his representatives told panorama that katherine kendall's claims are untrue. the programme also explains how he fought back against allegations made against him. he hired a corporate intelligence firm who told panorama they never comment on client matters to and i'm an italian model who told police that she had been assaulted by harvey weinstein. damaging stories about her were in the press and no charges we re her were in the press and no charges were reported against harvey weinstein. a generalist litigating him was approached by someone saying

liz kendall we had david miliband back in time. how much impact if any do you think he had in terms of opinion, particularly in the labour party?|j think he had in a very important things to say about the future of the country and for this position should be and is good to see him working with other parties will also believe that we should be putting a economic interests first of party interests. doesn't mean that labour moderates in inverted commas are getting their act together on issues like brexit? i think we have always wa nted like brexit? i think we have always wanted to speak up forjobs and we're realistic about what the options are. really up against the wire here. if we don't solve the issue with the border we want get withdrawal agreement agreement and we will crash out and we won't have a transition agreement. businesses need to know and we can't face that legal and economic uncertainty. the garment has got to get his act together. i believe there was way through if theresa may works across parliament and if we say that

it is people who are constant critics of mr gordon, chris leslie, chuka umunna liz kendall. it is about saying that mr corbyn will not be labour leader at some point and when that happens they want to be ready to try to take back control of the party. what i don't quite get is how they intend to do it. he has got complete control over the labour machine from the nec, membership... under the system as it stands. exactly, so if they want to get the party back to or centre—left direction, how do they do that? there is no detail about that in the story but if they were worried about potentially being targeted for deselection by mr corbyn, their heads have been put above the parapet whether they liked it or not. the level of detail is tantalising. it is not a very secret plot! as sebastien says, these are well—known critics of mr corbyn, they have good reason to be critical of him. he has had a very bad few weeks. the ongoing running sore of the parties regarding anti—semitism gets worse and worse and no matter what corbyn said in response to it, he cannot just what corbyn

ok, you go back to kendal and write an outline for 13 episodes. # a really happy man... tell you what. move it towards me a little bit. right, to you. to me. out. to me. steady. right, right. perfect. a frame should do it. you'll wear it out. nonsense. stupid thing. you could saw a bit off the cue. he yawns here is an illustrated summary of the news. it'll be followed by the latest film of events and happenings at home and abroad. in those early days, newsreaders were never seen, because it was feared that our facial expressions might not always look impartial. and worse still, that we might turn the news into a personality performance. police reinforcements have been brought to downing street tonight as the crowd outside number 10 built up to about 300. we are three friends, we're also bloggers, we all have one thing in common. we all have or we have had cancer. i'm basically writing down my whole life in a book for my little boy freddie, who is three. ijust really hope that through his life he will come back to that book and take comfort from it and feel like he knows

in belfast, maybe five with some sunshine and look at that, not looking bad at all for manchester, kendall, manchester, wales, the south—west, in fact, if you're lucky we could be waking up to blue skies in southampton but notice in east anglia and the south—east, a bit more cloud there and that will be the trend for the rest of the day. that wind you will notice is strengthening across the south—east here, coming all the way from scandinavia. it's a cold wind. it will drag in cloud off the north sea and also some showers, so it could be raining on and off at least from time to time in norwich and london. this is what it will feel like with that wind, around zero degrees. how about the rest of europe? i mentioned that wind coming from scandinavia, it's not stopping across the uk, it goes all the way down to the bay of biscay and it turns around and moves all the way to morocco so they're feeling some cold there as well, not looking great across that part of europe. back to the wind, look what happens when it drags in those showers during the course of sunday night into monday, snow s

let's bring in kendal. she says her son is addicted to gaming and has been off school for over a year. tell our audience about how your son got into this position. good morning, victoria. yes, it has happened over time. the pc were doing, and applaud you for doing it. it has happened over time and it began as fun, a hobby. then it moved to something much more problematic. other early oak was interesting when she said, could not him off the games and when he was supposed to begin his homework online, he was playing games. and things like his sport, i have five children and he is the most sporty and all of those things, whether it was his sport, his music, his academic. he would always hand his academic. he would always hand his homework in. but slowly, those things started dropping, to the point in the last year where he cannot function because he cannot live in a world outside of the gaming. to the point where he was hospitalised and he has not been to school for a year because he is terrified of going outs

wonders like this that will be promoted to a wider audience next week at the uk's mountain festival in kendal. you don't have to be in antarctica, you could be here in the yorkshire dales, you could be in the lakes, whatever, just walking, and it feels like an adventure. having enjoyed the views, it was time to go back up to climb up a wobbly ladder through the waterfall. refreshing, yes, but i'd never been so glad of the safety rope. maybe the effort of this is why, when it came to one of the most famous caving challenges in the uk, the cheese press, the crevasse which, in places, isjust 30cm high... move that hat out of the way. itjust got a bit too much. you need to fold going through there. that's me stuck on the far side. eventually i wriggled back out before following most of the others on the alternative way up, through the underground rivers and back to the real world, which was still there just a few metres above. ifi if i hadn't had so many layers on to protect me from the cold, although it was very warm, and the water, i might have squeezed through the cheese press. a very narrow g

think in belfast, maybe 5 with some sunshine and look at that, not looking bad at all for manchester, kendall, manchester, wales, the south—west, in fact, if you're lucky we could be waking up to blue skies in southampton. but notice in east anglia and the south—east, a bit more cloud there and that really will be the trend for the rest of the day. that wind you'll notice is strengthening across the south—east here, coming all the way from scandinavia. it's a cold wind. it'll drag in cloud off the north sea and also some showers, so it could be raining on and off at least from time to time in norwich and london. this is what it'll feel like with that wind, around zero degrees. how about the rest of europe? you know, i mentioned that wind coming out of scandinavia, it's not stopping across the uk, look at that — it goes all the way down to the bay of biscay and then turns around and moves all the way to morocco, so they're feeling some cold there as well, it's not looking great across that part of europe. anyway, back to the wind — look what happens when it drags in those showers dur

well earlier i spoke to, dr kendall lee, one of the neurosurgeons who co—led the research from the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota. i asked him what this breakthrough would mean for people with spinal injuries in the future. i think this gives great hope to really, over a million patients, at least in the us, who have spinal cord injuries, who are paralysed, to be able to in the future, regain at least some of their motor function back. and, feel free to be honest here, when you are going through this and designing it, we are in the early stages, did you think this would actually work? you know, this was a study that i think was quite, almost miraculous. no. to be honest, when we first initiated this study, we would have been very happy if all we got was for the patient to getjust a little bit of contraction with the control from his brain. but indeed, what we got was much more than what we expected, which is that the patient was able to stand from the stimulation and take independent steps using a walker. and just tell us the reaction of the patient here. i think the patient was al

this picture a couple of hours ago from kendal in cumbria. a beautiful looking day. a very different day further south. here are in walsall. it was not looking too bright at all. this is how the picture cuts up across the uk. clear skies to the north but a weather front bringing rain into cumbria further south. the front will bring further rain for the next few hours but i the end of the next few hours but i the end of the afternoon into the early evening it should we can little as it pushes its way north. clear skies to the south but possibly only briefly because we could see some mist and fog the central and southern england tomorrow. further north, misty and murky across the hills and again it will be scotland and northern ireland with the best of early brightness. northern ireland will pull ina brightness. northern ireland will pull in a weather front through the morning and wet weather on its way for western scotland as well. some strong winds across the western isles and a cooler feel behind this band of rain. temperatures around 22 in the south—east of engla

to take this great close up shot of harry and meghan as they were driven through windsor and roland kendall posted this picture of the royal couple waving from their carriage on instagram. charmaine gooden clearly had a great time after flying all the way from ottawa, canada for the wedding. mel dobson was also there and took this lovely snap which shows a beaming bride waving to the crowds. and finally, emily and alice rigg from hampshire weren't able to make it to windsor but did watch coverage of the royal wedding as the sun set in hong kong. let's get a bit of reaction from the united states now, where this royal wedding has unsurprisingly generated huge interest, given the duchess of sussex is from los angeles. james cook reports. well before dawn in the republic over the water. but the pub is packed. they rejected the monarchy in 1776, but for many americans the crown never went out of fashion. least of all with this bride. here in los angeles, meghan markle is a local, like our homegirl, and i think that she and harry are very much in love, and they have fought through many social pr

replacement buses have been doing brisk service at the start of the lakes line, oxenholme station near kendall, because trains are few and far between. it‘s a bit hard for us, being a bit disabled. a long journey ahead of us, we can do without the extra hour that it's cost us. the majority of services between oxenholme and windermere were cancelled yesterday. for passengers like nick hay, trying to get home to liverpool after a family break in windermere, it‘s frustrating. i think it‘s absolutely scandalous. you can see there people here with prams, dogs, we‘re not getting all the help. anybody here? nowhere. and this could go on for weeks on this line in particular? i believe so, yes. i think it‘s scandalous, something needs to be done about it. businesses in the lake district rely on visitors coming back time and time again. anything which affects that, like a poor rail connection, is worrying. if people aren‘t having the type of quality visitor experience that they deserve, then that‘s going to be the legacy. that‘s what they‘re going to remember. not the fantastic scenery

i'm june kendall. 90. at my stage of the game, it's very difficult. but i've certainly enjoyed it. the main benefits of the cycle project have been psychological. there are obvious physical effects but i think the well—being and happiness of participants has significantly increased. to see people having so much fun, it's one person on a bike, the whole room is involved. laughter britain's royal mail has apologised after a stamp design it planned to issue, commemorating the d—day landings in france 75 years ago — showed the wrong image. the design in fact showed us troops landing in what was dutch new guinea — today's indonesia — thousands of kilometres from france. the stamp was supposed to show the normandy landings and was due to be released as part of a best of british collection. social media users have called the preview embarassing. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @lucyegrey. thanks very much for watching. good evening. a lovely day for most of us, lots of cloud but nevertheless beautiful weather watcher pictures and

think in belfast, maybe 5 with some sunshine and look at that, not looking bad at all for manchester, kendall, manchester, wales, the south—west, in fact, if you're lucky we could be waking up to blue skies in southampton. but notice in east anglia and the south—east, a bit more cloud there and that really will be the trend for the rest of the day. that wind you'll notice is strengthening across the south—east here, coming all the way from scandinavia. it's a cold wind. it'll drag in cloud off the north sea and also some showers, so it could be raining on and off at least from time to time in norwich and london. this is what it'll feel like with that wind, around zero degrees. how about the rest of europe? you know, i mentioned that wind coming out of scandinavia, it's not stopping across the uk, look at that — it goes all the way down to the bay of biscay and then turns around and moves all the way to morocco, so they're feeling some cold there as well, it's not looking great across that part of europe. anyway, back to the wind — look what happens when it drags in those showers dur

think in belfast, maybe 5 with some sunshine and look at that, not looking bad at all for manchester, kendall, manchester, wales, the south—west, in fact, if you're lucky we could be waking up to blue skies in southampton. but notice in east anglia and the south—east, a bit more cloud there and that really will be the trend for the rest of the day. that wind you'll notice is strengthening across the south—east here, coming all the way from scandinavia. it's a cold wind. it'll drag in cloud off the north sea and also some showers, so it could be raining on and off at least from time to time in norwich and london. this is what it'll feel like with that wind, around zero degrees. how about the rest of europe? you know, i mentioned that wind coming out of scandinavia, it's not stopping across the uk, look at that — it goes all the way down to the bay of biscay and then turns around and moves all the way to morocco, so they're feeling some cold there as well, it's not looking great across that part of europe. anyway, back to the wind — look what happens when it drags in those showers dur

welljoining me now, is dr kendall lee, one of the neurosurgeons who co—led the research from the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota. can you explain to us in simple terms, how this actually works? certainly. thank you very much for having me on your show. this is a surgical procedure whereby an electrical simulator is placed in the package are all space just above the package are all space just above the spinal cord. —— epidural. this was placed actually below where the injury was. is patient, who was com pletely injury was. is patient, who was completely paralysed before the implant, with electrical stimulation, was able to regain his volu nta ry stimulation, was able to regain his voluntary control over his paralysed legs. we can just see the pictures now. what kind of events does this represent? —— advance. now. what kind of events does this represent? -- advance. as a neurosurgeon i represent? -- advance. as a neurosurgeon i can represent? -- advance. as a neurosurgeon i can tell you that often when patients are paralysed from spinal cord injuries, really, previously ther

ok, you go back to kendal and write an outline for 13 episodes. # rosie and jim, rosie and jim. # chugging along on the old ragdoll... john cunliffe also wrote and appeared in rosie andjim, another gentle programme aimed at entertaining and educating youngsters. born in colne in lancashire, he had been a librarian and a teacher. he would go on to write nearly 200 books, and also several volumes of poetry. but he will be best remembered for postman pat, a character of genuine warmth and charm, who lived in the hearts of millions of children. john cunliffe, the creator of postman pat, who's died at the age of 85. elephant keepers at san diego zoo got a big surprise when they came in to work on thursday. they discovered that a 28—year—old elephant had given birth to a healthy female calf. while zookeepers were expecting the birth, it came a little earlier than they had expected. the calf, yet to be named, began nursing shortly after it was born. shall be introduced to the remainder of the herd in the next few days. the adults were rescued in 2003 from d country formerly known as swaziland

the a65 between skipton and kendal was best avoided. in ireland, a severe weather warning has been issued for the republic. the siberian freeze from the east has crept further west. tonight, thousands of drivers are stranded in long delays on the m62, which has been closed because of heavy snow and high winds. conditions are atrocious. danny savage, bbc news. the conditions have also had a big impact on the nhs, with many non—urgent operations and appointments cancelled. in scotland, troops have been drafted in tonight to help get hundreds of hospital staff to work. some stranded passengers are spending a second night at glasgow airport, while hundreds of motorists spent last night on the m80. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon sent this report. scotland's road to nowhere. hundreds of drivers stuck in miles of stationary traffic on what is usually one of the country's busiest roads. i left stirling at about eight o'clock and i've been here since, unfortunately. that is a good 17 hours, maybe, at the moment? just knocking on that,

from kendal, danny savage reports. for five years, the death of poppi worthington has been unexplained. now it is much clearer how she died and what happened to her beforehand. this 13—month—old suffocated after being left in an unsafe sleeping position by herfather. she died in this bed, where a coroner believes paul worthington also sexually assaulted her. he had taken herfrom her cot before the assault which the coroner ruled, on the balance of probabilities, took place hours before she died. this statement was made today on behalf of poppi's mother. she is disappointed that poppi's father chose to rely on his right not to answer questions which might incriminate him. while she understands he is untitled to do this, she considers he should have given the coroner the crucial evidence of poppi's last few hours. the coroner said that paul worthington‘s accounts of what happened the night poppi died were not complete or truthful. and his evidence did not stand up to scrutiny. mr worthington was bundled in and out

lawyer representing some of mr weinstein‘s accusers, who's in los angeles, and the actor katherine kendall, who was one of the first women to claim publicly that mr weinstein sexually harassed her. she is in washington dc. what did you feel when you saw him in handcuffs today, katherine? i felt really emotional. i feel emotional talking about it now. it was a stunning thing to see. i just feel very grateful to all those people who have worked so hard to make this day happen. what did you think of his appearance, his demeanour? i wonder if you thought he had studied how he would look today with the blue sweater and the books under his arm. i wonder whether he was looking to look harmless somehow in how he came across. it wouldn't surprise me at all. my instinct is to say he probably did study that and put that together very meticulously. nothing undesigned about it. gloria allred, we have two cases here. can you explain how this will pan out? i think it's about 80 women who have gone public with accusations of one kind or another. what is going to happen? i believe it is a deal 90 women who

and there are just three plants in the country that can do that, like this one in kendal. environmental campaigners say that it is time that the government rather than consumers coughed up for more coffee recycling. there isn't really the opportunity for customers to do the right thing, to recycle these disposable cups. the facilities don't exist. we have run schemes in the past, in manchester and in inner london, showing if you do provide the facilities to the public, they will use them. some consumers say that they are tired of top up taxes. i don't think it is necessarily right. we've got the charge on the 5p bags, haven't we? it's not ideal, but i think it's probably necessary because they are a massive environmental issue. today, the coffee industry has fought back. some already use fully compostable cups, and lots compostable cups, and lots offer a reverse levy of sorts, a price reduction if you bring your own cup. there is a worry that this new tax could be hard for some customers to swallow. if they are coming from the office, for their lunch coffee, theyjust might

ok, you go back to kendal and write an outline for 13 episodes. john cunliffe also wrote and appeared in rosie andjim, another gentle programme aimed at entertaining and educating youngsters. born in colne in lancashire, he had been a librarian and a teacher. he would go on to write nearly 200 books, and also several volumes of poetry. but he will be best remembered for postman pat, a character of genuine warmth and charm, who lived in the hearts of millions of children. john cunliffe, the creator of postman pat, who has died at the age of 85. elephant keepers at san diego zoo got a big surprise on thursday. they discovered a 28—year—old elephant had given birth to a healthy female calf. while zookeepers were expecting the birth, it came earlier than expected. the calf began nursing shortly after it was born. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lebo underscore diseko. hello, good morning. it's fair to say that yesterday across england and wales felt a bit more like summer. in the sunshine in lincolnshire, we had temperatures here as high as 25 c

the conservatives stephen crabb, drew henry from the smb and liz kendall from labour. you have made fairly supportive noises about mrs may's deal. i've inclined to rethink them now that we know the deal could leave us up to 3.9% worse off than if we just stay in the eu? the facts have not changed. there is only one deal on the table and it grounded in the real world. however imperfect it is and it has problems, theresa may's deal is the one that is credible that mps have to make a choice between supporting that all going down a no deal scenario which would have much worse economic consequences for the nation. the problem with all of these forecasts, is that they are so open to argument. you can argue anything in or out of it. i would like to say —— see the government saying we know there are certain key industries in this country that will be affected in negative ways by no deal scenario and they are the car industry, aerospace, pharmaceuticals. if we wa nt aerospace, pharmaceuticals. if we want to hang onto those world leading british mysteries you have got to com

the a65 between skipton and kendall was best avoided. in ireland, a severe weather warning has been issued for the republic. the siberian freeze from the east has crept further west. sales of anything to do with coping with snow have lept. it's all very different to what you might expect for the first day of spring. danny savage, bbc news. heavy snow is continuing to fall across large parts of scotland. last night hundreds of drivers were left stranded in freezing conditions on the m80 near glasgow — some for up to 20 hours. at glasgow airport some passengers are preparing to bed down for a second night after it was closed again today. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is near the m80 at denny. she's sent this report. scotland's road to nowhere. hundreds of drivers stuck in miles of stationary traffic on what is usually one of the country's busiest roads. i left sterling at about eight o'clock and i've been here since, unfortunately. that is a good 17 hours, maybe, at the moment? just knocking on that, yeah. i think i've moved ab

she is relocating from the village of staveley to kendall, her local town, where three of her children will go to school. as a parent, the amount of hours that i have worried about the children, because the trains are cancelled and they're late for school, and they can't get home from school, and so ijust — we're going to relocate. that's that. the irony is that the train line runs across the end of her garden, but there are no trains. is that a station? yeah, that's the beginning of the station, just there. so when the trains were running, sometimes my children would be at home, and they'd see the train go past the house, and they'd set off at that point and run down the street, and they'd always get it. they'd always catch the train that they had just seen. the service was suspended for two weeks on monday, and replaced by buses, as northern rail brought in an emergency timetable in response to the chaos across its network. but amanda says the lakes line has been unreliable since northern took over the franchise two years ago. we've been subjected to cancellation after cancellation

his representatives told panorama that katherine kendall's claims are untrue. the programme also explains how he fought back against allegations made against him. he hired a corporate intelligence firm, k2, who told panorama they never comment on client matters, to undermine an italian model who told ny police that she had been assaulted by harvey weinstein. damaging stories about her were in the press and no charges were brought against harvey weinstein. a journalist investigating him was approached by someone saying she was one of his victims. i met with her and she leaned forward the entire time. i was suspicious that she was secretly recording. we found out she works for an israeli intelligence firm. the woman also met with actress rose mcgowan, who had accused harvey weinstein of rape. black cube says it never discusses its clients. weinstein said he hired them to show that no abuse ever occurred. people who worked with him say they wish they have done more to stop him. paul webster became president of miramax in 1995. i think looking back that i did know

elizabeth kendall, what is your view on what is happening in pace right now? this has been on the cards for a long time. -- happening in houdayda right now? one is to say that the short—term crippling of the port and the short—term anguished shop suffered by the people is worth it to push up the coast for the coalition and force the houthis into a negotiating position, that would be the coalition's argument. but the other way of looking at it, a bit more like madine was talking about, there are civilians involved in this. they could be dramatically impacted notjust this. they could be dramatically impacted not just by this. they could be dramatically impacted notjust by fighting in the streets, bombing from the air but by the crippling of a port which they rely on for food, medicine and everything else that they need in their everyday lives. if you will let me finish, we know that civilians are going to be involved. because there were a leaflet drops over the port of houdayda by the coalitionjust last over the port of houdayda by the coalition just last we

we found graham kendall having lunch and looking forward to brexit. it's the change that people are frightened of. people should embrace change, really. change isn't necessarily bad. there are a lot of emerging markets coming out in the world, and we need to take advantage of those. karen simpson sells furniture from italy, and isn't so sure. we were remainers. i think we just resigned ourselves to the fact that it's out of our control now, and you've just got to go with the flow. so... not a big fan, but it's just one of them things. you've got to take it on the chin. and the owner of this greek deli is no fan of brexit either, with a weaker pound meaning higher prices. i've got quite an older population that shop in bury market. because of the uncertainty and they don't know what's going to happen, trade has gone down. people aren't spending what they used to. or it's because the prices have gone up and they can't afford it. as ever, views are divided about what brexit will mean. but what is clear is that it's touching every walk of life and nobody

roland kendall posted this picture of the royal couple waving from their carriage on instagram. charmaine gooden clearly had a great time after flying all the way from ottawa, canada for the wedding. mel dobson was also there and took this lovely snap which shows a beaming bride waving to the crowds. and finally, emily and alice rigg from hampshire weren't able to make it to windsor but did watch coverage of the royal wedding as the sun set in hong kong. in a moment viewers on bbc one will bejoining us for a round of the news with fiona. but first let's go to the bbc sport centre. good evening. jose mourinho says chelsea did not deserve to win today's fa cup final, despite their 1-0 today's fa cup final, despite their 1—0 win of his side at wembley. today's fa cup final, despite their 1-0 win of his side at wembley. eden hazard scored the only goal of the game after being brought down by philjones in the first—half, the united defender was booked before has erred but his side ahead in front of the man united fans. the video assistant referee was used for the first time in a

and there are just three plants in the country that can do that, like this one in kendal. environmental campaigners say that it is time that the government rather than consumers coughed up for more coffee recycling. there isn't really the opportunity for customers to do the right thing, to recycle these disposable cups. the facilities don't exist. we have run schemes in the past, in manchester and in inner london, showing if you do provide the facilities to the public, they will use them. some consumers say that they are tired of top up taxes. i don't think it is necessarily right. we've got the charge on the 5p bags, haven't we? it's not ideal, but i think it's probably necessary because they are a massive environmental issue. today, the coffee industry has fought back. some already use fully compostable cups, and lots offer a reverse levy of sorts, a price reduction if you bring your own cup. there is a worry that this new tax could be hard for some customers to swallow. if they are coming from the office, for their lunch coffee, theyjust might get a cafetiere for the of

she is relocating from the village of staveley to kendall, her local town, where three of her children will go to school. as a parent, the amount of hours that i have worried about the children, because the trains are cancelled and they're late for school, and they can't get home from school, and so ijust — we're going to relocate. that's that. the irony is that the train line runs across the end of her garden, but there are no trains. is that a station? yeah, that's the beginning of the station, just there. so when the trains were running, sometimes my children would be at home, and they'd see the train go past the house, and they'd set off at that point and run down the street, and they'd always get it. they would always catch the train that they had just seen. the service was suspended for two weeks on monday, and replaced by buses, as northern rail brought in an emergency timetable in response to the chaos across its network. but amanda says the lakes line has been unreliable since northern took over the franchise two years ago. we've been subjected to cancellation after cancella

ok, you go back to kendal and write an outline for 13 episodes. # a really happy man. tell you what. move it towards me a little bit. right, to you. to me. 0ut. to me. steady. right, right. perfect. a frame should do it. you'll wear it out. nonsense. stupid thing. you could saw a bit off the cue. yawns. newsreel: here is an illustrated summary of the news. it'll be followed by the latest film of events and happenings at home and abroad. in those early days, newsreaders were never seen because it was feared that our facial expressions might not always look impartial. and worse still, that we might turn the news into a personality performance. police reinforcements have been brought to downing street tonight as the crowd outside number 10 built up to about 300. we are three friends. we're also bloggers. we all have one thing in common. we all have or we have had cancer. i'm basically writing down my whole life in a book for my little boy freddie, who is three. ijust really hope that through his life he will come back to that book and take comfort from it and feel like he

the a65 between skipton and kendall was best avoided. in ireland, a severe weather warning has been issued for the republic. the siberian freeze from the east has crept further west. sales of anything to do with coping with snow have lept. it's all very different to what you might expect for the first day of spring. danny savage, bbc news, county durham. heavy snow is continuing to fall across large parts of scotland — although the red weather warning in place earlier in the east has been lifted. at glasgow airport some passengers are preparing to bed down for a second night after it was closed again today. hundreds of drivers were left stranded in freezing conditions on the m80 near glasgow — some for up to 20 hours. earlier, one gave the bbc this update: i left aberdeen yesterday afternoon ina hire i left aberdeen yesterday afternoon in a hire car at 430. i drove for a while, conditions were bad. i got stuck here, which is, i believe, on the m 80 somewhere near stirling and falkirk. since eight o'clock last night. we haven't moved