0:00:19 > 0:00:21Good evening.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Thousands of homes are still without electricity,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26and motorists and rail passengers face continuing disruption,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29as the UK struggles with the bitter weather.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Snow drifts are blocking some major roads and many rural
0:00:31 > 0:00:33communities remain cut off.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37As temperatures begin to rise - easing problems in some areas -
0:00:37 > 0:00:39there's a new threat of flooding, with severe warnings in place
0:00:39 > 0:00:41in parts of north-east and south west England.
0:00:41 > 0:00:49Dan Johnson reports.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58At least Manchester and Leeds were reconnected this morning
0:00:58 > 0:00:59when the M62 opened.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Lots of other roads over these hills are still blocked,
0:01:02 > 0:01:03though.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05It's been quite incredible, never seen anything like it.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We've had sort of five or so foot drifts
0:01:07 > 0:01:10around where we live, the other side of the hill over there.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Cars getting stuck.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Including police cars and so on.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17The ice roads of the North Pennines.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20This lane leading to the tiny village of Bewcastle's been blocked
0:01:20 > 0:01:21since Wednesday.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24This morning, local farmers cleared the snow.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28You never see a gritter out here, never.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31People here are feeling a bit forgotten.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34I rang the highways department yesterday morning asking
0:01:34 > 0:01:37them to send out some assistance as our tractor was stuck in a
0:01:37 > 0:01:38neighbour's.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And they said there's no way anybody was going to be out
0:01:41 > 0:01:42our way.
0:01:42 > 0:01:48I think it's absolutely disgusting.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Right across the North, there's still plenty of snow to clear.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54We don't want any more, but, you know, it is what it is
0:01:54 > 0:01:55and we can cope with it.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58When you see the amount of snow here you get an idea
0:01:58 > 0:02:01of what this community has had to endure this week.
0:02:01 > 0:02:08This is not the only village that has been cut off.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12High tides and flooding are now a risk. This is Dawlish on the
0:02:12 > 0:02:15south-west coast. And look what the trains have to plough through in
0:02:15 > 0:02:21Scotland.We actually hopeful of a near normal service tomorrow, which
0:02:21 > 0:02:25will set everything of people going back to work on Monday morning. Very
0:02:25 > 0:02:29hopeful we can provide a really good service come Monday.Hundreds of
0:02:29 > 0:02:32homes across Wales were without power. Leaking boilers have only
0:02:32 > 0:02:37added to the misery.Bedding is damaged, the bed itself is gone,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40soaking wet, the carpet such rated. Some supermarkets are running short
0:02:40 > 0:02:47after the beast from the east, the hysteria from Siberia. There are
0:02:47 > 0:02:52signs of warmer climes back in Bewcastle. The long, slow thaw might
0:02:52 > 0:02:57have started, that doesn't mean the problems are over.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00North Devon has seen particularly heavy snow and some remote villages
0:03:00 > 0:03:02have been cut off for days.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07Jon Kay is there for us.
0:03:07 > 0:03:17Yes, this is the A39 which crosses Exmoor and heads towards the tourist
0:03:17 > 0:03:21town of Lynton connecting lots of little remote villages. When we got
0:03:21 > 0:03:23here the road was completely covered in snow. Snowploughs are going
0:03:23 > 0:03:29through bit by bit very gradually. They've just got round the corner
0:03:29 > 0:03:33there, that's as far as you can get at the moment. It is incredibly slow
0:03:33 > 0:03:35progress. Here is why.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36One scoop at a time.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37But it is a massive task.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Clearing the A39 to free this area of Devon.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44We need to dig through to get the roads open
0:03:44 > 0:03:46again.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Dan has been helping out as a volunteer, helping council and
0:03:49 > 0:03:53highway staff.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55So supplies can get in and villagers can get out.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Down in the dip it gets even worse, so
0:03:59 > 0:04:01it's just going to take how long it takes.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And it won't be quick.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06It could be days before they reach the
0:04:06 > 0:04:08town of Lynton four miles away.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12What's happened here is that the high winds have brought
0:04:12 > 0:04:14all this snow in off the moors and it's basically
0:04:14 > 0:04:19become trapped on the road by the high trees and the bushes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20And it can't go anywhere.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22It can't get away.
0:04:22 > 0:04:29Compare it, look, with the hills after the side.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31There the snow has pretty much melted now.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32But on the road itself, completely blocked.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37We received these pictures from deep within Exmoor today.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41How long until all this thaws?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Karen's worried help might not be able to
0:04:43 > 0:04:44reach her village if there's an emergency.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Life here is getting tough.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49People are running low on supplies and I think that worries
0:04:49 > 0:04:52people in this day and age when we are not used those sorts of
0:04:52 > 0:04:53circumstances.
0:04:53 > 0:05:00Linda is helping her neighbours.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01These remote communities are clearly working together.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04What you do is put an appeal on the village
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Facebook site and somebody will come up to the door and help you out if
0:05:08 > 0:05:09you're really stuck.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11So what have you had?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Well, it's always nice getting some potatoes when you're
0:05:13 > 0:05:17short of potatoes, isn't it?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20But there can be no fresh deliveries until all this is cleared.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22So tonight the work continues on the A39.
0:05:22 > 0:05:30Jon Kay, BBC News, Devon.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Use Justin. Three men have been charged with manslaughter and arson
0:05:35 > 0:05:38over an explosion in Leicester which left five people dead. Several
0:05:38 > 0:05:41people were also injured in the blast in the Hinckley Road area of
0:05:41 > 0:05:45the city last Sunday. Three members of the same family died when the
0:05:45 > 0:05:47shop and flat were destroyed.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Reports from Syria suggest government forces have gained more
0:05:49 > 0:05:52ground in an assault on the rebel-held area of eastern
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Ghouta, near the capital Damascus.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Once again, no aid was delivered during the daily five-hour
0:05:55 > 0:05:57humanitarian ceasefire in eastern Ghouta - and no
0:05:57 > 0:05:59civilians mad it out.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03civilians made it out.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05President Assad's ally Russia says rebels have prevented
0:06:05 > 0:06:06civilians from leaving.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08The rebels deny this.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10The trial use of new video technology, to assist football
0:06:10 > 0:06:12referees, is proving controversial in the English game.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18Now football's world governing body has approved its use,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21and it's set to be used at this year's World Cup in Russia.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23The system allows referees to review key moments during a match,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25such as goals and penalty calls.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28But critics say it's slowing down the action and ruining the game ,
0:06:28 > 0:06:34as Richard Conway reports.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39From Diego Maradona's hand of God to injustice in the biggest games.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Football has long opposed technology to help officials make the important
0:06:41 > 0:06:42decisions.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45But after an historic vote, all that has changed.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Video assistant referees or VAR, as it's
0:06:47 > 0:06:52known, finally given the go-ahead.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55VAR is good for football, it's good for refereeing.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59It brings more fairness in the game.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And for these reasons we have decided to
0:07:01 > 0:07:07approve.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09VAR will be used to correct errors relating to goals, penalties,
0:07:09 > 0:07:15straight red cards and mistaken identity.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Nearly 1000 games have formed part of a two year VAR
0:07:17 > 0:07:21experiment.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Tottenham's match against Rochdale last week was
0:07:23 > 0:07:25included in the trial but was criticised given lengthy delays
0:07:25 > 0:07:28while the referee reviewed incidents.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Leading to claims technology is killing the
0:07:33 > 0:07:41atmosphere and pace of the match.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45The holy grail of football is the World Cup, surely if it's not good
0:07:45 > 0:07:48enough for the FA Cup we can't we let out into the most prestigious
0:07:48 > 0:07:53tournament we have every four years.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55But one of the architect of the new
0:07:55 > 0:07:58system told me there is evidence video assistant is working.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59On clear error situations, the accuracy of
0:07:59 > 0:08:02the referee decisions went from, initially, 93% up to around 99%.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Of course there are grey areas where an
0:08:07 > 0:08:10incident could be a penalty, could not be a penalty, and they will
0:08:10 > 0:08:17always remain grey areas.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Football's leaders want to eliminate game changing mistakes.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22As the video trial has shown, anyone who thinks technology will stop
0:08:22 > 0:08:23controversy may want to think again.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Richard Conway, BBC News.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Scientists are testing new technology which could lead
0:08:27 > 0:08:29to the early detection of oesophageal cancer.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31It's one of the deadliest forms of the disease,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34claiming around 8,000 lives each year in the UK.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Now doctors and physicists in Cambridge have developed a camera
0:08:36 > 0:08:38to spot abnormal cells before they develop into cancer.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Our science correspondent Richard Westcott reports.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Right now this is how you find one of Britain's deadliest cancers.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Oesophageal cancer kills 21 people a day because it is
0:08:45 > 0:08:49so difficult to spot.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Using a camera with a normal white light on the end,
0:08:51 > 0:08:58the doctor's looking at the dark red patch.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01These physicists already use different coloured
0:09:01 > 0:09:03lasers to study electrons.
0:09:03 > 0:09:10Now they are adapting the technique to look for early signs of disease.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13What happens is the tissue becomes cancerous is we get a change
0:09:13 > 0:09:15in the chemical composition, and different chemicals
0:09:15 > 0:09:16have different colours, meaning that if we look
0:09:16 > 0:09:19at the cancer with a technique that allows us to capture information
0:09:19 > 0:09:22from all of the different colours of light that are being reflected,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25we can get a fuller picture of the disease state
0:09:25 > 0:09:26that is present.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29And this is how it might look.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Two thirds of our patients present with a cancer that is already
0:09:32 > 0:09:35spreading to the lymph glands, and after that it can go to distant
0:09:35 > 0:09:36organs like the liver.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40If we treat a cancer at that point at which it is still
0:09:40 > 0:09:42within the tissue of the tissue itself and has not spread anywhere,
0:09:42 > 0:09:50we can remove it all and cure it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53That is is that what happened to Jackie.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56They caught her disease in time, and now she is fine.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I knew there was something wrong.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01People should not have heartburn for 20 odd years,
0:10:01 > 0:10:06actually it was 30 years.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09They will start trials of the new camera on patients
0:10:09 > 0:10:10in the next few weeks.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13If successful, it could also be used to spot other cancers
0:10:13 > 0:10:18before they become fatal.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Richard Westcott, BBC News.
0:10:22 > 0:10:38We're back with the late News at 10:10.