bidding at a weather system that is going to be bringing some of us are disruptive and heavy snow. the satellite picture shows low pressure to the west of uk but it s this weather front moving into the cold air with the weather front moving into the cold airwith the rain weather front moving into the cold air with the rain beginning to transition to snow at the moment. the met office have issued a number weather warning for this area of heavy snow, stretching across south west england, as far east as hampshire, and into southern parts of wales as well. within this area we could see around 5 10 centimetres of snow building up but that s just half the story because the snow is going to come down very quickly and heavily and that might mean it s quite difficult to keep some of the roads open. roads look quite vulnerable, maybe the heads of the valleys road in wales, also the a38 and m5,away from the snowy south west most areas will have a dry day with sunshine. we have freezing
they couldn t have done much worse! thanks hugh, and chris fawkes has all the weather chris. we will take a look ahead at what is going on in north america, but more significantly for us at home, we have a band of snow working in across wales and southern england. this is highly likely to bring some disruption our way over the coming hours. we will have a closer look at that later on. thanks chris. also coming up, we ll meet ii year old yuvan thakkar who has a form of leukemia and has become the first nhs patient to receive a therapy that uses the body s own cells to fight cancer. hello everyone, this is afternoon live i m simon mccoy. the foreign secretary says that the uk may need to delay its exit from the european union if an agreement is only reached in the final days. jeremy hunt said extra time might be needed, meaning an extension to the deadline of march 29th depending on how much progress is made in the coming weeks. number 10 has insisted that the gover
warwick university are to be allowed back to study next year despite threatening to rape fellow students. and police could soon be able to impose curfews and limit the social media use of individuals to crack down on knife crime. the foreign secretary says that the uk may need to delay its exit from the european union if an agreement is only reached in the final days. jeremy hunt said extra time might be needed, meaning an extension to the deadline of 29th march, depending on how much progress is made in the coming weeks. number 10 has insisted that the government is committed to brexit in two months‘ time. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. the uk is due to leave the european union two months from now and, time again, the prime minister has said the departure date is march the 29th. today, one other cabinet minister suggested there could be some flexibility. it is true that, if we ended up approving a deal in the days before the 29th of march, then we might n
looking at how prepared the uk is the brexit, and we will be looking at fruit and veg, and asked whether we can really sell the supermarket shelves after march 29. later, we will get the reaction about whether stu d e nts will get the reaction about whether students will be able to return to warwick university despite making rape threats to fellow students. this later on we have the papers. that is at101i0 and this later on we have the papers. that is at 1040 and 11 thirtieths evening. that is on the head here on bbc news, but now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: four and a half hours and counting. a little longer in scotland. but who s counting the pennies and trying to do a deal on transfer deadline day? england are counting the cost of losing the toss on a lively wicket in antigua as the batsmen struggle again on day one of the second test against wst indies. and a six year wait for a six nations start.
in sport, england are bowled out forjust 187 on the first day of the second test against the west indies. good evening. parts of southern england and wales are being hit by heavy snowfall which has brought chaos to the roads and warnings of communities being cut off and disruption to power supplies. the met office has put a severe weather warning in place an amber warning, which means people should prepare themselves for disruption and delay and is forecasting more snow overnight. south west england has been particularly badly hit mix screen particularly badly hit. around 100 vehicles are currently stuck on the a30 in cornwall, and emergency services there say they re dealing with many calls across the county. and nearby on the a39 snow ploughs are out trying to clear the roads after heavy snowfall brought cars to a halt with some drivers forced to abandon their cars after their vehicles became stranded. with the snow expected to move east, transport for london is urgin