Yearin companies. Thats review 2017 a year in business. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. 111,000 properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales , after power lines were brought down overnight. Birmingham airport closed for a time to allow for slush and snow to be cleared from the runway. And collisions on the m1 and m25 caused by treacherous driving conditions left parts of both motorways closed. 0ur news correspondent joe inwood is here. Pretty chaotic overnight in parts of the country. Those hoping to travel and many people are today what do they face . Fairly widespread disruption, treacherous conditions. The most severe incident was the one on the m1, a jackknifed lorry by junction 19, which closed large sections of the motorway. We understand the lorry has been cleared. But delays will go on for a long time because of diesel on the road. Nearby, the a14, reports of multiple
Good morning and welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. 14,000 properties were left without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales, after power lines were brought down overnight. Birmingham airport closed for a time to allow for slush and snow to be cleared from the runway, and Stansted Airport also says a runway is temporarily closed. More on that in a moment. Just to show you some of the pictures that youve been sending. This one from rugby. Several centimetres of snow covering a park in the city centre there. This wintry scene is in four marks in east hamshire, where snow is still falling heavily. Our news correspondent, joe inwood, is here. First of all, that breaking news in sta nsted in first of all, that breaking news in stansted in the last half hour. Yeah, theyve just told stansted in the last half hour. Yeah, theyvejust told us stansted in the last half hour. Yeah, theyve just told us that its been, the
Kensington palace that introduced prince harrys bride to be, Meghan Markle, to the media. That is the royal review, 2017. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill children from a rebel held suburb near the syrian capital, damascus. Four patients were reportedly taken out of ghouta overnight. Another 25 are expected to be evacuated in the coming days, although hundreds more are in urgent need of treatment. Some 400,000 residents have been under siege by Government Forces there since 2013. Matthew thompson reports. A wave, a smile. And for eight year old imjy a chance, at least, at life. 29 seriously ill civilians are due to be evacuated from this besieged suburb of damascus. Many others were not so fortunate. Eastern ghouta is one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the forces of president bashar al assad. It has been under siege by Government Troops since 2013 and as peace talks in geneva have faltered, the humanitarian crisis has
Phil has the rest of the weather for the uk. A very good morning. A cold, bright day to many cup parts of the British Isles but in the nicks, snow has been falling and continues to fall in some areas. In the mix. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of homes are without power in england and wales, as overnight snowfall has brought down power lines. Western power says 14,000 properties are affected, from cornwall to sheffield. Meanwhile, parts of the mi, m5 and m42 motorways are also affected by snow. And some flights were diverted from Birmingham Airport after the runway was shut for a short time. Lets get more from our news correspondent andy moore. This really has happened in the last few hours but its causing a lot of chaos in certain areas. Overnight, an unusual combination of heavy rain turning to snow and that has caused quite a few problems. First of all, with the western Power Distribution company dealing with lots of different problems across the south west and midla
Author Sophie Kinsella about her book my not so perfect life. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill children from a rebel held suburb close to the syrian capital, damascus. Its been reported that four patients were taken out of ghouta overnight. Another 25 are expected to be evacuated in the coming days, although hundreds more need urgent treatment. Some 400,000 residents have been besieged by Government Forces since 2013. Matthew thompson reports. A wave, a smile. And for eight year old imjy a chance, at least, at life. 29 seriously ill civilians are due to be evacuated from this besieged suburb of damascus. Many others were not so fortunate. Eastern ghouta is one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the forces of president bashar al assad. It has been under siege by Government Troops since 2013 and as peace talks in geneva have faltered, the humanitarian crisis has escalated. Food and fuel shortages have led to rampant inflatio