Is forecast to fall. Its definitely challenging, and if we need to plough, we plough. If we need to grit, we grit. The most important thing is for motorists to stay off. If they dont have to travel, dont travel and well try and get it cleared soon we can. As soon as we can. Last night, conditions on this stretch of the m71; were treacherous. Traffic ground to a halt, hundreds of drivers were stranded. You just think, in this day and age, that these things shouldnt happen. Just cars, lorries everywhere. Five hours i was stuck on the m74, then i eventually got here. Lots of idiots on the third lane going too fast. Steady, but it was getting worse, so i chose to stop here. , and now im going up to glasgow. These pictures showjust how dangerous driving in the snow can be, a runaway lorry smashing into a car and then a van after the driver got out to help clear the road. It was incredible that no one was hurt. Mountain rescue teams turned from the hills to the roads, checking that those tra
Spend the night stranded in their cars. More than one in ten nurses is leaving the nhs in england every year and more people are now leaving the profession thanjoining it. The cricketer ben stokes will be considered for selection for englands 20 20 series next month despite being charged with affray. And for the first time in nearly a thousand years the bayeux tapestry will be seen in britain well have the details. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the continued fallout from the collapse of carillion the Major Construction group putting thousands of jobs and companies at risk. The Insolvency Service has said that more than 90 per cent of carillions private Sector Service customers have indicated they will provide funding to allow workers to continue to be paid. It also said work had been paused on construction sites, pending decisions as to how and if they will be restarted. Laboursjeremy corbyn has accused the government of being negligent when it continued awarding contracts to the car
And ben stokes is back. Good afternoon. He is. The ecb have cleared him to return to england to just two days after he was charged with affray. He is likely to be playing in their short form series against new zealand ex month. All the details later in the our. Thanks, hugh. Susan powell has the weather, it is in the news. Lying snow and ice causing problems, buti in the news. Lying snow and ice causing problems, but i think this afternoon for many, pictures like this in edinburgh, the sun is out. But it is the calm before the storm, more strong winds to come tonight and another spell of heavy snow for southern scotland and Northern England. Thank you very much. Also coming up could it be a french stitch up . The grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years and be loaned to britain. But why now . Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. If yourjob is dependant on the outcome
Severe weather Warning Police tell drivers in central and southern scotland to stay off the roads, after hundreds were stranded last night. And, after almost 1,000 years, the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time and be loaned to the uk. Coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news despite facing a charge of affray, ben stokes will be available to play for england again next month. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres some relief tonight for thousands of people affected by the collapse of the construction and services giant carillion. The Governments Insolvency Service says most private companies carrying out work for carillion, like catering and cleaning, will continue to pay their workers until new suppliers can be found. The companys collapse prompted angry exchanges in parliament. Labour said it was unbelievable that ministers continued awarding contracts to the firm despite a series of profit warnings. The Prime Minister said it would ha
Utmost significance in the north and South Koreans. We know the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in south korea they wont march under their own flags, they will march under this flag, april unification flag which shows the outlines of the two countries. On top of that they wont enter separate teams into the ice hockey. The womens ice hockey at least well see a joint korean tea m at least well see a joint korean team taking place. Two moments of huge significance no doubt. All of this is in the context of talks that have been ongoing in a place which is just below the demarcation between the two countries. If you wa nt between the two countries. If you wantan between the two countries. If you want an idea of how much a joint tea m want an idea of how much a joint team matters, you have to go back to 1991 because it was then a joint korean team entered the World Team Table tennis championships. They won, a huge moment, so huge in fact that the South Koreans made a film about it. T