scientists have used the eclipse to study the sun s atmosphere and learn more about distant galaxies. at half past eight we ll be speaking to astronaut tim peake who watched the moment unfold. he will have seen it from both perspectives. now for the weather with carol, who s at hampton court palace. we have a lovely sunny day for you, but a bit cold. absolutely right. good morning. it is a cold start. the reason we are at hampton court palace is because of the tulip festival is under way. it runs until the 1st of may. look at these. the pink ones are called lady van eyck. the deep purple our queen of the night. and 110,000 were
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carol has got the weather this morning. she is out and about. she is undercover at hampton court palace this good morning. good morning. 0h palace this good morning. good morning. oh my goodness, the rain here this morning has been biblical. it is of course the flower festival taking place here at the moment. we are in the rhs allotment area. lots of allotments growing flowers, vegetables, generally things you can eat. behind me is the demonstration area. this is where you will get well known faces telling you what you should be growing to eat, to put in your window boxes, for example, your planters or your garden. during the pandemic many of us actually got into gardening. i have grown tomatoes, as well as apples, plums and pears. a really interesting chapter taking place here today. now we have got some heavy rain at the moment. it is moving northwards. it will be followed by heavy showers. that really is the forecast for
a return this summer, so carol s at hampton court palace with the weather for us this morning. the planting is looking fabulous but not the weather. good morning. absolutely right. it is chucking it down here. but it is beautiful. look at these flowers. it is the first time that the flower festival has been on here since 2019. in 2019 it was a scorcher of a year. we are actually in the no dig garden, so there s lots of mulch feeding the plans. i will take you around some of the gardens as we go through the course of this morning. it is a pretty wet start to the day. the forecast for today is rain across parts of the north and north east. of the rest of the north of the country will see some sunshine and a few showers. in the south it is pretty bad to start with. this rain will move into night