the national trust says that the recent cold weather has delayed blossoms in many parts of the uk, but the trust also says that when the temperatures start rising, we can look forward to a riot of spring colour, like these cherry trees in shipley in west yorkshire. and talking of temperatures rising, let s get the expert view with chris. well, we had temperatures up to 16 degrees today. that was in nantwich in cheshire. that is one feature of the weather this week. it s been pretty mild so far, more of that to come. it s also been quite grey and cloudy with rain around. more of that to come as well. this month has been a pretty wet month so far. alder grove, to the west of belfast, has had one and a half times as much rainfall as we would normally see in an average march. loads more to come. that area of cloud as the rain we had today and it will continue overnight. we have weather systems lining up in the atlantic, waiting to swing in. it is across western areas of the count
live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. it is live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio in this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio in singapore. i hello and welcome to the programme. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia, where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine. mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin, in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our rus
of course, they were a religious kind of souvenirs medals, you know, rosaries, these kinds of things. so what s it like taking tourists around here, then? well, it depends on the time of the of the year, really. it can be a very nice, peaceful time, you know? but i tend to like less and less working here in the middle of summer. because? why s that? because there s too many people. but it s beautiful, of course. a new governing body recently took over the running of mont saint michel with plans to improve the tourist experience. viking helmets, crossbows, the eiffel tower. you see? they re encouraging people to visit off season and steering them away from the souvenir stores towards more of the surrounding area. but accessibility is still a bit of a problem. it s so steep and so slippery that even this electric attachment is struggling to get up there. so my strategy is to get as much speed as possible up that hill, and as soon as i start slowing down a bit, i ll be like,
what do you make of the car that has been unveiled behind us? i think it looks beautiful. in terms of evolution, i am more interested in the changes and tweaks which have been done on that car compared to last year s. the front wing, the back of the car, which the engineers have changed to improve the performance, so we need to get it to the track and see how it behaves. every single team though is doing the same thing, and they all try to push their cars and technology and everything. does it reallyjust level the playing field, or can you get a competitive edge? you can get a competitive edge as long as you always question yourself. technology evolves very quickly, it s a very fast moving world, and in formula 1, if you look at the cars from twenty years ago, ten years ago, five years ago, it s continuous progress. hi, how is it going? good morning. thanks for having us here. here we are in what we call the design office, this is where all the engineers are working together
by the european union intended to normalise relations with kosovo. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the media show: writing a first draught of history. my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time. gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered much else too gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left as a full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study