0:00:05 > 0:00:07Storm Emma meets the beast from the east and wreaks
0:00:07 > 0:00:10chaos across the UK.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11At least 3,500 drivers were stranded
0:00:11 > 0:00:18on the M62 across the Pennines, some managed to get to shelter.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21We landed in Manchester Airport about two o'clock yesterday,
0:00:21 > 0:00:25and we have been trying to get home since then, just going
0:00:25 > 0:00:29round in circles around the M62.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Cars were at a standstill in the south-west of England too,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34with drivers stranded overnight.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Passengers were forced to sleep on a train stuck
0:00:36 > 0:00:37in the New Forest.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Other routes are closed tonight.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Around the UK the military has been drafted in to help,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47in Scotland, getting hospital staff to work.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Our other main story on the programme tonight:
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Theresa May sounds a note of pragmatism as she outlines
0:00:52 > 0:01:00her plans for Brexit.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Finally we both need to face the fact that this is a negotiation and
0:01:05 > 0:01:10neither of us can have exactly what we want. But I am confident that we
0:01:10 > 0:01:12can reach agreement.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, can Katarina Johnson-Thompson
0:01:15 > 0:01:17bring home a gold medal from the World Indoor
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Athletics Championships?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20She is well placed going into her final events.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Storm Emma has collided with the beast from the east,
0:01:45 > 0:01:46resulting in disruption across much of Britain.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Heavy snow is causing crashes, closing schools, stranding
0:01:49 > 0:01:54rail and air passengers as well as motorists.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56The M62 across the Pennines is still shut.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00At one point at least 3500 cars were stuck on it in the snow.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Hundreds of drivers were forced to shelter in community centres.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07The military has been called in around the UK to help.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09But the most severe red weather warnings, meaning
0:02:09 > 0:02:11there's a threat to life, have now been lifted.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Yellow warnings remain in place for much of the UK,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17with snow and ice causing serious problems in Scotland
0:02:17 > 0:02:19and the south-west of England.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21There's been major disruption to transport, with over
0:02:21 > 0:02:231,200 flights cancelled.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Rail companies are running reduced services, with many ending
0:02:26 > 0:02:29services early this evening.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33South Eastern Trains has told passengers not to travel at all.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Heavy snow closed several key routes on the road network overnight
0:02:36 > 0:02:38at both ends of the UK.
0:02:38 > 0:02:45Danny Savage is live in Country Durham.
0:02:45 > 0:02:53What is it like there?Fiona, it is absolutely freezing and conditions
0:02:53 > 0:02:57have been causing havoc again across the UK. The worst problems have been
0:02:57 > 0:03:03on the roads. The automobile Association estimates there have
0:03:03 > 0:03:07been more than 13,000 accidents in the last few days in the snow and
0:03:07 > 0:03:11icy conditions. You are about to see several of them.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13For the last 24 hours, the M62 between West Yorkshire
0:03:13 > 0:03:15and Manchester has been a disaster zone.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Multiple pile-ups litter the carriageway.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19One driver filmed this early today.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Dozens of vehicles written off.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26More than 3500 motorists were stranded on this road overnight.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Most had been moved by this morning but hundreds were taken
0:03:29 > 0:03:32to emergency shelters.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35We landed in Manchester Airport about two o'clock yesterday
0:03:35 > 0:03:39and we've been trying to get home since then.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44I've been stuck 12 hours, since last night, ten o'clock.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47From Yorkshire to the Scottish border, nearly every route linking
0:03:47 > 0:03:49east and west was closed.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Somewhere under here is the A66 in Cumbria.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Even the gritters are not venturing out this far.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58This should normally be a busy dual carriageway over the Pennines,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01but it's been shut for days.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It probably won't open for days yet.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And it's all because of these gale force winds just blowing the snow
0:04:07 > 0:04:11constantly across the carriageway.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Police are patrolling the roads to discourage people
0:04:13 > 0:04:16from ignoring the closures.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19These conditions are some of the worst I've seen for many years.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22The A66 is always a problem area but today this is particularly bad.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27Trying to get this open is impossible at the moment.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30In Hampshire, the 17.05 Waterloo to Weymouth train last night
0:04:30 > 0:04:34unintentionally turned into a sleeper service.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Passengers were stuck on board for 13 hours
0:04:36 > 0:04:40as the train lost power.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43The heating then failed in the freezing conditions.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46They managed to restore power so we had lights,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49but we had no heating, and things like the buffet car had
0:04:49 > 0:04:51run out of food and drink earlier in the evening.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55So it was a pretty cold night.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58In Shropshire, huge snowdrifts blocked country roads,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01as an army of farmers set out across Britain to try
0:05:01 > 0:05:03and clear them.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Neighbouring Worcestershire also saw several inches of snow.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Across the border into Wales, three people were rescued
0:05:08 > 0:05:13after getting buried by drifts in their car near Cowbridge.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17They had to sound their horn to guide searchers in.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19And in Ebbw Vale, firefighters were called in to dig
0:05:19 > 0:05:23their way into this house.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Back in the high Pennines, keeping livestock fed was a priority.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Keeping them watered, though, is a problem.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31The water's frozen, that's the main thing,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33in the house and out of the house.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36So just watering animals is a big chore at the minute.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Trying to feed up and get to the sheep that are three miles
0:05:39 > 0:05:42away, just trying to get there is fun and games
0:05:42 > 0:05:43at the minute, really.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Delivering supplies by any means possible will be normality in much
0:05:46 > 0:05:48of Britain this weekend.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51There's no obvious sign of a thaw yet.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56Danny Savage, BBC News.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59The experience of motorists stuck on the M62 over the Pennines
0:05:59 > 0:06:00was one repeated around the country.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Several major routes have problems caused by the heavy snowfall.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Worst hit was the south-west of England where the main A303,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08which runs from the M3 through the heart of
0:06:08 > 0:06:10the West Country, ground to a halt.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Among the stranded motorists was our correspondent Robert Hall,
0:06:12 > 0:06:17who sent this report.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Going nowhere.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21On one of the most important routes to the West Country,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Storm Emma's collision with the Siberian blast was closing
0:06:25 > 0:06:30the A303 section by section.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Our journey had come to an abrupt halt in the village of Chicklade,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36where hundreds of cars and lorries had been defeated by
0:06:36 > 0:06:40a series of steep hills.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Travelling tonight from east to west is absolutely horrendous.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46If I put the window down, then hopefully you can see
0:06:46 > 0:06:48that it is driving snow.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49I don't know.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53We've probably got six, seven inches here.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55With trapped vehicles blocking half the roadway snowploughs struggled
0:06:55 > 0:06:58to clear the drifts.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01And still the snow fell, driving into the faces
0:07:01 > 0:07:04of those awaiting rescue.
0:07:04 > 0:07:04Hello.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07BBC News?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Trying to get to an old peoples home to try to get the heating on.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And I've been stuck out here since three o'clock this afternoon.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Ahead the welcoming light of the village garage,
0:07:16 > 0:07:21and a night manager doing all she could to lend a hand.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24We don't usually get snow down here, not like this.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Do you think you're going to get out of here?
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Yeah, of course we will.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32There's worse trouble at sea, granny would say.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36After six hours the traffic crawled onwards, but the next jam
0:07:36 > 0:07:39was barely two miles away.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42We weren't told what had caused it, and as the night sky brightened
0:07:42 > 0:07:45patience was wearing thin.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49I want to ask you what you think about the response of the emergency
0:07:49 > 0:07:50services overnight here.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51It's obviously not good enough.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53We've got no idea what's actually going on.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Wiltshire Police, who declared a major incident this afternoon,
0:07:55 > 0:08:00said their officers had been at full stretch.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02By then, 16 hours after we had joined the queues, most
0:08:02 > 0:08:08of the A303 had been reopened.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Tonight, as snow settles again, drivers may well be thinking
0:08:10 > 0:08:13a journey that could end in an unwelcome adventure.
0:08:13 > 0:08:20Robert Hall, BBC News, Wiltshire.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22The extreme weather has affected emergency teams too,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24with South Western Ambulance service telling people not to call
0:08:24 > 0:08:26unless there is a threat to life.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Across the UK, many doctors, nurses and support staff have walked
0:08:29 > 0:08:35through snow and ice in an attempt to ease the pressure on services.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37From the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Jon Kay reports.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43This is the road to Exeter's main hospital, serving nearly
0:08:43 > 0:08:45half a million people.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48How are you getting on?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50In A&E eight-year-old Anna has come off her sledge.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Have you got a headache now?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Are you hungry at all?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56And she might need a scan.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Her doctor is one of many who have struggled into work.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01She should be fine.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03OK, great, thank you.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05How did you get in?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08I cycled on a mountain bike, that's about five miles,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10there was a lot of pushing, just trying to get a bit
0:09:10 > 0:09:13of traction in that snow.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Junior Doctor Chris is helping Debbie who has slipped on the ice.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Wait until you hear about his journey to work.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22I walked about ten miles from Exmouth into hospital.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24And then you're going to have to walk ten miles back?
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Yes.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Just like last night.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Did it cross your mind to call in and say I can't make it today,
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I'm going to have a snow day?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36No.
0:09:36 > 0:09:3840 staff slept in the hospital overnight after a critical
0:09:38 > 0:09:43incident was declared here.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Phil also stayed over.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48He couldn't move his iced up car after visiting his wife
0:09:48 > 0:09:50on the surgical ward.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52More than 100 relatives were given a place to sleep.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53It's been absolutely fantastic.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I can't thank the people enough.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Could not have wished for a better stay.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59You make it sound like a hotel!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Well, it is.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06No traffic jams in this city today, but emergency crews have struggled
0:10:06 > 0:10:11to reach casualties.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13South Western Ambulance say only call 999 if it
0:10:13 > 0:10:15were life threatening.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Among the walking wounded, plenty of breaks, sprains, and cuts,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22most of them weather-related.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Pete fell in the snow.
0:10:24 > 0:10:31It could have been much worse.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34There are other people in here who had a lot more
0:10:34 > 0:10:35incidents than I have.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37After a tough winter, and an exhausting 48 hours,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39there are more weather challenges to come.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40You are local, aren't you?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42The hospital's chief nurse now has to fight extra staff
0:10:42 > 0:10:48for the next few days.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50-- has to find extra staff.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52We are calling out now for registered nurses in particular.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55If they are able to get here, could they come?
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Particularly this weekend so we can get through the weekend.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Back in casualty, Anna's making progress
0:11:01 > 0:11:02after her sledging accident.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Her dad is a local farmer and tonight he will be clearing
0:11:05 > 0:11:08roads with his tractor, so the hospital can keep running.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10John Kay, BBC News, Exeter.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12In Scotland, the worst of the weather may be over.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14But days of appalling conditions is having an impact
0:11:14 > 0:11:17on local communities.
0:11:17 > 0:11:25Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon reports from Auchterarder.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31The rolling hills of Renfrewshire, picture postcard pretty but the
0:11:31 > 0:11:34conditions making it increasingly challenging for the people who live
0:11:34 > 0:11:39and work here. The best way to reach this farm, by foot. The herd here
0:11:39 > 0:11:45are hundreds strong. They are doing their best to get milk out but they
0:11:45 > 0:11:50have had just one tanker in and they do not expect another.Use either
0:11:50 > 0:11:55snowdrift coming down the road yourself. It is above my shoulders.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01A lorry cannot get in.We can't get the milk vans out, the milk tankers
0:12:01 > 0:12:05in, we cannot get feed stuff in. You don't know where to turn. Because
0:12:05 > 0:12:09the tanker had such an issue getting in this morning he will not come in
0:12:09 > 0:12:16tomorrow.These cows produce 2000 litres of milk every day. This farm
0:12:16 > 0:12:21is not alone in facing challenge is getting its milk to the shops. It is
0:12:21 > 0:12:24thought a significant number of farmers here in Scotland are now
0:12:24 > 0:12:32having to dispose of their milk. In local shops, some essentials are in
0:12:32 > 0:12:36short supply.I came with my studs on all the way down the road to get
0:12:36 > 0:12:42milk, and there was no milk. No milk anywhere.We've come back and there
0:12:42 > 0:12:48is none anywhere. Apparently there is not much left anywhere, so we did
0:12:48 > 0:12:52the right thing.The snow on roads has caused problems in many places
0:12:52 > 0:12:57but the hope is that once it melts, stock can reach the shops once more.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02This farm has gone to enormous efforts, delivering extra milk by
0:13:02 > 0:13:07hand, to keep their business afloat and there and also live. Lorna
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Gordon, BBC News.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11The latest on the travel disruption in a moment.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Our transport correspondent Victoria Fritz is in Waterloo.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16But first let's cross to our Wales correspondent Sian Lloyd
0:13:16 > 0:13:23in the Vale of Glamorgan.
0:13:23 > 0:13:31Is that a car next to you?It is indeed. There have been huge
0:13:31 > 0:13:34problems with snowdrifts here in the Vale of Glamorgan. If I scrape that
0:13:34 > 0:13:41off, that is a car. Earlier today, three people had to be dug out of a
0:13:41 > 0:13:44similar vehicle. They had been stranded for 12 hours and an SOS was
0:13:44 > 0:13:51put out locally. We have towed out a vehicle recently. This road is
0:13:51 > 0:13:55completely blocked, and it is one that people in the county use
0:13:55 > 0:14:02particularly a lot. There was 51 centimetres of snow in this county
0:14:02 > 0:14:07last night, the highest recorded anywhere in the UK. We are not
0:14:07 > 0:14:13expecting so much tonight, but there is a warning for ice here. The roads
0:14:13 > 0:14:15across Wales are absolutely treacherous and many have been
0:14:15 > 0:14:21closed. A lot of travel companies have cancelled their operations. And
0:14:21 > 0:14:32there is more sleep and snow to come later, so more disruption ahead.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37Victoria, you are inside Waterloo station. What is the latest?It is
0:14:37 > 0:14:42still very cold in the station as well. When it comes to the trains,
0:14:42 > 0:14:4726 out of 27 train companies are operating severely disrupted lines,
0:14:47 > 0:14:52including those that go in and out of London Waterloo, Europe's busiest
0:14:52 > 0:14:57station. Lots of train companies have been saying to people, do not
0:14:57 > 0:15:01travel unless it is absolutely essential. South-eastern Trains,
0:15:01 > 0:15:09which operates out of Waterloo East is saying do not travel. Ice on the
0:15:09 > 0:15:13conductor rails means it cannot connect to the power for the trains.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17For south-western services, leaving behind me, they are trying to wind
0:15:17 > 0:15:24up services by 8pm. The station will close after the last service, which
0:15:24 > 0:15:28is 2145. When it comes to flights, this is the worst day for flight
0:15:28 > 0:15:35cancellations all week. Over 1200 flights cancelled across the UK and
0:15:35 > 0:15:40Ireland. Heathrow, the majority of them. We know that Birmingham has
0:15:40 > 0:15:43temporarily suspended flights and the runway at London's city is
0:15:43 > 0:15:49currently closed, although lots of UK airports remain open. That is a
0:15:49 > 0:15:51severely disrupted service right across the airport and train
0:15:51 > 0:15:54network.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56And there'll be all the latest on the impact
0:15:56 > 0:15:58of the weather where you live on BBC One straight
0:15:58 > 0:16:02after this programme.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Our other main story tonight.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Theresa May has outlined her vision of Britain's future relationship
0:16:07 > 0:16:09with the European Union.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12She repeated the UK would not be part of the EU's single
0:16:12 > 0:16:15market or customs union - and said both sides would have
0:16:15 > 0:16:17to accept 'hard facts' and that no one will get everything
0:16:17 > 0:16:23they want.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg was watching the speech.
0:16:33 > 0:16:39Roll up, roll up. A hot ticket for a certain kind of audience. Ministers
0:16:39 > 0:16:45and diplomats are rising for a speech.Can unite the party?That
0:16:45 > 0:16:51would affect us all. And it matters to her survival, too. With
0:16:51 > 0:16:58controversy never far away. The first message, no more promises
0:16:58 > 0:17:03after Brexit, we can have it all, to trade just as we do now or be
0:17:03 > 0:17:08completely free from the European courts.I want to be straight with
0:17:08 > 0:17:12people, because the reality is that we all need to face up to some hard
0:17:12 > 0:17:19facts. We are leaving the single market. But it's going to be
0:17:19 > 0:17:22different. Accessed each other's markets will be less than it is now,
0:17:22 > 0:17:27so we need to strike a new balance, but we will not accept the rights of
0:17:27 > 0:17:32Canada and the obligations of Norway. -- access to each others'.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Even after we have left the jurisdiction of the European Court
0:17:36 > 0:17:41of Justice, EU law and the decisions of the ECJ will continue to affect
0:17:41 > 0:17:45us.Out of the single market and the customs union, she confirmed, yet no
0:17:45 > 0:17:51new answer to one of the hardest parts.We have been clear all along
0:17:51 > 0:17:54that we don't want to go back to a hard border in Ireland. We've ruled
0:17:54 > 0:17:58out any physical infrastructure of a border or any related checks and
0:17:58 > 0:18:03controls. But it's not good enough to say we won't introduce a hard
0:18:03 > 0:18:08order if the EU forces Ireland to do it, that is down to them. -- hard
0:18:08 > 0:18:12border. We chose to leave and we have a responsibility to find a
0:18:12 > 0:18:17solution. We cannot do it alone. It is for all of us to work together.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21More details on how she wants much of the economy to stay closer to the
0:18:21 > 0:18:25EU, but the Prime Minister wants the right to pick and choose when and
0:18:25 > 0:18:31how.The commission has suggested that the only option available to
0:18:31 > 0:18:37the UK is an off-the-shelf model. We both need to face the fact that this
0:18:37 > 0:18:43is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want. Fact
0:18:43 > 0:18:47is, every free trade agreement has varying market access depending on
0:18:47 > 0:18:52the respective interest of the countries involved. If this is
0:18:52 > 0:18:57cherry picking, then every trade arrangement is cherry picking.Last,
0:18:57 > 0:19:03in answer to claims her plans are too vague and unreal.My message to
0:19:03 > 0:19:09our friends in Europe is clear. We know what we want. We understand
0:19:09 > 0:19:13your principles. We have a shared interest in getting this right. So
0:19:13 > 0:19:22let's get on with it. Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Do you accept now that we cannot have it all as we leave? Secondly,
0:19:27 > 0:19:32you have outlined today you want to pick and mix even though the EU is
0:19:32 > 0:19:36repeatedly rejecting that approach. What is it do you think you can say
0:19:36 > 0:19:39to your EU leaders that will actually change their minds?I'm
0:19:39 > 0:19:44confident as we sit down together we will be able to show that mutual
0:19:44 > 0:19:49interest, that mutual benefit, from the proposals I have put forward.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54After weeks of internal Tory wrangling the Prime Minister has
0:19:54 > 0:19:58made gathered Tory grandees contempt.This is about finding a
0:19:58 > 0:20:01way through that will work for everybody.Why have you spent so
0:20:01 > 0:20:04long saying we could have everything? You said we could have
0:20:04 > 0:20:09the same benefits?I said that is the aspiration. What were aiming at
0:20:09 > 0:20:14here, and what the PM said clearly, is that we want to have a tariff
0:20:14 > 0:20:17free arrangement. We want to have mutual recognition. All those
0:20:17 > 0:20:21things, not just in our interest, they are in Europe's interest and
0:20:21 > 0:20:27that is why we will get them.What happens the European Union says no?
0:20:27 > 0:20:33I think the invitation that was made to the speech of the PM was to apply
0:20:33 > 0:20:38a cool hand to some very important, mutual problems, but also
0:20:38 > 0:20:43opportunities.An outbreak of Tory unity? The Foreign Secretary was
0:20:43 > 0:20:46grounded by snow but gave a thumbs up and Brexiteers and Remainers
0:20:46 > 0:20:53followed suit, for now. Others, like the Bank of England governor, less
0:20:53 > 0:21:00keen to give their verdict. The opposition, unimpressed.There is
0:21:00 > 0:21:04yet more confusion on the road to complications. What we need is a set
0:21:04 > 0:21:09of objections which means we can -- objectives which means we can
0:21:09 > 0:21:14protect jobs in this country.They want more detail and realism. That
0:21:14 > 0:21:18could make a difference to the next steps of this lengthy tangle. But
0:21:18 > 0:21:22there are plenty of audiences making demands of Theresa May, you will
0:21:22 > 0:21:27still demand yet more. -- who will.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29We'll speak to Laura in a moment -
0:21:29 > 0:21:31first our Europe Editor Katya Adler is in Brussels.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33How did the speech go down there?
0:21:33 > 0:21:39The reaction in Brussels has been muted and wary. The chief Brexit
0:21:39 > 0:21:43negotiator, Michel Barnier, went on Twitter to thank the PM on her
0:21:43 > 0:21:46clarity and to say that confirmation that the UK would be leaving the
0:21:46 > 0:21:49single market and the customs union and it was heading for a free trade
0:21:49 > 0:21:54agreement with the EU. Privately EU diplomats appraise the Prime
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Minister's more realistic tone, they said, admitting both sides cannot
0:21:57 > 0:22:00have exactly what they want but they said they could not find much new in
0:22:00 > 0:22:05her speech and they lamented the absence of a workable solution, they
0:22:05 > 0:22:09said, to the Irish problem. Manfred Webber, very close to Angela Merkel
0:22:09 > 0:22:13and the leader here at the European Parliament, said the UK was still
0:22:13 > 0:22:17burying its head in the sand. Tonight we have working groups from
0:22:17 > 0:22:22all of the 27 EU member states who are poring over the detail of the
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Prime Minister's speech. One diplomat said he hoped he would find
0:22:25 > 0:22:30coded messages to the EU in Theresa May's speech that would then become
0:22:30 > 0:22:34much clearer once they sit down again at the negotiating table. He
0:22:34 > 0:22:37said something similar happened with the last Brexit speech back in
0:22:37 > 0:22:38autumn.Thank you.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Laura - was there enough detail in the speech and was it enough
0:22:41 > 0:22:49to keep the different factions within the Tory party happy?
0:22:50 > 0:22:55For today, yes. Probably for this week, yes. The medium and long-term,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59nothing is guaranteed the Conservatives staying on the same
0:22:59 > 0:23:03page over Europe. Warning the party on public that compromises lie ahead
0:23:03 > 0:23:06isn't the same as them swallowing those compromises when it actually
0:23:06 > 0:23:13comes to them being agreed. Most importantly today, for number ten,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17was the message to the EU that while Theresa May has no intention of
0:23:17 > 0:23:20being a pushover she does now recognise very publicly that the UK
0:23:20 > 0:23:25cannot get everything its own way. That there will have to be
0:23:25 > 0:23:29compromises. There will have to be sacrifices. In terms of what the
0:23:29 > 0:23:32British Government towards the message to be, that was absolutely
0:23:32 > 0:23:36crucial. They believe that is what the European Union has really been
0:23:36 > 0:23:42after in the last few months. They hope that by the end of this month
0:23:42 > 0:23:46there will be a test that proves positive at the crucial European
0:23:46 > 0:23:52summit. They hoped at that point all parties will be able to agree the
0:23:52 > 0:23:55transition, the implementation phase, but, you know, in terms of
0:23:55 > 0:24:00keeping the EU and her party onside at home it is an almost impossible
0:24:00 > 0:24:05task for Theresa May. Today's speech has been warmly welcomed, sort of,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09by those in her party, but it doesn't mean the longer term
0:24:09 > 0:24:15contradictions or arguments have gone away.Thank you. A 21-year-old
0:24:15 > 0:24:18man who tried to kill a woman because she was wearing a hijab has
0:24:18 > 0:24:24been found guilty of attempted murder.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28murder. He later told his half brother that he had done it for
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Britain. He was also convicted of using his car to seriously injured a
0:24:32 > 0:24:3612-year-old Muslim schoolgirl and will be sentenced later this month.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Two Moorman had been arrested in connection to the exclusion in
0:24:40 > 0:24:46Leicester which five people dead on Sunday. Both are from East Anglia.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49There are now five in custody. The police have appealed for witnesses
0:24:49 > 0:24:54to come forward to explain how the explosion happened.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Let's return to our main story -
0:24:56 > 0:24:59and the snow that's brought chaos to much of the UK this week.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Amid the misery for many - stuck in cars, on trains,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04struggling into work - there've also been stories of great
0:25:04 > 0:25:07heroism and of those who've gone out of their way to come
0:25:07 > 0:25:08to the aid of others.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Sarah Campbell reports.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16An out-of-control car ends up on the wrong side of this Edinburgh Road.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22An out-of-control car ends up on the wrong side of this Edinburgh Road. A
0:25:22 > 0:25:28collision seems inevitable. But it did not happen is thanks to the
0:25:28 > 0:25:34quick reactions of the bus driver. To me it looks worse on the video
0:25:34 > 0:25:39then I felt at the time. I did get a fright but I managed to avoid it,
0:25:39 > 0:25:43luckily, and then I just got on with my job after that and I totally
0:25:43 > 0:25:47forgot all about it until I got home and my husband asked me if I had
0:25:47 > 0:25:53seen this video. He did not know it was me who was driving.Born in
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Fife, despite the village being all but cut off midwives made to the
0:25:57 > 0:26:01month to help with the delivery and local farmers cleared the roads to
0:26:01 > 0:26:06get both mum and baby safe to the hospital. Across the UK people have
0:26:06 > 0:26:10refused to let the weather get in their way. This is a paramedic, part
0:26:10 > 0:26:15of a cycle response team for the London Ambulance Service. And
0:26:15 > 0:26:20stranded drivers on the K one were treated to cream cakes and muffins
0:26:20 > 0:26:25handed out by a fellow motorist who happened to be a delivery driver for
0:26:25 > 0:26:33a bakery. -- on the A1. This businessman bought 12 hotel rooms
0:26:33 > 0:26:38and offered them to the homeless.I just thought for the sake of 20 quid
0:26:38 > 0:26:43we would get a few people off the streets.Lewis, a patient at Great
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Ormond Street Hospital tweeted his heartfelt thanks to the stars who
0:26:45 > 0:26:52made him his very own snowman. -- do the staff. And stuck in Skegness
0:26:52 > 0:26:57without an event to go to, the BBC's concert Orchestra offered their
0:26:57 > 0:27:02services as a wedding gift to fellow hotel guests on their big day.When
0:27:02 > 0:27:10they started it took your breath away.Very unexpected.Amid the
0:27:10 > 0:27:13freezing temperatures, the warmth of human kindness has resonated. Sarah
0:27:13 > 0:27:20Campbell, BBC News. Some great stories. The man of the hour is
0:27:20 > 0:27:23here. Tell us all about the weather. What is to come?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25here. Tell us all about the weather. What is to come?
0:27:25 > 0:27:30More of the same. Our weather watchers are still out there,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33capturing the scenes right across the length and breadth of the
0:27:33 > 0:27:39British Isles. We are not out of the woods yet. Everything has been
0:27:39 > 0:27:42focused on the progress north of this band of continuous snow,
0:27:42 > 0:27:47gradually working its way as we speak across the southern half of
0:27:47 > 0:27:51the British Isles. Further north, not much change, plenty wintry
0:27:51 > 0:27:54showers on that biting easterly wind. Whilst this band of what is
0:27:54 > 0:28:02around, one to five centimetres quite widely on the ground, but over
0:28:02 > 0:28:06to the west it could be up to 15 centimetres on top of what is
0:28:06 > 0:28:10already lying around, and being blown around by a noticeable wind.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14This band of weather will get up into the North Midlands,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Lincolnshire, and perhaps across the Humber. We have the first signs of
0:28:18 > 0:28:20somewhat mild hair trying to get into the southern counties of
0:28:20 > 0:28:28England and Wales. -- mild air. The South has milder conditions coming,
0:28:28 > 0:28:33and still the risk of some snow. Watch out in the south. Having had a
0:28:33 > 0:28:37cold night we bring in some rain, perhaps to some areas, so that could
0:28:37 > 0:28:41lead to a widespread problem with ice, poor visibility, fog. Further
0:28:41 > 0:28:46north, not much change on Saturday, still that biting south-easterly
0:28:46 > 0:28:50wind, and the prospect of more snow showers. The weather front gradually
0:28:50 > 0:28:54moves into the northern part of Britain through Sunday. And across
0:28:54 > 0:28:59the South, by this stage, the problem of some ice in the early
0:28:59 > 0:29:03part of the day as temperatures just begin to pick up. There will be
0:29:03 > 0:29:07problems with fog, as well. In the north, you were pretty much stuck
0:29:07 > 0:29:10with what you have, and for the rest of the weekend.