:00:20. > :00:24.Good afternoon. Hundreds of people spent last night
:00:24. > :00:30.in their cars because of snow across parts of Scotland, northern
:00:30. > :00:34.England and the Midlands. The M6 was badly affected and the Highways
:00:34. > :00:39.Agency closed it in both directions near Wigan after vehicles became
:00:39. > :00:44.stuck and many drivers abandoned their cars. We have this report.
:00:45. > :00:48.As cars skidded and lorries came to a halt, the M6 became impassable.
:00:48. > :00:51.The motorway closed in both directions near Wigan last night,
:00:51. > :00:56.some drivers were stranded for hours.
:00:56. > :01:01.It is about 2.00am. I'm in the middle of the M6
:01:01. > :01:06.motorway. As you can see, probably at the back of me... We have come
:01:06. > :01:14.to a stand still. It is quite cold here. It is thawing out. It looks
:01:14. > :01:18.like we are here for the night. was horrible. By the time I got to
:01:18. > :01:23.junction 25 on the M6 it was stand still.
:01:23. > :01:26.The Highways Agency says there were as many as 140 incidents on the
:01:26. > :01:30.roads in North Yorkshire alone last night. The problem has been not so
:01:30. > :01:35.much the volume of the snow but the fact that so much fell so quickly.
:01:35. > :01:42.A foot of snow in some places, within the space of two hours.
:01:42. > :01:47.Deep snow in deep lanes. Many other roads in the hills above Bradford
:01:47. > :01:51.are barely passable. Darren with his tractor has been in big demand
:01:51. > :01:57.today. We came down in about an hour-and-
:01:57. > :02:03.a-half. We started at 9.30pm, p was still knowing when I went to bed.
:02:03. > :02:08.I got up at 4.30am to see what it was like. I went home in the
:02:08. > :02:12.tractor to ensure I got to work. As the temperatures rise and the
:02:12. > :02:17.ice melts, there is a new danger, flooding. The Environment Agency
:02:17. > :02:23.has issued warnings across England and Wales with the midwest
:02:23. > :02:29.vulnerable. There are catchments, there are
:02:29. > :02:33.areas underneath this. It will probably see about ten inches of
:02:33. > :02:37.snow that could find its way quickly into the river system.
:02:37. > :02:42.With the temperatures rises in the coming days, this could be the last
:02:42. > :02:46.chance to play in the snow. A masked armed robber collapsed and
:02:46. > :02:50.died after being disarmed and pinned down by customers in a
:02:50. > :02:53.bookies. The man was believed to bewaring a gas mask and holding a
:02:53. > :02:58.gun. He stormed in the betting office in Plymouth last night.
:02:58. > :03:05.We have this report. We don't know who the man was who
:03:05. > :03:09.died here. We know he was in his 50s. He came into the bookmakers
:03:09. > :03:13.wearing a gas mask and holding a pistol-type firearm it seems that
:03:13. > :03:21.the customers disarmed the man and held him to the ground while the
:03:21. > :03:25.police were called. One eyewitness told us what he saw.
:03:25. > :03:31.My friend said he was coming in to rob the place. They were waiting
:03:31. > :03:37.for the police. I was told to leave. The police said that when they
:03:37. > :03:42.arrived at the scene, they realised that the man was unconscious. The
:03:42. > :03:48.officers attempted CPR but they were not able to resuscitate him.
:03:48. > :03:53.He was declared dead at the scene. The police have recovered a firearm
:03:53. > :03:58.of sorts, they do not know if it is a replica or genuine.
:03:58. > :04:02.The incident has been reported, standard procedure after police
:04:02. > :04:07.contact. Ladbrokes are assisting the police with their enquiries.
:04:07. > :04:10.A court in Egypt has sentenced 21 people to death in connection with
:04:10. > :04:16.fighting between rival football fans last year in which more than
:04:16. > :04:21.07 people died. In the Courtroom families of the deceased greeted
:04:21. > :04:28.the verdicts with cries of God is great. The judge is to announce the
:04:28. > :04:30.verdict for the remaining 52 offenders later.
:04:30. > :04:39.Let's go to our correspondent there for us.
:04:39. > :04:43.Aleem, what is the latest? Well, I'm outside the club here in Cairo,
:04:43. > :04:50.there have been great celebrations here. It is in contrast to the
:04:50. > :04:56.riots that we hear are going up in Port Said, but this was always to
:04:56. > :05:01.be a charged verdict. One side or the other to start violence. This
:05:01. > :05:07.relates to the fans that had gone up to Port Said and after the match
:05:07. > :05:12.were attacked by the Port Said fans who killed about 70 people. The
:05:12. > :05:16.people were stabbed to death, kicked to death, and even in some
:05:16. > :05:22.cases clubbed to death. A lot of the fans here that the authorities
:05:22. > :05:26.were explicit by locking the doors to the stid yum. -- stadium. There
:05:26. > :05:30.were celebrations after the verdict was announced but the families of
:05:30. > :05:34.the defendants, of those sentenced to death have attacked the prison
:05:34. > :05:37.there. That is why there has been these deaths it adds to the feeling
:05:37. > :05:43.of instability that has characterised Egypt for the last
:05:43. > :05:46.couple of years. Britain is providing �21 million in
:05:46. > :05:50.humanitarian asustance for those caught up in the crisis in Syria.
:05:50. > :05:56.The aid was announced as the International Development Secretary,
:05:56. > :06:01.Justine Greening, was visiting Jordan.
:06:01. > :06:05.The United Nations says that the flow of Syrian refugees into here,
:06:05. > :06:09.the Za'atari camp in Jordan has become absolutely dramatic.
:06:10. > :06:16.The influx has accelerated throughout the week. 6,000 Syrians
:06:16. > :06:19.have been recorded arriving here in one 24-hour period alone. Mostly
:06:20. > :06:25.women and children and elderly people. Three children have died in
:06:25. > :06:29.the camp this week. Under half of the new British aid funding is
:06:30. > :06:34.intended to help Jordan cope with the numbers crossing the border. As
:06:34. > :06:39.the winter conditions continue, that means tents, blankets and
:06:39. > :06:45.other supplies to help make the refugees less vulnerable. Most of
:06:45. > :06:47.the recent arrivals have been fleeing the fighting in the area of
:06:48. > :06:52.Deraa. They have been escaping shortages
:06:52. > :06:56.of food and fuel. The rest of the aid is to help to get vital
:06:56. > :07:01.supplies of bread and flour to tens of thousands of people inside Syria
:07:01. > :07:05.and to help to restock medical facilities and treat many thousands
:07:05. > :07:09.of injured and sick people. The yupbz warned that the number of