26/02/2018 BBC News at One

Jeremy Corbyn commits Labour

to a new and comprehensive UK-EU

customs union to ensure tariff-free

trade after Brexit.

Mr Corbyn said imposing tariffs

would be damaging for British

businesses and consumers.

Labour would seek to negotiate

a new comprehensive UK-EU customs

union, to ensure there are no

tariffs with Europe and to help

avoid any need whatsoever for a hard

border in Northern Ireland.

We'll be asking how far

Labour's announcement poses

problems for the Government,

with some Tory MPs also

supporting a customs union.

Also this lunchtime:

Four people have died in

an explosion at a shop in Leicester.

Police fear there may be more

people unaccounted for.

Snow is falling and temperatures

are dropping across the UK,

as a Siberian blast sweeps in.

It will feel like -10C to -15C.

This low looks like it will try

and hook its way through Spain

and push its way north across us

Thursday-Friday, and potentially

bring blizzards, gale-force winds

and a widespread spell

of heavy, wet snow.

And even the risk of some

freezing rain, which is very

treacherous indeed.

Capping energy prices -

the Government says new laws

will protect 11 million households

from rip-off bills by next winter.

I am at Heathrow Airport, Terminal

5, where Britain's Winter Olympics

team, the most successful ever, will

return home in around one hour.

And coming up in Sport on BBC News:

Former British and Irish Lions

number eight Jamie Heaslip has

announced his retirement from rugby

after an illustrious career

for club and country.

Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC News at One.

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed

that a Labour government

would support a customs union

with the EU after Brexit.

Speaking at an event

in the Midlands, Mr Corbyn said

he wanted to put people's jobs

and living standards before

ideological fantasies.

A new customs union, he said,

would ensure no tariff

barriers with the EU,

and no hard border in Ireland.

The shift in policy could lead

to Labour siding with Tory rebel MPs

to defeat the Prime Minister

on her Brexit strategy.

Downing Street responded by saying

the UK would not be joining

a customs union after Brexit.

Our political correspondent, Chris

Mason, reports from Westminster.

Monday morning in Coventry. Jeremy

Corbyn has come here to talk Brexit

and spell out how his outlook is

different from the Government's.

The leader of the Labour Party,

Jeremy Corbyn.

The backdrop, at the University, the

next generation of cars. A good

example of an industry, he said,

reliant on European co-operation.

A Mini will cross the Channel three

times in a 2,000 mile journey.

Before the finished car rolls off

the production mine. Starting in

Oxford, it will be shipped to France

to be fitted for key components.

Before being brought back the BMW's

plant in Warwickshire where it is

drilled and milled into shape. Once

that process is complete, the Mini

will be sent to Munich to be fitted

with its engine, before ending its

journey back at the Mini plant in

Oxon for final Assembly. If that car

is to be sold on the continent, many

of its components will have crossed

the Channel four times. The sheer

complexity of these issues demands

that we are practical and serious

about this next stage.

And so, he said...

Labour would see

to negotiate a new, comprehensive UK

EU customs union to ensure there are

no tariffs with Europe and to help

avoid any need whatsoever for a hard

border in Northern Ireland.

As a member of the EU, we are in the

customs union and the idea is pretty

simple. A single set of tariffs,

taxes imposed on goods imported from

outside the EU, goods can then move

freely without tariffs around the

block, but members cannot do their

own trade skills. The EU also has a

single market that allows capital,

services and people to move freely

around member states. The Government

states we will leave the customs

union and the single market after

exit.

Back at Westminster, what Jeremy

Corbyn are saying about a customs

union matters because there may be a

majority of MPs in the Commons who

broadly agree with his outlook and

that could eventually force the

Government to change its position.

So they're part Dutch for their

part, the Government repeats it does

not want to be in a customs union

after Brexit and Downing Street has

confirmed the premise to will hold a

special Cabinet meeting on Thursday

ahead of her big Brexit speech on

Friday. And Theresa May's ministers

have repeated by think Mr Corbyn's

outlook on a customs union is a

mistake.

If we are in a customs

union, we have to be rule take is,

we cannot negotiate trade deals with

the rest of the world and these

things we absolutely have said we

need to rule that if we are going to

deliver a smart Brexit. I find it

fascinating to see the Labour

Party's hokey cookie on Brexit, we

are in, out, shake it all about.

Some within Labour fear it would not

amount to a proper Brexit or be

achievable.

There is no way that it

could be delivered. And I wish he

could deliver it. It would be

fantastic. But he knows what they

are like in Brussels.

It is a

reminder that both our biggest

political parties are guaranteed to

alienate some as they choose the

type of Brexit they want. But there

is now clear blue water between

Labour's instincts and the

Government's.

Our assistant political editor,

Norman Smith, is in Coventry.

Picking up on what was said... I

think we're having a problem. I'm

about that. -- I am sorry.

Four people are now known to have

died in a large explosion

in Leicester last night,

which destroyed a building

in the middle of a parade of shops.

Six other people were

taken to hospital.

One is said to be in

a serious condition.

This report, from Sima Kotecha, does

contain pictures of the explosion.

Today, large plumes of smoke

billowing into the sky.

Last night, just after

seven, an explosion.

I felt a tremendous

shock through the house.

It felt like it was going

to bring the ceiling down.

Well, I just rang the police,

999, and they asked me

which service I want.

I said, everything you can send.

Flames shot up into the air,

around seven metres high, towering

over the surrounding buildings.

Police were quick to declare

it a major incident.

A shop, and the flat

above it, were destroyed.

Debris was strewn

across nearby roads.

Six fire engines were deployed,

along with several

search-and-rescue teams.

60 homes were evacuated.

It's been cold weather.

We've had to turn off

the electricity to houses

in the area, so people have had

to be moved out on occasion.

And obviously, the fire crews

and the police service have been

trying to keep the area safe

for members of the community,

who did help initially last night,

which is really good,

and thank you for them.

Earlier today, police confirmed that

four people had died

inside the building.

Well, walking along here,

and what really gets

to you is the smell of smoke.

You can feel it at the

back of your throat.

Now, firefighters are saying that

they're putting all their resources

into a search-and-rescue mission.

They say there could be

some people still stuck

in the rubble back there.

It was obviously a shop

on the ground floor.

We know the shop was due to be open

until ten o'clock in the evening

and the explosion occurred at seven.

It's very difficult to know exactly

how many people may have been

in the shop at the time.

There's a two-storey flat above.

We know there are a family

living in there.

That's collapsed, obviously.

So we're just trying

to assume that there

could potentially be people inside,

and we'll work through still

on the basis that there's potential

for lives to be saved.

The cause of the fire

is still not known, but hours

after it was brought under control,

it's still burning.

Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Leicester.

A man has admitted killing three

teenage boys in a car crash

in West London last month.

The victims, aged 16 and 17,

were hit near a bus stop

as they walked to a birthday party.

28-year-old Jaynesh Chudasama,

from Hayes, has admitted three

counts of causing death

by dangerous driving.

Richard Galpin is at the Old Bailey,

in Central London.

Tell us more about what was said in

court this morning.

Yes, a lot of very important detail

has come out. Now that he has

pleaded guilty. Perhaps the most

significant, the fact that Mr

Chudasama had been drinking. And

according to an investigation, it is

estimated that he was 2.5 times over

the legal alcohol limit at the time

of the fatal incident. An accident

investigation report has also found

that he was travelling at 71 malls

per hour on a road where the limit

was 60 mph. Eyewitnesses said that

he had been overtaking a car in

front of him, in what was described

in court today as a hazardous

manoeuvre. And he lost control of

the car. It mounted the pavement and

it ploughed into a group of five

boys. There were three other

children who were very nearby as

well. And according to eyewitnesses,

the three boys who were hit were

thrown up into the air by the force

of the impact of the car. One of the

boys, the body was found over a wall

in a cemetery.

Richard, thank you.

It's being billed as

the 'Beast from the East' -

a freezing weather front sweeping

in from Russia this week -

and it's set to bring temperatures

lower than the Arctic to much

of the UK.

Yellow and amber weather warnings

are in place for snow,

and disruption to road,

rail and air travel is expected.

Richard Lister has the details.

The Beast from the East is on its

way. Londoners woke the snow

flurries and subzero conditions this

morning, as did people across

eastern Britain. But we are

expecting up to ten centimetres of

snow and wind-chill temperatures as

low as -15 in the next couple of

days.

And then it gets worse. We are

particularly concerned about

Thursday and Friday. We have the

colder and it is well established

across Europe and the UK. This is

out in the Atlantic. This looks like

it will travel through Spain and

potentially ring lizards, gale force

winds and a widespread all of heavy,

wet snow and the risk of freezing

rain which is very treacherous

indeed -- and bring blizzards.

That

means travel disruption for

millions. One train operator has

warned it will limit its services

from this evening. It advises people

not to travel tomorrow. Greater

Anglia trains will also be affected,

with reduced and slower services

from Ipswich, Cambridge and

Peterborough. Inconvenient for some,

but this arctic chill could be

deadly for others. Rough sleepers

are particularly vulnerable. Latest

estimates in England suggest almost

5,000 people bedding down on the

street on any given night. As the

temperature drops, charities are

urging us all to stay vigilant.

We

suggest the public do not walk on

by, if they are concerned about the

welfare of anyone sleeping rough,

dial 999 if it is a medical

emergency, or contact Street Link,

to get in touch with that person to

respond as quickly as possible.

How

bad could it get? The beast has

already hit Rome, causing the

biggest snowfall in decades. Schools

are shot, public transport disrupted

and flights delayed.

The first time

I have seen snow like this in years.

This was Chatham, in Kent, today.

Britain has had the smallest taste

of what is to come, but snow are

gathering.

Legislation to cap poor value energy

tariffs is being introduced

in Parliament today.

The Government says it

will protect millions

of customers from higher bills.

But Energy UK, which represents gas

and electricity suppliers,

has warned the cap could halt

the growth of competition.

Our personal finance correspondent,

Simon Gompertz, has the details.

As the cold takes hold,

hope of cheap heat and

power for many people.

Not now, but by next winter.

People like Ann Godden, in Hull,

who is on the standard

tarriff to be capped,

like 11 million others.

It's over 800 a year, so it's a lot.

It's high.

And I'm better off than a lot

of people my age I know.

Not well off, by any means.

Ann tried to switch suppliers,

but pulled out because she didn't

trust the process.

The sort of customer ministers

say they will protect.

Customers who are on these default

tariffs, these poor value tariffs,

are paying about £1.4 billion more

than they should do.

So it will save, you know,

I'm not sure it will say that

total amount, but it

will definitely save households.

So in another freeze,

next year, how much would

you gain from a price cap?

Well, the average standard variable

tariff is £1,122 a year.

There is an existing price cap

for those on the lowest incomes,

and that saves them £33 a year,

which is our best guide

to what the Government's wider cap

would be likely to bring.

Whereas if you shop around

for the cheapest deals,

you could save more than £300 a year

off the standard variable tariffs.

There's a worry among the price

comparison websites which thrive

on the switching business

that the cap could take the heat out

of energy competition.

The worry is that people will be

lulled into a false sense

of security, thinking

they're on a good deal,

when there are much better

deals available elsewhere.

Any the other problem

is if people are not shopping

around because the cap,

new competitors won't

come into the market

because there won't be

the business available.

And maybe it's no surprise,

but the biggest supplier, Centrica,

which owns British Gas,

is strongly opposed.

Just like university fees,

what tends to happen with caps

is that all prices end up

at the cap, and quite often,

choice gets taken out of the market.

So we don't agree with it.

But there

is widespread support in Parliament

for giving protection to those on

expensive standard rates, and that

is still most customers, with the

new cap due to be in place by the

end of December.

Let's go to top story which is that

the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has

confirmed Labour would support a

customs union with the EU after

Brexit. We can go back now to our

political correspondence, Norman

Smith. Norman, how much of a

political problem does Labour's

announcement now pose for the

government?

Well, we now have a

clear divide, battle lines are

drawn, between the two main parties

over Brexit, with Mr Corbyn in

effect planting Labour very firmly

on the Touraine marked soft Brexit,

by saying Labour would stay in a

customs union and they want a

stronger bespoke relationship with a

single market and that may chime

with the views of Tory remainders

and if Labour and Tory remainders

work together, Theresa May could

possibly be defeated in the Commons

over Brexit. But if we got the

divide we did not get the detail. We

don't know what sort of price Jeremy

Corbyn is prepared to pay. To get

this strong relationship with the

single market. Would he want to

continue paying money to the EU?

Would he abide by the European Court

of Justice? What happened to freedom

of movement and, crucially, how

would Brexit supporting Labour MPs

and Labour voters react and will

debut this as betrayal?

Norman, many

thanks, Norman Smith.

Our top story this lunchtime.

Jeremy Corbyn commits Labour

to a new and comprehensive UK-EU

customs union to ensure tariff-free

trade after Brexit.

And coming up - how

smart is your phone?

We take a look at the newest

models at the world's

biggest industry show.

Coming up in sport, Celtic

captain Scott Brown has

announced his retirement

from international football

with Scotland for a second time

after talks with new manager Alex

McLeish.

Further air strikes and heavy

clashes have been reported

near Damascus in Syria,

despite a UN Security Council

resolution calling for a ceasefire.

Local health officials say several

people have suffered symptoms

consistent with exposure to chlorine

gas in the rebel-held

enclave of Eastern Ghouta.

The Syrian government has always

denied using chemical weapons.

Our Middle East Correspondent Martin

Patience is in neighbouring Beirut.

Martin, what do we know about this

chemical attack?

Well, in one

incident, activists told us more

than 12 people were treated for the

suspected symptoms of a chemical

attack. They think it was perhaps

chlorine gas, and when rescuers went

to the scene of the incident they

smelt of that gas and there was very

distressing videos posted on social

media. It has not been confirmed

and, interestingly, the Syrian

government's ally Russia has come

out to dispute those claims

describing these claims as totally

bogus. Now, in the past, the Syrian

government has denied using chemical

weapons and that is not the position

of the West and last year, in April,

we saw America carry out air strikes

following a deadly chemical attack.

Martin, given the reported clashes,

can be even say a ceasefire is

holding in that area?

No, I don't

think we can. The UN has called for

a ceasefire to be implemented.

Russia seems to be implying that the

ceasefire hasn't even started. I

think this suppose it ceasefire is a

reflection of where the

international community that in

regard to Syria, thinking

practically agreeing on nothing.

What we can say is there has been a

reduction in violence but for the

people of eastern Ghouta, this is a

ceasefire with bombardment

continually and as far as they are

concerned, that is no ceasefire at

all.

Martin, thank you.

An inquest has heard how

a five-year-old girl

who was asthmatic was turned away

by a GP because she was late

for her emergency appointment.

Ellie May Clarke died later the same

day from a severe asthma attack.

Our Wales Correspondent Sian Lloyd

is at Gwent Coroner's

Court in Newport.

Ellie May Clarke suffered from

severe bouts of asthma and on the

26th of January, 2015, she was

unwell. Her mother needed to make an

emergency appointment for her at her

local doctors, the Grange clinic

here in Newport. When she rang, she

was given an appointment and her

mother said she might be a bit late,

she had to get a friend to take them

there. By the time she arrived, the

surgery was busy and by the time the

receptionist saw her, it was ten

minutes after the appointment time,

around ten past five the

receptionist rang the GP and the GP

told her she couldn't see her

because she was late, she was told

she must return the next day. Now

sadly that evening, Ellie May's

condition deteriorated. She had a

seizure, turned blue, was rushed to

the Royal Gwent Hospital where she

died. And Jones, the receptionist

who saw Ellie May and her mother

when they arrived at reception, has

been giving evidence to the inquest

this morning. She has spoken about

the so-called ten minute rule and

said this is not something set in

stone, not a hard and fast rule,

however it was a time management

issue and understanding not all the

doctors are dear to it and in this

case Doctor John Rowell did and it

had never been used for an emergency

appointment before and the doctor

has been telling the inquest this

morning he now accepts it was

unacceptable that he did send Ellie

May away.

Thank you.

Now, has the smartphone

craze peaked?

There have been fewer big

technological advances

for the hand-held device in recent

years, and the growth

in sales has been slowing.

So what's next for

the mobile market?

Well, the industry's biggest annual

show the Mobile World Congress gets

under way today in Barcelona

and some of the new models have

been unveiled already.

Our Technology Correspondent Rory

Cellan-Jones sent this report.

The fastest moving industry on earth

is in Barcelona this week.

But lately, the mobile phone

business has hit a speed bump.

Smartphone sales dipped

at the end of last year.

And the phone companies know

they need to give people

new reasons to upgrade.

I want access to Internet,

wherever I am.

I want instant access to everything.

If my phone slows down to the point

where it's not processing

the way I need it to,

that's when I go get a new one.

I feel they would have

to replicate the iPhone a lot

because that's the standard.

It would have to almost exceed

expectations of the iPhone.

Don't tell that to Samsung

which believes its Galaxy

smartphones set the standard.

The industry giant put

on a spectacular show

to introduce the latest version,

the S9, which looks very similar

to last year's model.

Getting a high-end smartphone

to stand out from the crowd

is getting ever harder.

But Samsung believes slow motion

could be the answer.

The camera on the S9 can

make anything happen

about 30 times slower.

Another gimmick, you can create

an animated emoji that

looks just like you.

Is this me, really?

Well, sort of.

Samsung has decided it's the camera

and everything it can

do which is now key.

We know annually there is over

a trillion photos shared globally

but today on a daily basis people

share five billion emojis

and one billion gifs,

so things have changed in the way

people are using their camera.

It's not just for taking

photos any more.

Meanwhile the Nokia

brand revival continues.

Last year the very basic

3310 stole the show.

This time there is

another retro, the 8110,

the so-called banana phone.

It seems every company

is struggling to look different.

All the devices pretty

much black rectangles,

some marginal gains here and there,

slightly brighter screen,

slightly better camera,

but consumers ultimately gravitate

towards the best brands,

they gravitate towards the best

deals and I think they are really

going to not think about

replacing their phones

as quickly as they used to.

Mobile phones are now sophisticated

supercomputers offering so much more

than phones and texts.

But impressing jaded consumers

is getting ever harder.

Rory Cellan-Jones,

BBC News, Barcelona.

Now have you still got any

old paper £10 notes?

Well, from midnight on Thursday

they'll no longer be legal tender.

Our business correspondent

Nina Warhurst has been speaking

to people in Bolton to find out

if they're ready.

It was Charles Darwin who decreed

that human progress requires change.

We will never know what he'd make

of the extinction of his face

in favour of Jane Austin's,

but in Bolton they're not sure

evolution is always for the best.

I don't like the new ones.

Why not?

It's like Monopoly money to me.

I don't like the feel of them.

No.

It doesn't look the same

in your wallet neither.

Do you not like change?

No.

For Sarah they are

simply too slippery.

Them are the old ones.

When you go to pull them out

they just come out nice and easy.

These ones, you go

to pull that out...

Does that happen a lot?

A lot.

It's risky.

Yes.

You might give someone

too much change.

Yes.

What can you tell me

about this £10 note, Tony?

What else can I tell

you about a £10 note.

They're going out of circulation

and being replaced.

Why?

Good question, Tony.

The paper is being replaced

with a material called polymer.

The Bank of England says it's harder

to fake and more durable.

Meaning it will survive

a spin in the wash.

You have until just before

midnight on Thursday

to get your old £10 notes spent.

After that your bank might accept

them but they don't have to.

The one place that is guaranteed

to swap them is the Bank of England.

They will keep changing them for

as long as you keep bringing them.

They tell me they are still

accepting some shillings there.

Is that the Queen?

No, that's Jane Austen.

She looks a bit like the Queen.

If you had no idea who's

on the new notes, you're not alone.

It's Jane Austin, yeah.

She's replacing Charles Darwin.

Oh.

What do you think about that?

Like all species, Boltonians

will have to adapt.

All 1.1 billion of the new

tenners are here to stay.

Nina Warhurst, BBC News.

After more than a fortnight

of competition, the Winter Olympics

in Pyeonchang have closed

with a colourful display featuring

nearly 3,000 athletes.

That heavyweight of winter sport

Norway topped the medal table,

followed by Germany,

but it's been a record-breaking

Games for Team GB, with five medals,

including gold for Lizzy Yarnold

in the skeleton.

Our Sports Correspondent David

Ornstein looks back at some

of the highlights of the Games.

In plummeting temperatures

and gusting winds, the Games began.

Only here it was so cold and

blustery that events were disrupted,

athletes blown off-course.

For Great Britain, hopes were high

and though initially podium places

proved hard to come by,

Don Parsons broke the seal before

three medals followed

on a glorious super Saturday,

including gold for Lizzy Yarnold,

the first Briton to defend

a Winter Olympics title.

Not everything went to plan.

Notably for Elise Christie.

COMMENTATOR:

Christie goes

down before they reach

the very first corner.

From near misses

to underachievement.

Injuries, disqualification,

disbelief.

But in the end it was

a record-breaking Games for Team GB.

Fuelled by unprecedented

levels of investment,

itself a source of much debate,

the target of five medals was met,

so is Britain becoming

a winter sports nation?

We do really well in winter sports.

We don't have much snow,

but we always like to push

the boundaries as much as possible

and we've got a good attitude

towards sports so we'll

continue to do well.

The medal table

was topped by Norway.

Yet the moment of the Games perhaps

belonged to a 22-year-old Czech

by the name of Ester Ledecka.

The first woman to win gold

in two different sports

at the same Winter Olympics.

COMMENTATOR:

The first ever bronze

medal in mixed doubles curling.

Pyeongchang wouldn't though pass

without controversy as two

Russians failed drug tests.

One of them, the mixed curler

Alexander Krushelnitsky.

They were among a group cleared

to compete as neutrals

after their country was banned

for systematic doping.

It meant Russia's Olympic sanctions

would not be lifted in time

for the closing ceremony.

On the political front

there was a thawing in relations

on the Korean peninsula.

North Korea sending

a delegation to the Games

and a combined team taking part

in the women's ice hockey.

One of the highlights

of an event Olympic organisers

hailed as a success.

We have seen fantastic sport.

And we have seen great

personalities during these Games.

We have seen Olympic legends

confirming their legendary status.

And we have seen new stars rising.

And it was a Games that ended

in spectacular fashion.

The torch now passing

to Beijing, host city

for the next Winter Olympics

in four years' time.

David Ornstein, BBC

News, Pyeongchang.

Daniela Relph is at Heathrow Airport

in London, where some of the Team GB

athletes are due to arrive

in an hour's time.

I have an early arrival with me.

Lizzy Yarnold, you came back early

with your gold medals from the

skeleton. Why are you sure you home

before everybody else?

I had to come

home early because of my chest

infection. I needed to arrest. Now

I'm here ready to work on the team.

What is that moment like, you've

done it before, of course, when you

come back here and are greeted by

friends and family at the airport?

It's completely overwhelming. You

don't realise how much the nation

are supporting you until you walk in

here, and people are asking me for

photographs and telling me they've

watched the event and were screaming

at the TV which means everything to

us.

What about broadly reflecting

now on the success of the team and

how they have done?

I think even if

an athlete came fourth, didn't quite

live out their dreams, everyone

should just be so proud of

themselves because this moment,

going to the Winter Olympics is a

dream people of held close to them

for maybe eight years, and that's a

lifetime worth of horrible training

and they have done their best and

I'm really proud of everyone and to

bring home a five medals between us

is a huge achievement.

Have you got

another Olympic Games in you, do you

think?

It's a hard question at this

time but I'm just enjoying showing

people these medals, the first time

I've worn them together and then we

will see what happens.

Congratulations and the rest of her

team-mates are due back here at

terminal five just after 2pm this

afternoon. Thank you.

Time for a look at the weather.

Here's Darren Bett.

The so-called beast

The so-called beast from the east

are starting to arrive because we

have got high pressure centred over

Scandinavia drawing the over Russia

where it was -41 this morning for

the next few days will get colder

and colder as Ashley as the wind

picks up and we see more snow

falling as well. There has been some

snow today, beautiful weather

watcher picture and it's dry at the

moment so it's fine, powdery snow.

It is icing sugar sort of day

really. A couple of snow flurries

over Lincolnshire. At Eastern

Scotland. Dryer towards the West but

feeling colder than it did yesterday

because there is more cloud around.

Those snow showers will continue

into the evening. Then, during the

first part of the night, a lot will

fade away because we have got a band

of thick cloud bringing more

organised spells of snow into

eastern Scotland, north-east

England, the Midlands by the end of

the night and coming into the cold

air, widespread frost too. Into the

morning, we have two Amber snow

warnings from the Met Office. The

first one is this persistent line of

snow showers in the south-east of

England known as the Thames Tickler.

If you remember that, you'll

remember everything. Snow, frequent

snow in the morning, running across

parts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire,

maybe Greater Manchester, North

eastern part of England eventually

pushing into Wales. Thou worst of it

in the morning. Snow showers on the

east of the UK, always worst in East

because the wind is coming off the

North Sea. Those other temperatures,

barely getting above freezing, I

think it will feel colder in the

wind. As we head into Wednesday,

attention turns north. And Amber

snow warning from the Met Office.

5-10 centimetres, maybe more than

that. Drifting over the hills.

Frequent snow showers, maybe thunder

snow and lightning. There will be

some snow showers around elsewhere

but not to the same extent as we are

seeing in the north-east and maybe

some sunshine around as well. The

wind will be stronger by the time we

get to Wednesday. These other

temperatures. This is what it will

feel like, -10. It starts to feel

cold and then we could get another

burst of snow arriving Thursday and

Friday. Low-pressure coming into the

cold air. We could see snow as we

head into Thursday. Southern

England, Wales, the Midlands and on

Friday, the snow moving northward

and it's going to bring some

disruption. Darren, thank you.

Bye-bye.