the response to you wanting to be in on the deal . I was told i would be. Iwouldnt be in on the deal . I was told i would be. I wouldnt have changed my vote, even if they had said otherwise, because i believe this is the right move for the country. I certainly want to be in any pay out going to northern constituencies. Long overdue, as you just heard from the memberfor long overdue, as you just heard from the member for redcar, long overdue, as you just heard from the memberfor redcar, we need to make sure that this is a very good deal indeed. The ministry of defence has been accused of a woeful response in dealing with a funding shortfall of between seven and fifteen billion pounds. Mps on the Public Accounts Committee say that despite promises, the mod continues to avoid making the difficult decisions over what military equipment it can and cant afford. The ministry of defence insists it is addressing its financial challenges. Universities will be required to publish information on what they are doing to tackle the attainment gap between students from different ethnic backgrounds, the government has announced. Official figures show that record numbers of ethnic minorities are attending university, but only 56 of black students achieve top grades compared with 80 of their white peers. As part of a string of measures announced on friday, universities will be required to publish data on admissions and attainment, broken down by ethnicity, gender and Socio Economic background. What we are doing when it comes to these plans which need to be published in 2020 that we place in these clear requirements to increase diversity in intake. If universities are unable to do that the office for students will be looking to take further remedial action to make sure universities recognise this is a priority for the government, a priority which we want to make sure they take reasonable measures to ensure that universities reflect modern britain. More now on the death of the comedianjeremy hardy. He was best known for his appearances on mock the week and the radio 4 panel shows the news quiz and im sorry i havent a clue. Ive been speaking to rory bremner, who knew him well. There are so many funny people throughout the country who are so sad. Even here at broadcast house a flag should be at half mast. Because all of the shows he did here, all of the wonderful shows he did here, i cant tell you how loved and admired he was by all of the comedians he worked with. We all grew up together, that whole generation, and, particularly the more political comedians like mark steele and mark thomas, i mean, he was, like, a patron saint, almost, he inspired a whole generation. He was, himself, so unfussy, and not showy, and he used to say, people say im self deprecating, but i dont think im very good at that. Chuckles that was the way he did it. He was so humble. He cared so much more for people and causes than fame and fortune. He was just the most lovely, lovely man. I cant tell you the affection and admiration we all had for him. So today its raw. This one really hurts today. I know you were friends going back a long way. We started out together, we shared a flat in london. I was always rushing around doing shows, and he would say, you dont have clothes, rory, you just have washing, because i would just come home, put my stuff in the machine and out. We lived together. The first show i did on the bbc was called now Something Else, and he was the boom operator, pretending to be a bbc staffer, saying at the bbc youve got to start at the bottom, and kiss it. Chuckles even then, he would drive producers up the wall, but sometimes, you know, everyone would try to agree on something, and jeremy would disagreejust on principle. He was very principled. He was an activist for a lot of causes. Palestine, against injustice and inequality, and he often put his comedy to the surface of his principles. He was a very thoughtful, very careful, such a kind he was a very thoughtful, very caring, such a kind and compassionate man. A huge loss. A really big loss. What will you, in particular, remember him for . There must be so many things. He was just so mischievous on the news quiz. He had his own rhythm. I think he inspired a whole generation, notjust in the ideas, but also the way that he delivered the comedy. Thank goodness we have hours and hours of tape of him on the news quiz and im sorry i havent a clue, and q1, as you just saw. He was unique injust the way he delivered, we would just do one liners, and his was always thoughtful, always intelligent comedy, as i say, always compassionate and principled. If there was a good joke he wouldnt let his principles stand in the way of that, either, he was funny, funny, funny, funnier than a lot of us. How were the last few months . It was brutal. Six months. Yes, he had been ill for a few months with cancer. Very few people, i think, knew about it, he just wanted to keep that private. His wife, katie, they got married just before christmas, she is a film maker and activist, and they have a daughter, betty, who were with him this morning, i think, when he died. But we are all very sad and thinking about them. And missing a great friend. And a unique and wonderful comedian. You are struggling with your emotions, inevitably, about somebody so close, being able to see his legacy of that comedic material. It immediately transforms your face. It does. I would urge people to go on twitter just to see the tributes. You will see comedian after comedian after comedian, and the warmth of those tributes is the greatest tribute we can give him. You can see just how much we thought of him. Then start to watch the clips, and listen to the news quiz, you will be sad, but you wont be sad for long, because he was a very, very funny man. And a lovely man, too. Rory bremner remembering his friend and fellow comedian jeremy rory bremner remembering his friend and fellow comedianjeremy hardy who has died at the age of 57. The headlines on bbc news. Heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing travel disruption. There are yellow warnings for snow and ice covering southern, eastern and North Eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. The three main Health Screening programmes in england, for bowel, breast and Cervical Cancer, have all failed to meet government targets. Tsb has blamed last years it problems for a pretax loss of more than £105 million. The bank says 2018 was its most challenging year. Our business presenter Katie Prescott explained more this all started when the bank said it was quite simply moving its customers from its lloyds owner to its new one. They told customers at the time there might be problems over the weekend, but on the sunday night when customers tried to log in to their account after this move they were able to see other peoples accounts, they were singing the wrong balances, this was clearly a major problem for the bank. If it had stopped there that might have been the end of it, but this went on for three weeks and affected 2 million customers. The bank was heavily criticised at the time by mps for not communicating properly with customers, saying things would resolve were resolved when they went. It eventually cost the job of the former chief executive paul pester. We now have a price on it, which includes all of the cost of the other people they had to bring in the call centres to sort out the complaints. But they have said they are going to give a bonus to their staff as a result of this, and things are now resolved. Customers voted with their feet on this. They really did, they said they lost 80,000 customers as a result. There we re 80,000 customers as a result. There were a number of reports going on. The Financial Conduct Authority is looking into this. I would say the report today ends on quite a positive note. It says things have stabilised. Complaints are back to levels of what they were before this Computer System moved, and all of theseissues Computer System moved, and all of these issues happened. They have a new chief executive starting in the spring and it should be a new chapter for spring and it should be a new chapterfor tsb. Spring and it should be a new chapter for tsb. Thanks very much. Many of us will have some old medicines lurking in the back of a cupboard, and for those who require treatment for a variety of issues, the packets of tablets can soon stack up. In north yorkshire, a medicines amnesty is underway, to encourage people to return drugs they no longer need. And patients are being encouraged to have an annual review to make sure they are on the right medication. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has been to harrogate to find out more. Weve probably all got them tucked away in cupboards at home, old medicines and drugs we know longer use. But they can really pile up. So, chris, what have we got here . This is medicines that have been returned to us today from one patient. One patient one patient, its approximately 5 6 months worth of medication that the patient has not been taking routinely. So what are the implications of that . If patients arent taking their medicines as been prescribed then theyre potentially not going t oget the best outcomes from their medication. Pharmancy staff have been busy collecting the treatments handed in at this gp surgery in harrogate during what they are calling a medicines amnesty. These boxes and bags filled with older, unused tablets, creams and gels. The drugs amnesty here in harrogate has only been going a few days and they have already collected all these boxes of used and out of date medicines. Now here, they spend around £25 million each year on drugs thats around three million different items. If they managed to save just 1 , thats £250,000 that can go straight back into local helth services. But this is notjust about saving money. Now, youre taking 14 medications, arent you . Thats right, yes. And i wonder if it would be usefulfor us to do a medication review today . It is also an opportunity forgps, like sarah, to talk to patients, like yvonne, to look at all the medicines she takes every day. It is very important for patients to know that gps or pharmacists can review medications as a whole and ask the patient how they are managing. We can look at whether theyre managing to remember the tablets, sometimes we can change how we prescribe the tablets, change the timings off the tablets, or the type of medication so that the medications get used in the way they are designed. I need to make sure i am on the right thing and anything that can be changed to make my life easier is always a good thing. It is important that my tablets are correct and that im taking the right thing. The medicines amnesty and the chance to review what is being prescribed also presents a big opportunity for the wider nhs. We know that 8 of hospital admissions are medicine related. 30 50 of medicines are not taken the way they are intended. These things are all designed to help you as the patient get the best from your medicine. The nhs spends around £20 billion each year on prescribed medicine so even a small reduction in whats wasted would save a significant amount of cash while also improving care. Rugby s six nations tournament kicks off today in paris with the opening match between france and wales. French rugby is currently under a shadow cast by the deaths of four players, two of them professionals, in the last eight months. As Hugh Schofield reports, there are growing calls for reforms to make the game more safe. Last august, in a match, he was caught ina last august, in a match, he was caught in a crunch tackle at chest height and his heart stopped. Today his girlfriend comes regularly to stay with his parents where he grew up stay with his parents where he grew up near montpellier, they find it helps to be together. She was at the stadium when he died. Translation in the changing room he lost consciousness twice. He collapsed again after vomiting. But they couldnt revive him after that. He was gone. If his death had been a one off it could be called an accident, but it wasnt, in fact he is won of four players in the last eight months who have died after a collision on the pitch. The series of deaths has prompted much soul searching at the top of french by. Soul searching at the top of french rugby. What has gone wrong to make the game in france so much more dangerous, people are asking, and what are the possible remedies that could make it safer . Its not as if they havent been warnings. This neurologist said he saw it coming, the sheer size of players has increased so greatly in recent years, but it is all muscle, organs and bones havent changed. Translation today a player is 90 to 95 kilos of muscle, but the rest of the physiology hasnt changed. Its like putting a formula 1 engine into afamily car. Like putting a formula 1 engine into a family car. If you run into something the chassis is going to break full stop but in france there may be another factor, the style of playing. Here at Third Division rennes they are going back to the traditional throwing game. But the top traditional throwing game. But the to p clu bs traditional throwing game. But the top clubs like toulon are still looking for players who bust their way through the opposition. Translation french rugby has been played like bumper cars. We have been seeking out the biggest and most powerful. It is inevitable that some day Something Like this would happen. The crisis is taken seriously at the top of french by, seriously at the top of french rugby, not least because of a sharp decline in youngsters taking up the sport because parents are worried. There is talk of changes around the rules of tackling. Last month saw anotherfuneral, rules of tackling. Last month saw another funeral, nicolas chauvin, killed in a tackle. In french rugby, more and more people are saying that something has to change. The snow leopard is an animal in serious danger. Native to central and southern asia there are estimated to be fewer than 10,000 of them still alive. And that figures expected to go down in the coming years. But conservationists are trying to do something about it as tim allman reports. There is a bleak splendour to the altai mountains. Cold and unforgiving, you have to be tough to survive here. Mergen markov has lived here all his life. He is on the hunt for Snow Leopards not to kill, but to photograph, these automatic cameras helping to monitor the snow leopard population. Translation i am really happy i have this job which allows me to spend all this time outside is it better than killing them . Yes, they are so beautiful in the photographs. This is the village of argut. After the collapse of the soviet union, the collective farms went bankrupt. Many people took to hunting the local wildlife. The fur of a snow leopard could sell for more than 500. So the World Wildlife fund pays former poachers, mergen included, to try to protect them instead. Translation he quickly understood that if he kept on poaching and selling furs, he would earn money only once with each animal hed killed. Whereas with us, he earns money regularly. Local volunteers are also paid to go on patrol and monitor this vast area of land. Over time, the hope is the number of Snow Leopards will rise. These animals will return home. Tim allman, bbc news. In a moment its time for the one oclock news. But first its time for a look at the weather. The weather is in no rush to change. Itll stay on the cold side. If you are thinking of travelling today and in the evening rush hour, you will have to content with lying snow in the formation of ice. Disruption is likely. Stay up to date with your forecast, local radio is always a good source for local information. And this is what brought everything to disruption. It is still lurking with intent over the south eastern quarter. Further to the north and west, a quiet spell of weather perhaps to finish off the day, but we could see another one to three centimetres of snow falling from the old weather front somewhere across the Greater London area. Temperatures falling away quite rapidly under clear skies. Further accumulations cannot be ruled out over the pennines. And coming up through northern ireland, and a raft of showers affecting the Northern Isles and the western side of scotland. Further west, things will be clear, less in the way of a breeze, so really falling away. Widespread problem with ice. Many warnings from the met office or out. It could be about 10 degrees in the heart of scotland. We start saturday with the weather front eventually quitting the scene. Taking the rain and sleet and snow away from the south eastern quarter. Then we are left with a sort of decent day. You must contend with the lying snow and the cold and the ice, but there will be decent wintry sunshine. A speckling of showers over northern and eastern parts of the british isles. The breeze is noticeable, coming from a cold direction, particularly across eastern counties of england. Temperatures still locked into single figures. That is how we are for saturday. This is sunday, a cold start, but a bright start, and we fill the skies with rain and snow. Snow to low levels of northern parts of england and up into the heart of scotland and northern ireland, too. And itll be another cold day for the south of the country. Staying cold this weekend, but there will be further sunshine, further wintry showers, then that band of rain or snow coming in on sunday. Heavy snow sweeps across many parts of the United Kingdom, causing widespread disruption. The Winter Weather can remain overnight across large areas of southern england, as britain suffered its coldest night in seven years. The conditions brought chaos on the roads as commuters tried to get to work, hundreds of schools were closed, and Rail Services disrupted. Take extreme care, drive with caution, take everything nice and gentle, the throttle, the brakes, the steering. The road is very, very treacherous indeed. My advice, personally stay at home. Well have reports with the very latest conditions from our correspondents across the country. Also this lunchtime a newborn baby girls found abandoned in a london park