Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20180227

In leicester well be live there after 7 00. Good morning from gateshead where they are launching an exhibition of they are launching an exhibition of the north. 80 days of events running throughout the region over the summer throughout the region over the summerandi throughout the region over the summer and i will be telling you more about it. In sport, britains winter 0lympians return from pyeonchang, with double skeleton champion, Lizzy Yarnold, undecided if shell go for a hat trick of golds at the next games. All of thats coming up later. Good morning. First, our main story. Snow and arctic temperatures are expected across the uk for the rest of the week. The met office has issued both yellow warnings and more serious amber warnings for large parts of Eastern England. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of Eastern England, scotland and Northern Ireland by the end of wednesday. Drivers are being warned they could face major disruption. More than 200 trains are no longer running, while British Airways says over 60 flights have been cancelled. Lets go to Jane Frances Kelly who is ata lets go to Jane Frances Kelly who is at a given hill were a snow emergency has been declared. What is the latest . At christmas scene, not the sort of thing you expect at the end of february. This arctic winds, arctic conditions p southeast in their grip. There is an amber warning, overnight, bands of heavy snow went overnight, bands of heavy snow went over kent and parts of sussex. Kent police been using 4x4 vehicles to respond to emergency call outs. Kent cou nty respond to emergency call outs. Kent county councils Highways Agency has declared a snow and emergency. It says it wants to keep all the main routes clear and have asked people not to contact it unless it is urgent. As i was driving down, there we re urgent. As i was driving down, there were gritters, gritting the roads. Travellers are being asked to check trains are running and their train hasnt been cancelled. Network rail overnight has been running empty trains to actually make sure there is no ice and snow on the tracks. They have put on heaters and installation onto the pointers. I think the message today is, check before you travel. Absolutely, will do. Disruption to public transport is already being felt this morning. Ben ando is at colchester Railway Station. Nice to see you wrapped up warm, what is the situation . On a normal warning, four orfive what is the situation . On a normal warning, four or five trains would have already left for london, taking those Early Morning have already left for london, taking those ea rly morning commuters. Have already left for london, taking those Early Morning commuters. But at the moment they are waiting for the first departure. Trains are running later and finishing earlier this evening as well, because there is more snow forecast. It is not just Greater Anglia who run trains from the east of england into london, but also Great Northern, greater transport for london and they are all suffering problems because of the weather. It is the engineering problems snow and ice can cause to trains when they are running. Points can freeze over, branches that are laden with snow can fall onto overhead power cables. Trains that are running often have to run more slowly because of speed restrictions imposed by network rail. That is the company that manages the rail infrastructure, the tracks and the Power Supplies to the trains that are running. Difficulties for commuters and decisions were taken early. Perhaps, you might think the snow hasnt been as bad as forecast, but nonetheless, the companies cannot take any chances. Thank you very much. We will have more on that throughout the morning. We will be speaking to someone the morning. We will be speaking to someone from Greater Anglia trains later. Who can guide us through everything going on. There is only one person carol has the very latest on those weather warnings for us now. Were looking at part of east anglia, kent, heading down towards the Channel Islands and locally, more than ten centimetres, but generally looking at up to three centimetres. Because the showers are aligned, if you are in that alignment, that is when you will see the heaviest snow. North east in particular, towards the midlands, ten centimetres, but we could see more than that. It will be a windy day. It will be blowing around and drifting. Again, Hazardous Conditions. Elsewhere there will be further snow showers, not in the high impact bang, the amber band, the be prepared bands, but it could lead to problematic travel conditions. Through the rest of the week on each day gets colder and as the wind gets stronger, a significant wind chill and more snow yet to come. Carol will be with us every shoe minutes on breakfast this morning. But thank you for the moment. The political row over the uks future trading relationship with the European Union will continue later when liam fox will tell businesses that staying in a Customs Union would be a sell out of the countrys interests. The International Trade secretary is the latest cabinet member to deliver a speech on the governments brexit negotiating position. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth is in westminster. I get the feeling, as well as talking about the weather, it will be another brexit week, alex . You are probably right and this is becoming the next big brexit Battle Ground. The Customs Union allows its members to trade goods across borders without any tariffs. Yesterday we had fun Jeremy Corbyn and why he thinks the uk should stay in a Customs Union with the eu. He said it would keep trade flowing and stop any hardening of the border with ireland, which will become the border between the uk and the eu, once we leave. Today we will hear from liam fox, saying why he thinks the uk should leave a Customs Union. He thinks staying in one will mean we have two followed brussels rules about having a say. It. Is making trade deals with the rest of the world and it will be a sell out of Britains National interest. It is about our future trading policy. What is agreed will affect that crucial topic of the border on the island of ireland, but this is politically important. It is one of the areas of real difference between labour and the conservatives on brexit. Some tory mps are suggesting they prefer labours position and could try to defeat the government on this. It is becoming a complex, but crucial issue. Alex, thank you very much and coverage of that speech later on across the bbc. Five people are now known to have died after an explosion destroyed a building in leicester. Fire officers are due to continue a search and rescue operation on the site of the former shop and flat this morning. Five people remain in hospital after the explosion, one in a critical condition. We will take you live to the scene in leicester on the search effort just after 7am here on breakfast. The uk is facing a growing threat from far right terrorism, according to the outgoing head of Counter Terrorism policing. Assistant commissioner mark rowley, who will retire next month, revealed that four extreme right terrorist attacks were disrupted last year, as well as ten islamist inspired plots. Of course, weve always had right wing groups who organise protests, some hate crime and a degree of criminality. Weve occasionally in the past had lone actors committing right wing terror acts. But what we have now, is a degree of organisation, so about 18 months ago, based on the intelligence we provided, the home secretary prescribed national action. That means he declared them a terrorist organisation. They are, unashamedly, home grown and they are a unashamedly neo nazi, white supremacist terrorist organisation. That has to be a matter of concern we now have that degree of organisation here. That reflects the increased number of arrests and the fact we are now announcing that a combination of organised and individuals acting have led to four plots being foiled last year. Today an humanitarian pause is due to start in syrias rebel held Eastern Ghouta, which has faced an intense air and ground attack by pro Government Forces for more than a week. Russias president , vladimir putin, has ordered a daily five hour pause in the Syrian Governments assault on the enclave, so that civilians can flee and humanitarian aid can be delivered. The International Committee of the red cross says aid organisations are ready to go in as soon as possible. A fifth british tourist has died following a Helicopter Crash in the grand canyon more than two weeks ago. 29 year old eleanor udall died in a las vegas hospital, four days after her husband, jonathan. The couple were on their honeymoon when the accident happened. Three of their friends were also killed in the crash. Research suggests students from poorer backgrounds are more likely to live at home whilst at university than their richer counterparts, and it could be limiting their life chances. Charity, the sutton trust says moving to a bigger city to study is often an escalator for social mobility. 0ur education correspondent Elaine Dunkley reports. An armed Police Officer criticised by donald trump after the recent School Shooting in florida has defended his actions. Scot peterson was outside the school in Broward County when a gunman killed 17 people. However, in a statement, the officers lawyer said it was patently untrue that his client was a coward. The us president says he would have gone into the school even if he had been unarmed. You know i really believe you dont know until you are tested, but i think, i really believe id run in there even if i didnt have a weapon. And i think most of the people in this room would have done that too, because i know most of you. But the way they performed was really a disgrace. We may all be bracing ourselves for the cold weather, but for some members of the animal world adapting to the climate is perfectly natural. Have you seen this . This is a rare white stoat, caught on camera in a garden in North Yorkshire. The tiny mammals are normally a rusty brown colour but have the ability to shed their coats and replace them with white ermine when living in areas with a low average temperature perfect for this week on the north york moors. It is the most beautiful animal. Is that what it has done . Yes, it has shed its normal rusty brown. John is here. How do you feel about stoats . Cant say i am inspirational. No dom parsons. Where was he . I dont know, Lizzy Yarnold came back sooner. But she went back to meet them at heathrow. It was interesting, billy morgan said he was nervous meeting the media when they touched down yesterday. That is the moment, you return and see the cameras and everybody welcoming you back but it must be nerve racking, when you are out in south korea, detached with what is going on here. It was special for them. Needless to say, partition daily macro conversation turned about their participation at the next winter games. Not that skeleton gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold would be drawn on her participation at the next winters. She says shell take a break before deciding if shell go for a hat trick of golds in beijing. As scotland look to follow up their huge six nations win over england, they could be without key man ryan wilson for the rest tournament, if hes punished for making contact with the eye of an england player on saturday. Arsenal legend ian wright says its time for a younger manager to replace Arsene Wenger at the club. We talked about their defeat to Manchester City in the League Cup Final yesterday, he says theres no case for him to stay. And the davis cup could be set for a revamp. The International Tennis federation are considering swapping it for a world cup of tennis, that could start as early as next year. Andy murray there is rumoured to be in support, broadly, of the plans which would essentially cede the davis cup, which is played through four weekends of the year. That would go, and there would be a world cup of tennis. 0ver would go, and there would be a world cup of tennis. Over a two week period . Yes, maybe a week. It would be great to watch. It would condense the calendar down. Players are getting injured. So much tennis being played. The davis cup, as fantastic as it is is being marginalised. It is a way of putting the International Tournament back on the International Tournament back on the landscape. We know that the beast from the east is causing all sorts of problems, lets get the details. Its been a cold night, temperatures fell to 6 in the south east. There is lying snow in northumberland, eight centimetres, seven centimetres across part of North Yorkshire and five centimetres across parts of kent. That sets the scene. The met 0ffice kent. That sets the scene. The met office has two amber be prepared for disruption weather warnings for today, also today, also some for tomorrow, but today, the areas are the north east of england towards the north east of england towards the midlands, and the south east, from east anglia to the Channel Islands. All of these areas could see five to ten centimetres but locally up to 15 centimetres. In the south east, at times, it could be less. Cold air is coming all the way from russia, you can see the blue cross the near continent and our shores, its quite common for us in this wind direction to seat snow showers or significant snow coming oui showers or significant snow coming our way at this time of the year. We have snow heading all the way down the east and in the east anglia, heading towards the Channel Islands, guernsey will see up to eight centimetres. It will be blowing around in the wind but it will be there is some dry weather and sunny spells. Some of the snow will not be as heavy in the west. Temperatures two to three today, but with the wind chill, it will feel colder. Through the evening and overnight, more snow piling in across the north and east of scotland and north east england, and some snow showers clipping the south coast of cornwall, devon and dorset. A cold night in prospect, where we have lying snow, there could be some ice. In ruralareas, it lying snow, there could be some ice. In rural areas, it will be minus double figures. Into wednesday, another be prepared for disruption weather warning for the met office across northern scotland, eastern scotla nd across northern scotland, eastern scotland and north east england. The showers in the south east will drift further west so some more wintry showers in Western Areas and it will brighten up as touch with less wintry showers in the south east. But wednesday afternoon, when you add on the wind, will be bitterly cold. It will be continually cold on thursday and friday with disruptive snow and blizzards. This system is coming up from the continent, it has been named by the portuguese Weather Service as emma, and it will be bringing snow across england and wales. It will be accompanied by six strong winds, there will be blowing snow showers and blizzards. 0n friday, the snow is going to continue to push steadily northwards, this could be disruptive, still windy, the snow still blowing around with rain coming from behind. You will notice that difference in temperature in the Channel Islands but for the rest of us, it will be cold. Thats a dramatic picture, looking at that maps. Let us know where the temperatures are in the minus figures, some people arent telling us figures, some people arent telling us already. The front page of the times, dont know why you would still go punting hes still on his Shirt Sleeves rocking a tshirt there. Everyone else is very warm. Not even looking where they are going but im sure they enjoyed it. And liam fox attacks did this over support for labour, he said, dont back Customs Union. He is making a speech today. There are lots of pictures of snow in various places, thatis pictures of snow in various places, that is a household cavalry card. The telegraph has a main story about the rail operators who are accused of benefiting from transport chaos pipe pocketing millions of pounds of compensation while passengers in jewel cancellations and delays. Into your cancellations. We have a penguin on the front page of the guardian, a report from the antarctic says that unless greenhouse emissions are reduced, 70 of king penguins will be forced to move their breeding grounds or face extinction. The main story is the health alert for diabetes, cases doubling. The daily mail has said they have had a ten year battle with plastic, they have quite a lot of information the talking about why there is not more deposit schemes. The mirror has a the mirror has story there is not more deposit schemes. The mirror has story about a young girl who has died after her gp turned her away after her mum turned up turned her away after her mum turned up with her for an emergency. The beast from the east has a lot of front pages, the son has the great writ ish flake off. British. Front pages, the son has the great writ ish flake off. British. The dangers of boxing in the sports pages, the boxer won his match, complained of headaches and then died later on. There is an interesting analysis on the bbc website, we have had three deaths in the last five years. He did some interviews, he was touching his head and he was in distress, he went down in the tenth. There is work being done about boxing near hospitals who have brain injury units, doing mri scans, they are doing the best they can but is still a dangerous sport. The weeks before he was asked about the dangers of the sport, and he said, i embraced it. This is why we get in the ring, there is a danger. Sadly, that is what has happened. Canl sadly, that is what has happened. Can i talk about handholding . Im not going to hold your hand. Can i talk about handholding . Im not going to hold your handlj can i talk about handholding . Im not going to hold your hand. I want to hold your hand you know one of your loved ones is in pain, you hold their hands. They have proved, neuroscientists, that it does make a difference. Thats amazing. The effect is Strong Enough to diminish the pain of a hot piece of metal applied to form and seems to work especially well with women. Do you fa ncy especially well with women. Do you fancy a hand held . Especially well with women. Do you fancy a handheld . Im all right, im not in pain. Where on for three hours so if you needed at any point, im here for you. Anyway, moving on two leading Animal Charities are warning britains cat population is at crisis point with a surge in the number of strays across the country. The rspca and the pdsa are now urging owners to make sure their pets have been neutered to help reduce numbers. Ali fortescue explains. Miaowing. Handing over a pet for surgery, a tough moment for any animal lover. Theyre part of the family, you know, and its like anything, if i were having an operation, i would be just as tearful. But the rspca says the cat population is at crisis point. Theyre piloting a scheme in sheffield to let owners neuter their cats for free. Its unsustainable, our centres are full. Shelters are full. And if the situation continues as its going, there are going to be more stray cats, theres going to be more feral communities that dont have anybody to look out for them in the community. Can i get some when youre ready . As part of the pilot scheme, vet rob and his team are spaying and castrating 70 cats today. Its amazing how quickly these animals bounce back from surgery compared to if we had a similar operation, it would take us a lot longer to recover. And also, its often a lot more Health Issues if we dont get them neutered. So theyre much more prone to getting cancers and womb infections and things like that if theyre not spayed. We are really recommending, the pdsa and the rspca, neutering these cats at four months of age so before they hit puberty. Nine out of ten cat owners have already neutered their pets. With more than 10 million cats in the uk, thats potentially i million that are still not neutered. And its thought that one female over five years could could be responsible for 20,000 descendants. And the trouble with unwanted descendants is it means theres more stray cats. This is South Yorkshire, where the problem is thought to be particularly bad. Ive been here forjust five minutes and already weve seen several feral cats like these ones. The rspca says this is a problem thats growing because the more un neutered kittens there are, the more cats there will be with nowhere to go. Nowhere to go except rescue centres like this one which staff say is nearly at breaking point. We cant take them on because weve got so many but theres just so many pumping out anyway, and if they are feral and stray, odds are, theyre not going to be neutered. Theyll be breeding, and were is going to be absolutely inundated. We may be a nation of cat lovers, but too many kittens could mean we simply cant look after one of our favourite pets. There you go. Scary cat news. Steph is on tyneside this morning. More details about how big plans for a great exhibition, hello, steph dont go away that was a sprint to get in position the reason why i ran is because weve been hiding inside until you we re weve been hiding inside until you were ready to come to us because its freezing have a little look over the side, you can see the snow, where in gateshead, the wonderful tyne bridge behind me and its been snowing overnight. Its a really exciting day for the region because its the launch of the great exhibition of the north, this will run for 80 days a summer at 30 venues across the north, it will include things like water sculpture. This is a mocked up version of it. You will be able to see the wonderfulfountain you will be able to see the wonderful fountain that is going to run across the tyne bridge. Its all about celebrating the north and its going to be lots of different events to inspire people as well and tell us to inspire people as well and tell us about the history of the region. You can see some lego models that have shown whats been achieved in the region as well. Its notjust about the north east, its the whole of the north. Theres a competition running for children, theyre looking for the inventions of the future, i love stuff like that. You can see some of these, binoculars which the into the future, wouldnt that be useful . Especially for the lottery we have got a driverless car that you can sleep in, one for the future. And whats of other inventions. We will see some of these kids later and we will have a choir, but more from me later on. First the news, travel where you are this morning. Good morning, im asad ahmad. The number of vacancies in key medical positions means women in london are the least likely to be screened for Breast Cancer than any other place in the country. A study by Breast Cancer uk shows that a quarter of mammography posts are unfilled. The shortage is said to have a severe impact on the speed that patients are diagnosed and treated. Nhs england say cancer survival rates have never been higher. The outgoing head of Counter Terrorism policing in the uk has warned of a growing threat posed by far right groups. Metropolitan Police Assistant commissioner mark rowley warned that the extreme right is trying to create intolerance and generate distrust of state institutions. Mr rowley retires from the force next month waiting for a bill at the end of your meal in a restaurant could become a thing of the past if a trial at a restaurant in Central London works without any glitches. Ba rclayca rd is testing the new Payment Service called dine and dash which works by tapping your phone on a device on the table which then turns blue. You can then order what you want and leave with the cost of your meal being taken off your card via your phone. Its being tried in the west end. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Because of the expected adverse weather conditions, sections of the london 0verground have no service and theres a reduced service from Liverpool Street. Minor delays on the piccadilly line in west london. Theres also no service on tfl rail between Liverpool Street and shenfield. The dlr has minor delays due to a track fault in stratford. 0n the trains, be aware that there are reduced services on great anglia trains, c2c and Great Northern services. And on the roads, the a13 is slow moving westbound between dagenham and barking. Lets get the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. Well, weve seen further snow showers overnight, especially out towards parts of south east london, kent and essex. But we could see any really today, across the boa rd, scattered snow showers drifting a bit further west and it remains very cold. The met office has a yellow weather warning in place forfurther snow showers that are expected through the day, but out towards parts of essex and kent, south east london, we still have an amber weather warning in place for this morning. The snow showers have been fairly relentless overnight. A bit of respite this afternoon, some sunny spells, temperatures between zero and 2 celsius but factor in that north easterly wind, its going to feel much colder. Further snow showers expected, low pressure feeding in from the east overnight tonight. Worst affected, yes, still down in south east london, part of essex and kent but they could drift anywhere overnight. The minimum temperature between 6 and 3. So another bitterly cold start tomorrow morning. Some sunny spells, further snow showers, again, across the board. And then further snow expected as we head through thursday. Were looking at a low pressure system working its way up from the south, that could turn to snow, but also associated with it is some strong winds and thats going to cause some problems through thursday and through friday. And it remains very cold. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and Louise Minchin. Its 6. 30am. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. As the beast from east arrives well bring you all the latest travel advice as Train Companies and airlines are already cancelling services. He was born two months premature, but survived and grew up to be one of britains toughest soldiers. Ex sas servicemanjason fox will be here to tell us about his latest challenge aimed at raising money for babies like him. From plants to poetry. Alan titchmarsh is releasing an album of gardening verse set to music. Later well find out why hes branching out. Good morning, heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. Up to 20 centimetres of snow is predicted in some parts of Eastern England today as arctic temperatures hit the uk. Some Train Services and flights have been cancelled, and motorists are being warned they could face major disruption. 0ur reporter phil bodmer is in Stamford Bridge in east yorkshire for us this morning. Everyone we have spoken to this morning is very well wrapped up, we can see a dusting behind you . Thats right, iam not can see a dusting behind you . Thats right, i am not sure about 20 centimetres but we might have won or two centimetres in east yorkshire. This is the centre of one of the ball macro amber Warnings Issued overnight and this is in force until iiam overnight and this is in force until am this morning. But that bad weather hasnt materialised. Maybe a few fla kes weather hasnt materialised. Maybe a few flakes coming down. When i arrived about 5am it was snowing more heavily but the main roads are keeping open and the pathways are covered in a light covering. But the main road between york and the coastal resorts of bridlington are flowing freely. The snowploughs havent been needed and the gritting they did last night seems to be doing itsjob. Were not of any major disruption around york. That is about ten miles from us. We hope we have survived the first phase of the beast from the east without any too much damage. Im not aware of anyissue too much damage. Im not aware of any issue so far and people are going about their business as normal this morning. It is not quite nothing to see here because carol has been saying all week, it is going to get worse. There are a number of trains and travel implications for many people going out this morning. If you are going out on the roads, please take care and check with local bbc website about School Closures and any travel issues. Carol will be here in about ten minutes to give us the details. Staying in a Customs Union with the eu would be a sell out to Great Britain, according to liam fox. He is expected to save the future of global trade will not be decided through strict arrangements like a Customs Union. Five people are now known to have died after an explosion destroyed a building in leicester. Fire officers are due to continue a search and rescue operation on the site of the former shop and flat this morning. You can see the damage caused by that explosion. Five people remain in hospital after the explosion, one in a critical condition. We are live there just after 7am on brea kfast we are live there just after 7am on breakfast this morning. This assistant commissioner, mark crowley, who will retire next month has revealed for extreme right terrorist attacks were disrupted last year, as well as ten islamist inspired plots. Of course, weve always had right wing groups who organise protests, some hate crime and a degree of criminality. Weve occasionally in the past had lone actors committing right wing terror acts. But what we have now, is a degree of organisation, so about 18 months ago, based on the intelligence we provided, the home secretary prescribed national action. That means he declared them a terrorist organisation. They are, unashamedly, home grown and they are a unashamedly neo nazi, white supremacist terrorist organisation. That has to be a matter of concern we now have that degree of organisation here. That reflects the increased number of arrests and the fact we are now announcing that a combination of organised and individuals acting have led to four plots being foiled last year. Today an humanitarian pause is due to start in syrias rebel held Eastern Ghouta, which has faced an intense air and ground attack by pro Government Forces for more than a week. Russias president , vladimir putin, has ordered a daily five hour pause in the Syrian Governments assault on the enclave, so that civilians can flee and humanitarian aid can be delivered. The International Committee of the red cross says aid organisations are ready to go in as soon as possible. A fifth british tourist has died following a Helicopter Crash in the grand canyon more than two weeks ago. 29 year old eleanor udall died in a las vegas hospital, four days after her husband, jonathan. The couple were on their honeymoon when the accident happened. Three of their friends were also killed in the crash. Research suggests students from poorer backgrounds are more than three times more likely to live at home whilst at university than their richer counterparts, and it could impact on their future prospects. Charity, the sutton trust says moving to a bigger city to study is often an escalator for social mobility. The department for education is currently carrying out a review into post i8 education, they say it will consider how they can support more flexible learning and Financial Support for disadvantaged students. Scientists are warning as many as 70 of the worlds king penguins will be forced to relocate, or could disappear over the next 80 years, because of global warming. Its thought over a million breeding pairs could struggle to find food close enough to take back to their young on native breeding grounds in the antarctic, where the speed of environmental change is now said to be faster than the birds ability to adapt. I once went to a talk on emperor penguins. It was very informative. Good morning, john. We are celebrating the return of the champions. We are, but no dom parsons. They have come back at different times. Lizzy yarnold went to meet them at Heathrow Airport yesterday. Very nice, building the team dynamic. As you can imagine, having returned, questions looking ahead to beijing. Lizzy yarnold as saying she has not committed as to whether she will go for a hat trick of gold medals. Theyre back and among those touching down was big air bronze medalist billy morgan, who said the waiting media made him nervous. Skeleton gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold returned last week but joined her fellow 0lympians at heathrow. She told the cameras shes taking a break before deciding if shell go for a hat trick of golds. Its hard to predict what im going to feel like in a year orfour years time. Its taken so much hard work to even get to this point, ive done the sport now for nine years. And its really tough, actually, its a lot of grind. So at the moment, im just having a break, showing people the medal and celebrating that. And i really willjust see how i feel later on. Scotland could be without a key man as they look to follow up that huge six nations win over england. Ryan wilsons tournament could be over if hes found guilty of making contact with the eye of an opponent. The incident happened in that historic calcutta cup victory on saturday. Its ireland next for scotland, one of their greats, Jamie Heaslip who after 95 caps, two lions tours and two world cups has announced his retirement. Not a bad run. We talked about Manchester Citys heavy defeat of arsenal in the league cup on breakfast yesterday. Club great ian wright says someone younger needs to replace Arsene Wenger as manager. Its thought club legend Thierry Henry would be interested, i would give him a year with an option out of respect. If it plays out like it is now, you just dont ta ke out like it is now, you just dont take up the option, simply because something has to change. I want arsenal to start challenging, sign players to make them exciting. Someone to come on the board to lay down the law to people and the manager, it will be. And the players who are on easy street. A few of them own easy street. Who are on easy street. A few of them own easy streetlj who are on easy street. A few of them own easy street. I am sure that isa them own easy street. I am sure that is a view shared by other arsenal fans. Britains most successful 0lympian Sir Chris Hoy has urged fans of cycling to stick with the sport, despite doping controversies in recent years. British Tour De France champion chris froome is currently under investigation after returning an adverse drugs test last year. He denies any wrongdoing. Hoy believes such issues do not solely exist in cycling. Cycling, like all sport, has its challenges. And, you know, i cant think of any sport that hasnt had controversy with doping, with issues there. And its, yeah, sadly, its part of modern sport. Not even modern sport, its been part of sport since day one. But all we can do as athletes, as ambassadors, is to remind people that there are, the majority of athletes out there are doing it the right way. It is three years ago since Great Britain won the davis cup. Relish these scenes because there is a plan to propose a world cup of tennis. It would see 18 nations playing for a prize of over £2 billion. Interesting to see if that gets off the ground. With the start of the formula one season less than a month away, we can bring you news of a wheel nut issue in testing. Fernando alonsos mclaren span off at high speed when a wheel came off. You would like to think they will sort that out before the start of the season. It is quite important the season. It is quite important the wheels stay on the car. Somebody forgot to put and not on gesture marked who knows, but the big thing is lewis hamilton, whether he will win another title. He became the most successful british formula i driver in history. When does it start again . Couple of months, i think a month away now. Thank you very much. People who swim, or take part in water sports in the sea are more likely to suffer from illnesses including stomach bugs and vomiting than people who dont. Thats according to new research by the university of exeter which found that sea bathing doubled the odds of ear ailments, and increased stomach and intestine problems by almost a third. Dr anne leonard took part in the research. Good morning, thank you forjoining us. Good morning, thank you forjoining us. What did you find and what did you look . We look at people bathing in the sea, are much more likely to experience symptoms like ea, diarrhoea, stomach ache, compared to non bathers. We look that studies conducted in high Income Countries across the world and summarised their findings across the world and summarised theirfindings to across the world and summarised their findings to produce these results. It is a great shame for people who like swimming in the sea. It is across the world, and did it matter what the conditions were like . We didnt find any differences in terms of certain countries being better than other countries. Were not trying to discourage people from going in the sea or go swimming, there are plenty of Health Benefits to be gained from going to the beach and being in the water. But people need to be aware of the potential risks and what they can do to minimise those risks. Why was it they were getting ill more often, what was it in the water . We know sewage pollution can sometimes be a problem. For example, manure is applied to Agricultural Land as a fertiliser and sometimes when it rains it washes the manure containing things like bacteria and viruses off the land and into nearby waterways. So when people go swimming, they might swallow some of this water that contains microorganisms that might make them sick. Or it might get into their ear and start an infection. He talked about what people will do to minimise it, what can they do . People can look at Water Quality, the bathing waters they are interested in going to. The Environment Agency collect Water Quality data during the summer and then reports on it on their website. People can access that information. There is also a free app called the say the sea service and they give alerts when there is likely to be sewage at their favourite beaches. People are less likely to go in the water when there will be sewage and they will stay healthy and reduce they will stay healthy and reduce the risks of getting sick. How did the uk compared to other countries you were looking at . We didnt find that where people went swimming had any impact on their illness. So some people i know will swim today because thats what people do, if people are thinking of going into the sea, you say, think twice about weather conditions, whether or not there could be something in the water and check it out yourself . Absolutely, we still wa nt out yourself . Absolutely, we still want people to enjoy the activities that they love but protect themselves from getting sick. Thank you for talking to us. Lets have a look at the papers. Im a big fan of swimming in the scene. The sea. She said if it has been raining heavily, you dont know whats in the order that wouldnt be there otherwise. You are a river summer as well . I have never got ill swimming in the river or the sea. Do you swim free or easy order you snorkel . I dont in the uk, no theres not a huge amount to see forgive my ignorant question. You can see forgive my ignorant question. You can see plenty down there . Maybe not as much as somewhere tropical. I do wear goggles. Lets go with this, lots of pictures in the paper with snow and ice, front page of the telegraph, the household cavalry guard with a bit of snow yesterday in london. Their main story is about rail firms, in london. Their main story is about railfirms, some Train Companies have stopped Services Today ahead of the weather. We will be talking to one of them later. They say that britains largest rail operators are accused of benefiting from transport ca rs by accused of benefiting from transport cars by pocketing compensation while passengers are delayed. They are benefiting from transport chaos. The daily mail talking about their plastic campaign, they say they declared war on plastic ten years ago, and mps are saying, why havent we done more . A lot of the papers have this story, a young girl who fell ill at school, she was taken to an emergency appointment by her mum but she was delayed for that appointment and she was turned away for being late and then she got seriously ill later and died. Its 6 48am. Plenty of carol throughout the Programme Today and over the next two days, because theres a lot of talk of the beast from the east, you can tell us what to expect . The met office has quite a few be prepared for this option snow warnings out for today and into thursday. With each day, whenever you see the weather warning, we are seeing five to ten centimetres generally of fresh snow, but for some of us it will be more. Today, thatis some of us it will be more. Today, that is what we have got, and met 0ffice that is what we have got, and met office and the bee prepared for disruption and amber be prepared for disruption weather warning. It is across the north east and the midlands and the south east. Further snow will be falling elsewhere but it will not be as significant. We will continue with the snow falling across parts of south east scotland, north east england, moving over towards wales, equally we have a snow shower line coming in across east anglia and kent towards the Channel Islands, especially guernsey. We will see some snow showers into Western Areas that they will be the exception rather than the rule. In between those showers, we are looking at sunny spells but despite the sunshine, wherever you are today it will feel cold. Through the evening and overnight, more snowfalls across the north and east of scotla nd snowfalls across the north and east of scotland and north east england. More snow across the south east, and its going to clip the south coast of cornwall, devon and possibly dorset as well. Cold night in prospect, some of us will have temperatures as low as 8 minus nine. There is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Tomorrows amber be prepared for disruption due to the snow weather warning from the met office is across northern and eastern scotland, the central lowla nds eastern scotland, the Central Lowlands and north east england. We could see five to ten centimetres of fresh snow falling on top of what we already have, and for some of us, a little bit more. We have snow falling across the areas there, it will be drifting south and west jawing the day and south Western Areas, for example self microsoft devon and cornwall, and dorset, will see some devon and cornwall, and dorset, will see some flurries. It will be bitterly cold tomorrow, this is the wind chill factor. Ii will not be sneezed at, it is a day for wrapping up sneezed at, it is a day for wrapping up warm. We are not finished with this weather, towards the end of the week there will be more disruptive snow and blizzards. Coming up from the near continent is a system which has been named by the portuguese Weather Service as emma, it will be producing snow moving northwards, there will be some drifting and blowing snow and blizzards. As this moves northwards, it is still snow showers. Into friday, that still pushes northwards through the day with blowing snow, drifting and the potential for blizzards at well. A lot going on. Steph is out and about today, she is going to tell us about big plans for a great exhibition of the north this summer but it is not looking like summer. Dont panic, she is. Shoes offer. This is like challenge anneka, there you are, where is the crystal . Im so sorry i dont know why that keeps happening lots of people waking up to snow in gateshead, you can see the tyne bridge, a lot of people going through the snow. The reason were here is to talk about the great exhibition of the north which is a huge event running across the region, 30 different venues for 80 days across the summer. Everything to do with the arts, culture, the innovation, celebrating what has been achieved in the area and its future. One of the things thats going to happen is a water sculpture, you can see what it might look like on the tyne, quite a spectacular thing. A wonderful water sculpture in the summer. We have got carol here, the executive director, tell us about whats happening and where we are. We are here at the sage gateshead but the hanukkah version will be across the city so we are working in over 30 the whole exhibition will be across the city so we are working in 30 venues, the rocket is coming back to the city but we will have a Virtual Reality experience, we are celebrating the norths innovations in lego. We can see some of them behind you. We have got some amazing music, Lauren Laverne is curating the Great Northern soundtrack which will be here in the sage gateshead. We have turner prize nominated artists from the north, something for everybody. In front of us, have a look at these guys, morning these are little inventors. Tell us about them, they come up with fantastic inventions and we will get our cameramen to have a look at their pictures. Little inventors is as it says on the tin, its getting our next generation to say, what are the things of the future . They are coming up with some designs and were going to make some of their prototypes. They will be on display on the discovery museum. Prototypes. They will be on display on the discovery museumlj prototypes. They will be on display on the discovery museum. I am going to have a chat to some of them. Your idea looks great, tell me what it is. Its a pen that tells you how to draw thing. It can give you tips on how to draw things, but it has has a screen as how to draw things, but it has has a screen as well. What made you come up screen as well. What made you come up with this . I know a lot of people think theyre terrible as drawing so this makes them feel more confident. Thats cracking, i love that. What have you got here . Mine is a camping stove that can also be a small pizza oven and a toaster. And because you cant really have tasted when you are camping or pizza. You cant have toast. Im coming camping with you if you do that . This is an umbrella that can go to kid and aduu umbrella that can go to kid and adult size and if you lose it, you can have a finger scanner so you can track it. How did you come up with that . Loads of people lose their umbrellas. I have lost three already. A wonderful idea. We will meet all of the kids later on and hear about their wonderful inventions. This is such a big event to be putting on so it will involve a lot of work. One of the people training the people involved is judith. Tell us about your role in it all. Gateshead college are training 1000 volunteers who are going to support everything thats done across the exhibition. We know how important it is to have great volunteers, we know from london 2012, that was such a great part of the event and it got people involved s0 the event and it got people involved so we are the event and it got people involved so we are looking for 1000 people could range of things and come along and involved. How you looking for these people, have you found them already . We have had 800 people expressing an interest but thats at the first stage so we need loads of people to come forward. People who are going to be ambassadors for the region, pioneers and showing people around the exhibits, and help people understand whats going on and how it comes together. 0r people who are going to welcome visitors, the thousands of visitors who will come to our region. Thank you. We will talk later on about the legacy of all of this and what impact it will have on business. We have got a band and acquire as well, good morning a choir. More from us a little bit later. I enjoyed that thatll be it, thank you more on the weather data, headlines and a few moments, first the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im asad ahmad. Well, its going to be a cold day again today with the wind chill making it feel below freezing. Its already having an impact on travel. Let me run through that for you. The london 0verground have no service between edmonton green and cheshunt, romford and upminster, and richmond and willesdenjunction and a reduced service between Liverpool Street and enfield town. Tfl rail is also suspended due to the ice and cold. Finally, the dlr has no service between Pudding Mill Lane to stratford, and minor delays to canary wharf due to a track fault at stratford. 0n the trains, not much better with a reduced service on great anglia trains, c2c and Great Northern services. And on the roads, the a13 is slow moving westbound between dagenham and barking. The full weather in a moment. The number of vacancies in key medical positions means women in london are the least likely to be screened for Breast Cancer than any other place in the country. A study by Breast Cancer uk shows that a quarter of mammography posts are unfilled. The shortage is said to have a severe impact on the speed that patients are diagnosed and treated. Nhs england say cancer survival rates have never been higher. Waiting for a bill at the end of your meal in a restaurant could become a thing of the past if a trial at a restaurant in Central London works out. Ba rclayca rd is testing the new Payment Service called dine and dash which works by tapping your phone on a device on the table which then turns blue. After your meal, you can leave with the cost of your meal being taken off your card. Its being tried in the west end. Lets get the weather now with kate. Good morning. Well, weve seen further snow showers overnight, especially out towards parts of south east london, kent and essex. But we could see any really today, across the boa rd, scattered snow showers drifting a bit further west and it remains very cold. The met office has a yellow weather warning in place forfurther snow showers that are expected through the day, but out towards parts of essex and kent, south east london, we still have an amber weather warning in place for this morning. The snow showers have been fairly relentless overnight. A bit of respite this afternoon, some sunny spells, temperatures between zero and 2 celsius but factor in that north easterly wind, its going to feel much colder. Further snow showers expected, low pressure feeding in from the east overnight tonight. Worst affected, yes, still down in south east london, part of essex and kent but they could drift anywhere overnight. The minimum temperature between 6 and 3. So another bitterly cold start tomorrow morning. Some sunny spells, further snow showers, again, across the board. And then further snow expected as we head through thursday. Were looking at a low pressure system working its way up from the south, that could turn to snow, but also associated with it is some strong winds and thats going to cause some problems through thursday and through friday. And it remains very cold. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. We have travel updates on bbc radio london, vanessa is also discussing the rise in five right extremism in the rise in five right extremism in the next few minutes. Hello this is breakfast, with dan walker and Louise Minchin. Commuters face heavy disruption as snow storms sweep in from russia. Hundreds of trains and dozens of flights have been cancelled and there are warnings of more freezing weather on the way. This is the scene outside the studios in salford. We are live across the country as temperatures continue to plunge. The met office has two weather warnings today. The first is the midlands and the south east. Both areas could see a further five or ten centimetres. Away from here, were looking at further snow showers and a bitterly cold day. Good morning, its tuesday the 27th of february. Also this morning. The International Trade secretary, liam fox, attacksJeremy Corbyns brexit plan as a complete sell out, despite support from some tory rebels. The body of a fifth person has been found after an explosion which destroyed a building in leicester. Good morning from gateshead where they are launching the great exhibition of the north. Be 80 days of events across the region in 30 different venues and i will be looking at what impact it could have. In sport, britains winter 0lympians return from pyeonchang, with skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold undecided if shell go for a hat trick of golds at the next games. Good morning. First, our main story. Snow is falling across parts of the uk as cold air begins to sweep in from russia. The met office has issued amber warnings for large parts of the south east and north east of england. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of Eastern England, scotland and Northern Ireland by the end of wednesday. Drivers are being warned they could face major disruption. More than 200 trains are no longer running, while British Airways says over 60 flights have been cancelled. We will keep you up to date with everything you need to note about the programme. Carol will have the weather details shortly. Jane Frances Kelly is at biggin hill in kent, where a snow emergencys been declared. How is it affecting people . M how is it affecting people . It is quite a christmassy scene here, not the sort of thing you expect that the sort of thing you expect that the end of february. These arctic conditions have the south east in their grip. We have an amber warning and there have been snow showers over kent, parts of sussex and the outskirts of london. Kent police have been using 4x4 vehicles to deal with call outs. The Highways Agency have said they have seen two stranded lorries on the m20. Kent cou nty stranded lorries on the m20. Kent county council has declared a snow emergency. It says its resources and focus will go into keeping main routes open and is asking people not to co nta ct routes open and is asking people not to contact them unless it is urgent. Gritting has happened overnight. Also, on the railways there is disruption, southern and south eastern have told people to check their trains because there are cancellations. Also, gatwick appears to be operating normally although British Airways has grounded some short haulflights British Airways has grounded some short haul flights at heathrow. Thank you. Lets go to ben ando coclhester Railway Station where the first train left not so long ago. What is the disruption there this morning . They are running fewer than 50 of the services they would normally run. This is one of those towns where a lot of people commute into london to go to work. Around six trains every hour during the morning rush. Massively curtailed this morning, the first one not running until 6 15am and that, you wouldnt be surprised to hear, full of people hoping to get to work. The difficulty for the rail operators, either they dont take enough action and there are problems, or they take too much and when the snow is perhaps as heavy as expected, people say, why did you cancel so many trains . It is notjust about the snow, it is the freezing temperatures that can cause points to freeze up, cause difficulties with the overhead Power Supplies. If network rail, the company that runs the actual infrastructure, tells cos they have to cancel Train Services, they have to cancel Train Services, they dont have a choice. People are making the best of it and we have seen making the best of it and we have seen people who dont normally work in the station, depot managers, coming in to help passengers make the best of bad conditions. While there are clear skies, there have been some snow falling. Very cold and part of the uk and carol will give us the latest in about ten minutes. Elsewhere this morning. Fire officers are due to continue a search and rescue operation this morning after an explosion destroyed a building in leicester. Five people are now known to have died after sunday nights blast, anotherfive remain in hospital. 0ur reporterjames waterhouse is at the scene. We have seen pictures of the devastation caused by this explosion. Tell us what is the latest . Right now there is a spotlight shining on the gap in the row of victorian buildings where polish supermarket and flat once stood. The priority for the last 36 hours is search and rescue, fine people trapped beneath the rubble in what they might be trapped in what they called avoids. The authorities cannot say the cause, because the priority has been finding people who may be trapped. The number of deceasedis may be trapped. The number of deceased is five and five people are in hospital and one of those is in a critical condition. Rescue vehicles are coming backwards and forwards and what is affecting it is this unusual cold temperature. Thank you very much. The political row over the uks future trading relationship with the European Union will continue later when liam fox will tell businesses that staying in a Customs Union would be a sell out of the countrys interests. The International Trade secretary is the latest cabinet member to deliver a speech on the governments brexit negotiating position. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth is in westminster. Can you give us a bit more detail, alex . We have been a bit brexit speech tastic. The government are setting out what it thinks life will be like beyond brexit. The focus of this speech by liam fox will be what the next big Battle Ground in terms of brexit and that is the Customs Union. At the moment, the uk is in a Customs Union with the eu which means goods can Customs Union with the eu which means goods can cross Customs Union with the eu which means goods can cross borders with no tariffs. Liam fox will say that the uk should lead the Customs Union. They will argue that if it were to stay in it will mean following trade rules set by brussels, without having much say. It will hamper the uks ability to go off and strike trade deals with other countries. He said it will be a complete sell out of the national interest. It is about our future economic and trade relationships with the eu, but in addition, this is one of the areas where there is a big difference between conservatives and labour. Yesterday jeremy and labour. YesterdayJeremy Corbyn said he thinks the uk should stay in a Customs Union with the eu. Some tory mps, they suggest they let labours policy better so they could defeat the government on this. It is complex, but also a very crucial issue. Alex, thank you very much. Today an humanitarian pause is due to start in syrias rebel held Eastern Ghouta, which has faced an intense air and ground attack by pro Government Forces for more than a week. Russias president , vladimir putin, has ordered a daily five hour pause in the Syrian Governments assault on the enclave, so that civilians can flee and humanitarian aid can be delivered. The International Committee of the red cross says aid organisations are ready to go in as soon as possible. A fifth british tourist has died following a Helicopter Crash in the grand canyon more than two weeks ago. 29 year old eleanor udall died in a las vegas hospital, four days after her husband, jonathan. The couple were on their honeymoon when the accident happened. Three of their friends were also killed in the crash. Research suggests students from poorer backgrounds are more likely to live at home whilst at university than their richer counterparts, and it could be limiting their life chances. Charity, the sutton trust says moving to a bigger city to study is often an escalator for social mobility. The department for education is carrying out a review of post 18 education and there was see how they can support flexible learning and Financial Support for disadvantaged students. We may all be bracing ourselves for the cold weather, but for some members of the animal world adapting to the climate is perfectly natural. Have you seen this . This is a rare white stoat, caught on camera in a garden in North Yorkshire. The tiny mammals are normally a rusty brown colour but have the ability to shed their coats and replace them with white ermine when living in areas with a low average temperature perfect for this week on the north york moors. It is the most beautiful animal. Lets return now to our top story. Up to 15 centimetres of snow is predicted to fall in parts of Eastern England this morning, as the current spell of cold weather continues. With temperatures tumbling, its thought we could be facing the coldest weather since 1991. Joining us now from colchester train station isjuliette maxam from Greater Anglia trains. And in the studio with us is Chris Chadwick from highways england. Good morning to both of you. Chris, some people will be looking outside their window and think it is cold but no snow. But there are parts of the uk where there is snow falling and there are Hazardous Conditions in places . Most definitely. Snow has been falling overnight and we have been falling overnight and we have been out treating the roads, so the roads are pretty clear but mainly minor roads will have more snow at the moment. Can you give us an update on the situation on the trains and what is running . Well, we are working with network rail and they are keeping the key routes open so they are keeping the key routes open so the commuter routes into london Liverpool Street. But we are operating a reduced service and there are fewer trains than normal. The service is only running from 6am up the service is only running from 6am up untiliopm and up until 10pm and norfolk and suffolk are suspended at the moment. We are working really hard to keep trains running, we have people de icing the doors and special things fitted to stop ice getting in the horn. If the horns arent working they cannot go as fast stomach causes further delays. We apologise for the inconvenience but the weather that was forecast was extreme weather, not average winter weather. It isntjust know that causes problems, it is ice. If the points i is over, the trains cannot go in the right directions and all of the signals turn red. We working with network rail and doing what we can to keep the service is open for commuters and we have tried to give ple nty of commuters and we have tried to give plenty of notice the service will be disrupted today and tomorrow. We have people contacting us and asking the question and i know it is good you are one of the few rail operators willing to speak this morning, but why was there a need to cancel so many trains and services before there was even a flake of snow falling . This was a decision we made with network rail. They are in charge of the tracks and the points. They were looking at keeping key routes open. The forecast back came over from the met office was for up to 30 centimetres of snow, which is more than we have had in east anglia for 25 to 30 years. There is a lot more snow for 25 to 30 years. There is a lot more show forecast for 25 to 30 years. There is a lot more snow forecast still. In the meantime, if we dont get the snow as forecast and the temperatures arent as cold, we are looking, with network rail, to see if we can reinstate some services, because we do appreciate this is a huge pain in the neck for passengers. We are hearing there are various problems on the road, getting messages about a number of crashes. Why is it we cannot cope, we knew it was coming, why do we seem unable to cope very well with it . We have had gritting out in the night, treating the roads. But the snow comes down but heavy sometimes it is difficult to deal with. By the time we get back up, there is potentially a vehicle that could have had an accident but through the night there was only one that caused any real problems on the m 20, but with preplanning and getting recovery in place, it was cleared within an hour so it didnt cause much of a delay. Ill be unique in having snow panic . I have seen pictures of moscow where it is 15, i have seen pictures of moscow where it is 15, the rivers are frozen but life carries on. There seem to be issues in the uk where yes, its very cold, but its not like its an arctic winter. I think with us, we have had some mild winters over the last few years, this is the coldest its been for five years. So when the snow does start coming down people do panic. All we can advise is to prepare, drive safely, and we will do everything we can to keep the roads open. You explained to us what you were doing to be able to try and keep trains moving as much as you can, i wanted to ask that question, why is it that other countries are better able to cope than we are . Because its extreme temperatures were dealing with, not average winter weather. Our infrastructure, both road and rail, is built for our climate. We dont normally see in east anglia foot of snow and temperatures as low as this, were quite a warm, dry part of country. So thats why its not normal weather for us so the rails, if you speak to network rail, they are built for certain temperatures. And extreme heat or cold cause us problemss for that rails, potential for cracking and overhead wires coming down. 90 of trains run on time in normal weather. Coming down. 90 of trains run on time in normalweather. We can coming down. 90 of trains run on time in normal weather. We can see that they are calling up the trains, thank you both very much. |j that they are calling up the trains, thank you both very much. I was trying to hear whether that announcement was a cancellation m ended like it was going. Talking about the troubles on the roads, the arta about the troubles on the roads, the art a lot of difficulties on the m62, and m6. I know youve got lots to say this morning, carol, so will we start . Yes, lets start with the weather warnings. There are two amber weather warnings, be prepared for snow. The north east of england towards the midlands and the south east. Here we could see five to ten centimetres of snow falling but locally more than that. In the south east, the showers are coming in line and they will be down to the travel islands. Because they are showers, not all of us will see this snow, some of us will see a bit less. Heavy snow across north east england, heavy snow across the region. At the same time, the east anglia and the Channel Islands will see some snow. Away anglia and the Channel Islands will see some snow. Away from most areas and we will see some sunshine but further snow showers, just not as disruptive as we are expecting in the amber warning areas. The bridge is nothing to write home about, it is nothing to write home about, it is going to feel cold. The temperatures are nothing to write home about. More showers across the south east tonight, clipping their south east tonight, clipping their south coast as well, then significant snow across northern, eastern scotland and the central lowla nds eastern scotland and the Central Lowlands and north east england. Temperatures in towns and cities, but in the countryside, especially where they have a lowering snow, we could get down to minus ten. Another amber weather warning for tomorrow, be prepared for disruption. Generally speaking, ten to 50 centimetres of snow but we could see more than that as well. Ten to 15 centimetres. That is the volume in addition to what we are looking at today. Its drifting steadily towards the west, fewer snow showers across south east england but more snow showers across southern part of hampshire, dorset and wales, Northern Ireland and western scotland. They will be fewer and further between. Tomorrow, significant wind chill, these are the temperatures you can see. But if you are stepping outside, this is how it will feel, 12 in aberdeen. Bear that in how it will feel, 12 in aberdeen. Bearthat in mind, how it will feel, 12 in aberdeen. Bear that in mind, 11 around norwich, it is going to be absolutely bitter. I cannot stress that enough. Towards the end of the week, there is more to come but there are blizzards in the forecast as well. We have got a system coming up as well. We have got a system coming up from the south, thats going to be moving steadily northwards through the Portuguese Met Office have cold this emma, it will be bringing significant snow and it will be windy. There will be blowing snow, treacherous travelling conditions. North of that, snow showers packing in but in between, something brighter. That same system pushes northwards through friday, something milder comes in behind it, so something milder comes in behind it, so it will be freezing rain. Another treacherous weather element if you are travelling. In the north, brighter skies. And where not done with the snow, even by friday, moore on saturday as well. We know, we can show you and the people at home whats going on outside our studio. When we arrived at 5am, there was no snow. There clearly it is now. We are hearing reports of a series of crashes on the roads in the north and east, Lincolnshire Police already dealing with five collisions in the morning, and Merseyside Police say there is a car crash on the m62 before junction five, a carspan car crash on the m62 before junction five, a car span across three lanes and hit a tree. Take care out there, whether causing the problems for people. Some part of the country where you might be waking up and you have no snow, as there could be nothing for the next few hours. But there are certain part of the uk which are really feeling the bite of the beast from the east this morning. There are a number of amber warnings, we will keep you up to date. We will try to make sure you are prepared. When sue walkletts mum gwen had to move into a care home nearly four years ago, sue described the process as isolating and devastating. Now, a survey has found choosing Adult Social Care is one of the most stressful life events any of us will face. Sue is with us on the sofa and we are also joined from london by Andrea Sutcliffe from the Care Quality Commission, which carried out the survey. We will come to you in a moment. First of all, sue, tell us your experience and in terms of what were hearing, why was it such a difficult decision for you to make . Mum, my father passed away and he was her carer. It was all very traumatic, we werent expecting dad to pass away. We were concentrating on a mum. We had to move quite quickly and move her into a care home. The decision was made for us, she declined very severely after he passed away, she has very severe dementia. The condition declined so we had to get her into a nursing ca re we had to get her into a nursing care home. We had to get her into a nursing ca re home. Because we had to get her into a nursing care home. Because mum was self funded, there was nobody to give us any information or help us, they literally said, find a care home, look online. So youre in a situation, grieving for my father, concerned about mum and not knowing anything about the care system. Because wed never been involved with anything like that. But the quite a frightening place to be, when youre trying to make a big decision for one of your parents and not sure what to do. My cousin vicky was very not sure what to do. My cousin vicky was very good, she helped me along the way, she works going into care homes so she could give me some idea of what to look for but its very difficult, very hot to it on your own. I chose a care home which u nfortu nately own. I chose a care home which unfortunately declined, so i then had to make the decision to move mum which again, was a very difficult decision to make. But i had to wait up decision to make. But i had to wait up her safety against the effects on her to move because with dementia, you shouldnt but somebody, they like to be in surroundings move somebody, they like to be in surroundings they are aware of. I had to make that decision very quickly because i was worried about her safety. There are worrying times. Sue and herfamily are not alone in this, you have found that this is a very stressful time. What can people do to help themselves and be helped in this kind of situation . Absolutely, sue has described this as a life changing decision and it is, it can be often made at times of crisis when people are desperately looking for the right thing to do. I would say two or three things. One, we do need to get people to understand about care homes and nursing homes, whats available before these things happen and help people understand that. When they are faced with that decision, really understand for themselves, what is important for the person that they love, and look at the care map that weve got on the Care Quality Commission website, itll tell you what services are available. The inspection reports will give us our assessment of quality which we know people find very valuable. The most important thing is for them to go and visit the service. Get to know the service, talk to the manager and the service, talk to the manager and the people working there and living there, if you can, and really make sure that you feel comfortable with that decision. As well as caring for your mum, she has lost her husband, and make sure she is a kick, you are obviously going to a emotions yourself. The guilt, i felt very much that i had let my dad down because i said i would look after my mum. You feel guilty, you want them to be comfortable and you hear such crud. It and see such dreadful things you hear such dreadful stories and you see such dreadful things, i have a daughter and husband, i have ajob, she things, i have a daughter and husband, i have a job, she needed 24 hour care, my husband, i have a job, she needed 24 hourcare, my mum, husband, i have a job, she needed 24 hour care, my mum, i couldnt be there for her. She is giving us a clear idea of the strained and emotional strain it has on people. Absolutely. We really need to make sure that people who are running services, people like me who are making sure that we are providing good quality information, we can do everything we possibly can to help people like sue and her family in these difficult situations. Thank you very much. I know your mum is in not play well but she is a nice place . Yes, im very happy with the place . Yes, im very happy with the place she is in, its fabulous. Time now to get the news, travel and weather wherever you are. Good morning, im asad ahmad. Well, its going to be a cold day again today with the wind chill making it feel below freezing. Its already having an impact on travel. Let me run through that for you. The london 0verground have no service between edmonton green and cheshunt, romford and upminster, and richmond and willesdenjunction and a reduced service between Liverpool Street and enfield town. Tfl rail is also suspended due to the ice and cold. Finally, the dlr, minor delays to canary wharf due to a track fault at stratford. On the trains, not much better with a reduced service on great anglia trains, c2c and Great Northern services. And on the roads, the a13 is slow moving westbound between dagenham and barking. A fast food shop in haringay is said to be leading the way for Healthy Eating by offering grilled chicken and baked potatoes on its menu. It comes as guys and st thomass hospital shows what can be achieved locally, when take aways provide Healthy Options particularly for children. Experts say around a third of children are overweight by the time they leave Primary School, describing the problem as a ticking time bomb. The first ever local authorities to be crowned the london boroughs of culture will be announced later this morning. The two winning boroughs one for 2019, the otherfor 2020 will be given over a Million Pounds each by the mayor of london to help deliver a programme of cultural activities. The idea is for each borough to celebrate the unique character of local people and places. Lets get the weather now with kate. Good morning. Well, weve seen further snow showers overnight, especially out towards parts of south east london, kent and essex. But we could see any really today, across the boa rd, scattered snow showers drifting a bit further west and it remains very cold. The met office has a yellow weather warning in place forfurther snow showers that are expected through the day, but out towards parts of essex and kent, south east london, we still have an amber weather warning in place for this morning. The snow showers have been fairly relentless overnight. A bit of respite this afternoon, some sunny spells, temperatures between zero and 2 celsius but factor in that north easterly wind, its going to feel much colder. Further snow showers expected, feeding in from the east overnight tonight. Worst affected, yes, still down in south east london, part of essex and kent but they could drift anywhere overnight. The minimum temperature between 6 and 3. So another bitterly cold start tomorrow morning. Some sunny spells, further snow showers, again, across the board. And then further snow expected as we head through thursday. Were looking at a low pressure system working its way up from the south, that could turn to snow, but also associated with it is some strong winds and thats going to cause some problems through thursday and through friday. And it remains very cold. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Va nessa Vanessa Feltz is on bbc radio london and she will be talking about pens and pencils and how children are struggling to use them as they are so struggling to use them as they are so used to touchscreens. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and Louise Minchin. Heres a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. Up to 20 centimetres of snow is predicted in some parts of Eastern England today as arctic temperatures hit the uk. Some Train Services and flights have been cancelled, and motorists are being warned they could face major disruption. Our reporter phil bodmer is in Stamford Bridge in east yorkshire for us this morning. Is snow falling at the moment . Yes it is. In the last few minutes the snow has started once again. We have a light dusting of snow here. We are on the edge of the yorkshire wolds way. We are in the middle of the amber warning area but the snow hasnt been as bad as it was predicted. That is not to say it wont get worse later on. This is the main road from the city of york through to the coastal resorts on the yorkshire coast. That is running freely and we have seen snowploughs out this morning and gritting teams. They have been working hard to keep this major trunk road open. There area this major trunk road open. There are a handful of School Closures across east, north and West Yorkshire this morning. But not as bad as we predicted. Elsewhere across the uk, there are other issues in the south east and in east anglia. We know Greater Anglia has cancelled and reduced a number of trains operating into london because of bad weather. Of course, the cold temperatures. The airports, you are advised to check before you travel at glasgow, edinburgh, Leeds Bradford airport, manchester included and newcastle, where the bad weather is affecting those as well. Check before you travel and if you are heading out in the car, be prepared and maybe take a little bit longerfor prepared and maybe take a little bit longer for your journey. Prepared and maybe take a little bit longer for yourjourney. Thank you very much for that sound advice as ever. Lets show you what is happening outside our studios this morning. It depends where you are as to whether you have got snow. But it seems to be bitterly cold in most places and the wind chill can make it feel extremely cold. Yes, it has reached the north west. We can speak now to the independents travel editor simon calder whojoins us from our london studio. Have you seen snow . I have been going round the main train station is where people would be coming in from sussex, kent and norfolk. South eastern trains coming in from kent have cancelled over 100 services, both ordinary trains and the high speed link into london saint pancras. On top of that, c2c has said stay at home if you can. And then as we have been hearing, Greater Anglia is the region where you will find the biggest problems. The main line is running from norwich to ipswich and colchester through to london, Liverpool Street. But the branch lines are closed in norfolk and in ipswich. The trans siberia might run in all weathers but the trans of the c train does not. Check before you travel and in terms of aviation, the main problem so far are 80 cancellations to and from Heathrow Airport, including lots of Domestic Services and european flights. They have been cancelled by British Airways because they need to make sure there is room in the schedules to operate the long haul flight timetable and that will get worse. Probably in the next couple of days. But British Airways tells me they have notified passengers who are affected. As everywhere, check before you go to the airport or the Railway Station and good luck everybody. What a great way to end the interview. Simon, thank you very much. Staying in a Customs Union with the eu would be a sell out of the uks interests, according to the International Trade secretary liam fox. He will deliver a speech to Business Leaders later in which he is expected to say that the future of global trade will not be decided through strict arrangements like a Customs Union. Five people are now known to have died after an explosion destroyed a building in leicester. Fire officers are due to continue a search and rescue operation on the site of the former shop and flat this morning. Five people remain in hospital after the explosion, one in a critical condition. Today a humanitarian pause is due to start in syrias rebel held Eastern Ghouta, which has faced an intense air and ground attack by pro Government Forces for more than a week. Russias president , vladimir putin, has ordered a temporary halt to the Syrian Governments assault on the enclave, so that civilians can flee and humanitarian aid can be delivered. The International Committee of the red cross says aid organisations are ready to go in as soon as possible. A fifth british tourist has died following a Helicopter Crash in the grand canyon more than two weeks ago. 29 year old eleanor udall died in a las vegas hospital, four days after her husband, jonathan. The couple were on their honeymoon when the accident happened. Three of their friends were also killed in the crash. Scientists are warning as many as 70 of the worlds king penguins will be forced to relocate, or could disappear over the next 80 years, because of global warming. Its thought over a million breeding pairs could struggle to find food close enough to take back to their young on native breeding grounds in the antarctic, where the speed of environmental change is now said to be faster than the birds ability to adapt. You are up with all the news. Theres a lot going on with the weather and carol will keep us up date. John is here and it dont mean a thing if you aint got that billing. It was 20 in pyeongchang. I guess those warm weather jackets it was 20 in pyeongchang. I guess those warm weatherjackets will come in useful. Theyre back and among those touching down, big air bronze medalist billy morgan, who said the waiting media made him nervous, not that he looked it. Bronze medallist laura deas as well. Skeleton gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold returned last week but she went to heathrow to welcome her team mates and said shed be taking some time off before deciding if shell go for a hat trick of golds in beijing. Its hard to predict what im going to feel like in a year orfour years time. Its taken so much hard work to even get to this point, ive done the sport now for nine years. And its really tough, actually, its a lot of grind. So at the moment, im just having a break, showing people the medal and celebrating that. And i really willjust see how i feel later on. Scotland could be without a key man as they look to follow up that huge six nations win over england. Ryan wilsons tournament could be over if hes found guilty of making contact with the eye of an opponent. The incident happened in that historic calcutta cup victory on saturday. Its ireland next for scotland, one of their greats, Jamie Heaslip who after 95 caps, two lions tours and two world cups has announced his retirement. Not a bad run. We talked about Manchester Citys heavy defeat of arsenal in the League Cup Final on breakfast yesterday. Club great ian wright says someone younger needs to replace Arsene Wenger as manager. He feels the clubs owner stan kronke has lost interest and thinks wenger has given the players an easy ride forfar too long. I would give him a year with an option out of respect. If it plays out like it is now, you just dont take up the option, simply because something has to change. I want arsenal to start to challenge, sign players to make them exciting. Someone to come on the board to lay down the law to people and the manager, whoever it will be. And the players who are on easy street. A few of them own easy street. I am sure that is a view shared by other arsenalfans. Can you believe its three years ago that Great Britain won the davis cup . Well, relish these scenes because the competition could be about to disappear, to be replaced by a world cup of tennis. 18 nations would compete in a week long event. Its a plan put forward by the barcelona footballer gerard pique and his investment group, with 18 nations playing for a prize of over £2 billion. Itll be interesting to see if that comes to fruition. £2 billion . Yes, that will be the prize fog, then the nation could reinvest in tennis. It tends to be two countries against each other way you know you will be playing every game. Someone will be playing every game. Someone will have to go home early . I think the players will like it because with such a condensed calendar, so much tennis played throughout the year. The davis cup was played on weekends to row back calendar and it would offer them a chance to focus on one tournament. Everyone loves the davis cup and the rivalry it brings between nations. You would see that. John, thank you very much. There are fears tens of thousands of children are being taught in illegal and unregistered schools. Schools in england should be registered with the government if they teach five or more children for 18 hours a week or more. But a bbc investigation has revealed there have been around 50 safeguarding alerts at illegal schools. Ofsted says it needs more powers to tackle them. Lucy manning reports. A suspected unregistered school in southend on sea. Here, a young boy appears to be crying. Theres a child here who is upset. Minutes later, the teacher seems to use force. Theres a physicality about that, they are manhandling the child. The child remains very distressed. That raises immediate concerns. I wouldnt expect to see that. On a different occasion, a boy appears to cower away from the teacher. What youve got there is clearly a child who seems to be quite wary of the adult thats there. When the adult turns round, the child steps back. The adult clearly strikes the child. On all counts, that is completely unacceptable, there are huge safeguarding issues about the well being of those children. The synagogue which owns this building denies this is an unregistered school. It says education is provided here within the 18 hour limit, after which they must register as a school. But when we observed it, it was operating for longer. The synagogue also says its not aware of any assaults, but asked for more information. Ofsted has identified more than 350 suspected unregistered schools. Many are run in houses and offices, even an industrial estate. Not all unregistered schools are religious. Of those that are, half are muslim. The bbc has obtained a copy of a book from an unregistered school in birmingham. In one section it openly advocate the murder of homosexuals. Another chapter warns a wife against refusing sex with her husband. Elsewhere, it says a woman wearing her fume is an adulterer. We have obtained photos of other suspected unregistered schools that we re suspected unregistered schools that were discovered. They show shocking conditions. Squalor, appalling food hygiene, dangerously in. The department for education says 38 unregistered schools have ceased to operate in the last two years. It says, no child should be placed at risk and where a school is operating illegally, action should be taken. Meanwhile, thousands of children are still left that risk from extremism, unexpected teaching and shocking conditions. Were nowjoined by izzy posen, a former pupil of an unregistered school and chris kennedy, Hackney Councils children and young peoples Scrutiny Commission chair. Some of this happened in hackney, seeing those pictures, its quite shocking the condition that some children are being taught in, whats being done to stop it . The most shocking thing is that the law is not up to the job it needs to do of allowing things like that to be stopped. In hackney, when we investigated this, we talked to our safeguarding professionals, the safeguarding professionals, the safeguarding children board, you also heard from ofsted in your clip, and both of those organisations save the law is not good enough and it doesnt give them the power that they require to get into those institutions and check that proper safeguarding is in place. Have you tried to get into these is situations and see whats going on . Yes, our safeguarding children board, our independent share came to one of our investigation sessions and said id and said quite one of our investigation sessions and said quite clearly that he does not have a clear line of sight on the children in these settings because the law will not allow him to get in. In your own piece last night, you heard the National Director of ofsted say that effectively, her hands are tied and that if ofsted inspectors go in, they cannot even pick up a piece of evidence and take it away from with them. Lets hear some of that evidence, you were at one of those unregistered schools, give us an idea of what that was like. It was a full day of studying religious to states in a classroom setting, religious texts, and the appalling thing about it was that the method of discipline used were physical abuse and Corporal Punishment and we we re abuse and Corporal Punishment and we were hit on a daily basis. By all the teachers, just some . Some were worse than others, some have the reputation of being that teaches that hit you. More than others but they all did. Every teacher had a big wooden spoon that they would use to discipline on their desk. He eventually left your Primary School because of the particular incident . Yes, this was a specific teacher who was teaching a younger class and i got into trouble with him, he came into my class, called me out and beat me to the ground until i was motionless on the ground. I came home with massive bruises and my parents took me out. So your parents took you out. This was towards the end, the last six months of me being in the school. You didnt speak in mission till you are 18 . So what we re mission till you are 18 . So what were you taught in school . You didnt speak in this . You taught in yiddish in the school, we were not taught english, we didnt even have any numeracy, i had to teach myself at the age of 18. Im interested in your parents point you, why did they send you to this school . This is my religious community and whats valued is being brought up to be able to serve god and fulfil your response abilities like that, secular education is not an issue. We have got a statement from the department for education saying no child should be placed at risk, where a school is acting illegally action must be taken, we have got a joint team with ofsted to target that and 150 investigations have taken place and warning notices have been issued but you say that as far as you are concerned, ofsted dont kavanagh as you are concerned, ofsted dont kava nagh powers, as you are concerned, ofsted dont kavanagh powers, so what would you say needs to change . Doesnt have enough powers, so say needs to change . Doesnt have enough powers, so what needs to change . The definition of what attitudes the school. If it talks like a school and it walks like a school, call it a school. If children are there from dawn to dusk six days a week, even if they only receive religious education, call it a school. Then you are safeguarding professionals can get in there and do something about it. Check that there are proper checks on the staff and they have safeguarding policy and they have safeguarding policy and they have safeguarding policy and the safeguarding lead. At the moment they can do that if there is a complaint. If it your guest made a complaint about a regular school, your professionals could walk in there in the same day but when that complaint is made in an registered setting, they cannot get him. Extremely interesting, chris kennedy, from hackney council, thank you. And has this affected your relationship with your parents . would rather not talk about my personal life. I have left the community. Thank you for talking to us. We know that its very cold today. Looking outside, outside our studios here, those people making their way to work. Theyre not skating, they look like it we know the weather is working, the tram is working, thats where theyre coming from. There is disruption on the rail and the roads, theres someone on their bikes lets go to carol. Good morning. Starting off with a be prepared for disruption warning for snow, in north east england and the midlands where we could see another five to ten centimetres of snow falling. Some of us will see a bit more of that. The same across the south east of england, five to ten centimetres, but this area is different because these are showers. Where we have an alignment of showers, that is where we will see the five to ten centimetres. If you catch a shower and youre not in that and alignment, you will see less total. We carry on with snow showers through the day, through parts of england and wales, east anglia into the Channel Islands, especially can see. We will see one or two wintry showers in Western Areas, not as heavy as in the amber area, and in between, some sunshine but it will be a cold day but everywhere you look at it. This evening and overnight, further snow to come. More snow across northern and eastern scotland, north east england, east anglia and the midlands and southern counties, taking a swipe at south cornwall and devon. This is the temperatures in towns and cities but in rural areas it could be down to 9. Restart wednesday with another be prepared warning for snow across northern and eastern scotland, Central Scotland and north east england. Generally, ten centimetres falling, some areas will see more than this. This is in addition to what were looking at today. Away from the amber warning areas, we will still have some snow falling. We have snow across the north and east of scotland and the central belt, snow across Eastern England, all pushing steadily westwards, said he will seek snow in other Western Areas, snow showers in south devon, dorset and south hampshire. And it will be windy. Tomorrow there will be a noticeable wind chill. In aberdeen, it goes from 2 to minus 12. That is how it will feel against your skin. Certainly a day for wrapping up warmly. Were not finished with the slow, as the end of the week comes across there will be more disruptive snow and blizzards. We have a system coming up from the near continent, the Portuguese Service have named it emma and it is bringing in significant snow. It will be blowing in severe strong winds and a wind chill, drifting snow and blizzards. We will have snow showers and sunny patches, and there is more snow on friday and saturday. The wind chill is going to be staggering. Yes, particularly wednesday and thursday when it will feel like minus double figures during the day. We see that at night but during the day, that will be pretty nasty. Thank you for giving this company, see you in half an hour. You have to get a balaclava. Get the skeet gear out. I havent got any. I will lend you some stuff is on the tyneside talking about details of the great exhibition of the north, a us insider outside . Are you inside or outside . Im outside, you can see the snowy rooftops, the tyne bridge is there, eve ryo ne rooftops, the tyne bridge is there, everyone who runs the great north run runs across that. Im on the gateshead side, wet here for the zero of the great exhibition of the north. This will be we are here for the launch of the great exhibition of the north. It is celebrating the culture, innovation, a rts celebrating the culture, innovation, arts and the heritage, its about promoting and inspiring the next generation. Loads of things are part of it, including, have a look at this. This is a water sculpture which is going to be running through a longer time, that looks brilliant. Thats our mock up to give you a flavour of one element of this. Theres loads of different parts of this. We are inside the sage building which is an arts and events venue building which is an arts and events venuein building which is an arts and events venue in gateshead, we have sarah here who his part of the team who won the bid to host this event so tell me what we have to look forward to. Over the 80 days of the exhibition there will be hundreds of exhibitions over 30 venues, art in the Baltic Centre of contemporary art, great concept here, and a major innovation from across the north. The rocket is coming back but there will be vr versions as well, also talking about innovations of the future. The hyper loop, the transportation of the future. Its about inspiring the next generation of inventors. We have some of them here, good morning. Morning bear up bright and early and they have come up bright and early and they have come up with their ideas of something you would come up with in 2030. Its a wardrobe that you use Remote Control to open and it gets your clothes and brings it to your bed so you dont have to get out of bed on a cold day like today. That would speed up getting ready for school how did you come up with that . I dont like getting out of bed so i thought, lets get something that opens the wardrobe for me. Tell us what yours is. Might invention is a toothbrush that you put toothpaste cottages in and the new squeeze to get the two spaced out. Im surprised that this mix it already im surprised that doesnt exist already. Mine is a bubble that changes colour depending on the heat. I came up with this because most bottles are just one colour. It saves you having loads of bubbles. My invention is easy wristbands that go around your wrist and they start vibration if you are too close to an object so you know what side the object is on, because it vibrates. To help blind people . Amazing ideas. This whole project, you can see amazing ideas. This whole project, you can see this is a driverless car who is invented by dominic foos inside, it because you can sleep on it. We are asking children to upload their innovations to a website and their innovations to a website and the best ideas will be turned into real things for an exhibition later in the year. We will be talking more about the legacy of all of this and what all of this will mean. We will be talking to georgia about how the city of culture, hull, was impacted. Weve also got a choir and band, take it away, you can end our section. One, two, three oclock, four oclock rock were going to rock around the clock tonight double wake us all up. We will be back with steph later. I love some of those inventions. Time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im asad ahmad. Well, its going to be a cold day again today with the wind chill making it feel below freezing. Its already having an impact on travel. Let me run through that for you. The london 0verground have no service between edmonton green and cheshunt, romford and upminster, and richmond and willesdenjunction and a reduced service between Liverpool Street and enfield town. Tfl rail is also suspended due to the ice and cold. On the trains, network rail ran empty trains on some routes overnight to try to keep lines clear. But things arent much better on Greater Anglia trains, c2c and Great Northern services. Theres a reduced service on those lines. And on the roads, the marylebone flyover is slow moving into town from the westway. Guys and st thomass hospital has given the example of a fast food shop in haringay as the type of takeaway that now offers Healthy Eating options of grilled chicken and baked potatoes. It comes as the hospital publishes a report showing what can be achieved locally when take aways provide Healthy Options, particularly for children. Experts say around a third of children are overweight by the time they leave Primary School, describing the problem as a ticking time bomb. The first ever local authorities to be crowned the london boroughs of culture will be announced later this morning. The two winning boroughs one for 2019, the otherfor 2020 will be given over £1 million each by the mayor of london to help deliver a programme of cultural activities. The idea is for each borough to celebrate the unique character of local people and places. Lets get the weather now with kate. Good morning. Well, weve seen further snow showers overnight, especially out towards parts of south east london, kent and essex. But we could see any really today, across the boa rd, scattered snow showers drifting a bit further west and it remains very cold. The met office has a yellow weather warning in place forfurther snow showers that are expected through the day, but out towards parts of essex and kent, south east london, we still have an amber weather warning in place for this morning. The snow showers have been fairly relentless overnight. A bit of respite this afternoon, some sunny spells, temperatures between zero and 2 celsius but factor in that north easterly wind, its going to feel much colder. Further snow showers expected, feeding in from the east overnight tonight. Worst affected, yes, still down in south east london, part of essex and kent but they could drift anywhere overnight. The minimum temperature between 6 and 3. So another bitterly cold start tomorrow morning. Some sunny spells, further snow showers, again, across the board. And then further snow expected as we head through thursday. Were looking at a low pressure system working its way up from the south, that could turn to snow, but also associated with it is some strong winds and thats going to cause some problems through thursday and through friday. And it remains very cold. Va nessa Vanessa Feltz is on bbc radio london, talking about the cold weather in a few minutes, and the impact it has on the elderly and the homeless in london. Hello, this is breakfast, with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Commuters face heavy disruption as snow storms sweep in from russia. Hundreds of trains and dozens of flights have been cancelled and there are warnings of more freezing weather on the way. The north west of england is currently getting the heaviest of the snow. There are reports of crashes on major routes including the m62 and m6. This is the scene in salford. Well be live across the country as temperatures continue to plunge. Good morning, the heaviest snow this morning is across parts of north east england and also the midlands as well as part of the south east. Today we have got amber weather warnings for these areas and we could see a further 10 15 centimetres locally. More details on all of that in about ten minutes. Good morning, its tuesday the 27th of february. Also this morning the International Trade secretary, liam fox, attacksJeremy Corbyns brexit plan as a complete sell out, despite support from some tory rebels. The body of a fifth person has been found after an explosion which destroyed a building in leicester. Good morning from a snowy gateshead where today, they are launching the great exhibition of the north. It will be a celebration of the arts, culture and history of the region and for 80 days, events will be running across the summer in 30 different venues. More details in a bit. In sport, britains winter olympians return from pyeongchang, with skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold undecided if shell go for a hat trick of golds at the next games. Good morning. Heavy snow is causing disruption to flights and Rail Services this morning. The m20 motorway in kent has been blocked by stranded lorries and treacherous driving conditions are being reported across large parts of england. The freezing temperatures are being caused by cold air which is sweeping in from russia. The met office has issued amber warnings for large parts of the south east and north east of england. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of Eastern England, scotland and Northern Ireland by the end of wednesday. Drivers are being warned they could face major disruption. More than 200 trains are no longer running, while British Airways says over 60 flights have been cancelled. Lets speak to our correspondent robert hall, whos in ashford, kent, for us this morning. It makes a pretty scene, doesnt it, robert, but it is causing a lot of problems. Yes, it is. Iwish robert, but it is causing a lot of problems. Yes, it is. I wish i hadnt left my hat in the car good morning. It is, and all credit to the weather teams yesterday evening because they predicted a sausage of snowfall running from the Thames Estuary down across kent towards east sussex and that is exactly what we have got, quite clearly defined areas, so we have got, quite clearly defined areas, so northolt this, relatively little snow. That helped transport in the sense of the trains first, they are running, but there is a revised timetable. The rail companies, southeast trains have had to combine a lot of smaller trains to combine a lot of smaller trains to make larger ones and apparently that makes them less likely to run into trouble if the line is frozen or there are issues with the route they are travelling on. There are trains running but we are getting usual issues with people who want to get to work complaining there is not enough information about what is happening and what the revised timetable is. Im sure the rail company is trying to sort that out. On the roads, you mentioned the m20, issues with lorries, ongoing, up at the top of the m20 where there is a steep hill, that section of the motorway and associated trades are struggling, roads down to hastings are struggling and the m2 struggling so are struggling and the m2 struggling so there are real difficulties this morning but the gritters are out and when the traffic is running, that will help to make the salt do its work. We expect the roads to run a little more freely but more snow to come this morning. Carol will have the details shortly. Theres a different picture across various parts of the uk, some people say they are still waiting for the snow. Our reporter phil bodmer is in east yorkshire for us this morning. Snow on the ground there, too. Several centimetres now. Its been snowing steadily through the morning on the edge of the yorkshire moors. This is the main a166, linking the yorkshire coast with the city of yorkshire coast with the city of york and theyve kept the route open this morning but a number of others are affected, and Police Across the north of england say driving conditions are worst in lincolnshire, police say they are dealing with five diligence before 6 30am this morning, Hazardous Conditions on merseyside, people being urged to take care while driving. They received a report of a crash on the m62, junction five, and the North West Motorway Police say they are at the scene of a crash on they are at the scene of a crash on the m6 eastbound atjunction five after a car spun across the motorway. As you can see, driving conditions not good this morning and the snowfall seems to be a bit sporadic. We are in the amber warning area where they are expecting up to ten centimetres of snow. We have not had it yet but it is sweeping south and west with as the day progresses and we had a recent flurry here, in the last ten minutes, which was quite heavy. At the airports, Leeds Bradford, manchester, glasgow, edinburgh, the advice is to check in, check with your airline advice is to check in, check with yourairline and be advice is to check in, check with your airline and be prepared to take a bit longer to get to the airport if you are expecting to fly away maybe to the sunshine today. If you are driving, please take extra care and allow the extra time to take your journey. And allow the extra time to take yourjourney. This is all very good advice. We can see what is happening out and about in some places, there are weather warnings. Carol has the very latest on those weather warnings for us now. Good morning, we have got tee amber warnings to be prepared for disruption in full from the met office, the first across the north east of england down towards the midlands, currently seven centimetres of lying snow across parts of North Yorkshire and northumberland. Today we could see another 5 10 centimetres. As the reporter said, it is drifting south westwards, but behind it a cold air mass coming in so we will see cold air mass coming in so we will see further frequent snow showers this afternoon. In the south east, heading towards the Channel Islands, a line of showers. Where those line up, we are likely to see 5 10 centimetres, perhaps more but they are showers so centimetres, perhaps more but they are showers so not centimetres, perhaps more but they are showers so not all of us will see are showers so not all of us will see them. If you are not in this line and you do see some snow showers, its more likely to be up to three centimetres. The other thing, further snow showers away from these areas and it is going to bea from these areas and it is going to be a very cold state with a wind chill but as we go through the next few days, there are further amber weather warnings, disruptive weather warnings in force, bringing more snow across the north and east of scotland, Central Scotland and north east england. We are not done with the snow just yet, north east england. We are not done with the snowjust yet, some of us could see as much as 25 centimetres in the next couple of days yet to fall so keep in touch with the forecast. Five people are now known to have died after an explosion at a shop in leicester. Fire officers are due to continue a search and rescue operation on the site of the former shop and flat this morning. Five people remain in hospital after the explosion, one in a critical condition. Staying in a Customs Union with eu would be a sell out of the uks interest according to the International Trade secretary liam fox. He will deliver a speech to Business Leaders later in which he is expected to say that the future of global trade will not be decided through strict arrangements like a Customs Union. The us media giant comcast has launched a £22 billion takeover bid for the british Broadcaster Sky tv. It is thought the group behind Universal Pictures and nbc wants to ta ke Universal Pictures and nbc wants to take upa Universal Pictures and nbc wants to take up a majority stake in the burn in an attempt to outbid 21st century foxs efforts to seize full control of the business. A spokesperson for comcast said they were confident regulators would approve of it. In syria, a humanitarian pause has come into effect in the rebel held Eastern Ghouta, which has faced an intense air and ground attack by pro Government Forces for more than a week. Russia ordered a temporary halt to the Syrian Governments assault on the enclave so that civilians can flee and humanitarian aid can be delivered. We can now speak to our middle east correspondent martin patience who is in beirut. Good morning. Isuppose good morning. I suppose most importantly, from what we know, is the Ceasefire Holding . It does appear to be holding for now. There was a brief flurry of shelling at the start of the ceasefire but in the start of the ceasefire but in the past hour, the residents of Eastern Ghouta have had some respite. Most of them have been hunkered down in their bunkers for the last week also because they have been facing intense bombardment, more than 550 civilians were killed the Syrian Government tried to reta ke the Syrian Government tried to retake this territory this area, from the rebels. It is the last rebel stronghold coast to the capital of damascus. Close to the capital. The reason this ceasefire might hold is because it has been ordered by russia. You might remember over the weekend, there was aun remember over the weekend, there was a un security resolution for a ceasefire across the country which did not work and then yesterday, the russian president said he wanted to see this humanitarian pause. It is lasting just for five hours. See this humanitarian pause. It is lasting just forfive hours. He see this humanitarian pause. It is lasting just for five hours. He says there will be humanitarian corridors opened up so civilians can leave Eastern Ghouta and go into government controlled areas. But what you have to remember if theres absolutely no cost between the two sides. For the civilians in Eastern Ghouta, they say they dont trust the Syrian Government and the russians, who have been bombing them for more than a week and besieging that area for several months. Martin, thank you. Martin patience in beirut on the ceasefire which is tha nkfully in beirut on the ceasefire which is thankfully holding in Eastern Ghouta. Every year 15 million babies are born prematurely. Sadly, many simply arrive too early to survive, and those that do can face medical complications and even disability. Scientists still have lots of Unanswered Questions as to why pre term birth happens, which makes research crucial. Now a team of people with very personal connections to the issue are preparing to trek to the north pole to raise money for that research. We are joined by former England Rugby star Will Greenwood, ex sas Sergeant Jason fox and consultant obstetrician natasha singh. What a guest list. Welcome, all. Thank you forjoining us. Jason, to start with you, you were a premature baby. I was. Tell us about that. I was born at 32 weeks, there was a lot of complications to begin with, my lungs collapsed on numerous occasions so my mum my lungs collapsed on numerous occasions so my mum and dad did not think i was going to pull through andi think i was going to pull through and i ended up having a double chest drain and spent the next seven or eight weeks in the intensive care unit in an opening debate, which you can see unit in an opening debate, which you can see there. I it must have had a big impact on your parents on how did it affect you long term . A big impact on your parents on how did it affect you long term7m didnt at all, surprisingly. I think they thought it would do but i went on to be all right. Yes, that is probably an underestimation great news forjason on natasha, but it is a huge problem as we said in the introduction, 15 million babies. million babies, this is a global number, 15 million babies are born preterm and million number, 15 million babies are born preterm and 1 million go on to die. More specific to the uk, 60,000 babies in the uk are born preterm and 1000 of those will die and 6000 go on to live with permanent disability. And the most unfortunate thing about this is that 85 of women have no risk factors, like jasons mother would not have had any risk factors probably so it comes as a shock to the families and it only if you have had previous preterm birth that you identified as being at risk and you have the care you would need. And from your point of view, will, this is close to your heart and you are taking part in expedition because of what happened to you in your family . Yes, theres a pretty special guy called mark johnson who works at the chelsea and Westminster Hospital, professor mark johnson, the lead research legend when it comes to looking into how we can prevent this happening for mothers in the future. In 2002, my wife went into labour very early with little freddie and he was only a for about 45 minutes. I can still picture of the third floor room and iremembersome picture of the third floor room and i remember some terribly dark times asa i remember some terribly dark times as a family. And the same thing again was happening with argy during the world cup in 2003, and mark rang me,| the world cup in 2003, and mark rang me, iwas the world cup in 2003, and mark rang me, i was playing pool, the world cup in 2003, and mark rang me, iwas playing pool, i remember exact in what was happening in a hotel in perth and he said, the same thing is happening, get yourself on a flight. I decided to speak to people, stayed to play with the south africa game, stayed in contact, my wife was intensive care and they managed to reverse her labour, when she was in labour and a combination of drugs and treatment allowed her to have bed rest, i flew back and argy has just turned 14. We had the same thing with the other two as well, they were all at risk of premature birth but thanks to mark johnson, of premature birth but thanks to markjohnson, i have three quite amazing children with my wife caroline. I have this relationship with mark bridges quite an intimate relationship with a doctor in that we dont see each other very often and he brings me when you need something, cash. Interesting relationship with the doctor. Solly rings me and i have to go to caroline, im off, its the backbone. This time it is the north pole and we thought, why not . Luckily, jason is coming and alan chambers, legends of the north pole. Im a skinny kid from ludlow who does not like the cold. I will raise the money and they can keep me alive, is the plan. You obviously know what you are doing. I have operated in the arctic, but i have never been to the north pole exhalation might you never said that before. It will be tricky, cold, blustery, but it is a case of keeping on top of your personal admin with the right clothes at the right time and not burning the tent down when you are cooking food. I will be like mr beam. This is about finding out what is going on. That is why they need the money. It is a small medical charity founded by professor mark johnson and we are located in the chelsea and Westminster Hospital school of medicine and mark spent most of his life trying to understand why this happens. This charity was born out of his frustration of not being able to offer the women that he looked after choices. You see women come in at 22 and 23 weeks and you have to give them bad news every day that they are going to lose their babies and there is nothing you can do to predict that they are going to lose their baby or even offer them treatment that will work enough to lengthen the pregnancy to reduce the suffering. Ouraim is really lengthen the pregnancy to reduce the suffering. Our aim is really to try to understand in the first instance pregnancy and labour and understand peter made a labour. It has many causes and we have not got our research right. It could be because of infection, overstretching of the uterus. Their system may be over activated. When we see pregnant women we have to start thinking why is this woman going to lose her baby m you are raising money and it will make a big difference. In terms of preparation, how much training is going into this . Why are you making that phase . Ignorance is bliss. I am going with express and we are going ona going with express and we are going on a three day Training Camp in the scandinavian region and in the meantime it is a case of staying fit. We talk about drugs and what can help. My drug has always been training and keeping fit. I will continue what i am doing knowing the experts were looked after me. And the idea is you all get to the north pole. Exactly, we dont leave anyone behind, we will all come back safe and sound. Dont burn the tent down. Everything will be fine. Jason says it will be fine. The key for me is to go and try and create a virtual natasha and mark johnson to go and try and create a virtual natasha and markjohnson by mothers beds around the world and if we can impart their knowledge and equipment why is, nurses and doctors around the world a little bit more, then the world a little bit more, then the horrible phrase that no parent wants to hear, there is nothing we can do, will always happen because we can never get rid of it completely. But hopefully fewer and fewer mothers and fathers will have to pick up a tiny little coffin far too early at horrible time when you are just thinking about decorating and the future and it slams the door shutin and the future and it slams the door shut in your face. We are doing the easy bit. Front Line Research is quite incredible. Whatever we can do to raise money we will continue to do. Thank you all very much. I dont know whether to say in joy at or possibly good luck. Both. If you wa nt possibly good luck. Both. If you want any more details i am sure you can find Will Greenwood on social media. You can prepare for the weather in the next couple of days really. Iam going i am going to start with the weather warnings we have. They are amber because of disruption in the areas of north is england and the midlands and the south east. It had been issued by the met office. In the south we have showers and they are lining. If you are in that alignment, you could see 5 10 centimetres. Some of us will miss the showers. If you are not in that alignment you might see 1 3 centimetres. We have had seven centimetres. We have had seven centimetres of snow in northumberland and yorkshire and thatis northumberland and yorkshire and that is drifting into wales. But the cold air is now cutting in and we are seeing a lot of snow showers coming into eastern parts of england generally. The second area is heading down towards the Channel Islands and they will be on and off as we go through the day. In the west there will be snow showers, but they will not be as heavy and there will be sunshine in between. Despite the sunshine it will feel cold wherever you are. This evening and overnight we will continue with snow showers in eastern areas and we can see showers in eastern areas and we can see the line in the Channel Islands and eastern britain and in south cornwall and devon as well. Meanwhile, more snow packs in in northern and eastern scotland, through Central Scotland and north east england. It will be a cold night. It will be colder than those temperatures are suggesting, temperatures are suggesting, temperatures could be 8 and 9 in areas of lying snow. Tomorrow there is another amber warning in northern, eastern and central scotla nd northern, eastern and Central Scotland and north east england. A further ten centimetres of fresh snow is likely to fall. That will continue as we go through the morning. Further south we will have some snow showers and they are pushing westwards through the day. It willdry up pushing westwards through the day. It will dry up in the south east in the afternoon. In between all the snow we are looking at sunshine. It will be windy tomorrow so we will have a significant wind chill. Those temperatures will feel quite different when you step outside. It will be like 12 in aberdeen and 11 in the wash area. We are not done with the snow yet and we are looking at potentially blizzards. This system at potentially blizzards. This syste m co m es at potentially blizzards. This system comes up from the near continent across southern counties of england and wales. The Portuguese Met Service have called this emma and as it moves northward it will ta ke and as it moves northward it will take some significant snow with it. It will also be windy, so we will have drifting snow and blizzards. Like wednesday there will be a significant wind chill and it will feel colder than these temperatures suggest. On friday that same system continues to slowly move northwards in southern england, wales, Northern Ireland and up into northern england. Head ahead of it it will feel cold. It is continuing to push northwards. There is so much to take in, we need you to repeated in 20 minutes. Yes, i will, you to repeated in 20 minutes. Yes, iwill, it you to repeated in 20 minutes. Yes, i will, it is a pleasure. Two leading Animal Charities are warning britains cat population is at crisis point with a surge in the number of strays across the country. The rspca and the pdsa are now urging owners to make sure their pets have been neutered to help reduce numbers. Ali fortescue explains. A little bit more comfortable. Handing over a pet for surgery, a tough moment for any animal lover. They are part of your family, you know. Its like anything. If i were having an operation, i would be just the same, just as tearful. Whos next, please . But the rspca says the cat population is at a crisis point. They are piloting a scheme in sheffield to let owners neuter their cats for free. Its unsustainable. Our centres are full, shelters are full, and if the situation continues as it is going, there are going to be more stray cats. There are going to be more feral communities that dont have anyone to look out for them in the community. Can i get. When youre ready . As part of the pilot scheme, vet rob and his team are spaying and castrating 70 caps today. Its amazing how quickly these animals bounce back from surgery compared to, if we had a similar operation, it would take a lot longer to recover. And also, it is often a lot more Health Issues if we dont get them neutered. They are much more prone to getting mammary cancers, womb infections and things like that if they are not spayed. We are recommending, the pdsa and the rspca, neutering cats at four months of age before they hit puberty. Nine out of ten cat owners have already neutered their pets but with more than 10 million cats in the uk, that is potentially 1 million that are still unneutered and it is thought that one unspayed female over five years could be responsible for 20,000 descendants. And the trouble with unwanted descendants is it means there is more stray cats. This is South Yorkshire where the problem is thought to be particularly bad. Ive been here forjust five minutes and already we have seen several feral cats like these ones. The rspca says this a problem that has grown because the more unneutered kittens there are, the more cats there will be with nowhere to go. Nowhere to go except rescue centres like this one, which staff say is nearly at breaking point. We cant take them on because weve got so many but theresjust so many pumping any weight out anyway and obviously if they are feral pumping any way out anyway and obviously if they are feral or stray, odds are they will not be neutered, they will be breeding, bringing more through and youre just going to be absolutely inundated. We may be a nation of cat lovers but too many kittens could mean we simply couldnt look after one of our favourite pets. Ali fortescue, bbc news. In the next half an hour we will keep you up with all the snow and the arctic temperatures. If you are not going out today, we have got a treat for you. You can take us with you on your iplayer. Good morning. Temperatures widely well below freezing this morning, a very cold start to the day and many of us waking up this morning to snow. This is the snow radar. You can see snow. This is the snow radar. You can see weve had quite a big clump of moving its way through North Eastern parts of england, up into the north midlands and across wales this morning. More snow down towards the south east of england like yesterday and the met office has an amber be prepared warning for disruptive snow, particularly in the south east of england and this area i showed you towards north east england, the north east midlands and the pennines. Those areas could see 510, the pennines. Those areas could see 5 10, hats locally 15 centimetres of snow by the end of the day. Further north, the snow will tend to ease off, drifting down towards the south west. Elsewhere, heavy snow showers coming into eastern scotland. Elsewhere, a light dusting of snow here and there, not as problematic but maximum temperatures, 0 three. This evening and overnight, more heavy snow showers moving towards mainly eastern parts, particularly across eastern parts, particularly across eastern scotland and up into the far north east of england by wednesday morning. A bitterly cold night, temperatures again well below freezing, 4 down to 8 for many of us and on into wednesday, the focus of the heavy snow shifts to north east england, eastern and Central Scotland, up into the north east, 5 10 centimetres which could cause disruption for your wednesday morning. That heavy snow will continue for much of the day, drifting further westwards so even towards glasgow, expect to see significant snow throughout the day. Elsewhere, a few snow showers, not quite as many in the south east but again, temperatures by day struggling to get above freezing. In places, 1 or 2 and with a strong wind, it will feel more like 5 down to 10 wind, it will feel more like 5 down to 10 degrees. Lots going on, stay tuned throughout the day for the forecast. This is business live from bbc news with Sally Bundock and ben thompson. Stopping the sales. The eu looks at how it can prevent foreign takeovers it doesnt like. Live from london, thats our top story on tuesday the 27th of february. Protectionism or keeping Crucial Assets in house . Europe is deciding on its actions in the face of growing investment from china. Eu ministers are meeting in bulgaria. Well tell you all you need to know. Also in the programme. The skys the limit. Us cable tv giant comcast makes a 30 billion bid for Rupert Murdochs european tv operation