Warehouse in sx. Britain offers its condolences as hopes fade for the crew of a missing argentinian submarine. In sport, england get on top, down under. After davvide malan, made a half century for england, in the opening ashes test, the bowlers are now having an impact theyve taken four wickets already. And nick has the weather. It may be black friday that this weekends weather is brought to you by the colour blue. Its going to be a cold one. The bully on wintry showers but quite of the blue sky. It is colder this morning. Some icy patches to watch out for. More coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. In the next few hours, zimbabwe is preparing to swear in a new president , after ten days of extraordinary drama that culminated in the resignation of Robert Mugabe after 37 years in power. 60,000 people will gather at a sports stadium in harare to witness Emmerson Mnangagwa taking control of the country. The opposition is urging him to end the culture of corruption. Tom burridge
Deal with the eu. Students could save thousands of pounds on tuition fees with a proposal for shorter, two year degree courses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Heavy snowfall is causing severe disruption for travellers in parts of the uk this morning. An amber weather alert is in place for wales, the midlands and southern england. Up to 28cm of snow has been recorded in some areas. Police are warning of treacherous driving conditions, while birmingham and stansted airports have closed due to heavy snowfall. Well be live in some of the affected areas shortly and also get an update on the travel implications. But first, this report from simon clemison. It could be a scene from the snowman. White the new green, as you fly over parts of wales. Sledge down it, sculpt it, throw it. It might not look any different to the snow which has already fallen in shropshire, but it is coming from a different place, and that could mean it has a much bigger effect. A band of rain, this time persi
Coming up, premier League Action under way. Southampton at home to arsenal. Arsenal could move back up into the top four, but running at a time. Charlie austin scoring in the second minute of the game, that is how it is remaining with just over 15 minutes left to play. It is derby day in manchester. This time round, the stakes are high. City premier league leaders, they could open up an11 point league leaders, they could open up an 11 point lead on united in second. A record, winning today, they will win 1a league games in a 10w. They will win 1a league games in a row. Not that Pep Guardiola is getting ahead of himself. row. Not that Pep Guardiola is getting ahead of himself. If you have to play one game for a record, you forget what you have to do to win the games. It would be nice, meaning we won. Sooner or later the record will be broken. It is what we have to do to win the game, that is my concern. I dont want us to feel any kind of pressure. I want us to feel it is a match, like w
We have to keep an eye on this area of low pressure as it butchers across, giving problems in france, spain, and portugal. We also at the risk of ice. Icy conditions for the monday morning commute. There could be the main issue for many of you as you start the day as well as that widespread sharp frost. We could still see some snow at times through the day as that weather system gets close to east anglia and the saudis. Most will have a sunny day. Some showers to the north and west. Through the afternoon, a mixture of rain and snow giving a covering on the hills, east anglia and the south east could see deal for as winds. That will be one to watch through the day. Dry, sunny, but still cold. Showers across cornwall and the far south west of wales. It will be wintry over the hills. That could cause some issues. And a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow and snow flurries in northern scotland. As we finish monday going into monday night, some of the showers will continue. Inland, it wil
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. An amber weather warning has been issued for much of england and wales as heavy snow continues to cause disruption for travellers across the uk. At heathrow airport, over 100 flights have been cancelled while a further 50 flights were also cancellations at sta nsted. They are warning of further delays into this evening although the ru nway into this evening although the runway there we are told opened again at lunchtime. Birmingham international, east midlands and Belfast International airports have also all been affected. A number of motorways have been covered in snow with police asking people to travel only if absolutely necessary. Electricity supplier sse says up to 2a,000 homes in oxfordshire, berkshire and wiltshire are without power. Elesewhere, a p 0 ferry bound for dover carrying more than 300 people ran aground in high winds at the port of calais in northern france. Officials say no one on board vessel was injured. Lee milner reports no