0:00:00 > 0:00:01Tonight at 10:00.
0:00:01 > 0:00:04Heavy snow hits the UK, with warnings of much more
0:00:04 > 0:00:08disruption for millions of people tomorrow.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11A red alert across large parts of central Scotland tonight,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15the most severe weather warning, meaning there's a risk to life.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17No flights at Glasgow airport until tomorrow lunchtime -
0:00:17 > 0:00:21foil blankets are handed out to stranded passengers
0:00:21 > 0:00:23as they bed down for the night.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Snow on this scale, whilst not unprecedented, is unusual.
0:00:26 > 0:00:32We'd have to go back a number of years to see an event like this.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Thousands of schools were closed today across the UK,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38allowing children to take to their sledges.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40And it's forecast to be just as bad tomorrow,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43with weather warnings for more snow and very low temperatures in almost
0:00:43 > 0:00:44every part of the UK.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Also tonight.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48A warning on Brexit, former Prime Minister Sir John Major
0:00:48 > 0:00:51urges Theresa May to put country before Party and not rule out
0:00:51 > 0:00:54a second referendum.
0:00:54 > 0:01:02Let Parliament decide, or put the issue back to the people.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06More than 5,000 jobs at risk as two big high street names,
0:01:06 > 0:01:12Toys R Us and Maplin, collapse.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15The UK's fishing industry - worth more than £1 billion a year,
0:01:15 > 0:01:21we report on the impact Brexit could have.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23A snowy win for Spurs tonight, but a game marred
0:01:23 > 0:01:25by the controversial video referee technology.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29More VAR controversy, a disallowed penalty and plenty
0:01:29 > 0:01:37of goals too on a crazy night in the FA Cup at Wembley.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Good evening.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58There are severe weather warnings in place tonight
0:01:58 > 0:02:01for almost all of the UK, as snow continues to fall
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and sub-zero temperatures intensify.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Across large parts of Scotland, including Glasgow and Edinburgh,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10a red alert is in place tonight - the Met office's most
0:02:10 > 0:02:14severe weather warning, meaning that lives could be at risk.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16People are being told not to travel in central Scotland
0:02:16 > 0:02:20until mid-morning tomorrow at the earliest.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Across the whole of the UK today, temperatures were well below zero
0:02:24 > 0:02:26first thing this morning, with Farnborough in Hampshire
0:02:26 > 0:02:31the coldest at -11.7 Celsius.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Snow fell across large parts too, with more than 31
0:02:33 > 0:02:35centimetres in Cumbria.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39And thousands of schools across England, Wales, Scotland
0:02:39 > 0:02:40and Northern Ireland were closed.
0:02:40 > 0:02:48Lorna Gordon is in Glasgow.
0:02:48 > 0:02:58Large parts of Scotland ground to a halt today. By my calculations,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02around 3.5 million people fall within the Red Warning area. In
0:03:02 > 0:03:06cities like Lars there has been a no public transport since it has been
0:03:06 > 0:03:11in force. There are no trains, no buses, very few planes have been
0:03:11 > 0:03:16able to take. For those who have taken to the roads, some people have
0:03:16 > 0:03:18been stuck for hours.
0:03:18 > 0:03:25At the pale end of winter, the highest alert for snow. The driving
0:03:25 > 0:03:31treacherous, the disruption widespread. Heading out in these
0:03:31 > 0:03:34conditions isn't advised. This is the first time Scotland has had a
0:03:34 > 0:03:41Red Warning of this kind, in force across a large swathe of the
0:03:41 > 0:03:46country's most heavily populated areas. Frequent showers and drifting
0:03:46 > 0:03:53snow leading to fears some rural communities could be cut off.Is it
0:03:53 > 0:03:58OK to come in? How are you?In this village on the outskirts of Glasgow,
0:03:58 > 0:04:04the local minister has been looking in on the elderly and vulnerable. In
0:04:04 > 0:04:07this kind of weather is good for everyone to look out for their
0:04:07 > 0:04:11neighbours.It is indeed. Even the smallest gesture, just checking in
0:04:11 > 0:04:15on someone to make sure they are safe is important. We wouldn't
0:04:15 > 0:04:19advocate people going out in this kind of weather. Stay warm, stay
0:04:19 > 0:04:24safe and let us come to you.As the Red Warning to cold, Glasgow's
0:04:24 > 0:04:28normally busy city centre streets were instead close to deserted. One
0:04:28 > 0:04:33person took to their skis.It's pretty unusual for us in Scotland.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38We have some severe weather but snow on this scale is unusual. Weird have
0:04:38 > 0:04:43to go back a number of years to see an event like this.Jackknifed
0:04:43 > 0:04:46lorries meant on some roads even the gritters and snowploughs struggled
0:04:46 > 0:04:53to get through. The M80 travelling north grantor halt with driver stuck
0:04:53 > 0:04:58for hours.20 minutes ago we moved about 100 yards and we stopped
0:04:58 > 0:05:05again. For a while when it was daylight, the sky cleared and it was
0:05:05 > 0:05:10quite optimistic. The next thing was it went black and heavy, heavy
0:05:10 > 0:05:15showers of snow.Blizzard conditions lead to problems at the airports
0:05:15 > 0:05:20too. Most flights in Glasgow were cancelled. The Red Cross bringing in
0:05:20 > 0:05:24temporary bedding for hundreds of passengers stranded overnight. One
0:05:24 > 0:05:30sign perhaps of how extreme this weather has been, deer coming down
0:05:30 > 0:05:36from the hills in Perthshire in search of shelter or food. More than
0:05:36 > 0:05:391600 schools across Scotland have been closed for the day. Many will
0:05:39 > 0:05:45remain closed tomorrow too. This weather has been exceptional, and
0:05:45 > 0:05:51it's not over yet. Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Glasgow.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Wherever you are in the UK, travel is going to be difficult tomorrow.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Almost every train operator will be affected again by the conditions
0:05:57 > 0:05:59with some rail lines completely shut again.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Airports across the UK are warning of more delays and cancellations.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04And motorists are being advised not to make any unnecessary journeys.
0:06:04 > 0:06:12Our correspondent Danny Savage is in Durham tonight.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16The infrastructure of the UK has taken a real battering over the last
0:06:16 > 0:06:2024 hours. This is the East Coast mainline. Trains are coming through
0:06:20 > 0:06:24tonight which are more than four hours late. There has been a
0:06:24 > 0:06:28critical incident declared in Lincolnshire with police wanting to
0:06:28 > 0:06:32use military vehicles to get people to hospital. Also in south Wales,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36many schools will be closed until next week. There's a long way to go
0:06:36 > 0:06:40yet before things start to improve.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Day three of this Siberian blast, and things have got much worse.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46This was Cumbria, but it could have been virtually anywhere in northern
0:06:46 > 0:06:47and eastern Britain.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Hundreds of vehicles, on many different routes,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51ended up getting stuck.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56The A46 Lincoln bypass was blocked by stranded lorries.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58In south-east London, a man in his 60s died
0:06:58 > 0:07:03after falling into a frozen pond in Danson Park, in Welling.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05It's the worst snowfall in the capital for several years,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07and canals have been left frozen.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Landmarks faded from view as blizzards swept in,
0:07:09 > 0:07:14and young and old took to the slopes in city parks.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Further north in Norwich, it was gridlock as the journey
0:07:17 > 0:07:20to work took hours.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22The poor night girls are still on shift.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26They've been there since 7:30pm last night, and no one can get in.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27No, we're not.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29We should have just stayed at home, really, but...
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Someone's got to keep the world running, haven't they?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35On the East Coast mainline, linking London and Scotland,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38there were numerous cancellations and delays.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41The snow, the travel has been a nightmare.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43It's been a journey.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46The train is 2:38 train, and it has been delayed
0:07:46 > 0:07:48by a couple of hours.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50So 17:15 is the current time.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52As thousands of schools were closed, endurance was needed
0:07:52 > 0:07:56for the alternative to lessons in the biting wind chill.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Come on!
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Come on!
0:08:01 > 0:08:07In rural areas, much has to be done regardless of the weather.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09All these ewes are pregnant, they'll begin lambing
0:08:09 > 0:08:11in less than three weeks.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Farmers want this freeze to be over by then.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Sometimes the weaker lambs would just freeze to death in it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22That's where most of the problem would lie.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26And the farmer himself, getting round the sheep to find
0:08:26 > 0:08:27which ones are in a corner.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29They don't always lamb where you want them to.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32So you'd have to be out looking, finding them in the snow?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Later, on the way into Sunderland, we found Steve trying
0:08:36 > 0:08:40to free his car, which ended up off the road.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44There was a lorry stuck there, so we were stuck behind that
0:08:44 > 0:08:46vehicle, and it was just like a sheet of...
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Well, you couldn't see virtually in front of you.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49It was a white out?
0:08:49 > 0:08:55It really was.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Even Cornwall got a covering, an opportunity for a different kind
0:08:57 > 0:08:59of boarding in the south-west.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01The far south-east ended up on the receiving end as well,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05adding to the accumulations in Kent and neighbouring counties.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08And there is no sign of things getting any better yet.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13Danny Savage, BBC News, County Durham.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16The blast of bitterly cold weather over the past few days
0:09:16 > 0:09:19has come from Siberia - but this is what's
0:09:19 > 0:09:22heading our way now.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Storm Emma is moving up from the south from the Bay of Biscay.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29And it's the South West of England and Wales that
0:09:29 > 0:09:30will be affected by that.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36Jon Kay is in Cornwall for us tonight.
0:09:36 > 0:09:43Snowed today but how much worse as it expected to get?Emma and the
0:09:43 > 0:09:47beast sounds like a fairy tale but we don't know how and when this is
0:09:47 > 0:09:52going to end. Today has been unpredictable enough. As Danny was
0:09:52 > 0:09:56saying, you don't often get this amount of snow in a place like
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Falmouth next to the beach huts. Tomorrow is a new level of
0:10:00 > 0:10:03unpredictability. Not only have we got the snow coming in from the
0:10:03 > 0:10:08east, we've got the low pressure coming up from the South mixing over
0:10:08 > 0:10:12this part of south-west England and mid and South Wales. It's bringing
0:10:12 > 0:10:16wind and moisture which means there could be blizzard conditions, there
0:10:16 > 0:10:19could be freezing rain, and the authorities are trying to work out
0:10:19 > 0:10:23what is going to happen where to try and stay ahead of it. In Cornwall
0:10:23 > 0:10:27they are hoping to keep 900 miles of roads free to reach rural
0:10:27 > 0:10:32communities. They know that's going to be difficult to do if blizzard
0:10:32 > 0:10:36conditions continue. They are warning people to change their
0:10:36 > 0:10:40plans, to change their lives, to act accordingly. Hundreds of schools are
0:10:40 > 0:10:43already shot, the University of the West of England says it is closing
0:10:43 > 0:10:47its campuses on Friday. There are people in Falmouth who have never
0:10:47 > 0:10:53seen snow like this but tomorrow they could see a whole lot more.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Thank you. You can keep up-to-date with the latest information on the
0:10:57 > 0:11:01BBC News website.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03The former Prime Minister Sir John Major has called
0:11:03 > 0:11:06on Theresa May to offer MPs a free vote on the final Brexit
0:11:06 > 0:11:09deal, with the option of putting it to the public
0:11:09 > 0:11:10in a second referendum.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Sir John, who campaigned to remain in the EU,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15criticised the UK's approach to Brexit, said many of its red
0:11:15 > 0:11:17lines are unrealistic.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19But a leading Brexit-supporting Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg
0:11:19 > 0:11:22dismissed Sir John's words as "cheap comments".
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Stop Brexit!
0:11:28 > 0:11:30"Stop Brexit"?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Not a done deal!
0:11:32 > 0:11:35The freezing protesters who have taken up a permanent berth
0:11:35 > 0:11:38in Westminster might have a new ally...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40The former Tory Prime Minister Sir John Major,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43who says MPs should be allowed to approve or block the final
0:11:43 > 0:11:49Brexit deal, or give you a second referendum.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Nobody can truly know what the will of the people may then be,
0:11:54 > 0:12:01so let Parliament decide or put the issue back to the people.
0:12:01 > 0:12:08I don't enjoy being out of step with so many of my Party.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13I take no pleasure at all in speaking out as I have today.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16But it is as necessary to speak truth to the people
0:12:16 > 0:12:21as it is to speak truth to power.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22His case?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Theresa May's trapped by her Brexiteers.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27The current plot has a bad ending.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29She has been boxed in by people who are setting up hurdles
0:12:29 > 0:12:33that it is very difficult for her to jump, and very difficult
0:12:33 > 0:12:36for the European Union to jump.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39The end product of this, no doubt in the minds of those
0:12:39 > 0:12:42setting these hurdles, is that the European Union will say
0:12:42 > 0:12:45no, and then it will be said well, we haven't got an agreement
0:12:45 > 0:12:47because of these wicked Europeans, and therefore we leave with no
0:12:47 > 0:12:50agreement and a very hard Brexit.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53That is not in the interest of this country.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55There is a risk though, is there not?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57From what you've said today, it just sounds like someone
0:12:57 > 0:13:00who was on the losing side of the argument, and you don't
0:13:00 > 0:13:01want to accept it.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06That's the cheap response to anything that's said.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Are the 16 million people who were deeply upset that we voted
0:13:09 > 0:13:12to leave the European Union expected to be absolutely silent,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16and accept everything that is said by other people,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18even when they believe it is to be damaging?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21That's not real.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22That's absolutely not real, Laura.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Of course they must speak out.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25We are a democracy.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29But isn't democracy also respecting the result of the referendum?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Nobody knew in any detail what the outcome
0:13:31 > 0:13:35of the referendum really meant.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37The Prime Minister relies on the support of a vocal
0:13:37 > 0:13:39group of Brexit backers.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41REPORTER:Prime Minister, who's going to blink first?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44But she, like they, has no truck with another vote.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47The government has given Parliament, and will give Parliament the right
0:13:47 > 0:13:50to say whether they agree with what's been negotiated or not,
0:13:50 > 0:13:51and that will be it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I think that's the right thing to do.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55We have to leave, because the British people have
0:13:55 > 0:13:57said we should leave.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Ministers may gnash their teeth at this intervention,
0:13:59 > 0:14:03but it has cheered some of the Tory restive troops.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05John Major is right, we should have a free vote.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09And if it is absolutely the will of the people,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12then this process that was begun by the people of this
0:14:12 > 0:14:15country must be finished by the people of this country.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16But is he really helping?
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Didn't he complain his predecessor was a back-seat driver?
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Why should Theresa May tolerate what you're doing this afternoon?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26This is the first occasion I've spoken on this
0:14:26 > 0:14:28for many, many months.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Unless my memory serves me ill, Margaret spoke on a weekly basis,
0:14:32 > 0:14:37not once in many many months.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Hard to believe now the referendum was meant to end Tory fights.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44With a year to go, and the future shape of the country
0:14:44 > 0:14:47at stake, there are plenty of scores to settle.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Sir John Major's intervention came on the day that the European
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Commission published its first draft of the official treaty for Brexit.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59In it, it proposes a common regulatory area
0:14:59 > 0:15:02on the island of Ireland - which would effectively mean
0:15:02 > 0:15:05keeping Northern Ireland in a customs union -
0:15:05 > 0:15:07unlike the rest of the UK.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09But Theresa May said the idea threatened the constitutional
0:15:09 > 0:15:12integrity of the UK and would never be agreed to.
0:15:12 > 0:15:20Here's our Europe editor, Katya Adler.
0:15:20 > 0:15:26In the historic process in which the UK leaves the EU, this is a big
0:15:26 > 0:15:34moment. The first legal draft of the UK's exit treaty. So how is it
0:15:34 > 0:15:38possible, you might ask, to have a draft withdrawal agreement already
0:15:38 > 0:15:43when Brexit negotiations are still ongoing? Well, this 120 page
0:15:43 > 0:15:46document is the European Commission's understanding of what
0:15:46 > 0:15:50has been agreed to date with the UK, and of what it still wants to be
0:15:50 > 0:15:55agreed. So in here we see the divorce issues that were discussed
0:15:55 > 0:16:02but not finalised before Christmas. The rights rights of EU citizens in
0:16:02 > 0:16:07the UK and UK citizens in after Brexit and the Brexit bill and the
0:16:07 > 0:16:13Irish border. Also in here the transition agreement, but no details
0:16:13 > 0:16:16of a future EU-UK trade deal because those talks haven't even started
0:16:16 > 0:16:21yet. The document's paragraphs on Northern Ireland are particularly
0:16:21 > 0:16:29controversial. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator came out today to defend
0:16:29 > 0:16:37them.We have applied imagination and creativity to find a specific
0:16:37 > 0:16:41solution to the unique challenge that Brexit causes for the
0:16:41 > 0:16:48protection of the Good Friday Agreement.Mr Barnathan said three
0:16:48 > 0:16:53options had been agreed with the UK to avoid the reintroduction of a
0:16:53 > 0:16:56hard border between the Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, but
0:16:56 > 0:16:59he said the UK hadn't yet come forward with details so much his
0:16:59 > 0:17:04back stop solution involves Northern Ireland remaining in a customs
0:17:04 > 0:17:08agreement with the EU and in parts of the single market. You must also
0:17:08 > 0:17:13be aware of the potentially explosive effect in the UK of this
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Northern Ireland protocol. Is this perhaps intentional on your part?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23TRANSLATION:I'm not trying to provoke or create shockwaves I want
0:17:23 > 0:17:26these negotiations to be a success. Let me remind you that it was the
0:17:26 > 0:17:31UK's decision to leave. As I said from the beginning, nobody should
0:17:31 > 0:17:34under estimate the consequences of this action.But the Prime Minister
0:17:34 > 0:17:39was having none of it.The draft legal text the Commission have
0:17:39 > 0:17:43published would if implemented would undermine the UK Common Market and
0:17:43 > 0:17:47threaten constitutional intregrity of the UK by creating a customs and
0:17:47 > 0:17:51regulatory border down the Irish Sea. And no UK Prime Minister could
0:17:51 > 0:17:57ever agree to it.The Prime Minister and the EU do agree a hard border
0:17:57 > 0:18:01between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic must be avoided. But
0:18:01 > 0:18:05the Prime Minister's negotiating position is complicated by her
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Government's reliance for parliamentary support on Northern
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party. We didn't leave the EU to oversea
0:18:12 > 0:18:17the break-up of the United Kingdom. It would be catastrophic
0:18:17 > 0:18:20economically, never mind politically from Northern Ireland to be cut off
0:18:20 > 0:18:24from its biggest market.This is not where the story ends. This document
0:18:24 > 0:18:29is a first draft to be amended by EU member states then negotiated with
0:18:29 > 0:18:36the Government. Which has plenty to say about it. Before you go away
0:18:36 > 0:18:40tonight thinking - another Brexit crisis, actually we are slap back in
0:18:40 > 0:18:43the middle of more Brexit negotiations. There were strong
0:18:43 > 0:18:48words today in London, in Belfast and in Brussels, but nobody actually
0:18:48 > 0:18:58slammed the door. Tomorrow, in the next chap term of this drama --
0:18:58 > 0:19:01chapter of this drama. In a spirit of compromise the Government is
0:19:01 > 0:19:04offering more rights to EU citizenses who arrive during the
0:19:04 > 0:19:09transition period. It's a negotiation with much to play for,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13although one EU diplomat pointed out me tonight the Irish question still
0:19:13 > 0:19:17has the potential to bring a Brexit deal tumbling down. Katya, thank
0:19:17 > 0:19:22you.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Police investigating an explosion on Sunday night
0:19:24 > 0:19:27at a shop in Leicester, that claimed the lives of five
0:19:27 > 0:19:29people, have tonight arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Let's speak to Sima Kotecha, who's there for us this evening.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Sima.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36What more can you tell us about these latest developments?As you
0:19:36 > 0:19:40say, Sofie, three men have been aest ared on suspicion of manslaughter
0:19:40 > 0:19:44this evening. Police say they are in their 30s and from East Anglia, the
0:19:44 > 0:19:48north-west of the country and the East Midlands. They say at this
0:19:48 > 0:19:51stage in their investigation there isn't much more they can say.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55However, in a statement they stress there remains no evidence to suggest
0:19:55 > 0:20:01that the blast was in anyway terror related. Now it, five people are
0:20:01 > 0:20:03believed to have died in that explosion on Sunday including a
0:20:03 > 0:20:10mothered and her two teenage sons. A Polish supermarket, along with a two
0:20:10 > 0:20:13story flat were completely destroyed. Tonight, police say they
0:20:13 > 0:20:20are questioning those three men. Sofie.Thank you.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22A woman who was rescued from the 19th floor
0:20:22 > 0:20:24of Grenfell Tower has died in hospital.
0:20:24 > 0:20:2674-year-old Maria Del Pilar Burton, who was known as Pily,
0:20:26 > 0:20:34had been in hospital since her home was destroyed in the fire.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46It brings the death toll to 72.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49They've been big high street names for more than 30 years,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52but now Toys R Us and the electrical chain Maplin have both
0:20:52 > 0:20:54collapsed, putting more than 5,000 jobs at risk.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Toys R Us has 3,000 staff, Maplin employs 2,500 people.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Both firms have been struggling with poor sales and increasing
0:20:58 > 0:21:00competition from online retailers.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Here's our business correspondent, Emma Simpson.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02# With toys in their millions
0:21:02 > 0:21:04# All under one roof
0:21:04 > 0:21:05# It's Called Toys R Us!...#
0:21:05 > 0:21:08It was a force to be reckoned with, pulling in shoppers
0:21:08 > 0:21:09with its American-style megastores.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Today, the magic's long gone.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Some stores were already closing to cut costs,
0:21:12 > 0:21:13but it wasn't enough.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15It's a shame, but it's not probably a great surprise.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17It's been on the cards for a while.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20And people tend to buy online these days, I think,
0:21:20 > 0:21:21because it's cheaper.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Because I've four children, grown up now, but we always used
0:21:23 > 0:21:25to come here for their toys.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26So, you know, it's a shame.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Selling toys should be a magical experience.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31So what went wrong for Toys R Us?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34They are too reliant on these large out-of-town stores.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37But a lot of their problems are actually self-inflicted.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40They overlooked the importance of online, where about 40%
0:21:40 > 0:21:44of toy sales take place.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47And perhaps more importantly, they've neglected their stores.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Toys R Us has been struggling for years, a business weighed down
0:21:50 > 0:21:53by huge amount of debt.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Its American owners filed for bankruptcy protection
0:21:57 > 0:22:00in the States last autumn.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02And today, this toy story ended with the UK chain effectively
0:22:02 > 0:22:06running out of cash.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09And tonight, the man tasked with rescuing it told me
0:22:09 > 0:22:10that wouldn't be easy.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Whilst we're going to make every effort to sell the business,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I think realistically there's a small chance that
0:22:16 > 0:22:20someone will come through.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23And if they do, it will be for parts of the business,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26and certainly not for the business as a whole, and certainly not
0:22:26 > 0:22:28in its existing format.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Maplin also collapsed today with more than 200 stores.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33It blamed a slowdown in consumer spending and higher costs.
0:22:33 > 0:22:41It's been a bleak winter for many retailers.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Today, two big casualties and thousands of jobs on the line.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47The shops are still trading, but for how much longer?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Emma Simpson, BBC News.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53The United Nations says conditions in Yemen are "catastrophic"
0:22:53 > 0:22:56after three years of conflict there.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, remain in control of large
0:22:59 > 0:23:02parts of the country, including the capital Sana'a.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Fighting them are forces loyal to the former president,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09who are being backed by Saudi airstrikes and a naval blockade.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Caught in the middle are the country's civilians.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17More than 20 million of them need humanitarian help or protection,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20and famine remains a serious threat.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24The BBC's Lyse Doucet travelled with Saudi and Yemeni government
0:23:24 > 0:23:27forces to the frontlines, and sent this report.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33High above the Iranian peninsula, just off the coast of Yemen.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Saudi Arabia and its allies have ruled these skies
0:23:37 > 0:23:43since this war began, and they control the seas below.
0:23:43 > 0:23:51These shipping lanes, a vital gateway for the world's
0:23:51 > 0:23:55energy supplies, and a smuggling route too for elicit goods.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Among them, the Saudis say, weapons its arch-rival Iran supplies
0:23:57 > 0:24:01to Yemen's Houthi fighters.
0:24:01 > 0:24:07We land on board HMS Makkah, a Saudi warship inspecting vessels
0:24:07 > 0:24:10bound for Hodeidah port.
0:24:10 > 0:24:18Most of Yemen's imports flow through there,
0:24:20 > 0:24:25but it's in Houthi hands.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27So Saudis are on the lookout for suspicious vessels.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30For the captain, his mission is a crucial front-line in this war.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33So your operational rules are to treat all vessels as suspicious?
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Yes, yes.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35Even humanitarian ones?
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Even humanitarian.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38A naval blockade has been lifted for now,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40it had obstructed vital medicine, food and fuel from reaching
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Yemenis in desperate need.
0:24:41 > 0:24:48But this war grinds on and on the ground its Yemen's army,
0:24:48 > 0:24:53troops and tribesmen, who are batting Houthi fighters.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58Advancing slowly on hostile terrain, mountain by mountain,
0:24:58 > 0:25:04seizing strategic heights on the approach to the capital.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Sana'a is the prize in this war.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11The Houthis want to keep it, the ousted government wants it back.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15But to take the fight into the heart of this historic,
0:25:15 > 0:25:19densely-populated city would be a bloody urban battle.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23All roads in this war lead to this capital.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Yemeni forces and their allies have an ambitious plan -
0:25:27 > 0:25:32surround Sana'a and force the Houthis to surrender.
0:25:32 > 0:25:39But their enemy is well entrenched.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Supported by Iran, the Houthis are now well
0:25:41 > 0:25:44trained and well supplied.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Their ballistic missiles have reached the heart
0:25:46 > 0:25:49of the Saudi Kingdom.
0:25:49 > 0:25:57And fear is part of their arsena,l too.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04--.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08And fear is part of their arsenal, too.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Hundreds of journalists and political opponents have been
0:26:10 > 0:26:11detained arbitrarily, many have fled.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13In a government-controlled area, we meet 27-year-old Annas.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15His crime - posting comments on social media.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17He tells us, "they hung me up, tortured me until
0:26:17 > 0:26:18I fell unconscious."
0:26:18 > 0:26:20When he woke up, he couldn't move.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22"Imagine", he says, "in a second you cannot walk.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24What can I be now," he asks?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27But Yemenis live with other fears too.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30This is the impact of a Saudi air strike in Sana'a,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33a neighbourhood close to the Defence Ministry.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35The Saudi-led coalition has been pounding enemy positions,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39armed with the most sophisticated weaponry from allies
0:26:39 > 0:26:42like Britain, the US and France.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46The Saudis insist civilians are not a target, but they're being hit.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50This family, like many others, lost their home
0:26:50 > 0:26:51in a coalition bombing.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55They've taken refuge here.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00"We're begging for help", cries Sabat al-Salah.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02"Yesterday my three children didn't eat.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04I'm ill, always ill.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Neither dead nor alive."
0:27:08 > 0:27:10There's no escape from this war, it's pushed these families
0:27:10 > 0:27:17from place to place.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19At this temporary settlement they're digging in, trying to make
0:27:19 > 0:27:21a new home from the little they now have.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25The Arab world's poorest nation, now a battleground for regional
0:27:25 > 0:27:30powers, in a Middle East which grows evermore combustible.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Saudi Arabia and Iran know they're playing with fire.
0:27:32 > 0:27:40Lyse Doucet, BBC News, Yemen.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42The fishing industry in Britain is worth more
0:27:42 > 0:27:45than £1 billion a year, but the sector faces an uncertain
0:27:45 > 0:27:48future after Britain leaves the EU.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50MPs are urging the Government to publish their proposals for
0:27:50 > 0:27:58the industry as a matter of urgency.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, reports
0:27:59 > 0:28:01from Peterhead, one of Europe's largest fishing ports.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Fishermen around Britain's coastline, from Cornwall
0:28:03 > 0:28:05to the north-east of Scotland, cannot wait to leave the EU.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08They feel they've been dealt a raw deal from the common
0:28:08 > 0:28:09fisheries policy for decades.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12What better way, they say, to show we're taking back control
0:28:12 > 0:28:15than to regain regulation of the UK's coastal waters.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18This is where the fish ends up at.
0:28:18 > 0:28:24In Fraserburgh, David Mills just invested millions
0:28:24 > 0:28:26in a brand-new boat.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I think they should have total control of the coastal waters,
0:28:29 > 0:28:30there's no question about it.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Would that mean no EU fisheries boats in UK waters?
0:28:32 > 0:28:33No, no.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35No, no, I'm not saying that.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38I mean, we know they've got to get access, but we would like to be
0:28:38 > 0:28:40in charge of the access that they have.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Currently, EU rules mean that UK ships are allowed to catch less
0:28:43 > 0:28:45than 40% of the fish in UK waters.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48While fishermen in Iceland, which is outside the EU,
0:28:48 > 0:28:52keep around 95% of their stocks.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56British boats want a larger share of what they say are British fish.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59The UK fishing industry know what they want out of Brexit.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04The EU, though, take a very different view.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06They say they want to base any future bilateral fishing deal
0:29:06 > 0:29:09on current and historical patterns.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12In other words, the very arrangements that UK
0:29:12 > 0:29:15fishermen so detest.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Much of the fish landed and processed in the UK is sold
0:29:18 > 0:29:20in European countries.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22The EU say, without a fair deal on access to UK
0:29:22 > 0:29:26waters, we can't expect to maintain tariff-free trade.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30If there are tariffs imposed, then that creates challenges.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Fresh fish is a perishable item, and so, if it goes to a border,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38for example, and there are non-tariff implications,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41such as document requirements, that hold up the product
0:29:41 > 0:29:44at the border, then that is a big issue.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48UK fishing is getting ready for a sizeable expansion.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53A huge new fish market is already under construction in Peterhead,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56part funded, ironically, by the European Union.
0:29:56 > 0:30:03Sarah Smith, BBC News, Peterhead.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Football, and Tottenham Hotspur have progressed to the quarter-finals
0:30:05 > 0:30:09of the FA Cup after what turned out to be an emphatic 6-1 win over
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Rochdale at Wembley.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17But the first half of the game was dominated by controversy over
0:30:17 > 0:30:19the use of video referee technology.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Our sports correspondent, Richard Conway, reports.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Wembley is always a special occasion, Rochdale's manager,
0:30:23 > 0:30:24Keith Hill, sharing this one with his son.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29Just five minutes in, Tottenham thought they'd taken
0:30:29 > 0:30:32the lead, only for Erik Lamela's goal to be ruled out
0:30:32 > 0:30:34for a foul picked up by the referee's video assistant.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36But it wasn't long before Spurs did take the lead.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39On a freezing cold night, it was Son who shone.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40COMMENTATOR:That was pure quality.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42But the video assistant referee was fast becoming
0:30:42 > 0:30:45the controversial star of the show, helping award Spurs a penalty.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50Son Heung-min scoring, but his stuttering runnup
0:30:50 > 0:30:51was adjudged to be illegal.
0:30:51 > 0:30:58Another Spurs goal struck off.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01A more traditional storyline, that of the FA Cup giant killing
0:31:01 > 0:31:02then briefly threatened to take over.
0:31:02 > 0:31:09Rochdale's Stephen Humphrys sending hopes soring.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11As the mercury plummeted, Spurs emerged in the second-half
0:31:11 > 0:31:12on a firmer footing.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14COMMENTATOR:The flag has stayed down.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Fernando Llorente's neat finish the first of his hat-trick.
0:31:16 > 0:31:24Spurs were brushing the League One team aside.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27And with the final kick of the game., Kyle Walker-Peters
0:31:27 > 0:31:29scored his first ever goal for the club.
0:31:29 > 0:31:326-1 in the end to Tottenham and a game notable for video