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One of the most familiar faces of Childrens Television in the 1980s, has died after a long illness. He was 60. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Snow, ice and plunging temperatures have caused major disruption across swathes of the country today. More than 1,000 schools have been closed in wales, the midlands, the south west and other areas. Rail travel across england and wales has been disrupted and hundreds of flights cancelled. Tonight, conditions on many roads are treacherous. Forecasters are warning that temperatures could hit minus 13 degrees overnight. That would make it the coldest...

Died of a lung condition at the age of 60. He played a part in pioneering new programme formats, such as multi coloured swap shop and cheggers plays pop in a varied career that would span five decades, as our correspondent lizo mzimba reports. His energy, his sheer enthusiasm, made Keith Chegwin into a household name. Welcome to our very special christmas edition of cheggers plays pop. A career on tv seemed somewhat inevitable, even in his early teens. He was a natural in front of the camera, in productions like this road safety video. Gosh, thanks do you want to swap this . Just a few years l...

Time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im jessica creighton, heres whats coming up tonight. Questions for four time Tour De France winner, chris froome, after he returns a drugs test with twice the permitted level of an asthma drug. England captainjoe root calls on a big performance from his players ahead of the must win third ashes test. It is an opportunity to create history. It is a real chance to flip the dynamics of the cds on its head. Series. And united and city are given extra time to provide their version of events in the aftermath of the manchester derby. Good evening. W...

Child to die as a result of mondays house fire in greater manchester. Chris froome the four time Tour De France winner is being investigated over excessive use of an asthma drug against anti doping rules. And the comedian peter kay has cancelled his first stand up tour for eight years due to unforeseen family circumstances. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is tonights vote at westminster on the governments main brexit legislation, where the government is facing the real possibility of defeat. The house of commons will vote on an amendment that would empower both houses of parliament to approve any...

Welcome prince harry and Meghan Markle on their First Official visit to wales. Our main story at 5. Theresa may is meeting the french president , Emmanuel Macron, with both leaders expected to commit to continue working closely together after brexit. Theyll set out a series of agreements including a pledge from the government to take more migrants from calais, and to provide an extra £41; million to strengthen the uks border controls there. The uk will also commit three raf Chinook Helicopters in mali, where French Forces are fighting islamist militants. The summit is taking place at Sandhurs...