03/03/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.

Snow, ice and strong winds continue

to cause major travel disruption.

In south-east London,

police were called after people

stuck on trains, started

jumping on to the tracks.

Overnight volunteers in Devon helped

transport staff and patients

to hospital through the snow.

And after the big freeze, flooding

hits parts of the south-west.

Good morning, it's Saturday 3 March.

Also this morning:

Facing up to "some hard facts "-

the Prime Minister says neither side

will get everything they want

from Brexit but argues the UK and EU

are close to a deal on transition.

How a new kind of camera could help

early diagnosis of one of the most

deadly forms of cancer.

In sport, Britain have their first

gold, of the World Indoor

Championships in Birmingham.

And Katarina Johnson-Thompson

has her first world title -

victory in the pentathlon,

and sealed in style.

Didn't even see it!

It might have started

in the playground, but wallball

is all grown up.

I tried my hand at the sport,

ahead of the UK championships.

And Chris has the weather.

And Chris has the weather.

We are looking at a cold and frosty

start, a big risk of ice around this

morning so

start, a big risk of ice around this

morning so take it easy on the

roads. There will be more snow to

come today across northern areas but

it will not be as heavy as recent

days and it will start to be less

cold from the south-west through the

weekend. More details later.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Freezing weather conditions

are continuing to cause major travel

disruption across the UK.

Weather warnings of snow and ice

remain in place in large parts

of the country, although conditions

are expected to ease throughout

the day.

The Environment Agency has issued 15

flood warnings for England,

mainly in the south-west

and north-east coast areas,

due to the arrival of Storm Emma.

Last night, police were called

to Lewisham in south-east London

as passengers, who'd

been stuck on a train,

open the doors and climbed

onto the tracks.

Simon Clemison reports.

The moment some rail passengers

dispensed with the train.

I will

pass to you.

We have been stuck on

the train for 2.5 hours, luckily now

we can walk down the tracks, as you

can see, everyone is getting out

from the train, we are just the

Lewisham station.

The operator has

warned people against having online,

and said turning off the power cause

further delays.

Looking forward to

getting home and having a cup of

tea.

In Devon which has been hit

hard by the snow, hospitals have

been treating the injured. There

have been appeals to the owners of

4x4s to come forward to help ferry

patients and staff in an hour. Work

which has continued overnight at one

hospital. But did you know, this...

We'll also in the forecast. Flood

warnings were in place today, both

here and the south-west coast where

the railway has been closed once

again, and in the north-east.

Elsewhere, contacted snow and rain

which quickly freezes will produce

icy conditions that anyone

travelling in large parts of the UK

this morning, with more falls

expected in Scotland. After snow

which has left people spending a

night in their car, or in a luggage

rack of a train, all eyes will be on

the transport network again today.

Heathrow says it hopes to run a near

full schedule, but many rail

services will be disrupted.

Let's find out what the situation

is like in the north-east

of England this morning.

Our reporter Alison

Freeman is in Alnwick.

It is dark where you are, tell us

what it is like? I am above and you

really quiet A1, this believe it or

not is their main route from the

north-east of Scotland, at this time

of the morning you would expect to

see more traffic on the road here.

Police are telling people to stay

away if they can, there are sections

of the road that they are clearing,

and as it is cleared wind is blowing

large drifts of snow over and in

some places yesterday it is down to

one carriageway. Motorist is asked

to find other routes around the A1,

and they are getting stuck, and so

the motor rescue has to come and

walk people to safety. Police in

those restricted areas are trying to

take police escorted convoys along,

to get them back up to Scotland or

back down to Alnwick if they can. On

top of lack we are expecting

freezing temperatures, icy

conditions, and on top of that, in

the north-east, we have Flood

warnings at the moment, they stretch

from Sunderland up to windy day,

those warnings in place across the

south-west and Cornwall, parts of

Devon and parts of Dorset could be

at risk as well. One good bit of

news is that the M6 in two across

the Pennines reopened -- and 62. The

message from the police is, please

don't travel unless you absolutely

have to, to let the emergency

services do what they absolutely

have to do, like transporting

patients to hospital.

Chris Fawkes will have a full

weather forecast in around ten

minutes time.

To the rest of the day's news:

The Prime Minister's

speech on Britain leaving

the European Union has been given

a cautious welcome by both the Leave

and Remain wings of her own party.

The speech set out Theresa May's

vision of the UK's future trading

relationship with the EU.

Here's our Political

Correspondent's assessment.

Theresa May is a Prime Minister who

governs by a big speeches. She is a

politician who goes off the page

rather than an off-the-cuff,

prepares what is going to say in

advance and then read without to the

assembled audience. She has lots of

audience to talk to in that speech

yesterday, she had to talk to

Europe, she had to talk to her own

party, and the two wings of it with

their very different in singsong

Brexit, and of course to us as

voters in the country. Broadly

speaking it seems to have gone down

relatively well at this stage. She

said that yes, the UK would leave

those big structures of the European

Union, the single market and the

customs union, but beyond that she

wanted as much cooperation as

possible. The big question is

whether Europe will be willing to

entertain at in the coming rounds of

negotiation. As things stand, both

wings of their own party, those who

are sceptical about Russells and

those who are more favourable

towards it, seem to have given it

for now a cautious welcome. --

Brussels.

Two men have been arrested by police

investigating an explosion

in Leicester that

killed five people.

The men, both in their 30s

and from East Anglia,

are being held on suspicion

of conspiracy to cause an explosion.

Three other men, also in their 30s,

were arrested on suspicion

of manslaughter on Wednesday

and continue to be questioned

by detectives.

A new camera has been designed

to spot abnormal cells before

the develop into oesophageal cancer,

one of the hardest form

of the disease to detect.

The work by doctors and physicists

in Cambridge has been paid

for by public donations

to the campaign, "Stand

up to Cancer".

The first trials of the camera

are about to begin on patients.

If we could shift the proportion of

people diagnosed at an earlier

stage, even if we could shift to buy

as much as 10- 20%, that will start

to have an impact and maybe we can

do better than that. Then we will

have of course a huge benefit for

the individuals concerned in terms

of reducing the side-effects from

the treatment, giving them a better

prognosis and curing their cancer,

but also to society more broadly.

People who are obese or who smoke

should not be refused or delayed

from having surgery by local

health authorities -

that's according to the Academy

of Medical Royal Colleges.

The body, which represents 24

medical colleges and health

faculties, said rationing surgery

based on patients' lifestyles

would "widen inequalities

in access to healthcare".

The body which sets the rules

for world football is expected

to approve the use of video replay

technology throughout the sport

when it meets in Zurich today.

The system has been used on a trial

basis in several countries including

some cup matches in England.

But it has proved controversial,

as our sports correspondent,

Richard Conway reports.

The days when football got it wrong.

Some of the game's greatest

injustices.

Schumacher came out...

And the very reason the sport's

lawmakers must now decide whether to

give the go-ahead to video

technology. A positive vote could

see it use it this summer's Russian

World Cup. If approved referees

could call for help on goals,

penalties, red cards and mistaken

identity. A two-year experiment of

the system is coming to an end and

the man who helped devise it knows

what is at stake.

Focus must not eat

and maintain minimum interference in

the flow and emotion of the game,

otherwise we will spoil football.

At

critics say that is except the what

is happening. This week's FA Cup

game against Ottoman Russia was part

of the trial, but lengthy delays and

confusion over decisions have led to

calls to delay or cancel the plans.

-- between Tottenham.

The holy Grail

is the FA Cup, if it is not ready we

cannot put it into our most

prestigious tournament.

Fifa insists

the system works as the video replay

trial has shown, those who think

technology will stop the controversy

has another thing coming.

Gary Oldman has told BBC News

of his excitement at the prospect

of landing his first Academy award.

The 'Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy'

star is tipped to win Best Actor

for his role as Winston Churchill

in the film, 'Darkest Hour'.

Speaking at a party ahead

of tomorrow's Oscars ceremony

in Los Angeles he said

it was an honour to play the former

Prime Minister.

I am feeling, I'm feeling very good

about it. Sunday would be, these

things will be what they will be,

but either they call your name or

they don't. But the ride has been,

the Right has been enjoyable, and to

be recognised for playing Winston

Churchill, it is... The prize in

itself.

A lot of people saying he is

in with a real chance. I think it

might be, we will see. Shall we look

at the front pages? We have just a

couple of snow stories. People are

coping with the situations vary in.

One of them,:

Four days of snow may have brought

the UK grinding to a halt

but on many farms it

is business as usual.

One family near Gisburn

in Lancashire have found

a novel way to help their new-born

lambs survive the 'Beast

from the East' by putting

them in their aga.

We advise you don't

try this at home.

But according to the farmer he pops

them in for a quick ten minutes

to warm them up.

again, don't try that at home. You

can't say that too often, do not do

that with your pets, do not put them

in the aga. You have been sending in

stories about snow heroes, little

things people are doing that make

what can be a pretty bleak situation

a bit it. People who go the extra

mile to help their local communities

over the past few days, people

perhaps stuck, such as: after being

caught in the snow on the 852, Lewis

Knight proceeded to help people that

were stuck behind a jackknifed

lorry, four hours into the night.

Working alongside two police

officers, a farmer

Working alongside two police

officers, a farmer in their tractor

and woodchip is, they were able to

rescue 40 cars in just one day.

That's nice. Sometimes they are big

things and sometimes they are small

things. Carrying on at her sister,

this is Helen, who cares for the

elderly in her home, that is in the

Pendle area, which was on weather

alert last night, she headed out for

her nightshift,

alert last night, she headed out for

her nightshift, decked out in huge

boots, you get the idea, look at the

picture there. Waterproof rucksack

filled with hot coffee, hats,

scarves and blankets. A very proud

family member there, and just a

little things, people going the

extra mile, and well-equipped with

flasks, something warm, getting out

there and doing some good. If you

want to nominate your snow heroes,

get in touch.

A set of commuters took matters

in their own hands last night

after their journey

was disrupted by snow and ice.

They jumped

off their stranded train and began

walking down the tracks.

Southeastern trains said

the passengers in Lewisham

could have been killed

and delayed the company

from resolving the problem.

Good morning to you.

Good morning to you. Can you go

through the sequence of events for

us, when was the first time you

realise there was a problem?

I am in

Kent, just south of Maidstone. We

realised there was a problem when

the train stopped for quite a

lengthy period. Shortly after we

were told there was a train in front

that had trouble going up a kill --

up the hill because it could not

get...

What happened next?

We waited

and we waited. There were some

announcements saying they were

waiting and we didn't have a lot of

information. It did not take long

before, it must have been an hour

before the power went, the train

just went on to emergency lighting.

And what do you know about what the

other passengers on the train in

front you'd?

Mostly we know what we

heard on Twitter, that the conduct

and -- conductor and driver of the

train said that we were getting more

information than they had. They were

so close to their destination, and

took matters into their own hands

and a few got off, which I can

guess, we were on the train going a

long distance, we didn't have much

opportunity, and getting off

wouldn't have helped us, but those

going short journeys thought they

could get off and get onto buses and

things, and that caused them to turn

the power off.

As you are explaining

that we are seeing some of the

images of people doing exactly as

you say, just getting off the train.

It calls a lot more problems, didn't

it, which you then were caught up

in?

Yes. We were in a situation

where the lights totally went out on

our train, when it went on to

emergency power. It knocked off the

heating. We then sat in total dark

misfit 2-3 hours while we waited.

Conductors were walking through the

train, the passengers knew more than

he did. It took a very long time and

everything was backed up all the way

into London, no train passed us the

whole time we were stopped, nothing

went in or out.

We are watching some

of these pictures of people walking

along and making their way to the

platform, officially of course the

railway company is saying, this is

absolutely the wrong thing to do,

very dangerous, causing ongoing

problems, I don't know, what do you

think when you see those pictures,

and you saw it people did?

It was

quite different to the scenario on

my train. Everyone on my train was

calm and nobody got off, I didn't

see anyone walking past. At first I

was quite shocked when I heard

people were doing that, I work in

mental health and the compassion to

understand why people did things

kicks in, and they felt they were so

close to their destination so

walking 100 metres to their station,

considering the power was turned

off. The people on my train still

had an hour of their journey, they

had no chance of getting home if the

train didn't run. So they had a

little bit more resilience of our

train. But I can get why people did

what they did, baby and our, two

hours, they could have waited

longer, -- maybe. But you could see

there was a lot of pent up

frustration that came out, they were

probably on a much busier train,

everyone had a seat on mine.

Thank

you for sharing your story with us,

glad you are OK and it is all sorted

out this morning.

So frustrating when you are so close

to the platform but at the same

time, safety. Let's find out how the

weather is looking today. Are we

over the worst of it?

weather is looking today. Are we

over the worst of it? Good morning.

Thank you. You over the worst of it

for sure but today, there a risk of

ice and a big risk of ice I have to

say, also some snow today across

northern areas bringing the risk of

a few more centimetres in places but

not as heavy and not as disruptive

as the weather has been I'm pleased

to say. We have the cold air flowing

in and across much of the country

but the area is starting to turn a

little less cold from the south, the

process will continue as we hit

through the weekend. The main

boundary between those two and

masses is this lump of cloud working

in across northern England. That is

bringing some snow we weather.

Again, the wintry stuff around. He

also have freezing rain across

eastern England, liquid rain that

has a temperature below zero and it

turns the ice as soon as it hits

roads you can imagine Brits turning

to ice rink for a while across

eastern England. To take it easy,

the roads could be dangerous as you

are heading outside this morning.

The snow will continue working

north, snow showers the eastern

areas of Scotland and Antrim and

Down but the weather turns cold as

we see the showers working in, a bit

of snow over the Moz and also the

Brecon Beacons for a while. Cold for

many of us with temperatures

struggled to get a freezing,

treading a little less cold in the

south. Heading through this evening

and overnight, the showers continue

to push northwards across England

and Wales. Some could be quite

heavy. So to come across eastern

Scotland, ice will be a major risk

as we go through the night. Those

temperatures dipping below freezing.

Watch out for an icy start of the

day for Sunday. Sunday will continue

the trend of turning slightly less

cold from the south but there will

be more showers around on Saturday,

they could be quite heavy and the

winds picking up around the showers,

especially across southern England.

North, some snow over the high

ground, the hills of north-east

England and eastern Scotland but at

lower levels, the wintry mix, rain,

sleet and perhaps a little bit of

smoke to some of those heavy

showers, temperatures coming up for

degrees also in Edinburgh through

Sunday. Next week, still a risk of

snow in the far north of Scotland

but it will continue to turn less

cold and we are looking at some

styles of rain coming up from the

south at times. On the big pressure

chart you can see the change taking

place as we had from Sunday into

Monday. The weather system will

continue to drag up some less cold

air from southern climes, the better

riches will continue to gradually

rise but generally staying below

average for the time of year. We are

over the worst of it today but ice

is a major risk this morning and we

still have a bit of snow to come

across parts

still have a bit of snow to come

across parts of the north and east

today. Chris, thank you. Yes, we

have both ice warnings today.

We'll bring you the

headlines at 6:30.

Time now for this

week's Film Review.

Hello, and welcome to

The Film Review on BBC News.

To take us through this week's

releases is Mark Kermode.

What have you been watching?

We have Red Sparrow,

the new film starring Jennifer

Lawrence.

We have A Fantastic Woman,

which is Chile's Oscar entry

for the Foreign Language

Film Academy Award.

And Game Night.

Is it a game or is it real?

Red Sparrow.

Yes, so Red Sparrow

is very interesting.

It's based on a book

by a former CIA operative,

Jason Matthews.

Jennifer Lawrence is is a Russian

ballerina who is violently recruited

to become a sparrow -

an undercover intelligence agent.

She is taught how

to seduce her prey.

She is sent to Budapest

on the trail of an American,

played by Joel Edgerton,

who she meets, and we know she has

to win his confidence.

But it seems fairly early

on that they both understand

what the other is.

Here is a clip.

Dominika.

You know my name?

You told me.

You stole my ID from the pool.

That would be illegal.

Were you just looking for me?

I would know where

to find you if I was.

I'm curious, did you want me to know

you were following me

or are you just real clumsy?

You Americans think

we are so interested in you.

What made you want to

become a translator?

My mother is ill.

If I work for the government,

the state helps me to care for her.

My uncle helped me get the job.

Your uncle is a very powerful man.

In my country, if you do not matter

to the men in power,

you don't matter.

Hey, I would like to see you again.

Why, are we going to become friends?

Is that what you want?

I don't have any.

There is a Russian restaurant right

by the opera, have dinner with me.

So it is an odd movie.

On the one hand, it looks

like a mainstream glossy thriller.

It is directed by Francis Lawrence,

who did some of The Hunger Games

movies and it has English

and American actors speaking

in Russian accents like that.

I wasn't sure about that accent!

But the other side is that it is

nastier than you would expect.

It was precut from an 18

to get a 15 certificate,

and in the very first assignment

she has, there is a graphic sexual

assault when she is sent

to the training camp,

in which she is led

by Charlotte Rampling.

It is really quite tough

and distressing and oddly explicit,

and then the violence,

the outbreaks of violence

during the movie are

wince-inducing fare.

I imagine that some people

who are Jennifer Lawrence fans might

find it hard to take.

There is an argument

for saying actually,

it's not glamorising it,

it's saying this is really rough

and nasty stuff.

Then you think, well,

Jennifer Lawrence's fans have

come through Mother!

She is having a run

of peculiar films.

Absolutely, and she made that

strange science fiction movie

which again divided audiences.

I like the fact she makes bold

and often strange choices.

I like the fact she

doesn't play it safe.

She is the centre of the movie.

It is very changeable tonally,

so sometimes it is almost high camp,

sometimes it is people

chewing the scenery,

and sometimes it is really,

you know, nasty - and I mean

properly nasty, gritty -

and I know some people have

found that intolerable.

I think it is interesting.

I think it is nothing

like as mainstream as I expected it

to be, and that is for the better,

but it is not for everyone.

I cannot handle violence

at all, as you know.

You are not going to embrace it.

I'm afraid I'm out.

It is not going to happen.

However...

Let me suggest you see

A Fantastic Woman, Chile's entry

for the Foreign language Film Oscar.

So the story is Daniela Vega,

who is brilliant as Marina.

She is a waitress and aspiring

singer who finds herself shut out

of her own life when her older

partner dies and her family -

the family of her partner -

suddenly descend and say "You can't

come to the funeral, the wake,

you cannot stay in the apartment

you have been living with Orlando

in, you need to give back the car".

The reason they find her

threatening, not just

because she is the other woman

with whom Orlando ran off,

but she is a transgender woman.

And they consequently think

that she is a threat

to what they call

their normal lives.

Throughout the film,

she says "My name is Marina",

but they refuse to call her that.

One of the sons calls her Maurice.

At one point, the wife

calls her Daniel.

It is about her defining her own

character, finding her own space.

finding her own space.

And what is really interesting

is that her name is echoed

visual motifs

throughout the film.

It opens with a waterfall,

a seascape on the wall

of the bedroom.

The film itself goes

from being classical romance

to a social realist drama to a weird

Lynchian thriller and at one point,

it turns into a musical

with levitation sequences.

I thought it was wonderful.

I thought Daniela Vega

was wonderful, mesmerising

in the role.

You completely understand

and care about her character

and the situation

she is in, and I thought

it was a really good piece of work.

And I loved it so much,

I saw it and I went straight back

and watched it again a second time

because I thought there

was so much in it.

I think you will really like it.

There is a recommendation!

Fantastic.

I look forward to that.

Game Night.

Yes.

I have read quite a lot about this

film and I still don't understand

what it is about.

OK, so it is - basically,

here is the best way

of describing it.

Game Night - so therefore it

lifts its rifts from The Game,

the David Fincher

movie, and Date Night.

Hence Game Night.

There are two characters

who are obsessed with games.

They agree to take part in a murder

mystery but when it starts off,

maybe it is not a game,

maybe it is real.

Maybe this loaded gun is not a prop.

Maybe it's real.

That is the thrill.

It is a kind of an idea

we have seen done before.

If you think about films

like After Hours or Into the Night,

a normal couple gets sucked

into strange underworld crime.

However, it begins with them having

game night with their friends.

Here is a clip.

Come on, Max!

And go, go, go!

Oh, easy - the famous actor

we met at the airport

about eight years ago.

Who?

Only actor we have met

at an airport who's famous.

Bobby Flay?

He was in front of us at the Sbarro?

We wondered why he wasn't

in the first class lounge.

Oh, yes, yes...

Who was that?

Goddamn it!

Max, there's is a whole room

of people to help you out.

Use us.

Good point.

He was the Incredible Hulk!

Eric Bana.

Other one.

Um, Mark Ruffalo?

Other one.

Lou Ferrigno!

Holy...

Primal Fear!

Richard Gere never played

the Incredible Hulk!

Time!

Ed Norton.

Oh!

Primal Fear!

That is why those

games are so annoying.

But you laughed all

the way through that.

I have this rule that a comedy can

only count as a comedy if it makes

you laugh more than six times.

You laughed more than six

times in that clip.

Here's the thing.

I looked at the trailer and thought

it is going to be that movie we have

seen umpteen versions of but I got

away with it because the cast gave

it their best, the gags are funny.

I do think that gag

about Richard Gere, that is good,

and that standard

of gag is kept up

all the way through.

Even through the set

pieces and the very sort

of contrived set-ups.

They bump into people they think

are playing being criminals

but they are real

criminals, or are they?

That goes on all the way through

the film, but I kept laughing.

It kept me laughing,

and nobody was more surprised

than I was that that was the case.

OK.

I am still not 100% sure.

But anyway, OK.

A Fantastic Woman

is one you will love.

I look forward to that and I am sure

about The Shape of Water.

I love it.

I think it's wonderful.

Yes, I like it.

Do you feel as strongly as I do?

I loved it in a curious way,

but I enjoyed every moment.

It is great it has been nominated.

It looks wonderful, brilliant score,

fantastic performances,

and I have seen it three times

and I will watch it again,

because it is a lovely fairytale.

It is Splash meets the Creature

From The Black Lagoon,

and that's an ideal film for me.

Yes, it is best out.

And should I say see

it on a big screen?

Because visually,

it is so impressive.

Yes.

When it comes out on DVD,

I will tell you the opposite.

I will lie.

You will have it in

the best DVD category.

Yeah.

So best DVD for this

week is Florida Project.

It is a shame it wasn't more

represented at the awards.

I mean, everything is coming up.

Willem Dafoe is the only one

who has been represented.

I think it is great.

It is a humanist, wonderful,

modern version of Our Gang

brilliantly firected

from the director of Tangerine.

Such a shame it has fallen into one

Supporting Actor nod.

But that tells you what you need

to know about awards -

they are nonsense.

Wel, thanks!

Thanks for that thought!

But it is beautifully made

and it is starring some people -

some of the people in it have not

had formal acting training,

alongside people like Willem Dafoe.

And that's what - the real genius

of it is you get someone

who is a seasoned

professional against

a first-timer and

suddenly, it works.

There is no sense of having

an imbalance between

the performances because actually,

it is because the director does

a brilliant job of putting

everyone right in the space,

and, you know, the whole film takes

place just beyond the boundaries

of Disney World, so it is like

you have been cast out of the magic

kingdom into this netherworld.

It has a sort of fairytale feel.

Into people in real

American poverty,

alongside Disney World.

Living in a hotel designed

as a resort hotel, but has become

a hotel for people who are in

poverty, who are homeless,

yet there is such vibrancy, such

life, the characters are wonderful.

I thought it was terrific.

I thought it was going to be

an awards contender,

get everything,

and that just shows...

get everything,

and that just shows...

To be fair, you did say that -

I wasn't going to remind you.

I am the first to admit

I can't predict awards.

Ut there we go, it should have

been nominated for more.

Should have been a contender.

Thank you very much, Mark.

More next week.

Before we go, there are all the film

news and reviews from across the BBC

online - you know

the address, I am sure.

All our previous programmes

are on the iPlayer as well.

That is it for this week.

Enjoy your cinema going.

See you next time.

Goodbye.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

Freezing weather conditions

are continuing to cause major travel

disruption across the UK.

Weather warnings of snow and ice

remain in place in large parts

of the country and the Environment

Agency has now issued 15 flood

warnings, mainly in the south-west

and north-east coast areas.

The police had to be called

to south-east London last night

after passengers on a stranded train

in Lewisham decided to jump

on the tracks and walk

to the nearest station.

Earlier we spoke to Brian who was on

the train behind that one, he told

us about the impact it had on his

journey.

They felt they were so

close to their destination, there

for it was less of an issue then

walking 100 metres to a station,

with the power turned off.

walking 100 metres to a station,

with the power turned off. People on

my train had a long way left, they

had almost an hour of their journey

to do, they had no chance of getting

home if the train didn't run, so you

know, they had a little more

resilience on that train. But I can

get why people did what they did,

maybe an hour, two hours, they could

have waited longer, but I can see

obviously there is a lot of

frustration that came out, they were

probably on a much busier train than

mine, on mine everyone had a seat so

it wasn't so much of a problem.

Police in Dublin have made several

arrests after a police -- a

supermarket was reportedly looted

last night. The one social media

shows the Lidl store being attacked

with a mechanical digger, you can

see that the mechanical digger

knocking into the building itself,

the German chain described it as a

serious incident which took place

when the store was closed and no

staff were present.

The Prime Minister's

speech on Britain leaving

the European Union has been given

a cautious welcome by both the Leave

and Remain wings of her party.

Theresa May set out her vision

of the UK's future trading

relationship with the EU and called

for concesssions on all sides.

She said she was confident remaining

differences over a draft legal

agreement could be resolved,

allowing trade talks to get

under way.

Two men have been arrested by police

investigating an explosion

in Leicester that

killed five people.

The men, both in their 30s

and from East Anglia,

are being held on suspicion

of conspiracy to cause an explosion.

Three other men, also in their 30s,

were arrested on suspicion

of manslaughter on Wednesday

and continue to be questioned

by detectives.

Gary Oldman has told BBC News

of his excitement at the prospect

of landing his first Academy award.

The 'Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy'

star is tipped to win Best Actor

for his role as Winston Churchill

in the film, 'Darkest Hour'.

Speaking at a party ahead

of tomorrow's Oscars ceremony

in Los Angeles he said

it was an honour to play the former

Prime Minister.

I am feeling, I'm feeling

very good about it.

Sunday would be, these things

will be what they will be,

either they call your

name or they don't.

But the ride has been,

the ride has been enjoyable,

and to be recognised

for playing Winston

is...

It's the prize in itself.

I think he will win the big prize.

It will be great if he did, I was

trying to think of a clever segue

there, he has been in the business

for a long time, he should have won

the award, and your first story is

about someone who people think could

win a big award. Very good. We are

talking about Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, always had

potential, held back by injury, may

be the lack of confidence or

conviction at the crucial moments

but she has put that behind

her, she has won her first world

title. Sheep puts it down to

relocating from Liverpool to the

south of France, -- she puts it

down. She says she really has missed

her sausage dogs. She says she has

been very lonely without her dogs.

Worth it in the end. It has

certainly paid off her though with

her first world title in the Pentax

won at the world indoor games in

Birmingham. She sealed the victory

with another win, this was in the

800 metres, two and what she said

has been a wobbly but in the end

dominant day as she set a new

personal best in shotput and came

out on top in the long jump as well.

It came after she suffered this

appointment at the world outdoor

championships last summer.

I can't

believe it, I have dreamt of this

for so long and to come here and do

it in the home championships, I have

been so happy to rectify it, and all

my family are here today, that this

not normally happen, I went through

a hard year last year, and I just

wanted my family to see me actually

achieve something, so I am so happy

they got to be hero witness it, and

they were here for every event. I

still can't believe it really.

She

is only 25, many years left to go,

and for so long in the shadow really

of Jessica Ennis-Hill, but now she

has emerged and is finally living up

to her potential. And now the

Commonwealth games is just a few

weeks away. This is in the Pentax on

other -- rather than the decathlon,

here she is getting her gold medal.

Her long-time rival was missing from

this event but we mustn't take this

away from her, and Jessica

Ennis-Hill's career really took up

after she won the indoor

Championships. There could be more

to come today, Laura Miller is

looking to follow up the bronze she

won in the 3000 metres, with a 1500

metre. -- Muir. On to the cricket,

New Zealand are chasing 235 to win,

the tourist batsmen struggled in a

difficult pitch in Wellington, none

of the managed to get a 50. The

captain was in the top scorer with

48 as his side were all out for 234.

Ben Stokes took a great catch early

on to dismiss: growth of 49, and

just a few moments ago, another

wicket for Moeen Ali means that New

Zealand have now slumped to 97-

four, off just over 21 overs. So

maybe it will be closer than we

thought, with England's total of

235. Great Britain have added

another medal on day three of the

world track championships in the

Netherlands. Mark Stewart won bronze

in the men's points race which is

over 160 laps. Australia's camera

may retain his title with home rider

Jan Willem van Schip taking silver.

Britain now have four medals, one

gold to Silvers and the bronze.

It was a difficult evening

for Britain's Elinor Barker

as she was caught up in this crash

during the elimination race

in the women's omnium.

She went into the fourth and final

event, the points race,

in the bronze medal position,

but couldn't manage to hold

on to it, finishing sixth overall

just a nine points off a medal.

Kirsten Vild took gold

for the Netherlands.

Middlesbrough are into

the Championship play-off places,

after beating Leeds 3-0.

It was a hat-trick from striker

Patrick Bamford, that pushed Boro,

into the top 6.

This game surviving the weather,

but three Championship games today

have already been postponed,

so do check before setting off.

Despite the weather all seven

of today's Premier League fixtures

are expected to go ahead.

The match of the day sees

Liverpool welcome Newcastle United

manager Rafael Benitez

back to Anfield.

The Spaniard is unbeaten

against his former club

and Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp

is expecting a tough time

against a man he calls a legend.

We gave enough presence to him, 2-0

up at the home game with play them,

and at Newcastle, I think he was a

little lucky, so for them, we need

to be really focused, really

concentrating on that game, and

yeah, it will be interesting again.

As it stands at the moment although

the fixtures in the Scottish cup are

due to take base today and tomorrow,

including premiership leaders Celtic

was Mac matched with the

championship club Granik Morton.

There is a lot of work going on

around the stadium, the pitch is

fine, so that is playable for the

game, so there is a lot of work

going on to make it safe and secure.

We have played a lot of games, so a

bit of a breather for a few days

won't do us any harm. But the guys

trained very well, and we are ready

for the game.

for the game.

Hull F.C. Be

Warrington last night, a bit of a

badtempered affair, both sides had a

man sent off. Wigan moved up to

second with a win over Widnes. I

will be telling you what sort of

sport in what sort of sport you use

this. Good catch. It is like a giant

squash ball. Any clues? It is quite

similar to squash, but you don't

need a racket. Thank you.

need a racket. Thank you. Not all

heroes wear capes, some prefer high

viz vests. They have been out in

force on the streets of Bristol

keeping people safe in the snow.

Their mission is to make our streets

safer. These are the community snow

wardens.

With get on with it,

everyone have spades?

I like being a

part of the community and people

appreciate it, when I am out people

say thank you, and it is nice.

Trained by Bristol City Council in

how to keep themselves safe and how

to clear footpaths for their

neighbours, there has not been a

great need for their services in

recent years. Is this the first time

you have used it in anger?

This is

the first time.

Why do you do it?

If

there is no in difficulty moving

around, the problem is ours, if not

someone else's. One that we sold

ourselves. The community is as

important as family. Because in a

way you always have your community,

you may not always have your family.

As vehicles at slip and slide their

way along these streets, most people

here have opted to travel on foot,

so clear pavements are much

appreciated.

If we clear at first it

is easiest...

But as we struggle to

cope with whether many of us now

rarely see in much of the UK, for

Graham's daughter Annie, visiting

from Ukraine, this is a holiday.

I

do live in Ukraine, so it is about

-14 when I left, so yes, it is

slightly chilly there as well. It is

quite funny coming back a few days

and having this year in the UK. --

having this here.

We are only around

half a mile away from the centre of

Bristol, but as you can see, a lot

of these roads are really still

covered in snow. When you think

about it, it does not matter how

good a job is done clearing our

motorways and clearing out a roads,

if you can't get 80 front door than

what is the point? That is where the

community snow wardens come in. As

much as their efforts are

appreciated, floor would make life

in this city much easier. Until that

happens, these volunteers will be

out in force and thankfully in both

senses of the word, there is plenty

of grit.

of grit. If we think the weather has

been bad here, whether in other

parts of the world has been worse.

How do people cope in countries

where subzero temperatures are the

norm. We can speak to someone from

Canada, where it is minus nine

degrees. It is properly warm inside

where you are, but what is it like

outside?

It's pretty bad, even

though it is just -9, have had -25,

it has been snowing to the last 24

hours, so it is terrible.

And

extremely cold. Is it one of the

coldest winters there for you?

Yeah,

I spoke to someone who has been hit

40 years and she said she has never

seen a worse winter in Canada will

stop so Lucky me!

It looks stunning,

we are looking at pictures of what

it is like where you are now, and

over here in the UK in contrast, it

is all we have been talking about,

there has been major disruption on

the roads, people stranded in their

cars, delays to trains, planes being

cancelled, what is it like they're

in terms of, are things carrying on

as normal?

Yeah Canadians are just

so nonchalant about this though, is

still see the kids all bundled up at

the bus stop, you still see parents

with their baby carriage going for a

walk, nobody, we have friends who

goes around when it is -15, said

people just go about their day and

that police is prepared, the city is

prepared, the roads are clean, but

there is obviously still accidents,

so people just go on normal life,

like they are used to.

You have

lived in the UK and you have lived

in Canada, how do they both compare

for you? In terms of when we get

severe weather, snow, bad weather.

Yeah, people are just so much more

resilient to the bad weather here,

they have issues that they use when

it is -10, and then they have issues

that they use when it is -20 five.

So they have all their gear as well.

In the UK it is quite unpredictable,

but I think the snow is so

predictable here that people are

just casual about it, and I am

absolutely not!

But we did know to

be fair that he was coming here, and

in terms of getting around, do

people sort of stay inside or not

travel as much when they get their

warning?

They have winter tyres here and

snowploughs so the roads are cleaned

up but on the way to work, on a bad,

icy day, you will see a couple of

accidents but nobody takes, you

know, I am still to come across a

snow day here, I have never seen a

snow day here.

Wow! What a

difference. Thank you for speaking

to us this morning. Enjoy the snow.

I want a pair of those -25 shoes! I

wonder what they look like. I want a

pair of those shoes. Chris, what do

you think? I don't know if I can get

my leg up that high but I have my

walking boots on this morning. Very

good. Very good. That is my 02 your

shoes conversation.

good. Very good. That is my 02 your

shoes conversation. Some fresh

snowfall overnight, this is how

things are this morning, a top up so

55 centimetres of snow across

southern Wales, the snowiest spot.

It is near Cardiff. That is why

people are struggling to get out and

about, an enormous volumes of snow.

The risk of icy stretches around

this morning to watch out for,

meanwhile in southern part that will

turn less cold as the weekend goes

by. Temperature is still quite a bit

below average. The state of play,

the cold easterly wind still across

parts of the UK but the milder winds

trying to push in from the south,

they will continue to make inroads

across southern areas as we have

through the weekend boosting the

temperature of little bit. A lot of

cloud around. These were the front

is bringing snowy weather at the

moment across Wales and northern

counties of England so fresh

snowfall is around, snow showers too

the eastern Scotland and the parts

of eastern England and eastern

Scotland freezing rain. This is

dangerous, it is liquid rain that

has a temperature below zero and it

turns the ice as it hits roads. You

cannot greet against it either.

Because the roadster is turning to

ice shrinks for a time. -- ice

rinks. A few more centimetres of

snow to come across eastern parts.

Through Antrim and Down and eastern

Scotland, north-east England, but

the rain showers pushing into the

south-west, some snow for the moors

and the Brecon Beacons. Overnight,

temperatures will take a dive so we

are looking at widespread frost

developing and again, the return of

icy conditions. Showers pushing

northwards across Wales in

south-west England in particular.

More snow to come across eastern

parts of Scotland. It is the ice

risk which is the biggest hazard to

take us into Sunday morning once

again. Sunday, cloud around but a

few bright or sunny spells between

the cloud. Showers pushing across

northern England, eastern Scotland,

some snow within the showers

particularly over the hills whereas

lower down, a wintry mix. Further

south, rain showers will be pushing

it through the afternoon as the

breeze freshens. Temperatures are to

nine degrees in London. Next week,

the risk of some snow across

northern areas without cold air

continuing to hang around but it

northern areas without cold air

continuing to hang around but it

will turn less cold in the south.

Chris, thank you. We will be

spending quite a bit of time with

you today. That is why he is wearing

sensible shoes.

We'll bring you the

headlines at 7:00.

But first, it's time for Click.

This week, 108,000 people landed

in Barcelona with one thing

on their minds - mobiles.

Welcome to the Mobile

World Congress.

The enormous annual expo

where we get to hear

about the latest in phones,

tablets and, increasingly,

anything that moves.

Smartwatch with built-in

projector, anyone?

And roaming the show

floor for us this year,

Lara Lewington.

Despite talk of how many of the big

players are not releasing new phones

at the show, there are quite a few

new phones on display.

And the cameras were often

taking centrestage.

This is Bothie mode.

We saw how we might interact

with our devices in the future...

Who needs buttons

when you can gesture?

It works!

-and the way they might

interact with us.

A phone screen that bends.

Could a bendy phone be the future?

But to really get to grips

with the latest news here,

I joined forces with a man

who seriously knows his phones.

HMD, who brought us the Nokia phone

brand a few years back,

are again embracing nostalgia

with a 2018 twist with its 8110 4G.

And no, you do not need to have

it in banana yellow.

Would you feel silly to take

that out of your pocket?

Absolutely in that colour.

I would need it to be

black or any other colour

except bright yellow.

Its operating system can

only run a few apps.

However, they will include

Google Assistant, Google Maps

and Facebook, although not

Twitter nor WhatsApp.

But with battery life of up to 25

days, albeit on standby,

and a price tag of 70 quid, it does

sound like a decent proposition.

It is, with 4G, too.

That is all of the data

connectivity you would want

at a ridiculously low price.

How nice is it to hold like that,

frame the shot and then use

the centre button to take the it?

Even here at the big reveal

of a phone, it was the camera

that was very much front and centre.

For a start, the Samsung Galaxy S9

and S9+ shoot better pictures in low

light, reducing grain by taking

a burst of 12 shots at once.

The larger S9+ actually has two

lenses that work together to produce

photos with a blurred background,

in the same way that the iPhone 7

Plus has done since 2016.

This, however, is quite

new here in the west.

It is the first phone I have seen

that has a mechanical aperture

which can switch from F2.4 to F1.5

to let in more light.

Now, last year, we saw a Sony phone

which could shoot at 40x slow-mo.

That's 960 frames per second!

And, as we predicted then,

that feature is now starting

to migrate into other phones.

One problem I had with Sony's

super-slow mode is that you have

to be incredibly precise in order

to start the recording and capture

those 0.2 seconds of slow-mo action.

Not so with the S9.

It waits until it detects motion

in a certain part of its viewfinder

and then it fires the slow-mo mode.

So...

That should mean you don't miss

those few milliseconds

of slow-mo magic.

Hot on the heels of Apple's iPhone

animojis, the S9 lets you create

and send your own emojis.

Now, they do look a little

like you but, quite impressively,

they will copy your expression

using live face tracking.

Or you can use a pre-set created

from your, ahem, likeness.

Overall, the S9 and S9+ look

and feel like their predecessors.

The same size, they're dust-

and water-resistant and they still

have a headphone socket.

Hurrah!

But the screen is

ever-so-slightly longer.

They will now accept SD cards of up

to 400 gigabytes and they play

Dolby Atmos sound.

And where the S8 could be plugged

into a special dock to connect

to a screen, mouse and keyboard,

the S9 can become a trackpad.

And soon, this will also

double as a keyboard.

Even with the S9's better

tech specs, critics say

that the improvements

are not massive.

But I do think that the camera

and the sharing functions are sure

to be eye-catchers.

And of course, no super

slow-mo shoot is complete

without lots

and lots of confetti.

This is possibly one of the more

surprising things on the show floor.

I am currently in a holoportal.

The set-up consists of four Kinect

sensors, five laptops doing

the grunt work,

and once a person has been created

in holographic form,

well, they can be seen on this,

the Microsoft HoloLens in real-time.

And I have been to see a family

who are really putting this set-up

to good use.

So Harrison has something called

Duchenne muscular dystrophy,

which is a fatal genetic

muscle-wasting disease.

It means every single muscle cell

in his body is deteriorating over

is deteriorating over time.

Unfortunately, that means

he loses the ability

and strength to do a lot of things

that we take for granted -

simply walking, giving your parents

a hug, things like that,

they just go in time.

He has a life expectancy

somewhere between 20 and 25.

Which is when the heart and lungs -

which are also muscles -

that is when they give up

and we lose him then.

Since Harrison came off his feet

at the end of last year,

being able to create stimulating

and engaging experiences at home

have become more

important than ever.

And today, he has a virtual visitor.

This research prototype

is currently being perfected

at a facility in Ravensbourne.

Heirisson, how are you?

OK!

I see the holograndpa.

Are you in charge

of cooking tonight?

Yep.

Your dad would like

a steak that big!

He is only allowed one this big.

We've got next Tuesday -

Pancake Day.

What would you have this year?

Definitely maple syrup.

There are are both

AR and VR versions.

Eventually, maybe more than one

person could be beamed at a time.

Eventually, 2-way audio and video

could be possible and more than one

person could be transported.

But right now, it is about

getting the basics right.

While this is not a true hologram,

the headset displays holograndpa

as a 3-dimensional projection,

as if he was in the room.

There was when we tested at a bit

of a time lag due to a lack

of processing power and connection.

There was, when we tested it,

a bit of a time lag due to a lack

of processing power and connection.

Arsenal beat Tottenham.

Never in a million years!

Is that going to happen.

3-1 to Tottenham, and

Harry Kane scores two.

Yeah!

Now, after weeks of buildup,

the Oscars are finally here.

The 90th Academy Awards

are this weekend.

Over the past few weeks,

we have been going exclusively

behind the scenes with

some of the nominees

in the Best Visual Effects category.

This week is the fourth

in our series, otherwise known

as Episode VIII.

Of course, I am talking

about Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Kill it.

we aim to try to do as much as we

can in camera but the reality is

there always going to big moments

with visual effects and other film

like this it is a Star Wars movie,

we ultimately ended up with over

2000 effect shots in the film.

You

have too much of your father's

halved in you.

-- You have too much

of your father's heart in you.

It took almost a year to get

to the final look of Snoke.

We started to paint textures

and build the internal controls

and anatomy of the character.

And then as the editors,

Rian and Bob, were working together,

they brought together

the sequences only using Andy's

they brought together the sequences

only using Andy's reference,

and he had this incredible,

powerful performance,

a resonate voice.

Closer, I said...

Young fool!

The bombing run was in the original

script, was exactly as you saw

it

in the film.

We did bid how to

execute the bombing run

With a practical pyrotechnics and

everything.

And the scheduling and cost

of that was too prohibitive.

The important thing to me is,

when working with a director

like Rian, is that we can make our

CG look like any particular style.

We can make it look like anything.

Balsa wood model, a CG ship -

we have that control over the way

we can render things now.

After a time, Rian became confident

in what we could do.

Actually, it was a liberation.

We could achieve anything in the

explosions and pyrotechnics we

achieved in the bombing run has

pushed us to a new level.

I think our contribution to film

is getting more and more invisible

in certain cases.

But when they are not invisible,

because you know they cannot be

real, they are getting

more believable.

Globally, the visual effects

techniques are so advanced

now that it is now important to good

story and it is important

that the story has good ideas

and greater challenges that push us

to create visuals that have

never been seen before.

That's it for the short

cut of Click this week.

The long version is up

on iPlayer right now.

We are on Facebook and Twitter.

Thank you for watching

and we will see you soon.

Hello this is Breakfast,

with Tina Daheley and Charlie Stayt.

Snow, ice and strong winds continue

to cause major travel disruption.

Weather warnings remain in place

across much of the UK.

In south-east London,

police were called after people

stuck on trains started

jumping on to the tracks.

Volunteers in Devon help transport

staff and patients to hospital.

And after the big freeze, flooding

hits parts of the south-west.

Good morning. It is Saturday, March

three. Also this morning, facing up

to hard facts. The Prime Minister

says nobody will get everything they

want from Brexit, but says the UK

and EU are close to a deal.

And as

Hollywood prepares for the Oscars

this weekend, Heather Graham tells

with disgraced film

producer, Harvey Weinstein.

He had a pile of scrips on his desk

and he said, choose one of these

scripts, you are so talented, you

can pick any of them you want. He

said he and his wife had an

arrangement, when he was at County

could have sex with whoever he

wanted.

In sport England's cricketers

are fighting back in New Zealand.

After struggling with the bat,

the bowlers are getting on top

against the Kiwis in the third

one day international,

taking four wickets

for the loss of just six runs.

And Chris has the weather.

Good

morning. We are looking at a cold

and frosty start. A big risk of ice

around. Take it easy out on the

roads. There will be more snow

coming from northern areas today but

it will not be as heavy as recently.

It will turn less cold from the

south-west through the weekend. I

will have more details later.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Freezing weather conditions

are continuing to cause major travel

disruption across the UK.

Weather warnings of snow and ice

remain in place in large parts

of the country, although conditions

are expected to ease

throughout the day.

2000 homes are without power and

motorists and rail passengers face

further disruption.

Last night, police were called

to Lewisham in south-east London

as passengers, who'd

been stuck on a train,

opened the doors and

climbed onto the tracks.

Simon Clemison reports.

Let's find out what the situation is

like out of air this morning.

Our reporter, Alison

Freeman, is in Alnwick.

We are hearing conditions are not as

bad as they have been, but what are