0:00:05 > 0:00:08Snow, ice, strong winds and now the threat of floods -
0:00:08 > 0:00:11widespread disruption continues across the UK.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15The Army helped hundreds of people stranded in their cars overnight,
0:00:15 > 0:00:17and some passengers were stuck on trains which were
0:00:17 > 0:00:21unable to move for hours.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24We had no heating and things like the buffet car has run out
0:00:24 > 0:00:27of food and drink earlier on in the evening,
0:00:27 > 0:00:35so it was a pretty cold night.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40I'll be reporting live from Alnwick in Northumberland, where people say
0:00:40 > 0:00:43they are suffering the worst winter weather conditions for almost a
0:00:43 > 0:00:44decade.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47We'll bring you the very latest from our correspondents across the UK.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Also this lunchtime...
0:00:48 > 0:00:50The Prime Minister prepares to deliver a major
0:00:50 > 0:00:53speech about Brexit - she'll say a deal must pass five
0:00:53 > 0:01:01tests and will bring the country and Cabinet together.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09We are not clones, many of us fought on different sides of the referendum
0:01:09 > 0:01:13campaign. It has been a discussion about what is right for Britain.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15A 21-year-old man is convicted of trying to murder a woman
0:01:15 > 0:01:18by running her over - Paul Moore targeted Zaynab Hussein
0:01:18 > 0:01:19because she was wearing a hijab.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Daily exposure to pollution - including from light,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24noise and air - is having an impact on people's health, warns
0:01:24 > 0:01:28the Chief Medical Officer.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Thousands of members of the public will be invited into the grounds
0:01:31 > 0:01:37of Windsor Castle for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding in May.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And coming up in the sport, Phil Neville's managerial career
0:01:39 > 0:01:41gets off to a cracking start as England's Lionesses
0:01:41 > 0:01:48thrash France in Ohio.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Snow, ice and powerful winds are continuing to cause major
0:02:12 > 0:02:15disruption over large parts of the UK.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19The army has been called out in a number of areas to help
0:02:19 > 0:02:22hundreds of drivers who were trapped in their vehicles overnight.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Elsewhere, passengers were trapped on trains,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29without heating or lighting in some cases.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32All but one of the UK's rail operators are running
0:02:32 > 0:02:40a reduced service.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45In the last few minutes south-eastern Railway have told
0:02:45 > 0:02:47passengers not to travel until further notice.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50There has also been major disruption at airports across the country.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52The bad weather is expected to continue, with more snow showers
0:02:52 > 0:02:53and windy conditions.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56There are also eight flood warnings in place in the south-west
0:02:56 > 0:02:57and north-east of England.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58This is the latest picture -
0:02:58 > 0:02:59This is the latest picture -
0:02:59 > 0:03:01there are now no red or amber alerts in place,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04but yellow warnings remain across much of the country
0:03:04 > 0:03:08and the cold weather could last well into next week.
0:03:08 > 0:03:18Let's go to Ben Brown, who is in Alnwick in Northumberland.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24Alnwick is snowbound, as you can see. So are many of the nearby
0:03:24 > 0:03:28villages, completely cut off by the snow. Northumberland county council
0:03:28 > 0:03:32is very worried about vulnerable people, especially the elderly. In
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Alnwick they have set up a makeshift rescue centre in a sports hall for
0:03:37 > 0:03:41drivers who were stranded for hours overnight on the A1, which is
0:03:41 > 0:03:46blocked between here and Beric further north. That is just one
0:03:46 > 0:03:51example of travel disruption we have seen right around the UK. Because of
0:03:51 > 0:03:58the winter weather crisis. We will get reports from our
0:03:58 > 0:04:00correspondents around the UK, first Robert Hall who was stranded
0:04:00 > 0:04:08overnight for many hours with drivers on the A303 in Wiltshire.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Intense and unrelenting, Storm Emma colliding with the Siberian blast
0:04:11 > 0:04:16and shutting down the transport network on a road by road. On the
0:04:16 > 0:04:20A31 in Dorset, Hampshire Police called in the army to help evacuate
0:04:20 > 0:04:24trapped drivers. Further north, our journey down the
0:04:24 > 0:04:28A303 came to an abrupt halt in the Wiltshire village of Chicklade.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33Hundreds of vehicles defeated by a series of steep hills. Drivers are
0:04:33 > 0:04:38awaiting rescue in blinding snow. Travelling tonight from east to west
0:04:38 > 0:04:42is absolutely horrendous. If I put the window down, hopefully you can
0:04:42 > 0:04:47see it is driving snow. We have probably got six or seven inches
0:04:47 > 0:04:52here. With lorries blocking hard... Half
0:04:52 > 0:04:57the road, snowploughs struggled to clear a path. Nobody was going
0:04:57 > 0:05:02anywhere.I hope to get to Taunton, but at the moment it is not looking
0:05:02 > 0:05:07promising and we could be stuck. Trying to get to an old peoples home
0:05:07 > 0:05:11to get the heating on, I have been stuck here since three o'clock this
0:05:11 > 0:05:14afternoon. The manager of the village garage
0:05:14 > 0:05:21had walked a mile to open up. I walked from across the.What was
0:05:21 > 0:05:26it like?Really horrendous.Do you think you will get out?Of course we
0:05:26 > 0:05:32will. There is worse trouble at sea, granny would say.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37At the foot of the next hill, a delivery driver, Mark Brown, became
0:05:37 > 0:05:42a traffic marshal. You seem to have taken charge?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Somebody has to.Finally after six hours the traffic crawled forward.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51But the next jam was only two miles away.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54As the skies lightened, still no police presence.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59In some vehicles, patients wore thin. What do you think of the
0:05:59 > 0:06:03emergency services response overnight?Has there been one? I
0:06:03 > 0:06:08have not seen anything. The misery on the A303 was mirrored
0:06:08 > 0:06:11through the south-west and into Wales.
0:06:11 > 0:06:17On the outskirts of Cardiff, vehicle after vehicle came to a halt.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23Within the past hour, snow has begun falling again. Our journey and those
0:06:23 > 0:06:26of hundreds of others has no end in sight.
0:06:26 > 0:06:36Robert Hall, BBC News, Wiltshire. There has been chaos overnight on
0:06:36 > 0:06:41the railways. A train, a South Western Railway train to Weymouth,
0:06:41 > 0:06:46it set off last night and the passengers were stranded on that
0:06:46 > 0:06:51overnight because it broke down. They were still on the train in
0:06:51 > 0:06:58frozen carriages this morning. Let's get this report from Duncan Kennedy.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02How to sleep on a train when your train is not a sleeper. This was one
0:07:02 > 0:07:06passenger who spent last night without heat or food.
0:07:06 > 0:07:12This pair ended up camping on the same train. Stationary for a total
0:07:12 > 0:07:15of 15 hours. It was so cold on board but some
0:07:15 > 0:07:18people ended up in space blankets and winter hats.
0:07:18 > 0:07:24Philip Brown from Bournemouth was among them. He left Waterloo just
0:07:24 > 0:07:27after five o'clock yesterday afternoon and did not get off until
0:07:27 > 0:07:35seven o'clock this morning. We lost power as well. They managed
0:07:35 > 0:07:39to restore power so we had lights but we had no heating, and things
0:07:39 > 0:07:42like the birthday card had run out of food and drink earlier in the
0:07:42 > 0:07:47evening, so it was a pretty cold night -- things like the birthday
0:07:47 > 0:07:51card. I was on the train for 14, 15 hours, something that region.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56The train spends most of the night in the new Forest. Passengers said
0:07:56 > 0:08:03the guard tried to help did not have enough information. They all had to
0:08:03 > 0:08:06wait until another train pulled up alongside and had to walk across a
0:08:06 > 0:08:10gangplank to get off. South-west Trains issued a statement
0:08:10 > 0:08:14apologising to all those involved, saying it battled through the night
0:08:14 > 0:08:18to try to keep trains moving in what it called very challenging
0:08:18 > 0:08:20conditions. What should have been a three-hour
0:08:20 > 0:08:26journey turned into more than half a very uncomfortable day.
0:08:26 > 0:08:33Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, The New Forest. The weather is deteriorating
0:08:33 > 0:08:37in Northumberland. In Scotland it has been improving slightly. The red
0:08:37 > 0:08:43warning that we saw which means a threat to life has now been lifted.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Conditions beginning to improve and a clear up operation and recovery
0:08:47 > 0:08:56operation under way in many parts of Scotland. This from Catriona Renton.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01This terrifying footage shot on a dash camp shows the quick reactions
0:09:01 > 0:09:04of Edinburgh bus driver Charmaine Laurie, who avoided hitting a car on
0:09:04 > 0:09:08the wrong side of the road. 20 people were on her bus.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13To me, it looks worse on the video than I felt at the time. I got a
0:09:13 > 0:09:18fright but I managed to avoid it, luckily. And I really got on with my
0:09:18 > 0:09:22job at about and forgot all about it until I got home and my husband
0:09:22 > 0:09:29asked me if I saw the video. He did not know it was me driving. When I
0:09:29 > 0:09:33looked at the video I was like, that is me. He went your joking. I went
0:09:33 > 0:09:38no, that was me. This morning soldiers continued to
0:09:38 > 0:09:42help drive doctors and nurses to and from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
0:09:42 > 0:09:49to carry on their crucial work. For the vital, key members of staff
0:09:49 > 0:09:52it will be absolutely vital. They are really needed in such a busy
0:09:52 > 0:09:56hospital, to keep the place going. Our soldiers are part of the
0:09:56 > 0:10:02community, we live in this local area. My eldest son was born in the
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Edinburgh infirmary so it is important for us to support the
0:10:05 > 0:10:09local community. Edinburgh and Glasgow airports have
0:10:09 > 0:10:12reopened, but these pictures from Glasgow airport show what staff were
0:10:12 > 0:10:16up against on the runway. Conditions are still treacherous in
0:10:16 > 0:10:26many
0:10:29 > 0:10:30parts of the country, like here in Fife.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32In this cut-off village near Kinross, farmers cleared the road so
0:10:32 > 0:10:35medics could get to Ashley, who had gone into labour. Her baby boy was
0:10:35 > 0:10:39born safe and well. This is one of the busiest parts of Glasgow city
0:10:39 > 0:10:41centre, and over the last couple of days it has been virtually shuts
0:10:41 > 0:10:43down. With the weather warnings downgraded you can see that things
0:10:43 > 0:10:45are starting to slowly get back to normal.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50And there is no doubt it has taken the efforts of many to get through
0:10:50 > 0:10:57this difficult week. Catriona Renton, BBC News.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Around the UK several thousand homes are without power and electricity
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and thousands of schools have remained closed. I have been looking
0:11:04 > 0:11:09at how other parts of the country have been affected.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14It was carnage on the M62 near Rochdale. Vehicles colliding with
0:11:14 > 0:11:19each other in heavy snow and blizzard conditions. Drivers trapped
0:11:19 > 0:11:25in cars and lorries for as long as 11 hours overnight.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30In Worcestershire, teams have been trying to clear roads and shovelling
0:11:30 > 0:11:35snow off pavements, laying down as much salt and Grits as fast as they
0:11:35 > 0:11:41can. Few people are daring to venture out, streets are empty.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45In Shropshire, there are huge snowdrifts, as there are in many
0:11:45 > 0:11:49parts of the country, with snowploughs doing their worst to
0:11:49 > 0:11:54clear a way. In the West Midlands alone 1500 schools are closed and
0:11:54 > 0:12:01thousands more across the UK. Here in Alnwick in Northumberland they
0:12:01 > 0:12:06have been pulling cars out of the snow. Northumberland county council
0:12:06 > 0:12:10says these are the worst conditions for eight years but the community is
0:12:10 > 0:12:14pulling together. Farmers and local, rural community
0:12:14 > 0:12:19members are able to get out with snowploughs have played their vital
0:12:19 > 0:12:22part in clearing some of the rural roads, ensuring communities that
0:12:22 > 0:12:28would otherwise be stranded I able to get onto the main roads, which
0:12:28 > 0:12:33the council are focusing on. Authorities in Northumberland say
0:12:33 > 0:12:37they are especially worried about vulnerable people in these snowy
0:12:37 > 0:12:41conditions, particularly the elderly, as the brutal winter
0:12:41 > 0:12:47weather continues to bite. I have to say the temperatures here
0:12:47 > 0:12:51are really very, very cold. I think the fields like temperature at the
0:12:51 > 0:12:55moment in the north-east of England is about minus eight.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Let's go to Sian Lloyd, who is at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. What
0:13:00 > 0:13:09is the picture where you are? It is a snowy picture at the moment.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Overnight, 51 centimetres of snow was recorded as falling here,
0:13:13 > 0:13:18believed to be the highest figure anywhere in the UK. This road are
0:13:18 > 0:13:24just about passable. We got here in a four by four and saw huge drifts
0:13:24 > 0:13:28along the way. Most people in this village getting around on foot at
0:13:28 > 0:13:34the moment. In the early hours of this morning about three people were
0:13:34 > 0:13:38rescued from a car. They have been stranded in a snow drift not far
0:13:38 > 0:13:44from here for more than 12 hours and an SOS was effectively put out to
0:13:44 > 0:13:49local people who could get to them. They have since been taken to
0:13:49 > 0:13:53hospital for a checkup. We are currently on a yellow warning in
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Wales after the red warning subsided in the early hours. The danger is
0:13:58 > 0:14:04ice, of course it is now snowing again. Many, many roads in Wales are
0:14:04 > 0:14:10treacherous, including many main routes. 14 roads closed, not
0:14:10 > 0:14:13including the country lanes. Many of those are not possible.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Virtually all the schools in Wales are closed under the threat of more
0:14:18 > 0:14:22disruption to come. Thank you very much, Sian Lloyd.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25We have talked about the troubled situation, the chaos around the UK
0:14:25 > 0:14:30on the roads, the railways and the airports.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Let's go to other transport correspondent Victoria Fritz at
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Heathrow. What is the situation?All UK
0:14:36 > 0:14:43airports are now open that every single one is operating severely
0:14:43 > 0:14:48reduced schedules. This is expected to be the worst day for flight
0:14:48 > 0:14:52cancellations of the week. Take Edinburgh airport, all Ryanair and
0:14:52 > 0:14:57easyJet flights have been cancelled today out of that output. Other
0:14:57 > 0:15:03airports outside of the UK are closed, making the situation worst.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Dublin, Geneva is another because of poor weather. Around 50,000 Brits
0:15:08 > 0:15:13are expected to be stranded, unable to get back into the UK. Airports
0:15:13 > 0:15:17like Heathrow have done all they can to try to get as many planes in here
0:15:17 > 0:15:22as possible in a safe fashion. They have been de-icing the runways and
0:15:22 > 0:15:26all airlines have been de-icing their planes as well. Over 1000
0:15:26 > 0:15:30lorry loads of snow was carted off this runway yesterday alone. They
0:15:30 > 0:15:37are combining flights to get as many people to where they need to go, but
0:15:37 > 0:15:39saying just check with your airline before you make that journey, to
0:15:39 > 0:15:45make sure it is not a wasted one. Good advice, Victoria. Thank you.
0:15:45 > 0:15:54Phil Mackie is in Worcester. Just on the outskirts of wisdom. You
0:15:54 > 0:15:59can see really how much snow was drifting in the strong winds last
0:15:59 > 0:16:06night. -- just on the outskirts of Worcester. This is just outside the
0:16:06 > 0:16:10city centre, there are six or ten feet high snowdrifts. We expect snow
0:16:10 > 0:16:16to fall from now until 6pm. But is impacting travel, mostly on buses
0:16:16 > 0:16:20and trains. You can get about but once you leave the main roads, they
0:16:20 > 0:16:24have not been gritted macro, they are not clear. That is the
0:16:24 > 0:16:28difficulty. With school staff on businesses and shops closed, many
0:16:28 > 0:16:32people have chosen to spend the day at home, probably wisely, perhaps
0:16:32 > 0:16:38fearing more is to come. Look at the picture, I have not seen snowdrifts
0:16:38 > 0:16:42this deep in my lifetime. Certainly there is no sign of things improving
0:16:42 > 0:16:49very quickly.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Thank you very much indeed. That is it from us in Northumberland.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55That is it from us in Northumberland.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58And you can keep up to date with the weather and travel
0:16:58 > 0:17:06situation wherever you are, by visiting the BBC News Live page.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08That's at bbc.co.uk/news.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10 You can also get live updates
0:17:10 > 0:17:12on the BBC News Channel and your local radio station
0:17:12 > 0:17:15and Phil Avery will be here at the end of the programme
0:17:15 > 0:17:17with a full forecast.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Ben Brown, many thanks.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Ben Brown, many thanks.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23The Prime Minister is about to deliver a major speech
0:17:23 > 0:17:25on the government's plans for the UK's relationship
0:17:25 > 0:17:28with the EU after Brexit.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Theresa May will say that any deal with the EU must pass five tests,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34including respecting the result of the referendum,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and protecting jobs and security.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40And she will pledge to bring the country together.
0:17:40 > 0:17:47Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51The chill between Britain and Brussels reached new lows this week,
0:17:51 > 0:17:55with both sides hardening up their positions. As she lays the ground
0:17:55 > 0:18:00for the next phase of negotiations, the challenge for Theresa May is to
0:18:00 > 0:18:05smooth out the disagreements abroad and at home as well as ministers
0:18:05 > 0:18:11have not always agreed.We are not clones. We were on different sides
0:18:11 > 0:18:16of the referendum campaign. Of course this has been a discussion
0:18:16 > 0:18:19about the different views on the country, that is what the government
0:18:19 > 0:18:22has been working to do and when people see the speech today they
0:18:22 > 0:18:29will think this is a very sensible approach.We are being promised more
0:18:29 > 0:18:33detail, not just on what the Prime Minister wants from the deal, but
0:18:33 > 0:18:38also the compromises she is willing to take. And she will spell out how
0:18:38 > 0:18:43after Brexit the UK will seek to merit EU rules in some areas but
0:18:43 > 0:18:48diverged in others. With months of disagreement inside Cabinet
0:18:48 > 0:18:52ministers are now signed up to the principles behind the speech, but
0:18:52 > 0:18:56will the fragile truce endure?I imagine the speech will have aspects
0:18:56 > 0:19:02of it that I find I'm comfortable as a lever supporter and vice versa.
0:19:02 > 0:19:08But I think trying to bring the two sides together will be something we
0:19:08 > 0:19:11take from this speech.Labour detailed more of its demands for
0:19:11 > 0:19:16Brexit earlier this week. Now it has questioned for the government.How
0:19:16 > 0:19:22are you going to protect services in this country and what is your actual
0:19:22 > 0:19:26answer to the question of avoiding a hard border in Northern Ireland?
0:19:26 > 0:19:32These are the questions that we have had for 21 months now and the Prime
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Minister needs to answer them today. Don't expect the solutions to all be
0:19:37 > 0:19:42spelt out today. The critical test of this speech is whether it can win
0:19:42 > 0:19:46over negotiators in Brussels and convince them to move onto the next
0:19:46 > 0:19:47stage, talks about trade.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50stage, talks about trade.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52In a moment we'll speak to Damian Grammaticas
0:19:52 > 0:19:54who is in Brussels, but first to Norman Smith
0:19:54 > 0:19:57who is in Downing Street.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02You will be listening to all of this. What does the Prime Minister
0:20:02 > 0:20:07have to achieve? What sort of reception will she get?This is not
0:20:07 > 0:20:11going to be a speech which answers all the many questions about Brexit,
0:20:11 > 0:20:18it will not fill in all the details, it will not end the Tories' civil
0:20:18 > 0:20:22war over Europe, Boris Johnson and Philip Hammond will not be best
0:20:22 > 0:20:27buddies after it. The task is to get the EU to sit down and to begin
0:20:27 > 0:20:32talking trade seriously. To do that Theresa May will in effect say to EU
0:20:32 > 0:20:37leaders, look, I know the era of cake eating is over, at least in
0:20:37 > 0:20:43terms of negotiations. I know we cannot have our cake and eat it, so
0:20:43 > 0:20:47she will put to one side that big slab of Brexit Battenberg and say to
0:20:47 > 0:20:51the EU leaders, I'd take on board your concerns, I know your red
0:20:51 > 0:20:55lines, I get why you are worried about the integrity of the single
0:20:55 > 0:21:00market being undermined, and she will couple that with a template for
0:21:00 > 0:21:05trade with a whole package of proposals, including those areas
0:21:05 > 0:21:09where bits of the British economy might continue to have to meet EU
0:21:09 > 0:21:15standards. Other areas where we might carry on and be supervised by
0:21:15 > 0:21:20EU regulators. The hope is that EU leaders listening to that one thing,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24now they are taking this seriously, now we can really begin to talk
0:21:24 > 0:21:31about trade. The danger is EU leaders take a look at this and
0:21:31 > 0:21:34think this looks a bit like Theresa May is trying to pick and choose
0:21:34 > 0:21:39which bits of the single market she takes advantage of and which bits
0:21:39 > 0:21:44she ignores. In other words, you have not quite given up the cake.
0:21:44 > 0:21:52Norman, thank you.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Damian, in Brussels, a lot of people near you would love to stop that
0:21:56 > 0:22:02phrase have your cake and eat it. Just a few minutes ago walking past
0:22:02 > 0:22:05me here was one of the EU commissioners who sits in
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Jean-Claude Juncker's Cabinet. I asked him and what he said was they
0:22:10 > 0:22:13are all waiting and they will be listening to see what Theresa May
0:22:13 > 0:22:17says, to see what detail there is. Will there be concrete proposals
0:22:17 > 0:22:24that can move things forward? That is what we want he said. The EU side
0:22:24 > 0:22:28is waiting for that. Michel Barnier has made clear that he needs to
0:22:28 > 0:22:33know. The UK has said it does not want a border between Northern
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Ireland and the Republic and Theresa May has said she does not want that
0:22:37 > 0:22:46to be moved to between the UK and Ireland of Ireland. If Mrs May
0:22:46 > 0:22:51starts to say today that she was to have special access for some parts
0:22:51 > 0:22:57of the UK economy to the EU, I think that will not go down very well. The
0:22:57 > 0:23:04EU is saying there are difficult choices the Great Britain has to
0:23:04 > 0:23:10face up to, it could bring barriers to trade with the EU. How much
0:23:10 > 0:23:14control does it want over rules and regulations, the same thing. The EU
0:23:14 > 0:23:20wants the detail and they will respond.Not long to wait. Damian
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Grammaticas and Norman Smith.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Damian Grammaticas and Norman Smith.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26And you can watch that speech live on the BBC News Channel -
0:23:26 > 0:23:29it's due to begin at half past one.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32As soon as that gets under way we will carry it on the BBC News
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Channel.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Channel.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Our top story this lunchtime:
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Snow, ice and strong winds and now the threat of floods. Widespread
0:23:42 > 0:23:46disruption continues across the UK.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49And still to come...
0:23:49 > 0:23:50The orchestra stranded in the snow who made sure
0:23:50 > 0:23:54it was a special white wedding.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Coming up in Sport: Great Britain's Katarina Johnson Thompson has
0:23:56 > 0:24:00started her bid for gold at the World Indoor Athletics
0:24:00 > 0:24:08Championships in Birmingham.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15People are being exposed on a daily basis to a cocktail of pollution,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17including light and noise pollution, which is having a significant
0:24:17 > 0:24:20impact on their health.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24That's the warning from England's chief medical officer.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Dame Sally Davies says a lot is known about the impact
0:24:28 > 0:24:30on the environment, but isn't properly understood when it
0:24:30 > 0:24:31comes to human sickness.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes reports.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38The impact of serious air pollution on a condition such
0:24:38 > 0:24:41as asthma is well understood, but what is less clear is the wider
0:24:41 > 0:24:43effect on our health of all the other pollutants
0:24:43 > 0:24:46we experience every day.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49For example, the way light from phones and tablets might
0:24:49 > 0:24:51disrupt our sleep patterns and how that might play out over
0:24:51 > 0:24:55a long period of time.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Now England's Chief Medical Officer says more research is needed,
0:24:58 > 0:25:03not just into today's threats, but also those in the future.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I am most concerned about air at this moment but we must not
0:25:06 > 0:25:09forget to measure the impact on health of other types
0:25:09 > 0:25:13of pollution or we could find in 10, 20, 30 years there is a real problem
0:25:13 > 0:25:17that we didn't see coming early enough.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Today's report says the NHS could lead the way
0:25:19 > 0:25:22on reducing pollution levels.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25with more than a million staff, the health service is one
0:25:25 > 0:25:28of the biggest employers in the country and is responsible
0:25:28 > 0:25:32for around one in every 20 road journeys, so the NHS
0:25:32 > 0:25:35could for example cut down on consumption of single use
0:25:35 > 0:25:39plastics and emissions from vehicles and buildings.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42And health campaigners say this report adds weight to calls
0:25:42 > 0:25:46for new legislation on air quality.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Air pollution is having a very real impact on all of our health.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53It can cause lung disease and heart disease and it has been linked to up
0:25:53 > 0:25:56to 40,000 early deaths every year.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59If nothing is done, there are warnings that consistent,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02long-term exposure to a range of pollutants, air, light,
0:26:02 > 0:26:09noise and chemical, could undermine efforts to improve public health.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12A better understanding of the threat will help
0:26:12 > 0:26:15identify possible solutions.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Dominic Hughes, BBC News.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21A 21-year-old man has been found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court
0:26:21 > 0:26:24of attempting to murder a Muslim woman by running her over.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Paul Moore, from Leicester, targeted Zaynab Hussein
0:26:27 > 0:26:30because she was wearing a hijab.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33He was also convicted of seriously injuring
0:26:33 > 0:26:34a 12-year-old Muslim schoolgirl.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Dominic Casciani reports.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Paul Moore, convicted today of a racially
0:26:40 > 0:26:42motivated attempted murder.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45His victim, a Somali mother from Leicester, Zaynab Hussein.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48He didn't know her, he picked her out at random.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Last September after a night of heavy drinking he told friends
0:26:52 > 0:26:54he wanted to run someone over and in the early morning as parents
0:26:54 > 0:26:57took their children to school, he drove around Leicester looking
0:26:57 > 0:27:00for a target.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04And it was here that Paul Moore found his victim.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Zaynab Hussein was walking home after dropping her two
0:27:06 > 0:27:11youngest children at school and as she reached this spot,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Moore came round this corner, at speed and slammed into her.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17She smashed into this wall and when she hit
0:27:17 > 0:27:20the ground her head was bleeding and her limbs were broken.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25As she struggled to cry for help, Moore drove off, did a U-turn
0:27:25 > 0:27:30and came back and this time he went over her with all four wheels.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Paul Moore drove off and minutes later tried to hit a 12-year-old
0:27:33 > 0:27:38Muslim schoolgirl identifiable by her headscarf.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41He clipped her side and sent her school bag flying.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Today he has been found guilty of that second attack as well.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47The jury at Nottingham Crown Court heard that Mrs Hussein,
0:27:47 > 0:27:54a mother of nine, has been left with life-changing injuries.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57She is confined to bed and needs yet more surgery.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59After the attack Moore told a relative he had
0:27:59 > 0:28:01deliberately run the woman over because of terrorism in London.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04He had done it for his country and he was proud.
0:28:04 > 0:28:11Dominic Casciani, BBC News at Nottingham Crown Court.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13More than 2,000 members of the public will be
0:28:13 > 0:28:16invited into the grounds
0:28:16 > 0:28:22of Windsor Castle for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding in May.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell is with me.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Explain a little bit more about who might be invited.The first thing to
0:28:31 > 0:28:38say is you cannot be applying for a place. They will be invited into the
0:28:38 > 0:28:43grounds of Windsor Castle, not the chapel. They will be members of the
0:28:43 > 0:28:46public from across the United Kingdom and they will be nominated
0:28:46 > 0:28:49by the Queen's representatives across the country. The couple hope
0:28:49 > 0:28:53they will be a broad range of backgrounds and ages and they have
0:28:53 > 0:28:57asked they should be young people who have shown leadership and those
0:28:57 > 0:29:03who have served their communities. There will be 200 people from the
0:29:03 > 0:29:06charities and organisations that Harry and Meghan support, 600 people
0:29:06 > 0:29:12from the Windsor Castle community, other people live within the castle,
0:29:12 > 0:29:16and slightly more than 500 people from the Royal household. The
0:29:16 > 0:29:21purpose is it should share in a moment of fun and joy on a day that
0:29:21 > 0:29:26will reflect the character and the values of the bride and groom.Nick,
0:29:26 > 0:29:34thank you very much.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Now, the weather has caused huge problems for many people,
0:29:36 > 0:29:38but for some, has proved an unexpected bonus.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40The BBC Concert Orchestra was due to be taking part
0:29:40 > 0:29:42in a school project, which was cancelled
0:29:42 > 0:29:44because of the weather, but the hotel they were stuck
0:29:44 > 0:29:47in was hosting a wedding so the musicians decided
0:29:47 > 0:29:48to put their talents to good use.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52Charlotte Gallagher has the story.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55One couple's special day made even more magical,
0:29:55 > 0:30:00all because of the famous BBC Concert Orchestra.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03The bride and groom were going to play a recording
0:30:03 > 0:30:07of Pachelbel's Canon, but ended up with the real thing.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11I think it was just the impact that it had,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13like, when they started, like, it sort of took
0:30:13 > 0:30:14your breath away.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Oh, yeah.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Yeah.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Very unexpected.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21It was a nice surprise.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Some of the guests couldn't get there because of the snow.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Because a lot of people had to cancel, it was a bit
0:30:28 > 0:30:30of an upset on the day.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32But then it just sort of made it...
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Made it special again.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38The orchestra usually plays for huge audiences in venues
0:30:38 > 0:30:41like the Royal Albert Hall.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44But their show in snowy Skegness is one they'll never forget.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Charlotte Gallagher, BBC News.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Time for a look at the weather, here's Phil Avery.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Time for a look at the weather, here's Phil Avery.
0:30:53 > 0:30:59Just what you need, someone selling you more aware there. I am going to
0:30:59 > 0:31:05show you the totals with regards to lying snow depths. 52 centimetres of
0:31:05 > 0:31:11snow just outside Cardiff. Not 1 million miles behind is Bishop time.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16No great surprise, still this brutal easterly dominating the scene. This
0:31:16 > 0:31:20low pressure in the South West is beginning to become a real player
0:31:20 > 0:31:24because it is throwing up quite a significant band of snow into the
0:31:24 > 0:31:29southern half of the British Isles. Further north you have more snow
0:31:29 > 0:31:37showers in northern and eastern areas. These
0:31:37 > 0:31:39areas. These thermometer temperatures are academic. We are
0:31:39 > 0:31:44still well down below zero. There has been an incursion of relatively
0:31:44 > 0:31:51mild air in the far south and that causes a problem with freezing rain.
0:31:51 > 0:31:5410-15 centimetres over the high ground of Wales as that of snow
0:31:54 > 0:32:01eases further north. By roundabout late evening and overnight it will
0:32:01 > 0:32:05be pushing into the North Midlands and the North East of England.
0:32:05 > 0:32:11Further north there are more snow showers on another cold night. How
0:32:11 > 0:32:17are we shaping up for the weekend? It is still cold in the north,
0:32:17 > 0:32:21milder in the south, and there is still a further risk of snow. We
0:32:21 > 0:32:26have been looking for Scandinavia for that high pressure, but it is
0:32:26 > 0:32:30into the South West and with this low pressure that will be the major
0:32:30 > 0:32:36player this weekend. Pretty leaden skies. Watch out for eyes across
0:32:36 > 0:32:40southern pies as we start the new day. That rainfall will be falling
0:32:40 > 0:32:45onto cold surfaces and there will be fog as well. Further north you are
0:32:45 > 0:32:51still stuck in a pretty cold regime. There will be showers here. This is
0:32:51 > 0:32:57Sunday, so watch out for eyes first thing. A bit of snow perhaps moving
0:32:57 > 0:33:02into the eastern side of England up into Scotland. Further south there
0:33:02 > 0:33:07is rainfall by day, but watch out for this process of freezing and
0:33:07 > 0:33:12thawing. We are getting the temperatures into the heart of next
0:33:12 > 0:33:16week that closely to where they should be at this time of the year.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20But in the short term you still have to be thinking about winter and what
0:33:20 > 0:33:23we have had rather than what is to come.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26we have had rather than what is to come.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me