in around 15 minutes‘ time. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11. we re going to talk about black friday later, which as you may know, is no longerjust a day but more like several days. christmas retailers are doing their utmost to lure you in. despite it only being the 21st of november, where i live, some houses already have their christmas lights out the front. fairy lights are on the front of their homes. why, is my question. it is the 21st of november. ru one of those households. please tell me you have done this. you are definitely in danger of beating too soon. you can send me photographs, too. use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. a little later in the programme, we ll hear from the british explorer benedict allen, who s back in the uk after being rescued from thejungle in papua new guinea where he was trying to reach a little known tribe. watch his first tv interview after 10am. our top story
the government aims to encourage more students in england to sign up for shorter courses. we ll hear why. and in sport, more than just bragging rights at stake today s manchester derby at old trafford is the biggest game in the premier league so far this season. good morning. first, our main story. heavy snow is hitting the uk. the met office has issued an amber weather warning for up to 10 centimetres of snow at low levels, with up to 20 centimetres on higher ground. falling over the stage! are you 0k? flights have been temporally suspended at birmingham airport while they clear the runway. simon clemison reports. we do not have that yet. it is all going wrong! we can speak now to our news correspondent, matthew richards, who is in north wales for us this morning. it looks very cold and snowy. matthew, how much snow has there been overnight? it started snowing about 5am and we have noticed the wins are starting to pick up as well which will cause problems for drifting. bir
the country s president in a bid to win the freedom of the british woman, nazanin zagari ratcliffe. proposals for two year degree courses could save students thousands of pounds in tuition fees. the universities minister said the accelerated courses could break the mould in studying. coming up in a few minutes our sunday morning edition of the papers this mornings reviewers are penny smith and david wooding. before the papers sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s katherine downes. the most important game in the premier league so far this season takes place at old trafford this afternoon. leaders city could open up an 11 point advantage over their nearest rivals and neighbours united. and as i ve been finding out there are more than just bragging rights at stake. for the city faithful, there s been a lot to cheer the season. group winners and through to the last 16 of the champions league, one of the favourites for the title and seeming
newcastle united this season, they have stuttered apply, picking up only a point in their last three matches, but with their nearest rivals huddersfield and reading slipping up at the weekend, their job tonight is very simple. beat preston and they are back in the premier league at the first time of asking. much of that is down to benitez. many people were surprised when he chose to stay at the club after they were relegated, and he was persuaded to do so by the fans and he said he is growing much keeping his squad focused on the task in hand. the other teams, they have to do something and we have to do ourjob. the only thing that we can control is our team and we have to be sure that these three games, we are concentrating to do ourjob properly and to win our games and if the other results go in our favour, much better. my target was always to go up, it doesn t matter the position, so the main thing is that we finish ourjob. we have seen how important it is to see our fans w