Snow Special The One Show

Going.

Going.

Gone. The great

British whiteout.

From frozen seas

to red alerts. From Ashford to

Aberdeenshire.

Great, if you've got

the day off school or work.

Not so

great if you haven't.

Tonight, we've

got all you need to know about the

snow.

Yes. As heavy snow covers the UK,

temperatures plummet to my Russ 11

and red warnings are issued across

central Scotland for the very first.

We will bring you live updates from

across the UK tonight.

We will be

heading to Glasgow, Newcastle,

Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Kent

very shortly. We will be speaking to

one of the coldest towns on earth in

Siberia, where all this has blown in

from.

Hunkering down here in the

studio are our cold experts. From

BBC's From Ice To Fire we have

physicist, Dr Helen Czerski.

After

last night's successful debut, he's

back. We have BBC weatherman, Ben

Rich.

They will answer any questions

about snow, about ice and freezing

weather late later on. Send your

questions in to the usual address.

There it is.

To help keep us warm, a

singer who is about to go into the

hottest show in the West End and who

will hopefully be able to help us

relight our fire. Get it.

Who could

it be?

It's Lulu.

APPLAUSE

Get your boots up. Look at these for

boots.

I love those.

They were in

the at particular I was in New York

over the new year, 12 inches of

snow. It was amazing obviously

because nobody could walk outside.

I put them in attic when I came back

and had to go up this morning to get

them out.

Dr Helen you are ranging

from fire to ice. Are you a hot

lover or cold?

I very much like the

warm weather. I'm jumping

up-and-down to stay warm.

OK.

Ben,

are you a hot or cold lover, as Matt

puts it?

Are we live?

We are live.

I

get bored of things. I like it cold

for a while. Then I get bored. Then

I want it warmer again. I guess

classic weatherman's answer. I like

everything.

As well as Lulu we have

another music act hailing from

Glasgow on tonight's show.

YES!

A

band with two top ten albums to

their name.

The Fratellis are here

and they will be playing for us a

little bit later on. They opted to

play inside instead of outside,

which was the original plan. It was

never going to work. Live to Glasgow

and Katrina Renton who has been

reporting all day long. How are you

holding up?

This is Glasgow of

course. This is Scotland's largest

city. Listen to this... It's silent.

It's as quiet as Christmas Day. The

city has effectively ground to a

halt. That is since this red warning

was put in place around 3.00pm this

afternoon. Now it covers here, the

central belt, southern parts of

Scotland as well. It's going to be

in place until 10.00am tomorrow

morning. Now, these are unusual

things to happen. This is the first

time there has been a red warning

for snow in Scotland. That's meant

there has been treacherous

conditions on the roads. Some people

blocked in their cars north of

Glasgow. Trains and buses stopped,

flights cancelled. The Red Cross

dropping off bed and bedding at

Glasgow Airport for people stranded

there overnight. The winners today -

the tens of thousands of school

children who had the day off. 1,600

schools were closed in Scotland

today. It looks of course that many

of them will be closed tomorrow.

This is something we will have to

start to get used to over the next

few days because this weather, while

maybe not as bad as today, is

expected to last until the weekend.

We are all wrapping up warm here and

hoping for the best over the next

couple of days.

Thank you very much

indeed. Lulu we got our camera

somewhere today that we think you

are going to recognise. This is a

place under the red snow warning.

Let's hear from the locals there.

We are out for the pair essentials.

Bread and milk. No milk left in the

shops. It's never been this bad.

I

grew up in Lennoxtown, mid 70s was

the last time it was really as bad

as this.

I've just been out to the

buy sweets, crisps bread and milk.

They are the essentials.

Lulu, we

don't advice you to come back any

time soon. When we're ready, we'll

just shout!

APPLAUSE

Can you put that into context for us

why you know that place so well?

That is where I was born. I lived in

Glasgow, but Lennoxtown is an area

outside. I was born in a castle of

course. I'm really a Princess, you

know.

Were you?

It was a hospital!

Right.

I should have just said, yes.

I was born in Lennoxtown, Lennox

Castle. I haven't been back there.

That was very sweet. That was sweet.

Thank you.

We have a picture of you

as a baby, Lulu.

Oh, dear.

Dressed

up for the weather as All wrapped up

well.

. In Scotland they used the

tartan wraps to wrap the kids up

because it's cold up there, always.

Ben, we talked about this red

warning in central Scotland. There

is also this amber warning that is

all the way down the east coast

really. What is happening and do you

expect that amber warning to

progress?

What is happening, we have

just got a feed of snow showers. One

after another after another after

another, particularly filtering

through the central belt, Edinburgh,

Fife, Westwood through to Glasgow.

That is why there is a red warning.

Some places could see 40 centimetres

of snow tomorrow morning. Over a

foot of snow. The red warning does

mean - take action. Action to

protect yourself. Action to protect

people around you. There will be

huge transport disruption. Whole

communities likely to be cut off.

Power cuts for some length of time.

Red warnings really mean - danger to

life. You mention the amber warning,

that means - be prepared. The

eastern side of northern England,

Scotland, in the firing line. Some

places 15 centimetres or more of

snow. Many, many communities across

that part of the UK that will be

badly affected.

In that amber

warning is Leigh-Anne Brown, in

Lincolnshire where things sound

equally bad.

Hopefully, you can see

how deep it is here in Lincolnshire.

We've had around eight inches in

some parts of the county. We are

just on the outskirts of Lincoln at

the moment. We are trying to make it

into the city. This as far as we

got. One of the main roads is now

closed because two lorries have

ended up in ditches. Lincolnshire

Police have had 120 snow-related

accidents reported to them today.

It's included people being stranded

for around five hours on one of the

roads in the county. That led to

them calling an emergency incident.

Critical incident. That is when they

enlist the help of emergency

services to co-ordinate a response.

I can confirm that they have asked

the military for help and tonight

some 4x4 vehicles have been deployed

from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.

It's such a struggle on the road and

because of that many people haven't

been able to get to work. It led to

100 schools being closed and also

today the hospitals cancelled all

out-patient appointments and

nonemergency operations. It's been a

very challenging day here and I

think it's set to continue. It's

snowing as we speak at the moment.

The wind-chill here in Lincolnshire

will make it feel like minus 13

tonight.

Thank you so much. Helen,

you have a timely document as it

turns out on BBC Four from Fire To

Ice, looking at three temperatures

as part of that documentary. Tell us

a bit about what we are experiencing

then?

Well, we... Our bodies. Look

at it from a human point of view. In

the series we could from the coldest

you can be up to hundreds ever

millions of degrees. A huge range.

Us humans in the middle we want to

exist. In ordered to stay alive our

core temperature needs to be 37

degrees C. You are told you are ill

if you are not that temperature. Our

bodies are adjusting all the time.

It's amazing. When a thermal camera

you can see your skin temperature is

changing, sweating ever so slightly.

We are putting on clothes all the

time and constantly adjusting

temperature. We never think about it

and take it for granted. In this

weather our bodies are doing

everything to keep our core warm.

What that means sometimes is that

it's taking blood flow away from our

arms and extremities to keep the

heat in the middle. It's constantly

adjusting. Clothes get us a long

way. Humans are an adaptable

species, we can live in lots of

places because we have boots like

Lulu.

Lulu. Our bodies are constantly

adjusting.

On a day when people are

battling to keep struck moving we

have been in newicals toll see how

they are hoping to weather the

storm.

storm.

It's just after 9.00am at

Newcastle Airport, planes are taking

off on schedule despite the snow.

We

came in at 5.00am and get prepared

before the aircraft go.

The priority

is the runway of course. For

aircraft landing and taking off.

That is the most dangerous element.

They are on stand by to be deployed

the moment bad weather hits. It

sounds like the A Team to me.

We

are.

You have a good reputation here

at the airport.

Have we?

For keeping

this place ticking. Why do you

manage to keep the airport running

even under really difficult

conditions like this?

I think we

have been well organised over the

last 10, 15 years. We have quite a

dedicated people here. We care,

really.

really. We are all Geordies or.

Maccums, as I am!

When we are

chatting he gets on to the tower for

when planes want to land depart.

It's playing a game of checkers I

think at times. Does it feel like

that?

Absolutely, yeah. Obviously,

the airfield is still open. Aircraft

is still moving.

The area is on

amber warning, but with the snow set

to get worse overnight, they are

determined the beast won't beat

them. Here at Northumberland Council

Michael Carl is pouring over the

latest weather forecast, making sure

the gritters are prepared for what

is is to come. How is it looking,

dare I ask?

You have a narptive of

what will happen. Red there in

black. That is risk. The black is

the larger part of the risk. In this

case is heavy snow shortfall. Fall.

What do you do from this

information?

We have an action plan.

28 gritters. They have their own

routes. They have trackers on. The

trackers give us location to where

the vehicles are. It's handy, not

just for knowing where they are, the

safety of the drivers. Sometimes the

drivers and gritters get stuff. You

have to do it. It has to be done.

Do

you have a network of locals that

get involved with gritting?

We have

a number of farmers. They help doing

the nonstrategic routes. That is

beneficial. That gets us back to a

position where we are comfortable.

It's vital work like this which

keeps the city moving and yesterday

all schools in Newcastle remained

open. A relief for parents picking

up children at this primary school

in Heaton. How important is it to

you that the council keep the

schools open and it's not been a

snow day?

It's really important. The

kids love it. They hate being off

school. They do. They get bored.

When mum and dad are working it's so

difficult to arrange the care for

the kids last-minute. They enjoy it

at school.

Do you like snow days or

prefer to come to school?

Snow days.

Snow days. Overnight increased

snowfall has caused more disruption.

Snow and freezing temperatures have

brought chaos across the north.

But

today Newcastle reed mains on amber

alert. The airport is still open.

The battle to clear the roads

continues. And despite 64 schools

closing, there was still no snow day

for our primary school kids in

Heaton. Thank you Kate. We will head

south to Manston Airport in Kent.

John Hunt. We understand you have

been having a Bird's Eye view of the

snow scape below. Over to you John.

Thanks, thanks for making me stand

out in this. I have not known Kent

is cold in my life. I have

out in this. I have not known Kent

is cold in my life. I have been up

in a helicopter to find out how the

snow affects the region and what is

striking is how towns and cities

appear to be getting back to normal

with roads clear of the snow and

slush but the rural communities,

villages, appear completely cut off.

The small roads are impassable

because of the snow. This area was

badly hit on Monday night and more

snow last night. 600 schools in Kent

and Sussex have been closed today

and railway companies bracing for

more disruption with 50 stations

closed tomorrow, and entire commuter

lines shocked. This will make you

chuckle. The Chatham ski and

snowboard centre had to close. Why?

Its car park is impassable.

Thank

you, John. Someone else working

outdoors in North Yorkshire is Harry

Gration. He is in Thornton-le-Dale.

That sounds exotic!

Harry.

Harry. I absolutely love

Thornton-le-Dale and you would if

you came this way. The trouble is

you are not seeing it at its best.

The whole of North Yorkshire has had

a battering over the past 48 hours.

I will give you headlines. The whole

of the county has experienced.

Yorkshire saw 700 schools close, all

airports have been affected and many

flights unable to get in or out. The

biggest problem this morning

concerned the chaos that happened as

far as roads are concerned. That led

to one journey from Selby to York

which takes half an hour taking two

and a half hours. There was a

positive response in Harrogate, at

the hospital, they put out a tweet

asking for staff to come in because

so many staff could not get into

work and the response was absolutely

incredible. There is a determination

here as far as the Yorkshire spirit

is concerned. Please come back when

it is sunny, Matt and Alex.

Thank you, Harry. Now, the next few

days. What should we expect? Will we

see the back of the Beast from the

East?

Kind off, although you will

have to wait for sunny weather Harry

was looking for in Yorkshire. The

next few days we talked about

showers in northern and eastern

Scotland, eastern England, they will

go on the next few days and then we

bring into the picture low-pressure

down to the south-west. People

watching yesterday, we named the

storm Emma. In the south-west of the

UK, south-west England, Wales, snow

taking us through Thursday into

Friday and some places in the

south-west, the Moors could get 50

centimetres. Even at lower levels 20

centimetres in that part. On Friday,

other southern parts might be

affected by snow.

When are you

expecting to see it,?

The low, tied

up with that, there is slightly

milder air. What we might see in the

south-west, some freezing rain

briefly on Friday as it turns back

to rain. But because the surfaces

are so cold... You bring us such

news! It is the worst weather you

can get if you are driving. Keep an

eye on that. After that, mild air

slowly, the weekend into next week,

moving northwards and the risk of

snow is confined to northern areas

and increasing need to high ground

so things should improve as we cut

off the Beast from the East.

After

that lovely news, we can turn to

musicals. Fans of Lulu is musicals

will be delighted because you are in

one.

Nobody more delighted than me.

I have tomorrow, 19 days until I

open. The biggest musical in the

West End. I went to see it a couple

of weeks ago for the first time. It

is so spectacular. I feel at this

point of my life I have a gift to be

asked to be in it.

If you want to

see what Lulu saw, this is a sneak

peak.

# 42nd Street!

It is 42nd Street, the ultimate

high-kicking musical.

So fantastic.

I come from the days of Nigel

Lythgoe, when we did shows and you

tap danced, everything would be,

they would have to tape it and

recorded in case anybody went out

that they do not take anything.

Every one of those kids is on the

money.

So exciting. 30 years since

you have done a musical, why do this

one now?

It is hard to say exactly

why but sometimes in your life it is

timing. I started taking acting

lessons last year, because people

say, why not do more acting? I felt

it would be good to do that and I

would enjoy it as another challenge.

When this came, I thought a musical,

I have done that. Somehow, it feels

right. It is a gift to be asked.

When I saw it, I thought, not bad.

I

love my character. For those who do

not know the story, an elaborate on

your character.

OK, I play Dorothy

Brock. I do not tap. The character

is a diva and she has not had

success for a year and she is faded.

Somebody is putting on a musical. In

the 30s there was a lot of strife,

no money, a difficult time,

particularly in America. She gets to

do the musical because she has a

sugar daddy who has paid for her to

be in it. She goes through it acting

like a diva but what happens to this

woman is what I love about my

Dorothy. When I play her. She

becomes very human. In the end she

is only looking for love. What she

does, rather than being afraid of

the young girl who will take over

her lover, she very generously and

graciously hands the baton to the

young girl. It is happy. You go out

for a night and go home thinking

what a great night. I love her. I'm

excited about it and I have started

rehearsing.

You said there is no

tapping for your character but all

the clips, all singing and dancing.

There is so much of it.

Do you any

dancing.

We did Strictly together. I

do a little bit of moving around.

One of the pieces in it is she does

not dance but I am happy with that

because I get to act.

Hopefully my

acting classes will pay off. Aside,

you have to be properly prepared.

It

is a tremendous discipline. Because

I am a rock and roll singer. I just

did a 44 date tour with the band. I

was in Australia, last year, America

this year, on the road all the time.

This is a different discipline and

the voice, for knee, it is a big

challenge and I love a challenge.

Is

it true you do not speak before

midday because it is a way of

protecting your voice?

When I am

working, I do not speak until 12

o'clock. You have to be disciplined

to be around as long as I have.

Not

until 12? You are such a chatterbox,

how does that work?

That is why I

have to shut it down. Do you walk

about with a notepad?

If you are

working in the theatre doing eight

shows a week, your world is

revolving around that. You keep

quiet. It is not to say if somebody

said something important I would

go... I do not chat, that is the

point. I do not sit on the phone. I

keep quiet until 12 o'clock and then

all hell lets loose!

If you would

like to see Lulu playing Dorothy

Brock in 42nd Street, it starts

March the 19th at the Theatre Royal

in London and we wish you the best.

We have been inundated with

pictures. Thank you to everyone at

home. Few in the snow, in the ice.

-- of

-- of you in the snow.

Lucas on

this. Robin hood's Bay.

Sarah made

this today. Of her dog.

And

gymnastics snowman or person. From

Maidstone in Kent. We heard it was

difficult to make snowmen with this

snow.

And this is Ryan. He is in the

French outs where it was minus 20.

It looks beautifully sunny. I do not

mind if the sun is out.

My grandson loved it in the sun

today. He is five. He was thrilled.

He had not seen snow. As we were

saying, it is light and fluffy.

It

is dry snow. Beautiful fairy tale

flakes coming down because the air

is drive from Siberia, a dry place.

It is hard to squash it together

into a snowball. Someone tried to

throw a snowball at me this morning.

It does happen, you know, in this

line of work.

It disintegrated on

impact. Happy days. As Ben Rich was

saying, the cold weather is coming

from Siberia and earlier I spoke to

Nadia, a local in Yakutsk.

It is one

of the coldest towns on earth and

the starting point for the Beast

from the East.

Thanks for staying up

late to talk. It is about 11:30pm

where you are. Are you aware of the

name of the weather, we are calling

it the Beast from the East.

Oh, my

God!

We are not beasts! I am sure

you are not. We are not used to this

weather. Can you give an indication

of the temperature where you are.

-30 four. I have a feeble minus 2.

What is life like at minus 34?

-34

is likes bring when you come from

minus 50. For asked it is beautiful

weather with the sunshine. The

winter has come to an end and we are

almost celebrating every day.

When

weather like this hits, schools

closed and we have problems with

transport. What temperature does it

have to be where you are for schools

to close?

The elementary school, -40

five. The others, -40 eight.

five. The others, -40 eight.

Do

people go out in temperatures like

you are talking about? Yes. We

always go out. You have taken the

camera out today.

Give an indication

of what you have seen today. I went

to the park and I wanted to show you

some of the trees. We have the

sculpture park. We have this every

year, it is a competition.

It is

expected in parts of the UK to get

to -15 tonight, so what is your

advice to people not used to

temperatures like this, about

keeping warm and staying happy in

these conditions?

Layers and layers

of clothing. And hot chocolate.

of clothing. And hot chocolate.

Are

you pleased other parts of the world

are getting to experience the

weather you normally have at home?

We are not used to it but we are

sampling what life is like in

Yakutsk now. Which is really great!

Thank you for your time and your

weather. I hope you stay warm and

enjoy the spring temperatures of

-30! Good night, sleep well.

I love

Nadia.

She will be getting up now.

Drinking hot chocolate.

The solution

to all problems. She has a brilliant

Instagram video. Helen, you can

hopefully explain how this works.

This is hot water she is throwing in

the air and it is turning into snow.

It does not work with cold water.

You need hot water and very cold

temperatures. I have done it in

Alaska. You can try it at home but

you are probably better waiting for

properly cold weather. When you have

hot water you throw it in the air.

It is close to being able to turn

into a gas because it is hot. When

it spreads into the air it loses

energy and evaporates and then it

condenses back into tiny droplets.

Cold water cannot lose enough heat

to evaporate so it has to be hot and

then it freezes.

It is brilliant.

We

are grateful to be sat here working

with a warm, fake fire.

Many do not

get that option. It is not giving

off much heat.

It is the effect. I

am boiling!

Our neighbours turned to see if my

mum and dad were all right back on

the farm. They are a perfect example

of those who don't have a choice,

they have to work outside.

Here is

Mike with others in Skipton in North

Yorkshire.

It's 5.00am, degrees

Celsius, most -6 of you are tucked

up warm in bed. For market traders

the day starts early - come rain,

shine or snow. Lee is braving

freezing conditions to set up his

stall. That is impressive. You have

put a shop up in 30 minutes?

I've

tried my best. The weather made it a

little bit more difficult today. I

think I've got the hang of. It 16

weeks I've been doing it.

Only a few

months?

A few months. End of October

I bought this business. 40 years it

has been here, in this position as

well.

Good morning, sir. Have you

come from a long way?

Fleetwood.

Lancashire?

55 miles away.

The other

side of the Pennines.

I've been

coming here over 30 years.

30?

Yes.

Is it as tough as it gets condition

wise?

It has been deeper. We come no

matter what.

Can I turn you round to

show the camera what is written on

your back.

You can.

There you go.

What do you think of the weather?

Brilliant. I love it. Love the snow.

What better place, in the snow in

Skipton.

Are you outside all day

long with the job?

Yeah can.

Obviously making sure that people

are safe in town.

I'm half

Yorkshire, I know they are a Hardy

breed. They will be out for their

cheeses surely?

I'm not going to get

the trade coming out today in the

snow.

You came here, set up, you

have cheeses and you are going home?

I'm afraid so, yes.

Lee refuses to

give in to the weather and is

determined to find a customer.

As

I'm doing a new business. I keep

trying to stand here. You know, on

days like today at least it's

showing the general public I'm

willing, I'm Hardy and willing to

stand in any weather conditions.

Buy

Yorkshire's finest food here.

Come

on, the only stall on Skipton high

street.

There has been a market here

in the town since medieval times. It

was used for trading livestock,

originally. The word skwgs "Skipton"

comes from the old English "sheep

town" I wonder how our fley animals

are getting on this weather. You are

a millionaire. Amazing views?

I

wouldn't say I'm a millionaire. My

boss might be. It's not a bad office

window, is it?

Who are we feeding

today?

The sheep, just giving them a

bit of dry feed. Just helping them.

They go through the snow for grass.

They are heavily pregnant. We give

them a bit of winter feed. Help them

carry the lambs better.

They are

coming now. What a will havely

sight. How are they coping with

these conditions. It's pretty tough

at the moment?

They cope with it

very well. They would rather have

the dry, snow and frost than rain.

It doesn't matter how cold it gets,

they can cope.

Can you cope?

I can

cope by feeding these and keeping

moving. I keep very warm. As long as

you work hard, you keep warm. Oh.

Keep working hard. You will keep

warm.

I can't think straight!

It's

-3 here outside.

There you are.

We

are about to put the cold weather

into perspective if a feature we

call...

And You Thought You Were

Cold! All the people here have done

epic challenges in sub-zero

temperatures around the world. We

will meet Jackie first. Hi, Jackie.

Tell us about what you do on a

regular basis. The main challenge?

The main challenge is getting into

freezing cold water. I'm an ice

swimmer.

OK. What is the challenge

you did when it was absolutely

freezing, freezing, freezing?

In

December 2012 I went to Siberia, in

Russia, and swum 450 meeters in a

frozen lake wearing a costume and a

hat.

Why? !

I like a goal in my

life. You have to get to the age,

especial my age, when you have to

have goals in your life. It keeps

you going. You look fresh on it. Let

us reveal the temperature. Here it

is - -33.

Good effort.

In two weeks

I'm swimming in Loch Ness. It's five

degrees the water. Any tips. How do

I get through it?

That's really

cold. What you have to do is don't

feel the fear, embrace the cold

water and look forward for when you

get out. You will feel so alive and

invigorated.

Right.

In the meantime

you have a fantastic opportunity.

Thick snow out there. Get your

costume on and roll in the snow. Eat

plenty of doughnuts in the meantime.

I like that bit. Here is your Cold

Medal. Get on the podium. You

deserve it. You are a hero. Go on,

Jackie.

Good stuff. Let us chat with

Mark. Mark, just tell everybody what

you like to do in sub deer owe

temperatures? . I like to go running

ultra marathons. I have been doing

430 mile ultra in Canada. 430 miles

lechlt us walk across here. We are

going to reveal the temperature

which Mark has been doing all of

this incredible stuff. It is an

astonishing -52. How on earth does

your body feel when you are running

400 odd miles at that temperature?

You don't stop to take breaks for

too long.

No.

If you keep moving,

you stay warm. Good kit.

What do you

wear?

A few layers. Just a few.

Right.

I wouldn't put on a big down

jacket until it was maybe or

stopping to -35 have a long rest.

The rest of the time everything is

open, working hard and pulling a

sled.

I can't imagine what that

feels like. Look at Mark's face when

he finished. What had happened

there?

A lot had happened there

during the course of an evening.

That photo was taken in the early

hours of the morning. It had been

below for about a -40 week, I think.

I came off the mountain, lots of ice

and vapour from my breathing

crystallised over fabrics I was

wearing to protect my skin.

You more

than deserve your Cold Medal. Well

done mark. Huge congratulations. Up

you go my friend -52. Looking good.

We have the ice maidens who must

feel tropical. Tell us what your

challenge was?

Earlier this year, at

the beginning of this month, six of

us came back from having completed

the first all-female team to cross

Antarctica from coast-to-coast using

muscle power.

Fantastic. We will see

what the temperature was. Matt you

are on it.

Ready. -56. Ments

How on

earth do you cope in temperatures

like that?

To be honest, we hadn't

traineded in anything like that. It

was a shock to the system. We just

made sure that every single tiny

square of our face was covered.

Every bit of skin. Never took our

gloves off. Careful the wind

couldn't slip in and frost nip that

wasn't well covered.

Any injuries?

No, we were pretty lucky. Super

careful with our faces. We didn't

want to end up blemished. No, we

were pretty lucky.

Whatten a

achievement girls. Truly fantastic.

A Cold Medal each. On to the podium.

Thank you so much.

One more time for

our Cold Medallists. Remarkable

item.

Unbelievable. You have

probably braved the sub-zero

temperatures to put your recycling

bins out this week. The question is

- was it worth it.

It's a good

question the Proud family have been

asking their local recycling plant.

Last week we challenged the Proud

family to reduce their single use

plastic for a week.

It's very

difficult, you know. To get meat

that is not in plastic from the

supermarket.

What about the plastic

they put in their recycling bin?

If

everybody does recycling of the

plastic how much is recycled.

Once

they leave their house, where do

they go to?

All of their plastic

waste comes in here to this

recycling centre. Along with

two-thirds of everyone else'

recycling from Greater Manchester.

At this place, they process 17 tops

of recycling an hour. Patrick has

offered to get our family a tour

around the noisy plant.

You can see

the different grades of plastics

have been sorted on different

conveyors.

Every single thing that

they put into their recycling, does

it get recycled?

No.

Into new

plastic.

Some of the items they put

in the bin can't be recycled.

Can I

show you some of the plastics that

the Proud's have got.

That can be

recycled. The important thing is,

don't put the straw in the bottle.

We can't recycle the straws.

What is

the deal with the black plastic

trails?

They can be recycled, not

from this facility. We like that.

Take the lid off.

Not the lid.

We

can't recycle them on this facility.

The plastic this facility recycles

is almost ex-includively plastic

bottles. That's because they are

made from high-grade plastic and can

be sold back into the plastics

market.

It's not high quality

enough.

It's not worth your while

recycling it

Investment needed to

sort that out can outweigh the value

of it.

Plastic not recycled here is

put to a different use.

We will send

it where it will be turned into a

fuel, which will be burnt and

generate green Lek tress thrillsy.

As landfill rates reduce in the UK

you might think we are recycling

more. More and more waste is being

burned to produce energy instead. In

2016-2017, almost 40% of all local

authority waste was incinerated.

Some 10 million tonnes. Although

considered a greener option than

landfill, it's not as energy

efficient as recycling plastic. When

you get energy from this, you are

only getting a percentage of the

energy, aren't you? You can't

recover that whole thing?

No. At

least it's not going in landfill.

The important thing is we are

keeping away from landfill and

generating green electricity from

it.

85% of what they receive,

including glass and cans, is sent

for recycling here. Up-and-down the

country there are huge discrepancies

in plastic recycling rates dead

mending where you live. It's a

postcode Lottery. That is a

situation it that Barry Turner wants

to see changed.

All of these

products are epsychable. If we get

it back, it's not single use.

You

feel councils should be collecting

all of them.

A lot of European

nations collect all plastics from

our consumers. That is at the kerb

and make it easy. We make it more

difficult and challenging for the

consumer. We are saying to

government and waste management

companies is - we have to collect

them all and make sure they all get

recycled.

Another thing we could do

is use less of them?

Indeed.

Discard

less of them?

Then you would lose

the benefits associated with this

modern material. It's lightweight.

That means less transport costs.

Less energy goes into making it

compared with other materials. It

doesn't shatter and it prevents food

waste. We have to put those benefits

to work. But that means getting them

back at the end of the line.

Having

been to see your recycling plant, do

you know feel have you a good idea

of what is easily recycled in your

system?

I'm more on the ball with

it. I will be doing the lids off the

milk bottles and the detergents and

taking lids off everything.

I don't

think people understand what is

resighable and

resighable and what isn't. We need

to know everybody follows the same

standard.

The Proud family join us

now along with Phillip Lewis and

Therese Coffey.

Therese Coffey. She's responsible

for the nations recycling. Why is

there not one standard system that

every single recycling centre uses?

We would like to see a great more

consistency in that. We are working

with manufacturers to have fewer

plastics that are being used. One,

it's easier for processors to

recycle that plastic, it will become

more worth their while, so they can

make money out of the plastic they

recycle. Too often are saying - it's

not work economically.

Why is there

not one simple thing. Everybody does

the same thing?

Right across the

country we are look at different

communities and councils know their

communities best. We would would

like to move to a national scheme.

Somebody who lives in Sale could

have four or five bins inside their

home and outside. Somebody in the

heart of Manchester may struggle

with the space to split out waste in

the same way. We want to move to

something that is more consistent

and more councils to take more

plastic and we want to work with

manufacturers and retailers to

reduce the amount of plastic that is

out there, which isn't necessary.

Some use of the plastic are really

good and indispensable for safety

and so on. We could do a lot more to

stop using plastic every day in our

lives.

Lots of families are getting

disillusion, probably after seeing

that film there. We think we are

doing our best. Piling the recycling

and putting everything in that we

think can be recycled and finding

out, as you did Maisie, a lot of the

stuff isn't actually being recycled

and being burnt. Maisie, how did you

feel leaving that plant then having

ploughed so much energy as a family

into this project for

And I was feeling disheartened.

I

thought everything would be recycled

and when I found out products that

could be recycled had non-recyclable

parts, it was being sent to be

burned. I could not understand why

they were not separating it.

Lucy,

you were at the plant, an eye-opener

for you, who knows about this topic.

Maisie was saying there was a milk

bottle they use at school and if the

straw is left inside it is deemed to

be contaminated. And then it is put

on a different journey and goes to

incineration. What I wondered is why

we are not going to be more

ambitious. Let's talk about bottle

deposit schemes. You have been to

Norway. We can see from the

recycling centre they want

high-grade plastic from bottles.

Norway gets 97% recycling rate. When

will we get a bottle deposit scheme?

Scotland have committed to it.

When

will we get it across the country?

There is a strong amount of

political will. When I have been to

Germany, Norway, Denmark and Sweden,

and as a consumer, when you walk up

with a bottle, it looks the same.

The way it is processed and financed

is different. We need something that

will work in this country. We have

greater use of on the go products,

more than anywhere else in Europe.

So it has to be effective, not just

scratched the surface. Officials are

working on this. We have had experts

looking at this who can give advice.

Work is under way.

In Scotland they

think it will be effective because

they have committed to it and surely

there is a similarity and amount of

bottles we are using.

We would be

interested in working together and I

meet opposite numbers from different

countries and it would be good to

have a UK wide system but I want one

that will be effective so we can get

the recycling rate up. We have been

working with transport hubs, cafes,

other people to make sure people can

fill up a bottle with water. I am

one of 50 MPs who has pledged to

give up plastic. In my handbag I

carry around a bottle.

carry around a bottle.

I don't have

coffee cups from the coffee shop. I

take my bamboo. My son has

restaurants and it is tap water not

bottled water any more.

It seems

everybody is doing what they can to

recycle but when it arrives at the

recycling plant, if they do not

recycle it, it seems unfortunate. Is

there an incentive for the recycling

plants, maybe help to make them

recycle this?

There are places

around the country that do it. Sad

to hear about the one in Manchester

not making full use of the plastic.

Everybody puts plastic out on the

market come as a manufacturer, pays

a levy. We want to change it so it

will be more rewarded so it is easy

to recycle and if people consider

how they put more recycling back

into the product. Let's make it

worthwhile for people to continue to

do it and make it easy but

financially worthwhile.

Where we

went they would say they are doing

as much as anybody can, what about

chemical recycling? We heard Maureen

Lipman on this show saying there was

a place in Swindon and they are

doing chemical recycling. Things

like that are ambitious and need

more investment. Do you have plans

to invest in those kinds of things?

At the moment stuff being recycled

is mainly going into football

shirts, polyester. It is not

ambitious enough is the problem.

Money has gone in from the

government and we are exploring what

we can do. There is a wide range of

technology. We have to be careful

about

about biodegradable plastics, if not

treated properly they can break

down. We need to make sure we have a

better environment. People have seen

the scourge of plastic attacking

marine life.

Everybody wants to help

them do what they can. It seems it

is coming from government level that

needs to take it to the next step.

You do not have to convince anybody

to recycle.

We will let the Proud

family have a word with you. We

cannot do it on screen but we will

take you off to have a big chat

about it. Thank you for coming in.

On an evening when temperatures are

expected to fall down to -15, the

lowest in 30 years, we can revisit a

Marty Jopson special when mercury

levels plummeted.

A lot slower than minus 15. The

winter of early 1982 saw some of the

most severe snow blizzards of the

century. Entire towns were cut off.

Households were snowed in. Food had

to be delivered by helicopter. But

nowhere was hit as badly as the

Scottish Highland village of

Braemar. At this former weather

station on the 10th of January 1982,

they recorded the coldest ever

temperature to hit the UK.

temperature to hit the UK. -27.2

degrees Celsius, cold enough to

freeze whiskey. You expect

temperatures like this in Siberia,

but not Great Britain. Local

residents David remembers the cold

winter well.

When you came out of

your house you felt the frost

immediately. The air felt crisp. The

hairs in your nose felt like they

would crack if you touched them.

Some people'scentral heating stopped

working.

Not easy. What made

Braemar's temperatures plummet

further than anywhere else in

Britain? The first reason is

geography. At over 1000 feet above

sea level it is one of the highest

villages in the UK. Surprisingly it

is also positioned in a valley that

makes it so cold. This is my job of

cold air, fog created with dry eyes.

If I pour it on to the village on a

flat grassy plain... The cold air

rolls away. If I recreate Braemar,

which is surrounded by mountains,

and at the bottom of a deep valley,

now, when you put cold air into

Braemar, the fog, cold air, is

pulling at the bottom of the valley

because cold air is heavy. This

cold, heavy air tumbling down the

valley slopes is called a flow. This

is why the coldest temperatures are

generally not at the top of

mountains, thanks to the flow, they

deep down in the valleys. Braemar is

regularly one of the coldest

villages in the UK. What was special

about 1982 that made Braemar's

temperature sink so low? Gillian

Keith is a local meteorologist.

In

late 1981 in December, there was a

lot of arctic air from the north and

it brought a lot of snow over the

UK. In Braemar, there were 56

consecutive days of snow cover. Each

night was getting colder and colder.

This month and a half of snow cover

was the other major reason for

Braemar's deep chill. To show why I

am leaving ice cubes on the white

plate and some on the black plate.

All of them begin to melt, but

crucially, those on the black plate

melt faster than on the white plate.

That is because dark colours absorb

sunlight, which melts the ice,

whereas this plate, because it is

white, like snow, it is reflecting a

lot of the light and does not get as

warm and the ice has melted less. It

is this phenomenon that explains why

a heavy blanket of white snow for

six weeks kept the air cooler and

meant the village got colder and

colder. These extreme conditions

together with its unique position

deep in the mountain to Braemar 's

epic freeze. To this day, that night

of 1982 has never been beaten.

Braemar still holds the record for

the coldest temperature recorded in

the United Kingdom.

Thank you, Marty. Lots of questions.

We have time for about two!

What is

wind-chill? The stronger the wind,

the more moisture evaporates from

your skin. Like when we sweat and it

calls us down. That takes the energy

out of your body and calls you down

and stronger winds will take more

energy out and make you feel colder.

Why is snow white?

Things have

colours because in light hits them.

Light hits the snow and no covers

are taken away so everything that

goes in comes out and it looks

white.

Should you always wear a hat

because you lose all your heat

through your head?

You do not.

Wearing a hat will keep you warm but

you do not lose any more heat from

your head.

A big thank you to Ben

Rich and Dr Helen. Her series From

Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science

of Temperature continues tomorrow on

BBC Four.

And Lulu can be seen in

42nd Street in the West End from the

19th of March.

Performing tonight,

the Fratellis with a track from

their new album In Your Own Sweet

Time. Mrs Starcrossed Losers.

-- this is.

# It started out as nothing

in the strangest sense

# He was never in his

right mind no defence

# She prayed for his

attention often on repeat

# Every time she heard his

name and his heartbeat

# He was in denial

in his own back yard

# Pleading for the rain

just to come down hard

# She bought him a bracelet

and put it on his wrist

# Like every time before

she got close but missed

# Romeo, Romeo I'm your Juliet

# I'm the pot of gold that

you haven't found yet

# Ah ooh

# He said, Juliet I believe

every word you say

# But time is running

backward every single day

# Ah ooh

# She was in chains

by her own good hand

# Keeping all the angels

under her command

# He saw every detail

burning like sun

# But he couldn't get it straight

that his race was run

# Romeo, Romeo tell

me where've you been

# I would be complete

if you would only let me in

# Ah ooh

# Juliet I told you I was

only passing through

# And if I had a moment

I would spend it just with you

# Ah ooh

# Ah ah

# And they all fall down

# And she said, Romeo,

Romeo I'm your Juliet

# I'm the pot of gold that

you haven't found yet

# Ah ooh

# Juliet I believe

every word you say

# But time is running

backwards every single day

# Ah ooh

# Romeo, Romeo tell

me where've you been

# I would be complete

if you would only let me in

# Ah ooh

# Juliet I told you I was

only passing through

# And if I had a moment

I would spend it just with you

# Ah ooh

# Ah ooh.#

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