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Storm Emma meets the beast

from the east and wreaks

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chaos across the UK.

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At least 3,500 drivers were stranded

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on the M62 across the Pennines,

some managed to get to shelter.

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We landed in Manchester Airport

about two o'clock yesterday,

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and we have been trying to get home

since then, just going

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round in circles around the M62.

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Cars were at a standstill

in the south-west of England too,

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with drivers stranded overnight.

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Passengers were forced

to sleep on a train stuck

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in the New Forest.

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Other routes are closed tonight.

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Around the UK the military has

been drafted in to help,

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in Scotland, getting

hospital staff to work.

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Our other main story

on the programme tonight:

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Theresa May sounds a note

of pragmatism as she outlines

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her plans for Brexit.

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Finally we both need to face the

fact that this is a negotiation and

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neither of us can have exactly what

we want. But I am confident that we

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can reach agreement.

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And coming up in Sportsday on BBC

News, can Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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bring home a gold medal

from the World Indoor

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Athletics Championships?

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She is well placed going

into her final events.

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Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six.

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Storm Emma has collided

with the beast from the east,

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resulting in disruption

across much of Britain.

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Heavy snow is causing crashes,

closing schools, stranding

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rail and air passengers

as well as motorists.

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The M62 across the

Pennines is still shut.

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At one point at least 3500 cars

were stuck on it in the snow.

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Hundreds of drivers were forced

to shelter in community centres.

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The military has been called

in around the UK to help.

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But the most severe red

weather warnings, meaning

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there's a threat to life,

have now been lifted.

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Yellow warnings remain

in place for much of the UK,

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with snow and ice causing serious

problems in Scotland

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and the south-west of England.

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There's been major disruption

to transport, with over

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1,200 flights cancelled.

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Rail companies are running reduced

services, with many ending

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services early this evening.

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South Eastern Trains has told

passengers not to travel at all.

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Heavy snow closed several key routes

on the road network overnight

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at both ends of the UK.

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Danny Savage is live

in Country Durham.

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What is it like there?

Fiona, it is

absolutely freezing and conditions

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have been causing havoc again across

the UK. The worst problems have been

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on the roads. The automobile

Association estimates there have

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been more than 13,000 accidents in

the last few days in the snow and

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icy conditions. You are about to see

several of them.

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For the last 24 hours,

the M62 between West Yorkshire

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and Manchester has been

a disaster zone.

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Multiple pile-ups

litter the carriageway.

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One driver filmed this early today.

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Dozens of vehicles written off.

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More than 3500 motorists were

stranded on this road overnight.

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Most had been moved by this morning

but hundreds were taken

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to emergency shelters.

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We landed in Manchester Airport

about two o'clock yesterday

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and we've been trying to get

home since then.

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I've been stuck 12 hours,

since last night, ten o'clock.

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From Yorkshire to the Scottish

border, nearly every route linking

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east and west was closed.

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Somewhere under here

is the A66 in Cumbria.

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Even the gritters are not

venturing out this far.

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This should normally be a busy dual

carriageway over the Pennines,

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but it's been shut for days.

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It probably won't open for days yet.

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And it's all because of these gale

force winds just blowing the snow

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constantly across the carriageway.

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Police are patrolling the roads

to discourage people

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from ignoring the closures.

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These conditions are some of

the worst I've seen for many years.

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The A66 is always a problem area

but today this is particularly bad.

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Trying to get this open

is impossible at the moment.

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In Hampshire, the 17.05 Waterloo

to Weymouth train last night

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unintentionally turned

into a sleeper service.

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Passengers were stuck

on board for 13 hours

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as the train lost power.

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The heating then failed

in the freezing conditions.

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They managed to restore

power so we had lights,

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but we had no heating,

and things like the buffet car had

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run out of food and drink

earlier in the evening.

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So it was a pretty cold night.

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In Shropshire, huge snowdrifts

blocked country roads,

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as an army of farmers set out

across Britain to try

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and clear them.

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Neighbouring Worcestershire also saw

several inches of snow.

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Across the border into Wales,

three people were rescued

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after getting buried by drifts

in their car near Cowbridge.

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They had to sound their horn

to guide searchers in.

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And in Ebbw Vale, firefighters

were called in to dig

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their way into this house.

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Back in the high Pennines, keeping

livestock fed was a priority.

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Keeping them watered,

though, is a problem.

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The water's frozen,

that's the main thing,

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in the house and out of the house.

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So just watering animals is a big

chore at the minute.

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Trying to feed up and get

to the sheep that are three miles

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away, just trying to get

there is fun and games

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at the minute, really.

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Delivering supplies by any means

possible will be normality in much

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of Britain this weekend.

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There's no obvious

sign of a thaw yet.

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Danny Savage, BBC News.

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The experience of motorists stuck

on the M62 over the Pennines

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was one repeated around the country.

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Several major routes have problems

caused by the heavy snowfall.

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Worst hit was the south-west

of England where the main A303,

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which runs from the M3

through the heart of

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the West Country, ground to a halt.

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Among the stranded motorists

was our correspondent Robert Hall,

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who sent this report.

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Going nowhere.

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On one of the most important routes

to the West Country,

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Storm Emma's collision

with the Siberian blast was closing

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the A303 section by section.

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Our journey had come to an abrupt

halt in the village of Chicklade,

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where hundreds of cars and lorries

had been defeated by

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a series of steep hills.

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Travelling tonight from east to west

is absolutely horrendous.

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If I put the window down,

then hopefully you can see

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that it is driving snow.

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I don't know.

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We've probably got six,

seven inches here.

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With trapped vehicles blocking half

the roadway snowploughs struggled

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to clear the drifts.

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And still the snow fell,

driving into the faces

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of those awaiting rescue.

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Hello.

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BBC News?

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Trying to get to an old peoples home

to try to get the heating on.

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And I've been stuck out here

since three o'clock this afternoon.

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Ahead the welcoming light

of the village garage,

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and a night manager doing

all she could to lend a hand.

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We don't usually get snow down

here, not like this.

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Do you think you're

going to get out of here?

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Yeah, of course we will.

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There's worse trouble

at sea, granny would say.

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After six hours the traffic crawled

onwards, but the next jam

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was barely two miles away.

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We weren't told what had caused it,

and as the night sky brightened

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patience was wearing thin.

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I want to ask you what you think

about the response of the emergency

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services overnight here.

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It's obviously not good enough.

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We've got no idea what's

actually going on.

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Wiltshire Police, who declared

a major incident this afternoon,

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said their officers had been

at full stretch.

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By then, 16 hours after we had

joined the queues, most

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of the A303 had been reopened.

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Tonight, as snow settles again,

drivers may well be thinking

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a journey that could end

in an unwelcome adventure.

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Robert Hall, BBC News, Wiltshire.

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The extreme weather has affected

emergency teams too,

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with South Western Ambulance service

telling people not to call

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unless there is a threat to life.

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Across the UK, many doctors,

nurses and support staff have walked

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through snow and ice in an attempt

to ease the pressure on services.

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From the Royal Devon and Exeter

Hospital, Jon Kay reports.

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This is the road to Exeter's main

hospital, serving nearly

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half a million people.

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How are you getting on?

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In A&E eight-year-old Anna has

come off her sledge.

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Have you got a headache now?

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Are you hungry at all?

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And she might need a scan.

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Her doctor is one of many who have

struggled into work.

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She should be fine.

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OK, great, thank you.

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How did you get in?

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I cycled on a mountain bike,

that's about five miles,

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there was a lot of pushing,

just trying to get a bit

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of traction in that snow.

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Junior Doctor Chris is helping

Debbie who has slipped on the ice.

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Wait until you hear

about his journey to work.

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I walked about ten miles

from Exmouth into hospital.

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And then you're going to have

to walk ten miles back?

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Yes.

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Just like last night.

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Did it cross your mind to call

in and say I can't make it today,

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I'm going to have a snow day?

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No.

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40 staff slept in the hospital

overnight after a critical

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incident was declared here.

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Phil also stayed over.

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He couldn't move his iced up car

after visiting his wife

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on the surgical ward.

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More than 100 relatives

were given a place to sleep.

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It's been absolutely fantastic.

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I can't thank the people enough.

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Could not have wished

for a better stay.

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You make it sound like a hotel!

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Well, it is.

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No traffic jams in this city today,

but emergency crews have struggled

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to reach casualties.

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South Western Ambulance

say only call 999 if it

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were life threatening.

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Among the walking wounded,

plenty of breaks, sprains, and cuts,

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most of them weather-related.

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Pete fell in the snow.

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It could have been much worse.

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There are other people

in here who had a lot more

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incidents than I have.

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After a tough winter,

and an exhausting 48 hours,

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there are more weather

challenges to come.

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You are local, aren't you?

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The hospital's chief nurse now has

to fight extra staff

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for the next few days.

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-- has to find extra staff.

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We are calling out now

for registered nurses in particular.

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If they are able to get

here, could they come?

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Particularly this weekend so we can

get through the weekend.

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Back in casualty,

Anna's making progress

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after her sledging accident.

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Her dad is a local farmer

and tonight he will be clearing

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roads with his tractor,

so the hospital can keep running.

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John Kay, BBC News, Exeter.

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In Scotland, the worst

of the weather may be over.

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But days of appalling

conditions is having an impact

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on local communities.

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Our Scotland correspondent Lorna

Gordon reports from Auchterarder.

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The rolling hills of Renfrewshire,

picture postcard pretty but the

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conditions making it increasingly

challenging for the people who live

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and work here. The best way to reach

this farm, by foot. The herd here

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are hundreds strong. They are doing

their best to get milk out but they

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have had just one tanker in and they

do not expect another.

Use either

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snowdrift coming down the road

yourself. It is above my shoulders.

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A lorry cannot get in.

We can't get

the milk vans out, the milk tankers

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in, we cannot get feed stuff in. You

don't know where to turn. Because

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the tanker had such an issue getting

in this morning he will not come in

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tomorrow.

These cows produce 2000

litres of milk every day. This farm

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is not alone in facing challenge is

getting its milk to the shops. It is

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thought a significant number of

farmers here in Scotland are now

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having to dispose of their milk. In

local shops, some essentials are in

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short supply.

I came with my studs

on all the way down the road to get

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milk, and there was no milk. No milk

anywhere.

We've come back and there

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is none anywhere. Apparently there

is not much left anywhere, so we did

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the right thing.

The snow on roads

has caused problems in many places

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but the hope is that once it melts,

stock can reach the shops once more.

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This farm has gone to enormous

efforts, delivering extra milk by

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hand, to keep their business afloat

and there and also live. Lorna

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Gordon, BBC News.

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The latest on the travel

disruption in a moment.

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Our transport correspondent

Victoria Fritz is in Waterloo.

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But first let's cross to our Wales

correspondent Sian Lloyd

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in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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Is that a car next to you?

It is

indeed. There have been huge

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problems with snowdrifts here in the

Vale of Glamorgan. If I scrape that

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off, that is a car. Earlier today,

three people had to be dug out of a

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similar vehicle. They had been

stranded for 12 hours and an SOS was

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put out locally. We have towed out a

vehicle recently. This road is

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completely blocked, and it is one

that people in the county use

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particularly a lot. There was 51

centimetres of snow in this county

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last night, the highest recorded

anywhere in the UK. We are not

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expecting so much tonight, but there

is a warning for ice here. The roads

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across Wales are absolutely

treacherous and many have been

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closed. A lot of travel companies

have cancelled their operations. And

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there is more sleep and snow to come

later, so more disruption ahead.

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Victoria, you are inside Waterloo

station. What is the latest?

It is

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still very cold in the station as

well. When it comes to the trains,

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26 out of 27 train companies are

operating severely disrupted lines,

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including those that go in and out

of London Waterloo, Europe's busiest

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station. Lots of train companies

have been saying to people, do not

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travel unless it is absolutely

essential. South-eastern Trains,

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which operates out of Waterloo East

is saying do not travel. Ice on the

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conductor rails means it cannot

connect to the power for the trains.

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For south-western services, leaving

behind me, they are trying to wind

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up services by 8pm. The station will

close after the last service, which

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is 2145. When it comes to flights,

this is the worst day for flight

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cancellations all week. Over 1200

flights cancelled across the UK and

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Ireland. Heathrow, the majority of

them. We know that Birmingham has

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temporarily suspended flights and

the runway at London's city is

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currently closed, although lots of

UK airports remain open. That is a

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severely disrupted service right

across the airport and train

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network.

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And there'll be all

the latest on the impact

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of the weather where you live

on BBC One straight

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after this programme.

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Our other main story tonight.

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Theresa May has outlined her vision

of Britain's future relationship

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with the European Union.

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She repeated the UK would not be

part of the EU's single

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market or customs union -

and said both sides would have

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to accept 'hard facts' and that no

one will get everything

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they want.

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Our Political Editor Laura

Kuenssberg was watching the speech.

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Roll up, roll up. A hot ticket for a

certain kind of audience. Ministers

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and diplomats are rising for a

speech.

Can unite the party?

That

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would affect us all. And it matters

to her survival, too. With

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controversy never far away. The

first message, no more promises

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after Brexit, we can have it all, to

trade just as we do now or be

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completely free from the European

courts.

I want to be straight with

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people, because the reality is that

we all need to face up to some hard

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facts. We are leaving the single

market. But it's going to be

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different. Accessed each other's

markets will be less than it is now,

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so we need to strike a new balance,

but we will not accept the rights of

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Canada and the obligations of

Norway. -- access to each others'.

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Even after we have left the

jurisdiction of the European Court

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of Justice, EU law and the decisions

of the ECJ will continue to affect

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us.

Out of the single market and the

customs union, she confirmed, yet no

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new answer to one of the hardest

parts.

We have been clear all along

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that we don't want to go back to a

hard border in Ireland. We've ruled

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out any physical infrastructure of a

border or any related checks and

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controls. But it's not good enough

to say we won't introduce a hard

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order if the EU forces Ireland to do

it, that is down to them. -- hard

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border. We chose to leave and we

have a responsibility to find a

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solution. We cannot do it alone. It

is for all of us to work together.

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More details on how she wants much

of the economy to stay closer to the

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EU, but the Prime Minister wants the

right to pick and choose when and

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how.

The commission has suggested

that the only option available to

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the UK is an off-the-shelf model. We

both need to face the fact that this

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is a negotiation and neither of us

can have exactly what we want. Fact

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is, every free trade agreement has

varying market access depending on

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the respective interest of the

countries involved. If this is

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cherry picking, then every trade

arrangement is cherry picking.

Last,

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in answer to claims her plans are

too vague and unreal.

My message to

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our friends in Europe is clear. We

know what we want. We understand

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your principles. We have a shared

interest in getting this right. So

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let's get on with it. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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Do you accept now that we cannot

have it all as we leave? Secondly,

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you have outlined today you want to

pick and mix even though the EU is

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repeatedly rejecting that approach.

What is it do you think you can say

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to your EU leaders that will

actually change their minds?

I'm

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confident as we sit down together we

will be able to show that mutual

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interest, that mutual benefit, from

the proposals I have put forward.

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After weeks of internal Tory

wrangling the Prime Minister has

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made gathered Tory grandees

contempt.

This is about finding a

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way through that will work for

everybody.

Why have you spent so

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long saying we could have

everything? You said we could have

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the same benefits?

I said that is

the aspiration. What were aiming at

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here, and what the PM said clearly,

is that we want to have a tariff

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free arrangement. We want to have

mutual recognition. All those

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things, not just in our interest,

they are in Europe's interest and

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that is why we will get them.

What

happens the European Union says no?

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I think the invitation that was made

to the speech of the PM was to apply

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a cool hand to some very important,

mutual problems, but also

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opportunities.

An outbreak of Tory

unity? The Foreign Secretary was

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grounded by snow but gave a thumbs

up and Brexiteers and Remainers

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followed suit, for now. Others, like

the Bank of England governor, less

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keen to give their verdict. The

opposition, unimpressed.

There is

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yet more confusion on the road to

complications. What we need is a set

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of objections which means we can --

objectives which means we can

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protect jobs in this country.

They

want more detail and realism. That

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could make a difference to the next

steps of this lengthy tangle. But

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there are plenty of audiences making

demands of Theresa May, you will

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still demand yet more. -- who will.

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We'll speak to Laura in a moment -

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first our Europe Editor Katya Adler

is in Brussels.

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How did the speech go down there?

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The reaction in Brussels has been

muted and wary. The chief Brexit

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negotiator, Michel Barnier, went on

Twitter to thank the PM on her

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clarity and to say that confirmation

that the UK would be leaving the

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single market and the customs union

and it was heading for a free trade

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agreement with the EU. Privately EU

diplomats appraise the Prime

0:21:490:21:54

Minister's more realistic tone, they

said, admitting both sides cannot

0:21:540:21:57

have exactly what they want but they

said they could not find much new in

0:21:570:22:00

her speech and they lamented the

absence of a workable solution, they

0:22:000:22:05

said, to the Irish problem. Manfred

Webber, very close to Angela Merkel

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and the leader here at the European

Parliament, said the UK was still

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burying its head in the sand.

Tonight we have working groups from

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all of the 27 EU member states who

are poring over the detail of the

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Prime Minister's speech. One

diplomat said he hoped he would find

0:22:220:22:25

coded messages to the EU in Theresa

May's speech that would then become

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much clearer once they sit down

again at the negotiating table. He

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said something similar happened with

the last Brexit speech back in

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autumn.

Thank you.

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Laura - was there enough detail

in the speech and was it enough

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to keep the different factions

within the Tory party happy?

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For today, yes. Probably for this

week, yes. The medium and long-term,

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nothing is guaranteed the

Conservatives staying on the same

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page over Europe. Warning the party

on public that compromises lie ahead

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isn't the same as them swallowing

those compromises when it actually

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comes to them being agreed. Most

importantly today, for number ten,

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was the message to the EU that while

Theresa May has no intention of

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being a pushover she does now

recognise very publicly that the UK

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cannot get everything its own way.

That there will have to be

0:23:200:23:25

compromises. There will have to be

sacrifices. In terms of what the

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British Government towards the

message to be, that was absolutely

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crucial. They believe that is what

the European Union has really been

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after in the last few months. They

hope that by the end of this month

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there will be a test that proves

positive at the crucial European

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summit. They hoped at that point all

parties will be able to agree the

0:23:460:23:52

transition, the implementation

phase, but, you know, in terms of

0:23:520:23:55

keeping the EU and her party onside

at home it is an almost impossible

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task for Theresa May. Today's speech

has been warmly welcomed, sort of,

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by those in her party, but it

doesn't mean the longer term

0:24:050:24:09

contradictions or arguments have

gone away.

Thank you. A 21-year-old

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man who tried to kill a woman

because she was wearing a hijab has

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been found guilty of attempted

murder.

0:24:180:24:24

murder. He later told his half

brother that he had done it for

0:24:250:24:28

Britain. He was also convicted of

using his car to seriously injured a

0:24:280:24:32

12-year-old Muslim schoolgirl and

will be sentenced later this month.

0:24:320:24:36

Two Moorman had been arrested in

connection to the exclusion in

0:24:360:24:40

Leicester which five people dead on

Sunday. Both are from East Anglia.

0:24:400:24:46

There are now five in custody. The

police have appealed for witnesses

0:24:460:24:49

to come forward to explain how the

explosion happened.

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Let's return to our main story -

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and the snow that's brought chaos

to much of the UK this week.

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Amid the misery for many -

stuck in cars, on trains,

0:24:590:25:01

struggling into work -

there've also been stories of great

0:25:010:25:04

heroism and of those who've gone out

of their way to come

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to the aid of others.

0:25:070:25:08

Sarah Campbell reports.

0:25:080:25:10

An out-of-control car ends up on the

wrong side of this Edinburgh Road.

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An out-of-control car ends up on the

wrong side of this Edinburgh Road. A

0:25:160:25:22

collision seems inevitable. But it

did not happen is thanks to the

0:25:220:25:28

quick reactions of the bus driver.

To me it looks worse on the video

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then I felt at the time. I did get a

fright but I managed to avoid it,

0:25:340:25:39

luckily, and then I just got on with

my job after that and I totally

0:25:390:25:43

forgot all about it until I got home

and my husband asked me if I had

0:25:430:25:47

seen this video. He did not know it

was me who was driving.

Born in

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Fife, despite the village being all

but cut off midwives made to the

0:25:530:25:57

month to help with the delivery and

local farmers cleared the roads to

0:25:570:26:01

get both mum and baby safe to the

hospital. Across the UK people have

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refused to let the weather get in

their way. This is a paramedic, part

0:26:060:26:10

of a cycle response team for the

London Ambulance Service. And

0:26:100:26:15

stranded drivers on the K one were

treated to cream cakes and muffins

0:26:150:26:20

handed out by a fellow motorist who

happened to be a delivery driver for

0:26:200:26:25

a bakery. -- on the A1. This

businessman bought 12 hotel rooms

0:26:250:26:33

and offered them to the homeless.

I

just thought for the sake of 20 quid

0:26:330:26:38

we would get a few people off the

streets.

Lewis, a patient at Great

0:26:380:26:43

Ormond Street Hospital tweeted his

heartfelt thanks to the stars who

0:26:430:26:45

made him his very own snowman. -- do

the staff. And stuck in Skegness

0:26:450:26:52

without an event to go to, the BBC's

concert Orchestra offered their

0:26:520:26:57

services as a wedding gift to fellow

hotel guests on their big day.

When

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they started it took your breath

away.

Very unexpected.

Amid the

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freezing temperatures, the warmth of

human kindness has resonated. Sarah

0:27:100:27:13

Campbell, BBC News. Some great

stories. The man of the hour is

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here. Tell us all about the weather.

What is to come?

0:27:200:27:23

here. Tell us all about the weather.

What is to come?

0:27:230:27:25

More of the same. Our weather

watchers are still out there,

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capturing the scenes right across

the length and breadth of the

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British Isles. We are not out of the

woods yet. Everything has been

0:27:330:27:39

focused on the progress north of

this band of continuous snow,

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gradually working its way as we

speak across the southern half of

0:27:420:27:47

the British Isles. Further north,

not much change, plenty wintry

0:27:470:27:51

showers on that biting easterly

wind. Whilst this band of what is

0:27:510:27:54

around, one to five centimetres

quite widely on the ground, but over

0:27:540:28:02

to the west it could be up to 15

centimetres on top of what is

0:28:020:28:06

already lying around, and being

blown around by a noticeable wind.

0:28:060:28:10

This band of weather will get up

into the North Midlands,

0:28:100:28:14

Lincolnshire, and perhaps across the

Humber. We have the first signs of

0:28:140:28:18

somewhat mild hair trying to get

into the southern counties of

0:28:180:28:20

England and Wales. -- mild air. The

South has milder conditions coming,

0:28:200:28:28

and still the risk of some snow.

Watch out in the south. Having had a

0:28:280:28:33

cold night we bring in some rain,

perhaps to some areas, so that could

0:28:330:28:37

lead to a widespread problem with

ice, poor visibility, fog. Further

0:28:370:28:41

north, not much change on Saturday,

still that biting south-easterly

0:28:410:28:46

wind, and the prospect of more snow

showers. The weather front gradually

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moves into the northern part of

Britain through Sunday. And across

0:28:500:28:54

the South, by this stage, the

problem of some ice in the early

0:28:540:28:59

part of the day as temperatures just

begin to pick up. There will be

0:28:590:29:03

problems with fog, as well. In the

north, you were pretty much stuck

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with what you have, and for the rest

of the weekend.

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