i m 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 year s it meltdown, which caused chaos for thousands of customers. major commitment problems. i imagine every time he said, it s not you, it s 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 ov
and perhaps steer them in a more positive direction. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. four children have died in a house fire overnight in stafford. police and emergency services were called to reports of a fire in sycamore lane in the highfields area, around 2.30 this morning. a fifth child and two adults are being treated in hospital for injuries. we can speak to our reporter liz copper who is at the scene of the fire in stafford for us. this is awful. any more news about what happened 7 this is awful. any more news about what happened? emergency crews were called at around 20 to three this morning to a serious house fire and when they arrived sadly they could do nothing to save the lives of those poor children who were pronounced dead at the scene. there we re pronounced dead at the scene. there were three other occupants, two adults and each child. they had somehow managed to escape from the house and they were taken to hospital where their injuries being descr
the horrors of war the work of sir don mccullin goes on exhibition. it s five o clock our top story. four children who died in a fire at a house in stafford have been identified as three year old olly unitt, six year old keegan unitt, and eight year old riley holt, along with four year old tilly rose unitt. a fifth child, named locally as jack, escaped from a first floor window along with his mother natalie unitt, aged 2a, and her 28 year old partner chris. all three are being treated in hospital following the blaze, which happened in the highfields area of the town in the early hours of the morning. police are investigating the cause of the fire which they describe as ‘heartbreaking . our correspondent sima kotecha reports. windows shattered. the inside of the house blackened by the fire that ripped through the upstairs. it happened close to 3am in the highfields area of stafford. eyewitnesses say it sounded like an explosion. four children were killed, the neighbours
at the same time, like so many high street stores, they say they re being hit by unsustainable rent levels. but even though many stores, including perhaps this one, theirflagship, are closing, they are still confident that hmv can exist up and down the country through to its centenary in 2021 and beyond. lizo mzimba, bbc news. that s it. newsnight is getting under way on bbc two. here on bbc one, it s time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m holly hamilton. coming up on tonight s programme. the magic of the fa cup, newport county reach the fifth round for the first time in 70 years and it s manchester city next. there s another casualty of the opening six nations weekend. maro itoje will miss england s next two matches. and olympic gold medalist lyndsey von crashes out of one of the final races of her legendary career. hello and welcome to sportsday. well the fa cup rarely fails to produce a giantkilling and tonight is no di
for bowel, breast and cervical cancer have failed to meet government targets. and rugby s six nations starts tonight, with wales upping the ante, saying if they win against france, they believe they ll take the tournament. coming up on bbc news, former captain alastair cook says england are still in the game going into day two of the second test against west indies, despite a disappointing batting performance. hello, good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. we are live on the bbc news at one. we are live on the m4 in wiltshire, just one of the counties in southern england where it has been snowing very heavily for hours now, causing widespread travel disruption. on the m4 behind me, they kept it open, highways england, but only by using snowploughs time and again on both carriageways. well, the disruption has been not only on the roads, where in cornwall hundreds of motorists have been stranded overnight, but also on rail services and some airports as well. hundred