0:00:22 > 0:00:24Good afternoon.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hundreds of people in the north of England and in north
0:00:27 > 0:00:29and mid-Wales, are without power, as the UK struggles
0:00:29 > 0:00:33with the continued effects of the week's bitter weather.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Motorists and rail passengers have been told to expect
0:00:35 > 0:00:37continued disruption, with Scotland receiving
0:00:37 > 0:00:40the heaviest snowfall, and some of the lowest temperatures
0:00:40 > 0:00:41in the UK.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Elsewhere, it's expected to get milder.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47As the snow begins to melt, the Environment Agency has issued 13
0:00:47 > 0:00:50flood warnings for parts of north-east and
0:00:50 > 0:00:51south-west England.
0:00:51 > 0:00:59Our correspondent Dan Johnson reports.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04Another day of Britain taking a battering. After the snow, from the
0:01:04 > 0:01:09high tides and the flood warnings. On the coast, the seas have taken
0:01:09 > 0:01:14over the railway line in Dawlish. On the outskirts of Cardiff, the snow
0:01:14 > 0:01:18is hanging around. 400 homes without power. Some people have now seen
0:01:18 > 0:01:23enough.Very pretty and all of that but I must admit it is getting on my
0:01:23 > 0:01:27nerves now.It has affected me in terms of not being able to go to
0:01:27 > 0:01:32work.I didn't expect it to be as bad as it is and we are getting
0:01:32 > 0:01:35cabin fever.The motorway across the Pennines was deserted because of
0:01:35 > 0:01:40heavy snow and high winds. Leeds and Manchester were reconnected earlier
0:01:40 > 0:01:45this morning. The traffic may be flowing here but most of the roads
0:01:45 > 0:01:50across these hills are still blocked with snow and there are strong winds
0:01:50 > 0:01:54in places, too, potentially causing more snow drifts. The A1 has
0:01:54 > 0:02:00reopened further north. Over the border, just look what the trains
0:02:00 > 0:02:07are having to plough through in Scotland. With even more snow
0:02:07 > 0:02:12expected to fall. Rail travel is difficult across the UK. As well as
0:02:12 > 0:02:17snow and ice, services are affected by strike action in Merseyside.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Hundreds of flights have been cancelled with teams battling to
0:02:20 > 0:02:24keep runways open. In Manchester, officers searching for a man who
0:02:24 > 0:02:28went missing after leaving a nightclub pulled a body from the
0:02:28 > 0:02:32canal. Scarborough is one of the places starting to clean up. There
0:02:32 > 0:02:37are flood warnings in place in the south-west and the north-east. The
0:02:37 > 0:02:42long thaw may have begun but more problems are still to come.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Some of the worst disruption is in Scotland where much
0:02:45 > 0:02:46of the rail network is badly affected.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Our correspondent Catriona Renton is at Glasgow Central Station.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56It has been the coldest start to march on record, what are the signs,
0:02:56 > 0:03:03if any, of improvement?Quite a lot, actually. Some good news for you,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07although it is far from a typical Saturday here at Glasgow Central
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Station but services are starting to run. No trains between Scotland and
0:03:11 > 0:03:13England but there are final checks happening and it is hoped the
0:03:13 > 0:03:19mainline will be up and running later today. ScotRail are hoping for
0:03:19 > 0:03:25a full service tomorrow. Other travel, airports and roads, take
0:03:25 > 0:03:30extra care and check before you travel to the airports. We have
0:03:30 > 0:03:34forecast for more snow here so untreated roads still icy. The
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Scottish government have urged people to carry on that community
0:03:38 > 0:03:41spirit we have seen over the last few days and to keep helping each
0:03:41 > 0:03:47other out. The picture around the rest of the UK? As we heard down
0:03:47 > 0:03:52say, it is gradually improving but there are still warnings for icy
0:03:52 > 0:03:55roads which remain treacherous. Then there is the next thing when these
0:03:55 > 0:04:00snow starts to melt and there are flood warnings in parts of the
0:04:00 > 0:04:03south-west and north-east of England. With all of this disruption
0:04:03 > 0:04:08around the UK, it'll take some time to get everything back on track.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Thank you.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Consumer groups have criticised the energy company E.On's
0:04:12 > 0:04:14announcement that it's raising prices for many of its customers.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18The company, one of what are known as the Big Six energy suppliers,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21is scrapping the discounts offered to some of its dual fuel
0:04:21 > 0:04:24customers as well as removing the discount for those who opt
0:04:24 > 0:04:25for paperless billing.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31Our business correspondent Joe Lynam is here.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37We often tend to think we are -- where one of these companies Leeds,
0:04:37 > 0:04:43others will follow. Will they?Too early to say. E.On are saying they
0:04:43 > 0:04:47are making it simpler for customers to understand their tariffs and
0:04:47 > 0:04:51compare them with other suppliers. They are scrapping the discounts the
0:04:51 > 0:04:55dual fuel customers, which has the effect of raising the cost for
0:04:55 > 0:05:00customers from next month by £22 on an average bill. The real issue is
0:05:00 > 0:05:05whether this will spread and cause a new wave of price rises. We don't
0:05:05 > 0:05:10know but we know oil prices are up 14% in the last year and there was a
0:05:10 > 0:05:18huge spike in wholesale gas prices as a direct result of the Beast of
0:05:18 > 0:05:25the East. We know that companies buy in large quantities which protects
0:05:25 > 0:05:28them from these large spikes in demand so they shouldn't raise their
0:05:28 > 0:05:32prices as a result. The other key thing to remember is that wholesale
0:05:32 > 0:05:37gas prices is one of your -- one part of your bill. Distribution,
0:05:37 > 0:05:44getting it through your cables, is about a quarter of the bill. And
0:05:44 > 0:05:48their profits are 5%.It is an environment where the energy
0:05:48 > 0:05:51companies are facing quite a lot of political pressure. Are they worried
0:05:51 > 0:05:58about the implications of price rises?There is a price cap on its
0:05:58 > 0:06:04way, it'll be in force by next winter, probably. And then, of
0:06:04 > 0:06:06course, there is the Labour Party, talking seriously about
0:06:06 > 0:06:15nationalising a lot of the companies and the water companies.Thank you.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18A number of people have been injured and at least 100 arrested
0:06:18 > 0:06:19in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators
0:06:20 > 0:06:23occurred after the authorities ordered a search of a protest camp
0:06:23 > 0:06:25near the parliament.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Scientists are trialling a new camera which could help
0:06:27 > 0:06:31with the early detection of one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Almost 8,000 people died from oesophageal cancer
0:06:33 > 0:06:35in the UK last year.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Now doctors and physicists in Cambridge have joined forces
0:06:38 > 0:06:41to develop a new camera that could pick out abnormal cells before
0:06:41 > 0:06:44they develop into cancer.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Our science correspondent Richard Westcott reports.
0:06:47 > 0:06:54Right now, this is how you find one of Britain's deadliest cancers.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Oesophageal cancer kills 21 people a day because it is
0:06:57 > 0:07:00so difficult to spot.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Using a camera with a normal white light on the end,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08the doctors are looking at the dark red patch.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10These physicists already use different coloured
0:07:10 > 0:07:12lasers to study electrons, now they are adapting the technique
0:07:12 > 0:07:17to look for early signs of disease.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21What happens is the tissue becomes cancerous, you get a change
0:07:21 > 0:07:24in the chemical composition and different chemicals
0:07:24 > 0:07:27have different colours, which means that if we look
0:07:27 > 0:07:30at the cancer with a technique that allows us to capture information
0:07:30 > 0:07:33from all of the different colours of light that are being reflected,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35we can get a fuller picture of the disease state
0:07:35 > 0:07:36that is present.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39And this is how it might look.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Two thirds of our patients will present with a cancer
0:07:41 > 0:07:44that's already spreading to the lymph glands.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48And, then, after that, it can go to the organs, like the liver.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54If we treat a cancer at the point at which it's
0:07:54 > 0:07:56still within the tissue itself of the oesophagus, and it hasn't
0:07:56 > 0:07:59spread anywhere at all, then we can remove it all,
0:07:59 > 0:08:00and cure it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02And that's exactly what happened to Jackie.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05They caught her disease in time and now she's fine.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I knew there was something wrong.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11People shouldn't have heartburn for 20 odd years.
0:08:11 > 0:08:19Well, actually, it was 30 years.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22They'll start trailling the new camera on patients
0:08:22 > 0:08:23in the next few weeks.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26If successful, it could also be used to spot other cancers
0:08:26 > 0:08:30before they become fatal.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32With all the sport, here's Mike Bushell
0:08:32 > 0:08:39at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Good afternoon.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42The system may have been ridiculed in the week,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45after the Spurs Rochdale FA cup match, but the use of video
0:08:45 > 0:08:47assistant referees has today been approved
0:08:47 > 0:08:48by football's world governing body, Fifa.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51It means despite the confusion and delays it caused in that match
0:08:51 > 0:08:54on Wednesday at Wembley, it could now be used at this
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Summer's World Cup.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58It will mainly be used to decide if a ball has crossed
0:08:58 > 0:09:00the line for a goal, in penalty decisons,
0:09:00 > 0:09:08red cards and situations of mistaken identity.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Lots of football matches are off so check the sport
0:09:11 > 0:09:12website for the details.
0:09:12 > 0:09:20But the Scottish Cup quarter-finals have survived so far.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28The Scottish championship side are holding up so far, goalless it
0:09:28 > 0:09:29remains in the first half.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Seven Premier League games all still on as well.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Burnley and Everton are just coming up to half time.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36And Everton are leading 1-0, Turkish striker Chenk Tosun
0:09:36 > 0:09:44scoring his first goal since signing in January.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49England are celebrating victory against New Zealand in the third
0:09:49 > 0:09:50one day international.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53The Kiwis made a steady start, as they chased 235 to win.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55But Ben Stokes took a brilliant catch, off Adil Rashid,
0:09:55 > 0:09:56to start a run of wickets.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Moeen Ali took three wickets as the Kiwis lost four
0:09:59 > 0:10:00wickets for six runs.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02A century from Captain Kane Williamson did take them close
0:10:02 > 0:10:10but in the end England won by four runs and lead the series 2-1.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15The man who has masterminded Great Britain's domination of rowing
0:10:15 > 0:10:17over the past two decades, Sir David Tanner, has
0:10:17 > 0:10:19retired this week.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23But, while he'd been in charge for over 21 years and his crews won
0:10:23 > 0:10:2735 Olympic and Paralympic medals, he never attracted much attention.
0:10:27 > 0:10:35So, our reporter Tim Hague went to meet him, to find out more.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Surprising really that one of Britain's best elite coaches ever is
0:10:39 > 0:10:45little known outside of running yet British rowing under Sir David
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Tanner's two decades of leadership...Great Britain on the
0:10:49 > 0:10:57line!Have won 35 Paralympic and Olympic medals. Why is he retiring?
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Why am I retiring? It will be hard to step out. Rowing gives my hobby
0:11:02 > 0:11:06and my life, in some ways but I won't leave rowing. I've done 21
0:11:06 > 0:11:12years which is quite a long time. The first rowers have been out from
0:11:12 > 0:11:177am. You can see the sun is still coming up and that commitment to
0:11:17 > 0:11:21being the best comes from Sir David all the way down. He is an ex-head
0:11:21 > 0:11:25teacher and he still carries it with him.We've all been called into the
0:11:25 > 0:11:29headmaster 's office and he has created this incredible place of
0:11:29 > 0:11:34success and inspiration and he will always be remembered.I was
0:11:34 > 0:11:36confident that with financial support, and that is where the
0:11:36 > 0:11:40lottery comes in, I could build something very good but not world
0:11:40 > 0:11:44leading as we are now.Does he feel sorry for his successor? Comparisons
0:11:44 > 0:11:49have been made with the irreplaceable Sir Alex Ferguson when
0:11:49 > 0:11:53he left Manchester United.I don't see myself as Sir Alex Ferguson at
0:11:53 > 0:11:59all. I don't think I am a big cheese in that way. I'm not modest about
0:11:59 > 0:12:03being the leader of the best rowing nation in the world, OK? But I don't
0:12:03 > 0:12:09need to be somebody who puts his head above the parapet too much.But
0:12:09 > 0:12:13success like Sir David's should be celebrated. Did you know that since
0:12:13 > 0:12:19you took over you've had a hand in 40% of British rowing medals in
0:12:19 > 0:12:25British history?I hadn't worked that out. Is that right?40%, the
0:12:25 > 0:12:34first games was 1900.It's not bad, is it, then?Not bad at all. And we
0:12:34 > 0:12:34wish David a happy retirement.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39That's all the sport for now.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
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