18/03/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Christian

Fraser.

Temperatures plunge

as low as -6 overnight,

as the "mini beast

from the east" bites.

Icy conditions are causing

problems for drivers -

and there are weather warnings

in place across the breadth

of the UK.

Amber warnings are still in place

across England and Wales. Some have

already seen it 5-7 centimetres and

more is due. Join me in 15 minutes

for your full forecast.

Good morning, it's Sunday

the 18th of March.

Also this morning -

A top Russian diplomat insists

Russia had "nothing to do"

with the poisoning of

a former spy in Salisbury -

and suggests Britain

could have been responsible.

Beautiful buildings

and mega-fast broadband -

we'll find out why York has been

named as the best place

to live in Britain.

In sport, Ireland celebrate

St Patrick's Day in style.

As victory over England

at Twickenham gives them the Grand

Slam.

Nearly night and bred wild one

bronze as slalom champions.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Snow and ice has gripped much

of the UK, as a cold snap dubbed

the "mini beast from the east"

sweeps in from Siberia.

The Met Office has put

amber warnings in place,

and they are expected to last

all day today in south-west England

and South Wales.

Sarah Ransome is in Devon for us.

We will be live in some of the worst

affected areas throughout the

programme.

People living in ten chalets

"perilously close" to the edge

of cliffs on the Norfolk coast have

been told to leave their homes

because of strong

winds and high waves.

Earlier, Norfolk Police said that

six of the properties

at Hemsby had a very good chance

of going into the sea.

In 2013, tidal storms saw three

homes in the village washed away.

Kent Police have arrested a man

on suspicion of attempted murder

after several people were injured

when a car was driven into a busy

nightclub in Gravesend.

Police say the incident at Blake's

nightclub is not been

being treated as terror-related.

Footage posted on social media

appears to show a car

inside a marquee at the nightclub,

as officers led people to safety.

The Russian Ambassador

to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov,

has suggested that the UK's

own research laboratory in Wiltshire

could be the source of the nerve

agent used in the poisoning

of a former Russian

spy in Salisbury.

The Foreign Office has

called the Russian

account absolute nonsense.

Here's our diplomatic

correspondent, James Robbins.

Two weeks at the chemical attack on

Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Ambassador

Vladimir Chizhov said there were no

stockpiles whatsoever of nerve

agents left in Russia but then in an

interview with Andrew Marr, he went

a bit further. Asked how the

chemical weapon came to be used in

Salisbury, Vladimir Chizhov

suggested Lipsett when you have

nerve agent, you check it against

certain samples that you retain in

your laboratories.

Putin now is the

largest military -- it is the

largest military facility in the UK

which has been dealing with chemical

weapons research. It is actually

only eight miles from Salisbury.

You

are not suggesting that we are is

responsible...

I don't know, I don't

know. I don't have any evidence.

As

Britain continues to investigate the

chemical attack, the Foreign Office

dismissed this latest Russian attack

is absolute nonsense with not an

ounce of truth in it. A spokesperson

said it's just another futile

attempt from the Russian state to

divert the story a way from the

fact, that Russia has acted in

flagrant breach of its international

obligations.

The Foreign Secretary has

described Russia's closure

of the British Counsel and Consulate

in St Petersburg as "futile".

Writing in the Sun on Sunday,

Boris Johnson says

the move will punish ordinary

Russians by depriving them

of opportunities to learn English.

The move was part of Russia's

response to sanctions

by the British Government,

in the wake of the poisoning in

Salisbury.

A group of MPs says

that the government should consider

the possibility of delaying

when we leave the EU,

if complex issues remain unresolved.

The Exiting the EU Committee

says more time should be

allowed if a detailed

and comprehensive agreement

on the future relationship

isn't settled by October.

The Brexit committee's view

isn't unanimous though -

a minority report by eight members

warns that a long transition

would be difficult.

would be difficult.

It might be freezing here -

but take a look at these incredible

pictures.

Spring has definitely sprung

in the southwest of China -

and has created this sea of flowers.

Visitors from across the country

have travelled to see these

extraordinary cherry blossoms.

The bugs are coming and going. It

will warm up later in the week. --

Let's take a look at

this morning's papers.

there was a big report saying 1000

goals had been groomed. The

assistant chief constable says that

there were measures put in place, of

course, disputed by some former

officers. Looking at the Mail on

Sunday. The Prime Minister's war on

Putin. What it is saying and it is

referring to the television series.

It is targeting dirty money as it

sees the Kremlin expelled 23 UK

diplomats and describes the first

escalation. A whistleblower has

revealed how the details of 50

million Facebook users were

harvested illegally. There was a

media campaign that was targeted and

it may have influenced the 2016

election in America. I watched the

rugby yesterday, congratulations to

Ireland. That is magnanimous because

Charlie was really keen... To be

honest, after about 15 minutes, I

thought the writing was on the wall.

Was there a ridiculous gap in the

first ten minutes in terms of

scoreline? Yeah, well, we were a

long way behind. That is what I

meant. I wasn't saying it in a very

nice way. Here is the Duchess of

Cambridge wearing green, splendid.

Witness Shamrock on as well. She is

enjoying the St Patrick's Day parade

in west London. -- with a first --

with a Shamrock. Blackout threat to

Britain as Putin hits back. The

bosses of Britain's key power

companies to boost their security.

Fears of a Russian cyber attack as

these escalation of words increases.

Similar front page and the

Telegraph. This is interesting. I'm

off to Brussels for the EU summit

and the whole talk next week will be

about the transition and whether it

will be open-ended. This is

interesting because they are saying

that the Gibraltar might not be

covered by the transitional. It

could be part of the round next

week. Debate here as well about how

long they should be extended. It is

eight minutes past six. Snow and ice

has gripped much of the UK. The cold

snap dubbed the mini beast from the

East has swept in from Siberia. The

Met Office has put amber warnings in

place and they are expected to last

all day today. In a moment we will

speak to Sarah Walton in Yorkshire

but first, let's go to Sarah who is

in Holden Hill in Devon.

And amber warning in place for much

of the day?

Yes and just when you

thought it was all over, think

again. A real case of that. I am on

Holden Hill. We are very close to

the arterial road into Devon. A few

weeks ago, a number of drivers, when

the snow came, found themselves

stranded on this hill. It has

happened in previous years and since

then, emergency plans have been put

into place and yesterday when the

amber zone warning came into force,

some of the tractor ploughs and some

of the kit behind me were positioned

up here on hold and held just in

case they were needed to try and

help in that situation. That is all

being controlled at the bottom of

the hill. Qayyara at the top, higher

up, so we have more snow. --

up, so we have more snow. -- we are

at the top. Parts of Somerset have

been worst affected. Very steep hill

has been closed in the last half an

hour or so this morning. The

greeters have been out repeatedly

overnight, and just before dawn,

they were out salting the road wet

tons of salt have an

tons of salt have an -- has been

trying to keep the roads safe. If

you don't have to travel in this

part of the world, please don't. The

amber warning will be active all

day. It is part of a three tier

system and it is the second warning

in the range of alert and they say,

please don't go out unless you have

absolutely got to. When you get to

Cornwall, the Fire service varies

saying please stay away from the

coastal areas because high winds and

the prospect of more snow, about 25

centimetres, coming in later, could

be difficult.

Busy day for those

things behind you.

I can see behind you that the roads

gritted.

We have had eroded gritted

but this is on the edge of the road.

--

-- roads gritted. We have seen a

snow lying deep over high ground but

mostly on the low level, you have a

thin layer of snow which has now

frozen overnight. The Highways

Agency are warning people to take

care if you need to make the

journey. Lincolnshire police are

asking people to stay off the roads

unless absolutely necessary. They

have had incidents overnight. None

of the roads are cross Erbil unless

you have a 4-wheel drive. The roads

over high ground a particularly

dangerous.

dangerous. -- cross Erbil. Network

Rail say if you are hoping to travel

by train, check with the website. We

have more than 100 flights out of

Heathrow which have been cancelled

because the planes had to have ice

removed. If you are one of the

people having to leave the house

today, to take care.

As Sarah said,

check with the website ahead of

travelling by train because it is

not clear which services will or

will not be running. Lots of

destruction at Heathrow. --

disruption.

Do you like York? Well, I am not

saying no!

York has been named

the best place to live in Britain

by the Sunday

Times.

It's the first time the city

has topped the list,

which is published each year.

Let's have a look at some

of the reasons it did so well.

I think the place is more exciting

than the music.

Yes, I think that is

not the best groovy music.

I have

memories of partying there in my

university days. I did enjoy that

are very much. We would love to hear

about where you live, and whether it

should have made the list. You can

email us all posted on our Facebook

page.

I'm not sure I did my street

cred very much good.

If you are

using the phrase street cred,

certainly not. Let's find out about

this morning's weather. We would

never use the phrase street cred,

would we?

You have made me giggle,

Naga. Not much showing of the street

here, and on a much more serious

note, as beautiful as York is, we

have lots of snow issues across

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. There

are still amber warnings in force

from the Met Office here and other

parts of

from the Met Office here and other

parts of England and Wales as well.

It really is treacherous. I drove to

work this morning and it is

treacherous.

work this morning and it is

treacherous. Many places across

Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire,

example, have seen 5- ten

centimetres of snow. You can see we

are getting the worst of the snow

clearing from eastern areas but it

is heading west, snowing heavily in

the likes of Dorset and Somerset.

This amber warning will the

ineffective well into this evening.

Hopefully for Yorkshire and parts of

the Midlands, the worst will be

easing as we go through this

morning. We still have that it wins.

As you saw on the rainfall chart, or

the snowfall chart in this case, it

is still bringing in those snow

showers. It looks as though it will

continue to be really nasty. Lots of

snow falling across Wales, Dorset,

Somerset. It is slow-moving but will

mount up quite quickly. It is

lolling around in that wind, and of

course, to enable the grit to work

you need traffic on top of it as

well, but it is not great out of

air. -- out there. The Central

Lowlands are still having some

showers. County Antrim and County

Down prone to snow showers. For

Scotland and Northern Ireland should

be an improving picture, not because

it will be getting warmer but

because we are cutting off that

easterly flow through the day. That

snow is very close to the south of

Northern Ireland. Further east, we

might see a little bit of brighter

weather materialising, but it is

still bitterly cold. Temperatures

obviously only 1- two Celsius but

feeling colder in the wind. This

evening and overnight, we will begin

to lose the threat of snow. Another

cold night, with hard and

penetrating frost. So it will ice

over. IS will be a big concern as we

go into tomorrow morning's

rush-hour. -- ice. And easterly flow

in southern areas, and one of two

when she flurries around. The big

story is that on Monday it will be

much drier and brighter, slightly

less cold, but icy, for the morning

rush, and again in the evening.

Temperatures more respectable but

still well below where they should

be for this time of year. A very

wintry picture at the moment but

temperatures are recovering as we go

towards the middle part of next

week, as you can see. Just a

reminder, we do have that amber

warning in force. It is absolutely

awful out and about Ulster -- out

and about.

And we will be back with a news

summery at 6:30 a.m.. Right now, it

is time for The Film Review.

Hello, and welcome to

The Film Review on BBC News.

To take us through this week's

cinema releases is Jason Solomons.

Good to see you, Jason.

What have you been watching?

This week, we'll go

to raiding and cliffhanging

with the new Lara Croft

in Tomb Raider.

-- tomb raiding.

Look at the meaning of art

and find our inner ape in Swedish

satire The Square.

And we dip into biblical times

for the real story of Mary Magdalen,

as played by Rooney Mara,

opposite Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus.

What a mixture!

Tomb Raider is back.

Did they need to remake this?

Well, it wasn't very

good the first time!

Often they do remakes of things that

are really good and you think,

'why have they ruined it'?

But they may be trying

to get this right,

because Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft

has dated terribly -

the effects are bad

and it was never quite right.

Tomb Raider was sort of a teenage

fever dream for many boys who used

to play that as a game

when it was early computer games,

and they've now changed the whole

figure of Lara Croft for this

new actress, who I happen

to think is fantastic.

She's beautiful, gorgeous,

and she has got this strength

to her and she's balletic,

which she needs, because she has

done a lot of running in this movie.

She is slumming it in Shoreditch

when we start this, but then we find

out she is the daughter

of a billionaire, who is played

in a flashback.

She has to go and sign

the papers which means

that she will inherit his fortune.

That was Dad's?

Yes, Miss Croft.

According to his will,

I was supposed to give it to you.

And, technically speaking,

you are meant to sign

the papers first.

I could never understand

your father's obsession

with those things.

I can't believe how many of those

were lying around the house.

There's got to be

some purpose to it.

The first letter from

my final destination.

"The first letter from my

final destination."

But he didn't leave a letter.

Well, they've got all the great

British actors in there as well.

They've lined them all up!

They are only in it

for a bit, I have to say -

for the money, I think!

She goes off on her quest -

this is a quest movie.

She goes hunting with clues

that her father has left her.

These riddles, which you might start

off solving them yourself

in your head - but don't bother,

because they don't make

any sense, really!

It's just another level

of the game that she goes to.

She goes to Hong Kong,

and then she is pursued,

which is all very good,

then she has to go to a remote

Japanese island on a ship,

and survive a storm,

going down a waterfall

and solving another puzzle.

She does a lot of jumping and then

she does a lot of dangling.

LAUGHTER.

You know, it's a bit krypton factor!

Considering the indignities heaped

upon her and ridiculous scenarios

thrown at her, I was mesmerised

by how brilliant she is at this.

She brings a balletic

strength to it.

She's got great abs,

fantastic skills with a bow

and arrow, and she's far,

far better than the film she is in.

I wondered whether you

were getting to that.

She is great, but is it worth

seeing apart from her?

It's very kinetic, the best I can

say for it is it keeps hurling stuff

at poor Alicia Vikander.

But the climatic tomb raid

is almost laughable -

it looks like something that you get

on the back of the cereal packet!

It's like, is that what this

has all been about?!

Maybe there will be more

Tomb Raiders and maybe

they will get them better!

They will keep trying.

I'm loving the sound of the next

one, it sounds intriguing.

It won the Palm d'Or at Cannes,

and has taken a year to get here,

but it was nominated

as Best Foreign-Language Film

at the Baftas.

Much of it was not in Swedish.

Elisabeth Moss is in this.

It features one of the great

scenes of the year,

which we are seeing here.

An American actor

comes in as an artist.

It is an art world satire.

This is an art gallery

benefit dinner.

He comes in to do a performance

piece, but takes it far too far.

Here he is kind of

goading Dominic West.

It's about finding art in that era.

It's a satire on the art world.

Art that can be dated,

what's the point of art,

is it ridiculous?

This is about modern art.

It's about the curator of this

gallery that we're seeing here.

He loses his mobile phone,

and his life completely falls

apart and unravels.

It really is a sort of film

predicated on that.

Is that in the category

of 'first-world problems?'!

It is very much about white male

privilege and what it is to be a man

in the privileged world.

Like, here they are in their black

ties, and he is an artist.

This scene goes on for 11 minutes,

and you can't stop watching.

It's extraordinary, but you don't

go how to react to it.

It's all about, what would

you do in that situation?

It keeps throwing moral

quandaries at you.

It's very funny, but also

very thought-provoking,

perhaps a bit too thought-provoking,

like the monkey poking Dominic West

in the ear.

You have been to see

Mary Magdalen as well.

It's Easter coming up,

time for a Passion story.

This is reported to tell

for the first time the story

of Mary Magdalen, who has been cast

as a prostitute since Pope Gregory

in 591 declared that

she was a prostitute,

which is apparently

wrong - she wasn't.

This film aims to correct that

and show the Jesus story

through the eyes of the only female

disciple, Mary Magdalen,

played by Rooney Mara,

who leaves her fishing village

and follows the son of God.

Mary.

Mary.

Each of you stand at the threshold.

Do you fear that you will

never reach the kingdom?

Whose kingdom?

Herod's?

You know as well as I do,

there's only one true kingdom.

And that is God.

And God's kingdom has taken root.

So we must prepare.

We must wash away the stains

of your corruption.

And be born anew.

Like children.

I have been hidden for too long.

I'm not sure what to say about that!

You can see why her father would be

upset if she went to follow him,

this kind of hairy bloke

who's really boring!

Whatever you think about the Bible,

there's no denying it's got some

great lines in it.

Why this film hasn't got any

of them is a mystery to me.

It is extraordinarily dull.

Is it a long couple of hours?

Absolutely so dull you

would not believe it!

It even looks dull, it has got this

tablecloth fashion with the stones

everywhere in the desert.

At one stage it was the greatest

story ever told, when it was in

Hollywood, now it's just the most

boring story ever told.

It's extraordinary what it does,

trying to rectify it and make it

a story for a new age,

kind of a story for everyone -

it won't offend Catholics,

Christians, Jews, Muslims

or even atheists.

Is it trying to be too careful,

is that part of the problem?

It is trying to tiptoe

over any heresy.

People boycotted

Martin Scorcese's film.

Any film that makes you cry

for Mel Gibson has got it wrong!

It also makes you think

of Monty Python all the time!

There are scenes when people

are going, 'Messiah,

Messiah'!

You know what, he's not the Messiah!

I do wish you'd say

what you really think,

Jason!

So that's a long two hours,

and we'll leave it at that!

I don't think this will make a lot

of money at the box office, either.

I think faith-based audiences

will go and be completely mystified

as to what this was about.

It is a Passion of the Christ

without any passion.

What should we be going to see?

You've got to see Black Panther.

And you've got to see

it now at the cinema.

It is becoming a cultural event -

people are seeing it four or five

times, it has broken

records at the box office,

it is changing the way that

audiences are going,

black audiences are flocking to it,

families are enjoying

the representation.

It is a great superhero

movie, it's sexy, it's

exciting, it's funny.

People are hollering

at it in the cinema.

If you haven't been to a Marvel

movie in the cinema,

this is the one to go and see.

And DVD of the week

is also so lovely.

I will admit, I cried

at Paddington 2!

But it's a delight,

it's an absolute sweet,

delightful, charming,

sometimes silly, but just

lovely, lovely, lovely.

Beautifully done...

He is in his little

outfits, wondering around.

Paddington didn't win

Best British Film at the Baftas,

that went to Three billboards.

This is one of the best British

films we've ever made.

And how good is Hugh Grant?!

He's fantastic!

He is.

And Sally Hawkins is great in it,

the whole Brown family,

the whole look of it is perfect.

It's a work of genius, Paddington 2.

And when did you cry?!

I cried at the end!

I'm not going to give anything away

for anyone who hasn't been

to see it.

If you want a marmalade sandwich,

you can't have one!

It's very sweet, wonderful.

A mixed week, but

an interesting one.

Jason, good to see you, thank you.

That's it for this week.

Enjoy your cinema-going

and your DVD watching.

It's terrific, honestly!

Thanks for being with us.

Goodbye.

Good Morning, here's a summary

of today's main stories from BBC

News.

Parts of the UK have been

gripped with snow and ice,

as the "mini beast from the east"

has swept in from Siberia.

Met Office amber warnings

of a possible risk to life

are in place in south-west England,

south-east and mid-Wales

and the West Midlands all day,

where five to ten cm of snow

is forecast to fall widely.

There's also travel

disruption and drivers

are being warned to take care

in the dangerous conditions.

Sarah Walton is in East Yorkshire

for us this morning.

What road is behind you?

This is the

a 63 in East Yorkshire at Ellerton

and it is moving pretty well it has

been gritted but in some places it

is down to one lane. It is still

icy. We have had flurries of snow

overnight and a thin layer of snow

in the high winds and the cold

temperatures has now frozen. We

think conditions will be easing

throughout the day. Still, people

are being asked to take care by the

Highways Agency. People are being

asked to stay off the roads

completely unless you have a 4x4.

Places over the Pennines are

dangerous and they are getting

reports of ice on roads even if they

have been gritted. Disruption

have been gritted. Disruption on the

trains, too. No trains running

between Manchester and York. There

were supposed to be coaches but

because of the bad weather, the

coaches aren't web -- running

either. We had about 97 flights out

of Heathrow cancelled because of the

weather and that is because the

planes had to be de-iced. You may

need to check with your airline

before you travel. If you are one of

those people that needs to travel

today, give yourself extra time and

take care on the roads.

People living in

People living in ten chalets

which are "perilously close"

to the edge of cliffs on the Norfolk

coast have been told

to leave their homes

because of strong winds

and high waves.

Earlier, Norfolk Police said that

six of the properties

at Hemsby had a very good chance

of going into the sea.

In 2013, tidal storms saw three

homes in the village washed away.

Kent Police have arrested a man

on suspicion of attempted murder

after several people were injured

when a car was driven into a busy

nightclub in Gravesend.

Police say the incident at Blake's

nightclub is not been

being treated as terror-related.

Footage posted on social media

appears to show a car

inside a marquee at the nightclub,

as officers led people to safety.

The Russian Ambassador to the EU has

told the BBC that Russia had nothing

to do with the poisoning of a former

spy and his daughter in Salisbury,

suggesting instead Britain

could have been responsible

suggesting instead Britain

could have been responsible.

Speaking to Andrew Marr,

Vladimir Chizhov

said one of the UK's own research

laboratories could be the source

of the nerve agent used

in the attempted murder of Sergei

and Yulia Skripal.

The Foreign Office has called

the Russian account absolute

nonsense.

Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary has

described Russia's closure

of the British Counsel and Consulate

in St Petersburg as "futile".

Writing in the Sun on Sunday,

Boris Johnson says

the move will punish ordinary

Russians by depriving them

of opportunities to learn English.

The move was part of Russia's

response to sanctions

by the British Government,

in the wake of the poisoning in

Salisbury.

A group of MPs says

that the government should consider

the possibility of delaying

when we leave the EU,

if complex issues remain unresolved.

The Exiting the EU Committee

says more time should be

allowed if a detailed

and comprehensive agreement

on the future relationship

isn't settled by October.

The Brexit committee's view

isn't unanimous though -

a minority report by eight members

warns that a long transition

would be difficult.

swimming club any Australian city of

Perth has asked to help find its

mascot.

mascot. This is Daphne Duck. The

last time she was seen with 270

miles north of Perth. She was moving

too quickly for them to hold on.

It's the little bits of plastic in

the ocean we can't see, not big

giant yellow ducks. If you see it,

let us know.

Kat's here with the Sport.

Good morning. We have fantastic news

to bring you.

You found Daphne Duck!

And that our skiers are celebrating.

Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe.

They have been so close but so far

for the rest of the game. Two

silvers and a bronze. They have been

beaten at every turn by these pesky

Slovakian.

Slovakian. Farkasova has one format

Golds. The Brits have eaten her to

it.

it. We will be speaking to our

reporter live there at the morning.

-- live at later in the morning.

It was the perfect end

to Ireland's Six Nations campaign,

as they beat England 24 points to 15

at Twickenham to win their third

Grand Slam on St Patrick's day.

Joe Wilson was watching for us.

They came to Twickenham and never

looked like losing. But how good

Ireland were. From the moment the

ball was hoisted into the sky,

Ireland was on top. Anthony Watson

was there but not there. Gary Ring

Rose's has provided the pressure for

Ireland. The final stretch delivered

the ball to the foot of the post.

Touched. England got a try back but

by half-time they were further

behind because Ireland won the kick.

They kicked and dashed and touched

down before the line. His seventh

try of the tournament. Eddie Jones'

unbeaten run at Twickenham was over.

Ireland's day, Ireland's year. Well,

with these players are celebrating

behind me from Ireland, some of them

experienced, some of them less so.

It is easy to forget that Ireland

has lost some of their greatest ever

players in recent years. No problem.

A special day for everyone involved.

To come to top it off, it is a tough

place to go.

place to go.

Many of these Irish

Grand Slam players will be there in

years to come.

There were also final day wins

for Scotland over Italy

and and Wales over France.

So this is how

the final table looks.

Ireland are champions,

Wales finish second.

England supporters may

want to look away -

they sit only above Italy in fifth.

Manchester United have made it

through to the semi-finals of the FA

Cup, beating Brighton

2-0 at Old Trafford.

Romelu Lukaku struck the first,

and Nemanja Matic hit

the second - in what has been

a difficult week for Jose Mourinho,

who didn't hold back

in criticising his players...even

though they're through

to the last four..

When the sun is shining, it is easy

to play football. Do you know what I

mean? When you win matches and

everything goes in your direction,

even myself, I can play when the sun

is shining but when it's dark and

when you are under pressure, only

the top ones can do it and today, we

didn't have many top ones.

Christian Eriksen stole the show

at the Liberty Stadium as Tottenham

also eased into the semi-finals

with a comfortable 3-0 win over

Swansea.

The Dane scored in each half,

with Erik Lamela providing the other

goal.

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has been

making headlines all season long

for his outstanding performances,

but perhaps this was his best yet.

He scored four goals

as Liverpool ran riot

against Watford, winning 5-0.

Roberto Firmino scored the other,

assited by Salah, who now

takes his goal tally to 28

in the Premier League,

four clear of Spurs' Harry Kane.

Liverpool leapfrog

Tottenham into third place.

It wasn't a good day

for rock-bottom West Brom.

Bournemouth scored

late on to win 2-1.

It's Albion's seventh straight

Premier League defeat,

and heaps more pressure

on manager Alan Pardew.

There were also wins

for Crystal Palace and Everton.

In the Scottish Premiership,

Hearts beat Partick Thistle 3-0.

All three goals came

in the first half,

with Kyle Lafferty opening

the scoring for the home side.

Partick are now three points

from safety, while the win

solidifies Hearts

grip on sixth place.

Aberdeen beat Dundee

1-0 at Pittodrie.

There was something of a shock

at Ibrox as second placed Rangers

went down 1-0 to Kilmarnock.

Ross County and

Hamilton drew 2-all.

We have had this brilliant success

at, our first gold medal in the

games and our second success.

Lets go live to our reporter

Kate Grey who's in Pyeongchang

for us this morning:

They have finally done it after

silver and bronze, we have only got

a gold.

Huge celebrations for Great

Britain. They saved the best till

last and have one to medals on the

final day of action here in

Pyeongchang. It was gold for Menna

Fitzpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe.

This time in the slalom which means

they have one format medals in these

games and come the most successful

British Paralympians. Menna

Fitzpatrick is only 19 years old.

This time, it was in the slalom and

they won second position. They

This time, it was in the slalom and

had

they won second position. They then

had a final run and as they crossed

the line, they set an unbeatable

time, even for the Slovakian

Henrieta Farkasova who has been

dominating this category throughout

these games. It was Britain who was

victorious this time around. A huge

celebrations at the bottom of the

slopes as you can imagine. Family

and friends all around. A great day

for great written and another bronze

means Great Britain has won seven

medals. -- great Britain. They now

look forward to the closing

ceremony.

Lots more to come.

I really miss being out there. It

has been 18 degrees over there. -26

was the coldest I experienced. That

was pretty chilly. Yes.

was pretty chilly. Yes. We have Dame

Catherine Grainger coming in to talk

about how well they have done.

It is coming up to 18 minutes to

seven.

If you're yet to venture out this

morning, you may find snow

on your doorstep.

The freezing temperatures

from Siberia have returned in what's

being dubbed the "mini

beast from the east".

Yesterday snow showers swept

across most of the UK,

with winds of up to 70

miles per hour making it

feel bitterly cold.

And there's more to come today.

We're joined now by meteorologist

and weather presenter,

Simon King.

It has been an extraordinary few

weeks. We have gone from -11 or 12

in the wind chill to balmy spring

days. What is happening?

That is the

fascination of the weather in the

UK. I love it so much. We are

Ireland and we are surrounded by

water. It is the Atlantic Ocean to

the West. -- we are islands. The

weather in the UK is determined by

which direction the wind is coming

from. If you have south-westerly

wind, the prevailing wind direction.

The one most spoken about.

Absolutely. The normal, typical,

average temperatures. Last week.

Temperatures of 12, 16. In easterly

wind, cold air from Russia. It can

be very cold. It is also picking up

moisture from the sea. You have very

cold dry air coming from Siberia.

All the way across Europe and as it

hits the North Sea, it picks up

moisture and you get a snow showers

piling in from the North Sea mainly

hitting parts of the UK in the east.

With the strong winds, the snow

showers are drifting further west.

Many of us saw them yesterday.

What

is surprising for many of us is we

expect the northern part of the

country to be cold and be hit with

snow in winter. The fact it is now

the middle of March and we are

talking about Devon. And the weather

warnings across the country, the

breadth of the country, that is what

is surprising many of us.

It is just

the nature of how cold the weather

is. If it thinks are the typical

winter, it has been mild and

unsettled, some strong winds.

And

West.

There has been a bit of snow

but it has been on a knife edge. --

and wet. When it does slow, it wants

to but it's not quite there. Now we

have this easterly wind, this cold

air, over the whole of the UK, it is

a bleak block of ice. Any

precipitation and moisture will

produce snow. -- big block of ice.

That is why absolutely everywhere is

susceptible to heavy snow.

Added how

long it will take to explain this

but how is it that the

south-westerly winds suddenly switch

to the eastern winds? What happens

to the atmosphere?

We have had a sudden stratospheric

warming and polar vortex disruption.

That effectively means we have cold

air which is normally locked up over

the poles being disrupt that. That

allows cold air to filter down. This

stratospheric warming means we have

increasingly easterly winds. So when

you have this event, you can often

get bouts of these easterly winds

coming in from Siberia.

If you get

down to the pub today, I just want

to make sure, and you are talking

about that polar vortex disruption,

and that stratospheric warming...

It

is easier for you to say!

We will

talk to you later. We have got

pictures coming in on social media.

We will talk you later. Thank you.

We would like to know how the

weather looks where you are. You can

send us a picture by emailing us, or

share your thoughts in our viewers

on our Facebook page.

And Twitter as

well. Let's talk to have, we were

talking to Simon about the bigger

picture, but we will talk to Helen.

How is that polar vortex disruption

looking in terms of, I don't know,

East Anglia?

It is quite

stratospheric.

This is actually south Wales. As

Simon said, it is penetrating far

west, that cold easterly wind. It

results in high pressure over

Scandinavia, sinking south, allowing

that cold air to come east. A

retrogressive pattern, if you like.

It is a short lived scenario. We

will start cutting off that cold air

as we go through tonight and

tomorrow. As Simon said it is

bitterly cold, right across the

country this morning. There are

still amber warnings in force from

the Met Office. These will link wish

their grip, these showers across the

east, quite quickly. The west is

where we will see some of the worst

snowfall through today. We have

already seen it in the east, all

those issues across Yorkshire,

Lincolnshire and the south-east.

Lots of the focus for today's bad

weather is across the Midlands and

Westwood. Wales and the south-west

of England will get clobbered by

more snow. It is snowing quite

heavily right now, absolutely

treacherous on the roads. This snow

is lolling around in those strong to

gale force winds, so visibility is

really poor as well. -- blowing

around. It is icy as well,

compacting that snow, which helps

the grit and salt work on the roads,

but with temperatures below freezing

it will remain very hazardous. We

may see that creep ticket to Yanchep

and County Down, still a peppering

of snow showers in central and

eastern is golden. -- eastern

Scotland. Take a breath, the idea is

that we should see these showers

becoming less frequent than they

were yesterday. For the south and

the west it might take much of the

day for that snow to clear. Clearly

we are going to see that snow piling

up, 10- 20 centimetres over the

hills. And it is cold. Very little

to choose between today and

yesterday, windy in the north but

bitter if you are out and about.

Through the evening and overnight, a

subtle change in the wind direction

in the north. Not a particularly

warm wind direction, but cutting off

that really cold Siberian air.

Another cold night, another hard

frost. Penetrating frost in the

south, given the strength of the

wind. Few showers as that high

pressure starts to cut off the

source of moisture and that cold

out. Hopefully most of us tomorrow

will see fewer showers, a bit more

sunshine, slightly higher

temperatures than we have had this

weekend, but nothing like spring.

Only 5-7 at rest. I will keep you

posted on that snow through the rest

of the morning.

When we come back, can you tell us

where the coldest place in the UK is

today?

Everywhere?

Yes, I suppose

that is the right answer.

We'll be back with

the headlines at 7:00.

Now it's time for the Travel Show.

Coming up on this week's

Travel Show: I dress up and hit

the road

here in Japan.

We are going through the most

fashionable part of Tokyo and I am

dressed as a fat plumber.

Lucy gets the lowdown on travelling

without too much plastic.

Cheers!

We are starting this week in Japan,

the home of video gaming.

It is hard to believe that

it's a full 40 years

since the Space Invaders game

was invented here and recently,

Tokyo's celebrated that anniversary

of a special exhibition and giant

video wall, where today's

generation of gamers can

test their retro skills.

But Space Invaders isn't the only

iconic game to have been created

here in Japan.

Tucked away in the backstreets

of Sibuya, just five minutes

from the famous crossing,

I have come to find a guided tour

with a difference.

I guess the best way to describe

what I am about to experience

is a self-drive videogame simulation

with some sightseeing thrown in.

Welcome to MariCAR,

nice to meet you!

This brings back memories

from my childhood.

Yoshi, Luigi and Mario.

It has got to be Mario.

How do I look?

I feel like Michelin Mario.

We have the key that

starts the engine.

MariCAR have been running these

go-kart tours have been run,

taking in the many tourist

attractions for several years now

and to take part you firstly

to show your ID and drivers licence

from your home country.

Then there is a compulsory

safety briefing.

When driving, always one

straight line guys, OK?

Always one straight line.

If the tour guide does one,

it means it you just stop

in one straight line.

OK?

If the tour guide does two.

You simply come up behind,

same lane, always the same lane,

side by side.

See the two go-karts

behind me back there?

They are side-by-side and nice

and close, that is the stopping

formation we want to see

when the tour guide does two.

It's going to look like this.

Two, four, six.

Is it possible to stall it?

It is impossible.

It is automatic.

At the beginning the engine can be

a bit cold so before we depart it

might cut out, you

just start it again.

There is lots to think about,

like how to drive the car

for a start and I feel

exposed being so low,

then I have to think

about formations?

Oh my gosh.

I'm not the best driver, you know,

right now this costume is the least

of my worries.

of my worries.

I have got my foot on the brake.

Where is the key?

John, where is the key?

LAUGHTER.

This is ridiculous!

Oh my God.

Even though it is a Sunday morning

and the traffic is lighter,

it takes a while to get used

to driving a vehicle that feels

so low and exposed.

Slightly vulnerable,

but I think I am getting the hang

of driving this car now.

Oh my gosh.

Do you see how close

I came to a taxi?

We are going through the most

fashionable part of Tokyo and I am

dressed as a fat plumber.

Little chance of anyone wanting

to copy my outfit here in Harajuku,

but Nintendo are reportedly unhappy

with their trademark Super Mario

dungarees and cap being

used by the tours.

There has been talk of legal action,

but the subtle name change

from Mario kart to MariCAR

and the inclusion of other

characters seems to be

keeping the lawyers at bay.

We are coming up to the crossing.

Oh my goodness.

Oh my gosh, I can't believe we are

going through Shibuya crossing!

Although some of Tokyo's taxidrivers

say that they can be

disruptive and dangerous.

Johnny tells me that he has

supervised over 200 tours

without any serious accidents.

But several cab drivers

we met still had concerns.

Last year, a record number of almost

29 million people came to Japan

and as Tokyo gears up to host

the Olympic Games in two years time,

the authorities are keen to see

the MariCAR tours continue,

but they are looking

into how safe they are.

New regulations now mean that

modifications will have to be made

to the go-karts and it is hoped that

repositioning tail lights and better

back and head protection

and mudguards will provide safety

for other drivers and road

users and pedestrians.

Tokyo is such a hotbed of trends

and innovation and as the birthplace

of video games, it would be a shame

to see an end to these tours.

Let's hope the new safety

regulations will help keep them

on the road here.

That was so much fun!

I really had a good time.

Once I started to relax and got used

to driving this car it was crazy,

I can't believe they let you drive

this on the streets of Tokyo.

I really felt like I was in a video

game most of the time.

It was crazy and I was so close

to cars, so low down.

It was really fun and I felt

like a celebrity, everyone

was waving at you, it was a great

way to see the city.

We have been hearing

alot in the news lately

about sustainability -

from coffee cup recycling schemes

to carrier bags, but being green

when you travel can be tricky.

Disposable water bottles like this

are easy to fill at home

without a second thought,

but what if you are in

a new and unfamiliar city?

Where do you go to get

clean and free water?

Some places around the world

are trying to tackle the issue

by providing more drinking water

with the hope of cutting down

on single use bottles thrown away.

But if you are travelling

internationally it is worth firing

up the Wetap app, that provides

a map of nearby drinking fountains

to keep you hydrated on the move.

I really like the fact

that it is community-based,

so if you stubble across a drinking

fountain that isn't identified,

you simply tap this button

here and add it to the platform.

In London, a network of drinking

points is being rolled

out in summer.

Here in Borough Market,

new fountains are already up

and running and rather

than a single-use disposable bottle,

I have got this to try out.

The Hidrate Spark bottle

connects to an app on your

phone via Bluetooth.

Once you are connected,

a sensor is able to detect how much

water you are drinking.

You can set daily goals based

on information based

on the information you tell and it

will glow to give you a gentle

reminder when it is time to hydrate.

However, in order for it to keep

tabs on how much you are drinking it

needs to be placed on a flat surface

every time you take a swig.

needs to be placed on a flat surface

every time you take a swig.

Great if you are at a desk all day,

not so much if you are at the gym

or on the move.

I like that you can tell it

where you are in the world,

if you are in a hot country it

will increase the amount of times it

tells you to drink.

It is not just cutting down

on plastic bottles that

will reduce your carbon footprint.

I popped in to see Andrew to talk

about some friendly apps

for my next trip.

One I would recommend

if you are starting is going

on Green Globe, it has hotels,

resorts and attractions

that are eco-friendly.

It's a pretty extensive

list, tap on Jamaica.

To be in Jamaica right now!

You can see there is a list

of all of the different ones here.

Quite a lot of resorts.

Quite a lot of different resorts,

you tap on the ones

you are interested in and you tap

on it and also what it does

to help the environment.

The next one is Olio.

I have heard a lot about this app.

It is supercool, it is great

if you are travelling or not.

It is all about reducing food waste.

And so it means that you can give

away food that you don't need,

but also get food that

people are giving away.

If you are planning a trip

and you look in your fridge

and you are like a have got a carton

of milk and a fruit bowl of fruit

and it will go to waste.

Put it on the app and

somebody will collect it.

The last one I would recommend

is Spinlister, think of it as AirBnB

but for bikes in your local

area that you can hire.

I have searched Los Angeles

and you search your local area

and find what is available

and so there are road bikes,

mountain bikes, they do surf gear,

ski gear, all sorts of stuff.

So it usually works out less

than around $20 a day and it is much

cheaper than getting taxis

everywhere and you are eco-

friendly because you

are riding a bike.

And finally, if you can't start

the day without a caffeine fix even

while away on holiday,

then the Pakito cup could help.

Reusable coffee cups are nothing

new and some offer a discount

if you bring your own.

That it can be annoying

carrying those around.

What is great about the Pakito is it

swishes down really small

and extends to three

different sizes.

It is a little fiddly to pull out,

but once fully extended you've got

a full-sized cup.

Regular Americano, please.

Cheers!

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Christian Fraser

and Naga Munchetty.

Temperatures plunge as low

as minus 6 overnight as the "mini

beast from the East" bites.

Icy conditions are causing problems

for drivers and there are weather

warnings in place across the breadth

of the UK.

Amber warnings are still in force,

it is treacherous out there. There

is more due. Join me in 15 minutes

for a full forecast.

Good morning it's Sunday

the 18th of March.

Also this morning:

A top Russian diplomat insists

Russia had nothing to do

with the poisoning of a former spy

in Salisbury and suggests Britain

could have been responsible.

And we'll hear from a professional

orchestra made up of disabled

musicians and led by

a disabled conductor.

In sport its gold at

the Paras in Pyeongchang!

Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe

are the Paralympic slalom

champions with Millie Knight

and Brett Wild winning bronze.

Back to our top story.

Snow and ice has gripped much

of the UK as a cold snap dubbed

the "mini beast from the East"

sweeps in from Siberia.

The Met Office has put

amber warnings in place,

and they are expected to last

all day today in south-west

England and south Wales.

In a moment we'll speak

to Sarah Walton who's

in Elloughton in Yorkshire,

but first, let's go to

Sarah Ransome Haldon Hill in Devon.

We have seen quite heavy flurries of

snow falling yesterday and through

the night and what you have got is a

thin layer of snow which has frozen

in the cold temperatures and high

winds. We have just seen snowploughs

try to clear the fast lane of the

A63. On higher ground you have got

thicker layers of snow and

Lincolnshire police are warning

people not to make any journeys if

they can avoid it. Greater

Manchester Police are warning that

conditions over the Pennines are

really bad. They used the word

bleak. They tweeted a video showing

blizzard like conditions and they

had snowploughs out on the M62 and

they asked people to avoid those

routes. We are seeing disruption on

the trains. Great Western, North

Western and south-western. There was

a coach running between Manchester

airport and Europe, but the bad

weather means the coaches cannot

even run now. Playing cancellations

out of Heathrow because the planes

have to be de-iced. If you were

planning to go on holiday today, you

need to check with the website

before you check. The good news is

we are expecting conditions to ease

the day. I say that as another

flurry comes in. But it should be

getting better through the

afternoon. But if you have to make

the journey, take care and leave

plenty of time.

Please check on all

potential travelling disruptions.

Let's go to Sarah in Devon. Those

roads around Dartmoor have really

had it in the last few weeks.

had it in the last few weeks.

It is

a case of here we go again.

It

absolutely is. Tell us about the

picture around Dartmoor.

Overnight

we had more snow, about an inch or

more on higher ground and an inch

where I am. But right across the UK

we have a snow, high winds and

plummeting temperatures, some down

around minus six. Around here minus

four was the lowest temperature we

had. Three amber warnings in place

in the North West, London and the

south-east. And here in the South

West right across the region for the

best part of the day. At the moment

I am close to the A38 were a few

weeks ago some drivers were left

stranded. Once again an emergency

plan was put in place. Behind me

either tractor ploughs,

strategically placed to make sure

they are there if the snow comes. We

are told more snow, around 25

centimetres in some places, could

arrive around nine o'clock this

morning. More high winds, up to 50

miles an hour in some places, so the

message really from the emergency

services is and do not travel unless

you have absolutely gotten.

Thank

you very much indeed.

Kent Police have arrested a man

on suspicion of attempted murder

after several people were injured

when a car was driven into a busy

nightclub in Gravesend.

Police say the incident at Blake's

nightclub is not being

being treated as terror-related.

Footage posted on social media

appears to show a car

inside a marquee at the nightclub,

as officers led people to safety.

The Russian Ambassador to the EU,

Vladimir Chizhov, has suggested

that the UK's own research

laboratory in Wiltshire could be

the source of the nerve agent used

in the poisoning of a former Russian

spy in Salisbury.

The Foreign Office has

called the Russian account

"absolute nonsense".

Here's our Diplomatic

Correspondent, James Robbins.

Two weeks after the chemical attack

on Sergei and Yulia Skripal,

Ambassador Chizhov said

there were no stockpiles whatsoever

of nerve agents left in Russia.

But then in an interview with

Andrew Marr he went a bit further.

Asked how the chemical weapon came

to be used in Salisbury,

Mr Chizhov suggested...

When you have the nerve agent

or whatever, you check it

against certain samples that

you retain in your laboratories.

And Porton Down, as we now all know,

is the largest military facility

in the United Kingdom that has been

dealing with chemical

weapons research.

And it's actually only eight

miles from Salisbury.

You're not suggesting Porton Down

is responsible for this nerve agent?

I don't know, I don't know,

I don't have evidence

of anything having been used.

As Britain continues to investigate

the chemical attack,

the Foreign Office dismissed this

latest Russian account

as absolute nonsense with not

an ounce of truth in it.

A spokesperson said it's just

another futile attempt

by the Russian state to divert

the story away from the facts that

Russia has acted in flagrant breach

of its international obligations.

James Robbins, BBC News.

Our correspondent Richard Galpin

is in Moscow this morning.

They go to the polls today in Russia

and it is the election. It has been

said that all week maybe the

controversy and the crisis with the

West has been engineered to make

more people come out to the polls.

Is that right?

I don't know if it has been

engineered, but it is significant

that the Russians decided to

announce its retaliation just

yesterday, on the eve of the

election. It probably doesn't help

his strongman image, Vladimir Putin,

the man who has stood up for Russia

against the nasty West, which is how

the West has been perceived by the

Kremlin and has been for a long

time. Vladimir Putin has been in

power since the end of 1999, so it

does help him to stand up as the

strongman. But in the election there

is no doubt who is going to win. It

will be Vladimir Putin, not least

because the only serious candidate,

the opposition candidate, was barred

from taking part in the election. It

is an almost inevitable outcome that

Vladimir Putin will win with a

thumping majority.

Richard, thank

you very much indeed.

Richard, thank you very much indeed.

The Foreign Secretary has

described Russia's closure

of the British Counsel and Consulate

in St Petersburg as "futile".

Writing in the Sun on Sunday,

Boris Johnson says the move

will punish ordinary Russians

by depriving them of

opportunities to learn English.

The move was part of Russia's

response to sanctions

by the British Government,

in the wake of the

poisoning in Salisbury.

A group of MPs says

that the government should consider

the possibility of delaying

when we leave the EU if complex

issues remain unresolved.

The Exiting the EU Committee says

more time should be allowed

if a detailed and comprehensive

agreement on the future relationship

isn't settled by October.

The Brexit committee's view

isn't unanimous though -

a minority report by eight members

warns that a long transition

would be difficult.

It might be freezing here, but take

a look at these incredible pictures.

This is what spring is supposed to

look like. That is the South west of

China and what you are seeing some

beautiful cherry blossoms. Visitors

across the country have been

travelling to see them. People go to

see the cherry blossoms coming out

in Japan as well, but this is

south-west China looking absolutely

stunning. Spring has not come here,

well, it springs and it retracts.

It is not cherry blossom. The mini

beast from the East has hit as in

the UK and many people will be

waking up to snow outside.

And it is sticking. Difficult travel

conditions as well, so you are being

urged to check all potential travel

disruption on the trains and be very

careful.

Particularly on flights, there are

major problems at Heathrow on

short-haul flights, so check with

your operator.

In June 2017 Buzzfeed published

an investigation into 14 deaths

on British soil they claimed

were linked to Russia.

After a poisoning of a former spy in

Salisbury, Amber Rudd has said she

will look again into those deaths.

One of the reporters behing

the investigation Jane Bradley

joins us now.

The Russian ambassador is saying the

UK could be responsible for the

poisoning because Porton down is

near Salisbury.

It is not surprising

when you consider that Russia is

still denying being behind the