that was danny savage and robert hall reporting. you'll find lots of information on the disruption on rail and roads as well as the latest forecasts on the bbc website. bbc.co.uk/news is the address. downing street has ruled out any return to a "hard border" between northern ireland and the republic after brexit. it comes after the leak of a letter from the foreign secretary borisjohnson to the prime minister in which he appears to contemplate the possibility of future customs border checks after the uk leaves earlier today, the international trade secretary liam fox warned against remaining in a customs union with the eu. here'sjohn pienaar. they are the cabinet's true believers. brexit‘s wishful thinking say the critics today, but no, senior ministers agree that britain, all of britain and northern ireland, too, will stick together and win, despite all the obstacles and all the doubts. so, today, the international trade secretary said critics were wrong to say that britain should stay in a european customs union and give up the

danny savage is in durham. day three of this siberian blast and things just got worse. anywhere in northern and eastern britain. ended up getting stuck. the a46 lincoln bypass was blocked by stranded lorries. as the journey to work took hours. the poor night girls are still on shift. and no—one can get in. got to keep the world running, haven't they? there were numerous cancellations and delays. the snow, the travel, it's been a nightmare. it's been, yeah, it's been a journey. so 17:15 is the current time. thousands of schools were closed for the day. endurance in the biting wind chill. beautiful, but treacherous. come on! in rural areas, much has to be done, regardless of the weather. all these ewes are pregnant. they'll begin lambing in less than three weeks. farmers want this freeze to be over by then. sometimes, the weaker lambs would just freeze to death in it. that's where most of the problem would lie. which ones are in a corner. they don't always lamb where you want them to. and so you'd have to be ou

danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. the extent of bennell‘s abuse has raised questions about football's handling of the case, and about how far chances were missed to protect young footballers. our sports editor dan roan reports. he was one of football's top talent spotters. we do a lot of talking to them, as well as showing them skills and explaining the game. there is more to it than just coming here for an hour a week. we give them homework. but bennell was also a serial paedophile. gary cliffe was one victim, abused by his former coach when playing forjunior teams linked to manchester city. every school holiday, christmas time, and this is over a four to five—year period. he's ruined a lot of lives, hundreds of boys' lives. manchester city say they are investigating but cliffe insists some people at the club in the ‘80s would have known about bennell‘s behaviour. they knew what he was but they allowed it to continue because he was producing results. bennell‘s precise relationship with manchester city remai

well, danny savage is at liverpool crown court for us this evening. danny. this was a trial which lasted for five weeks. the jury went out last thursday and returned this afternoon with some, but not all of their verdicts. as those guilty verdicts we re verdicts. as those guilty verdicts were read out, barry bennell, the charismatic football coach who had used his position to molest young boys, shook his head and muttered, while his victims sat in court watching on. barry bennell, a football coach who abused many young boys in his charge. today, he was convicted of sexually assaulting boys aged between eight and 15. he was the gatekeeper to a dream world in football but his victims had to silently suffer horrific abuse. his trial heard he was a child molester on an industrial scale. this afternoon, he was found guilty of assaulting ten of the 11 boys this trial centred on. the jury haven't yet reached a decision on a number of other charges and will continue their deliberations tomorrow. he abused the boys at his homes, one of which was in this derbyshire vi

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire. meanwhile, some rail problems were not caused by snow. network rail has apologised to passengers tonight, after it closed rail lines in areas where heavy snow was forecast to fall but then didn't. 0ur transport correspondent victoria fritz is at london bridge. victoria. hello, sophie, yeah, there has been some widespread anger from commuters today who had their services cancelled, only to look at the window and see belly a snowflake. here at london bridge, south—eastern have cancelled more than 100 trains between london and kent. now, sudden and gatwick express were operating a reduced service earlier on today. —— southern. they have largely gone back to normal, but it has been the east of england that has borne the brunt of the disruption on the train network. we are talking great northern, for example, greater anglia, and c2c. when it comes to greater anglia, they have now lifted all distractions on the line after the snow fell about 20 miles further south than was originally predicted. when it comes to tomorrow, scotland is likel

our correspondent danny savage is at liverpool crown court tonight. thejury in this the jury in this case listened to evidence for five weeks in total. they went out to consider their verdicts last thursday and came back this afternoon with the majority of their verdicts. barry bennell, the football coach who abused his position to molesting young boys, listened on via a video link and shook his head and muttered as those guilty verdicts were returned with some of his victims in court watching on. he was the charismatic coach who convinced the parents of promising young footballers that staying at his house was all part of the game. we really work the kids, they're learning all the time, and we do a lot of talking to them as well... but in the words of the prosecution, barry bennell was a child molester on an industrial scale. now a shadow of his former self, the 64—year—old was today convicted of sexually assaulting boys aged between eight and 15. he was found guilty of assaulting ten of the 11 boys this trial centred on. he was the gatekeeper to

danny savage, with the latest from west yorkshire. a bbc news investigation into unregistered schools in england has found "huge safeguarding issues", according to the children's commissioner. the schools watchdog, ofsted, has identified more than 350 of these suspected unregistered schools — places that offer more than 18 hours a week of teaching, which by law should be registered as a school. secret filming by the bbc appears to raise serious questions about the way some of the schools are run, as our special correspondent lucy manning reports. inside our secret schools, unregistered, hidden from the authorities, operating out of offices and houses, even a disused building on an industrial estate. we've obtained photos of the inside of other suspected unregistered schools. they show shocking conditions, squalor, appalling food hygiene, dangerous wiring. schools need to be registered if five or more pupils are educated for at least 18 hours a week — many aren't. ofsted has identified more than 350 suspected unregistered schools.

studio: danny savage, thank you. train services were badly affected today — though not all because of snow. network rail had to apologise to passengers after it closed rail lines in areas where heavy snow was forecast but then didn't fall. our transport correspondent victoria fritz is at london bridge station. those cancellations and severe disruptions were met with incredulity and even some anger from commuters trying to get into work today. perhaps not even seeing a single snowflake when they started their day. in terms of the amount of disruption on the network, south—eastern, for example, operating trains in out of london bridge here saw cancellations of more than 100 services between kent and london today. southern also had and london today. southern also had a reduced service. and the real big pa rt a reduced service. and the real big part of the transport story today was on the east of england, talking about greater anglia, great northern, c2c, they are all focusing their efforts on trying to get as many p

danny savage, bbc news, leeds. the duke and duchess of cambridge are in norway as part of a four—day tour of scandanavia. william and kate are visiting the norwegian royal family and william and kate are visiting the norwegian royalfamily and meeting local entrepreneurs. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell is in oslo. what‘s on the agenda? what's on the agenda? welcome to a very snowbound 0slo and you‘d think they would be used to the sort of thing here and indeed they are but rather more snow in recent days than is customary which caused a few complications this morning but the cambridges scandinavian odyssey continues travelling this morning from stockholm in sweden to 0slo, greeted 0slo airport by the crown prince and crown princess. they have come on now to the royal palace in the centre of oslo where they have met king harald and having lunch with him, quite a family occasion, they are distantly related, close ties between the norwegian and british royal family is. ties between the norwegian and br

danny savage reports. barry bennell. the football coach who abused many young boys in his charge. today he was convicted of sexually assaulting boys aged between eight and 15. he was the gatekeeper to a dream world in football, but his victims have to silently suffer horrific abuse. his trial heard he was a child molester on industrial scale. this afternoon he was found guilty of assault and of the 11 boys this trial centred on. thejury haven't of the 11 boys this trial centred on. the jury haven't yet reached a decision on a number of other charges and will continue their deliberations tomorrow. he accused the at his homes, one of which was on the stub a shia village. he had arcade games and exotic pets and a lwa ys arcade games and exotic pets and always had a reason for them to stay over. his victims were associated with crew and manchester city, where he was involved in the junior setups. he was said to have been treated like god at manchester city's main road round. in court it was said he groomed the parents of the complainant so he could carry on the complainant so he could

danny savage in liverpool. the meat supplier russell hume, which has been at the centre of a food hygiene scandal, has been placed in administration with the loss of 266 jobs. the derby—based firm has been under investigation since the food standards agency uncovered what it said were "serious" issues during an unannounced inspection at its premises in birmingham. president trump has signalled he'll support a bipartisan effort to improve a national system of background checks for gun purchases in the wake of the florida school shooting. it comes after student survivors of the attack announced plans for a national march on washington to urge congress to take action on gun control. pupils led protests in florida over the weekend, where survivor emma gonzalez singled out the president. there's been one tweet that i would like to call attention to. so many signs that the florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled for bad and erratic behaviour. neighbours and classmates knew he was a big problem. must a

danny savage is there. danny, tell us what has happened. yes, in the last few minutes many case may sound familiar, the juries have been going through the deliberations in this trial, they came back with 36 verdicts of guilty a couple of days ago, they were sent away by thejudge a couple of days ago, they were sent away by the judge to consider a majority verdict on the rest of the challenges, seven of them, and this morning and this afternoon, within the last few minutes they have come back with the rest, saying that barry bennell is guilty of those crimes, this trial centred on 11 men who were boys backs in the late 70s and 80 when they were abused by barry bennell and this case has finished with the jury returning all the verdicts. a charismatic and talented coach who held the keys to the footballing world. barry bennell surrounded himself with young boys. he was allowed u nfettered with young boys. he was allowed unfettered access to a large number of boys who we was coaching, they we re of boys who we was coaching, they were staying wi

that was danny savage. 0ur correspondent ben ando was at the trial and gave us this update. in the 1980s and 90s, barry bennell was a highly respected football coach and talent scout with links to manchester city, stoke city and crewe alexandra, big football clubs in the north west. parents trusted him and his patronage was seen as a potential first step to a glittering football career for hundreds of schoolboys. what this trial has heard is allegations that he was a serial abuser of boys. this afternoon, the jury started returning verdicts. of the 48 counts they were asked to consider, they found him guilty on 36 charges involving ten different victims, boys aged from 8—14 at the time of the abuse that took place in the 1980s. the judge instructed the jury to acquit barry bennell on three of the 48 counts he faced for legal reasons. there are still seven counts outstanding. the jury have been told to go home and come back tomorrow and consider their deliberations on those counts and for that reason, for legal reasons, there are restrictions on what we can report today. bu

savage reports from liverpool. my name is mickey fallon. i was abused by barry bennell as a child. my name is stephen walters. i was abused by barry bennell. my name is chris unsworth. i was abused by barry bennell as a child. three of the 12 victims in this case. boys, now men, damaged by controlling paedophile barry bennell. now defiant and waiving their anonymity to shed light on their shocking childhood experiences. for decades we held our silence, just like our abuser told us to. for decades we have lived in fear, because we may be grown men stood in front of you now, but we were once a little child. we are no longer afraid you, barry bennell. for years, hundreds of us were groomed in plain view. the shame, the nightmares... no child should suffer the way we did. how can it be that no one realised something was wrong? how is it that no one protected us then? their remorseless abuser, now aged 64, shook his head and laughed as the jury returned their last guilty verdicts today. one of football's leading youth c

danny savage is in liverpool for us. just tell us what happened in court today. the judge has retired to consider his sentence at the moment and he will do that at quarter past two this afternoon. but this afternoon, between 12 and one, we heard from many of the victims of barry bennell and this case, giving their personal impact statements about how what had happened to them has affected their lives. one man repeatedly sexually assaulted by bennell in the 1980s said he did not tell his parents what had happened until two years ago. his father replied to him that he was sorry for not being a good dad and the words the victim said broke his heart. he went on to say he turned to alcohol to blot out the trauma of what has happened to him. he stopped his children now going to sleepover this because of what had happened to him asa because of what had happened to him as a child. minutes later, another victim walked over to where barry bennell was sitting and said, barry, barry, why, why? no reaction from bennell who was moved away by a security clock in the court but i

danny savage reports from durham. day three of this siberian blast and things just got worse. this was cumbria early this morning, but it could have been virtually anywhere in northern and eastern britain. hundreds of vehicles — on many different routes — ended up getting stuck. the a46 lincoln bypass was blocked by stranded lorries. further south, in norwich, it was gridlock in rush hour, as the journey to work took hours. the poor night girls are still on shift. they've been there since half past seven last night and no—one can get in. we should have just stayed at home really, but someone's got to keep the world running, haven't they? 0n the east coast main line, linking london and scotland, there were numerous cancellations and delays. the snow, the travel, it's been a nightmare. it's been, yeah, it's been a journey. it is the 2:38 train and it has been delayed by, like, a couple of hours. so 17:15 is the current time. thousands of schools were closed for the day. of course, that meant fun in the snow, but you needed endurance in the biting wind chill. if you took a

danny savage reports. as the cold air crept in from the east with it came the snow. showers and flurries so far, but more is on the way, say forecasters. first time i've seen snow like this in years. it was settling in north kent earlier as a stream of showers merged into a longer spell. hi, david? extra checks are being made on the elderly. there were no problems delivering meals in lincolnshire today, but tomorrow to be different, although everyone is optimistic. it doesn't bother me, really. you are provided, you are prepared for it. you've got stuff in the fridge and you've got everything like that, you've got to make sure you've got your boots ready, and things like that. by the middle of today, which is when we are delivering, there's not really a problem. i think there would be if we had to be there at seven o'clock in the morning, or ten o'clock at night. up and down the eastern flank of the uk, snow has been falling. this is norwich at the far end of the greater anglia rail route. further south, in colchester, and all along this line services will start wind

danny savage at liverpool crown court. a little later we will be returning because we are awaiting some of those witnesses, who had faced barry bennell face—to—face some of those witnesses, who had faced barry bennellface—to—face in court. we are expecting to hear from them outside court. the prime minister has set out plans for a year long review of higher education, saying it should be flexible enough to ensure everone "gets the education that suits them". theresa may said the review would focus on four areas, ensuring access for everyone, the funding system, incentivising choice, and how to get the right skills for the country. and she said it was only fair that students themselves should make a contribution towards their degree. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, was watching that speech closely, and joins me now. was there anything new in what she had to say? there was nothing new. they will be looking at this issue for more than a year and coming up with suggestions. graduates are leaving university

danny savage reports from liverpool crown court. barry bennell, a football coach who abused many young boys in his charge. today, he was convicted of sexually assaulting boys aged between eight and 15. he was the gatekeeper to a dream world in football, but his victims had to silently suffer horrific abuse. his trial heard he was a child molester on an industrial scale. this afternoon, he was found guilty of assaulting ten of the 11 boys this trial centred on. the jury haven‘t yet reached a decision on a number of other charges and will continue their deliberations tomorrow. he abused the boys at his homes, one of which was in this derbyshire village. he had arcade games and exotic pets and always had a reason for them to stay over. his victims were associated with crewe and manchester city, where he was involved in the junior setups. he was said to have been treated like god at manchester city‘s maine road ground. in court, it was said bennell had groomed the parents of the complainants so he could carry on the abuse. he offere

in a moment we'll hear from danny savage in north yorkshire, but first here's robert hall in ashford in kent. the east coast had time to prepare, but the snowfall sweeping in from europe gave travellers a taste of what this week has in store. lincolnshire police dealt with 20 accidents in a three hour period, three people died in a collision on the a 15 year basten and a school bus veered off the road as well. in essex, a car bus veered off the road as well. in essex, a car passenger bus veered off the road as well. in essex, a car passengerfilmed bus veered off the road as well. in essex, a car passenger filmed i7 damaged or abandoned vehicles alongside the road near colchester. in cannes, where the county council had declared a snow emergency, they work flat out to cover as many rows as possible, but like traffic overnight meant salt could not do its work done by the time the morning commute began, accidents and ice had closed a series of routes. drivers posted video images of the m 20 were all traffic was brought to a halt north of maidstone. up to ten centimetres of snow fell acr

danny savage has been to meet some of those taking part in leeds. a vegan cafe in leeds. there's no meat or dairy products in any of the food here and for the last month, non—vegans have been encouraged to give it a go and those behind the veganuary say it's a lot easier today than it was a few years ago. when i went vegan seven years ago, there was none of this chain restaurants doing vegan options. now nearly all of them have got vegan options on the menu or they've got a vegan menu itself. the supermarkets now, the range of products that are available to people going vegan is a lot better than it was six or seven years ago so it's moving in the right direction. what is the one thing you miss? cheese. that's your... ? yes, cheese. tabatha went vegan forjanuary. despite some cravings, she stuck to it and will continue. the thing that got me in the first place was the environmental impact of the veganism and vegetarianism. health, essex, so many reasons. you haven't struggles? no, i haven't. at a nearby bakery, ellie has looked at the business making vegan cakes. it is