0:00:08 > 0:00:09This is Newsround.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Hi, I'm Ricky.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15Loads coming up, including...
0:00:15 > 0:00:19And a lot off school for hundreds of children in Yorkshire and the
0:00:19 > 0:00:23north-east as the Beast from the East begins to bite.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Also this morning, the supermarket making a world-first
0:00:25 > 0:00:26stand against plastic packaging.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Plus...
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Toilet paper panic in Taiwan.
0:00:28 > 0:00:36Keep watching.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41First up, we're talking about the super cold
0:00:41 > 0:00:43weather that's hit the UK.
0:00:43 > 0:00:50BBC reporter Phil Bodmer is braving the cold in Yorkshire.
0:00:50 > 0:00:59What's the picture like they are? Lots of snow. I've held their local
0:00:59 > 0:01:03school is closed, so a bonus day for the children here. They will join
0:01:03 > 0:01:07hundreds of others in the Yorkshire area and the north-east of England
0:01:07 > 0:01:10who had a day off yesterday. Today byes-mac conditions are much worse
0:01:10 > 0:01:17than they were yesterday. This is the A170 road between the killing
0:01:17 > 0:01:21and Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast. They have had snow ploughs
0:01:21 > 0:01:26along it today. But as soon as this now ) through, we have more store.
0:01:26 > 0:01:34We expect up to 12 centimetres today. -- we have more snow. It
0:01:34 > 0:01:38continues visual very cold. The wind-chill in a is about -12 and it
0:01:38 > 0:01:44really does cut you in half.It looks Kasim from a Christmas card.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Tell us, how do you stay warm? You will be out all morning doing
0:01:49 > 0:01:55reports on the BBC. How do you stay warm?This secret is, don't tell
0:01:55 > 0:01:59anyone, I have some thermal underwear on. The long jobs like
0:01:59 > 0:02:05your dad used to wear. And some thick coats. Most importantly, a cup
0:02:05 > 0:02:11of coffee supplied by a local cafe. We have our camera right outside the
0:02:11 > 0:02:16cafe where we have toilets and the drink on tap. What could be better?
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Thank you, Phil. Stay warm.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Well, this is the scene here in Salford outside our studio
0:02:23 > 0:02:25where the snow has now started to melt.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29And across the country, lots of you have woken up
0:02:29 > 0:02:31to more of the white stuff.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Here's what you're saying this morning about the
0:02:33 > 0:02:37snow where you live.
0:02:37 > 0:02:44This morning, I have woken up and there is tonnes of snow. When I woke
0:02:44 > 0:02:51this morning, my mum told me that my skill was closed today. -- that my
0:02:51 > 0:03:04school.Hi. I woke up to see lots of snow in my garden.Today, my skill
0:03:04 > 0:03:12is shot and it's full of snow. We get to spend the whole day sledging!
0:03:12 > 0:03:21Today, it's really snowing. So my school is closed. And we can go
0:03:21 > 0:03:27sledging and snowball fighting but my daddy has had today today off
0:03:27 > 0:03:38work. -- has had to take today.Hi, I'm Sam from Edinburgh. As you can
0:03:38 > 0:03:43see, I've got a little bit of snow this morning. I'm so happy because
0:03:43 > 0:03:51schools is off. I'm going to play in the snow all day.The schools in
0:03:51 > 0:03:58Edinburgh are on today.My name is Beth on, I'm a end I live in
0:03:58 > 0:04:04Glasgow. Today, it's really snowing and windy. My school is closed but I
0:04:04 > 0:04:08really don't like this now. But I do love sledging. -- really don't like
0:04:08 > 0:04:16the snow.I love how everyone is still in their pyjamas! Brilliant.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18A supermarket in Amsterdam is opening
0:04:18 > 0:04:20what it says is the world's first plastic-free aisle.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22An environmental campaign group helped replace plastic
0:04:22 > 0:04:24packaging with material - that looks like plastic -
0:04:24 > 0:04:27but does in fact break down over time once it's thrown away.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29The've replaced around 700 products on the shop shelves.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32The company says it hopes to roll this trial out to all its stores
0:04:33 > 0:04:34by the end of the year.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Amazing news for Swansea City fans.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Their team have reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup
0:04:38 > 0:04:40for the first time in 54 years.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42They beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at the Liberty Stadium.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48Tottenham or Rochdale await in the next round.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Next up, learning to play the bagpipes is never easy.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57It takes a lot of patience and practice,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59but for 10-year-old Guy it's been even harder.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02He was born with one hand but it's been a dream of his
0:05:02 > 0:05:08to learn to play the instrument.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11But now his dream has come true after a music teacher invented
0:05:11 > 0:05:13the world's first one handed digital bagpipe.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I've got five fingers, but some are very small.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I've always felt special with it.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Not many people your age want to learn to play the bagpipes.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23What made you so interested in that instrument?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25My mum's Scottish so when we go up there, we see my uncle Neil,
0:05:25 > 0:05:26and he plays the bagpipes.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28So I've seen them before.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34It's not that difficult, and you can just learn the scales.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36And once you've got the notes and the sound, you can
0:05:36 > 0:05:38start learning songs.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Finally, shoppers in Taiwan are getting in a frenzy over...
0:05:42 > 0:05:43..loo roll?!
0:05:43 > 0:05:46It's because of rumours that it's going to get more expensive.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49People have been rushing to stock up with as much of the toilet tissue
0:05:49 > 0:05:51as they can get their hands on.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Shops are asking people not to panic, but shelves
0:05:53 > 0:05:58are being emptied with buyers worried about being caught short.
0:05:58 > 0:06:06That's it for this morning.