pennines. nick garnett reports from a gritting centrejust outside manchester. monroe isjust a little bit north of manchester. the and 62 is one of the biggest motorways and you see the lorries going past at the moment and they are on their way to the highest point of the motorway network, 372 metres above sea level, and that if the weather is going to hit any motorway network, it will hit any motorway network, it will hit its worst there. this is the gritting station where they try and stop the disruption because the disruption that happens economically is absolutely massive if the motorway network is affected. if you look at the amount of salt that is there aren t great, twice that amount is being put on the roads at this moment by a0 lorries that are looking after gritting the whole of the motorway and arterial route network. the man in charge of it all is simon bain. it is your responsibility, so no pressure on you to be making sure the motorway network stays running. why
temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
right in front of me. the impact knocked me down and the flames engulfed me. i am lucky that i was strong enough to get away. that s an unfolding story with two people confirmed dead in the explosion in nairobi and we will speak to our correspondent and makoi, who i believe is actually on the line, anne. a, believe is actually on the line, anne. believe is actually on the line, anne. a deputy africa correspondent, line, anne. a deputy africa correspondent, and line, anne. a deputy africa correspondent, and soy. . l line, anne. a deputy africa i correspondent, and soy. . can correspondent, and soy. . can you tell us what has happened? shortly before midnight, people around the southeast of nairobi heard the tremors and an explosion and videos that we have seen shared on social media show a huge fireball rising above apartment blocks and people running to safety. we now understand from the government spokesman that there was a lorry carrying lpg gas that e