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Heavy snow brings severe disruption across the country. Roads and rail | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
services are badly hit - at Heathrow, half the flights are | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
cancelled. Fury over Russia and China's refusal to condemn the | :00:14. | :00:20. | |
violence in Syria, which continues in the embattled city of Homs. The | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
Queen attends church at Sandringham, as she prepares to mark her 60 | :00:23. | :00:30. | |
years as monarch. And in the Six Nations, Wales beat Ireland with | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
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Good evening. Freezing temperatures and heavy snow across most of | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
Britain have brought severe disruption to the roads and | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
railways. Many airports were also hit by the snow - Heathrow says it | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
has had to cancel half of its flights today. Tonight, motorists | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
are being warned of treacherous conditions as the snow turns to ice. | :01:06. | :01:16. | |
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Robert Hall is in West Malling, in Kent. We all watched the snow on | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
the weather maps as it came across the country yesterday, reaching | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
Kent last, but Kent appears to have borne the brunt of the cold snap. | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
The roads here are clear, as are most main roads, but the more | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
isolated you are, the more difficult your day has been. Not | :01:36. | :01:43. | |
the start to a quiet Sunday that many might have wished for. The | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
first serious snowfall in England this winter provide entertainment, | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
but it also caused delays and frustration for those who needed to | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
travel. Temperatures hovering around freezing, preserving the? | :01:56. | :02:04. | |
snow, together with the accompanying hazards on the roads, | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
provided the backdrop to the provided the backdrop to the | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
conditions. It was clear that the gritting teams had successfully | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
kept traffic flowing, but that there was much still to do. The | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
further we travelled from major further we travelled from major | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
routes, the more snow and / we encountered. In the East Midlands, | :02:21. | :02:29. | |
even simple tasks, such as exiting a car park, were a struggle. | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
actually saw a gritter getting stuck as well, we could not push | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
that one out. Sharing a wedding breakfast in Uttoxeter, this couple | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
had tried but failed to keep their reception going. We decided to pull | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
the plug, to make saw that everybody did get home safely, that | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
has to be the priority. So we had our first dance, and then recorded | :02:52. | :03:00. | |
today. At a petrol station in Kent, murmurs of a rock band returning | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
from a concert woke up bleary-eyed after treacherous road conditions | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
forced them to spend the night in their van. We were halfway up this | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
road, slipping on over the place, as soon as we saw the petrol | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
station, we pulled in. We figured, as we had enough duvets and | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
sleeping stuff, we figured it would be easy. But getting up this | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
morning and having to DeGale way out... Visitors to Heathrow, who | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
had first sight of the new snow clearing equipment, might have | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
expected limited disruption on but in fact, half of all flights were | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
cancelled. We will have to see how quickly alliance can get their | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
aircraft back in the right place. Once the operation here is | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
disturbed, getting the aircraft positioned, getting the de-icing | :03:47. | :03:54. | |
done and so on, takes some time. Rail travel was also affected, and | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
the disruption may well spillover into the start of the new working | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
week. But, as ever, winter sports provided a welcome distraction, | :04:04. | :04:14. | |
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even a few centimetres of snow can provide mass entertainment. The | :04:15. | :04:22. | |
partial thaw has helped the gritting teams get some of the | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
roads open again, but we are not out of the woods yet. If you are | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
heading for work or school in the morning, you will still need to | :04:29. | :04:36. | |
As Robert mentioned, there have been delays at many airports today, | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
but the worst-hit has been Heathrow, where half of today's flights were | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
cancelled in advance to attempt to prevent delays. Our transport | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
correspondent, Richard Westcott, joins me now - a sensible move or | :04:44. | :04:53. | |
an admission of failure to cope? Well, I guess it depends if you're | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
a customer who had to sit watching planes landing and taking off on an | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
empty runway, or, if you are the airport, where you say, they were | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
preventing disruption. They have come in for a lot of stick today. | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
Effectively, they cancelled 100 -- hundreds of flights before a single | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
flake of snow landed on the runway. They said that was much better than | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
having customers arriving at the airport, then cancelling flights, | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
and having customers having to spend the night there. If you cast | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
your mind back to Christmas time last year, this place was crippled | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
for four days by heavy snow. People were spending the night in here. | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
This is their big plan to try to prevent that. But I'm sure there | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
are plenty of customers in there, looking at those planes, wondering | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
why their flight had to be rebooked. If you are flying tomorrow, it is a | :05:45. | :05:52. | |
normal schedule, but check with The American Secretary of State, | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
Hillary Clinton, has called on "friends of democratic Syria" to | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
unite and rally against President Assad's regime. Here, the Foreign | :05:58. | :06:00. | |
Secretary, William Hague, accused China and Russia of "turning their | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
backs on the Arab world" after they blocked a UN resolution condemning | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
the Syrian government. Syrian forces today continued their | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
offensive on the embattled city of Homs, where dozens were killed in a | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
major assault on Friday. Here's our diplomatic correspondent Emily | :06:14. | :06:24. | |
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The epicentre of Syria's uprising. These latest pictures from Homs | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
appear to show government forces shelling districts held by army | :06:31. | :06:41. | |
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defectors. President Bashar al- Assad may have been feeling | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
relieved as he celebrated the Prophet Mohammed's birthday. He may | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
have seen the veto as a green light to crack down on his opponents, | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
violence some Western opponents will want to blame on Russia and | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
China. Increasingly, given what happened yesterday, Russia and | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
China will be held responsible for this continuing, appalling | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
situation. They did not cause the situation, but they are standing in | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
the way of the United Nations Security Council. Western | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
governments are furious that the Russians and Chinese vetoed the | :07:12. | :07:19. | |
resolution, even after it had been watered down. The problem is, | :07:19. | :07:20. | |
Russia and China value their friendship and you lucrative trade | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
with Syria, and they did not want to be seen to take sides, or to be | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
paving the way for any possible future foreign intervention. Russia | :07:29. | :07:35. | |
also aims to do its own peace brokering in Damascus. So, what can | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
the international community do now? Faced with a neutered Security | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
Council, we have to redouble our efforts, outside of the United | :07:45. | :07:51. | |
Nations, with those allies and partners who support the Syrian | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
people's right to have a better future. These pictures show the | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
mass funeral of dozens of victims in Homs. There may be many more | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
scenes like these, if President Assad uses the diplomatic latest to | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
try to crush the opposition. Members of the Free Syrian Army | :08:08. | :08:17. | |
The Government is to vote against a new pay package being proposed by | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
Network Rail, after it emerged that its chief executive could be in | :08:20. | :08:22. | |
line for a bonus worth nearly �350,000. Transport Secretary | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
Justine Greening said she would attend the company's annual meeting | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
on Friday to cast her vote. Our political correspondent Gary | :08:28. | :08:36. | |
O'Donoghue is with me now. Can the Government stop the bonuses, Gary? | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
Well, they say they cannot. They say that while the Department for | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
Transport does have a vote at this meeting, that's where Justine | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
Greening is going next Friday, that she's only one vote out of 78, and | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
that anyway, it is an Advisory vote to the remuneration committee. | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
Labour say that they do have bigger powers than that, they say the | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
Government could sit on the remuneration committee, if it chose, | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
something which Labour chose not to do when it was in pole. Also there | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
are other powers which could have stopped this process in its tracks. | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
-- in power. The important thing is that both parties are fighting for | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
the same piece of ground. They know there is a great deal of public | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
anger, following things like the bonus for the chief executive of | :09:19. | :09:29. | |
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By The Queen and Prince Philip braved the cold this morning to | :09:36. | :09:38. | |
attend church at Sandringham, on the eve of an important milestone | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
in the Diamond Jubilee year. Tomorrow marks 60 years since her | :09:41. | :09:43. | |
accession to the throne. Our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, | :09:43. | :09:51. | |
reports. It is an anniversary tinged with sadness, since it marks | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
the death of her beloved father. On the eve of accession date, the day | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
she succeeded to the throne in 1952, the Queen went to morning service | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
at a church near the Sandringham estate. With her, the Duke of | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
Edinburgh, fully recovered, it would seem, from the operation two | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
days before Christmas, but feeling the cold on a day when Norfolk was | :10:14. | :10:20. | |
not a place to linger outside. For the Queen, there were flowers and | :10:20. | :10:30. | |
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thanks for the 60 years of service She had last seen her father at | :10:36. | :10:44. | |
London Airport on 31st January 1952. She was departing on an overseas | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
tour. Unknown to her, her father had lung cancer. | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
NEWSREEL: It was a farewell. It was also, as events turned out, goodbye. | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
Elizabeth's was in can you when her father died. She was given the news | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
by her husband. -- Elizabeth was in Kenya. She began her reign, which | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
was to become the second longest in British history. And it is that | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
which will be marked by the diamond jubilee. It is hard to imagine it | :11:15. | :11:23. | |
in the depths of winter, but by the spring and summer, how long reign | :11:23. | :11:33. | |
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will be marked by events in this Now, with news of the Six Nations | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
and the rest of the sport, here's Celina Hinchcliffe. Ireland versus | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
Wales was an enthralling match in Dublin, a real classic. The | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
momentum swung back and forth between the two teams and it | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
finished in dramatic style. Wales snatched a 23-21 win with virtually | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
the last kick of the game, as Tim the last kick of the game, as Tim | :11:53. | :12:01. | |
Franks reports. This had promised to be the tastiest clash of the | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
weekend, and so it proved. Wales were in Irish territory for much of | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
the first half. Jonathan Davies gave them the lead. Irish got a try | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
with pretty much their first concerted attack. The difference | :12:15. | :12:22. | |
came down to Wales' huge 3/4. George north, a mere teenager, | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
smashed the Irish defence before popping up an exquisite pass to | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
Jonathan Davies. How different it might have been had Bradley Davies | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
been given red, rather than yellow, for this. Ireland took advantage of | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
the extra man, Tommy Bowe going over. But it would not be enough. | :12:42. | :12:50. | |
George off got a try for Wales, then Ireland committed their own | :12:50. | :13:00. | |
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foul, and Leigh Halfpenny converted From a rugby classic to a football | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
classic - an astonishing match at Stamford Bridge in the Premier | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
League, with six goals to tell you about. Chelsea scored the first - | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
well, to be precise, United's defender Jonny Evans did, with an | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
own goal. 30 seconds into the second half, and Juan Mata's strike | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
was unstoppable. Chelsea then went 3-0 up when David Luiz's header | :13:19. | :13:25. | |
came off Rio Ferdinand's shoulder. Chelsea cruising, you might think. | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
Well, United had other ideas - Wayne Rooney despatched a quick | :13:27. | :13:30. | |
penalty after Patrice Evra was fouled, and when the second | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
presented itself, you just knew the comeback was on. Chelsea had never | :13:35. | :13:37. | |
given up a 3-0 lead in Premier league history, but Javier | :13:37. | :13:46. | |
Hernandez powered his header past Peter Cech. Never write off Sir | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
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And on Match Of The Day 2 later, you can see a fantastic goal at St | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
James's Park, from new boy Papiss Demba Cisse, who came off the bench | :14:03. | :14:13. | |
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to get a stunning goal, as Newcastle beat Aston Villa. | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
Rangers' woes continue as they crashed out of the Scottish Cup at | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
the fifth round stage. They lost 2- 0 at home to Dundee United. And | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
Hearts face a replay after drawing 1-1 with St Johnstone. In the Third | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
Test, England will have to produce one of their best ever batting | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
performances to avoid a series whitewash against Pakistan. They | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
need to score 324 in their second innings to win, and will resume on | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
36 without loss. But at least there is a glimmer of light, after a day | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
when Pakistan threatened to move out of sight. Joe Wilson reports | :14:39. | :14:47. | |
from Dubai. Nearing 30 degrees, but still, at the stadium, England | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
started to freeze. England needed a handful of wickets in the morning - | :14:52. | :15:02. | |
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they got one. Younus Khan was out, having made 127. This was an old- | :15:04. | :15:12. | |
fashioned, painstaking six-hour hundred. But Monty Panesar claimed | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
a couple of lbws after lunch. His delivery to get rid of Akmal was a | :15:18. | :15:24. | |
cracker. But what about Graeme Swann? His turn - two quick wickets | :15:24. | :15:31. | |
for him, and at tea, Pakistan were eight wickets down. Azhar Ali's | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
442nd ball was his last. Graeme Swann finally got him, after the | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
highest score of his career. He had given Pakistan a great chance for | :15:39. | :15:45. | |
victory. Soon, England were batting again, 323 behind, and almost | :15:45. | :15:49. |