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
something quieter tonight before the next system arrives from the atlantic ocean as we head into tomorrow. tonight, for many, plenty of clear skies across the uk. that will lead to widespread frost and ice. snow showers feeding into northern scotland. wintry showers for the western isles. hill snow across the west of england and heavy in northern ireland. these temperatures 10, ii where we have had the snow. dry for many tomorrow particularly the further east you are. more snow arriving in northern ireland and scotland. slowly turning milder through sunday. we start saturday with a good deal of sunshine. this area of rain and hill snow for south west england pushing into wales and northern ireland, could see some snow showers across far north east england and across scotland. it is drier the further east you are. minus one degree across the northern isles. i2 celsius for the isles of scilly. this band of rain and snow pushes north, bringing further snow into parts of northe
bruno fernandes added a third before wout weghorst sealed a comfortable victory. the second leg is next week. meanwhile arsenal s hopes of reaching the quarter finals hang in the balance. they drew 2 2 with sporting lisbon william saliba giving arsenal the lead in portugal. but two goals for sporting turned the tie around until this own goal from morita meant the tie finished 2 2 delicately poised heading back to north london next week. in to north london next week. europe, very difficult1 very in europe, very difficult to get very positive result that date and we come i think the game at different phases, especially since we gave too many balls away and in this competition, you have to go through difficult moments. we knew that and we had to play for the emirates and hopefully will play better and win in the end. michail antonio scored twice for west ham as they took a big step towards the quarterfinals of the europa conference league. their 2 0 win over aek larnaca
much colder further north. through thursday night north wales, northern england, the pennines, southern scotland and northern ireland will get heavy snow, a widespread yellow snow warning, two to ten centimetres at lower levels, up to 15 on the hills but the amber warning across the pennines is most concerning, the peak district northwards, up to a0 centimetres expected by friday morning so plenty of disruption. heading into friday, it looks like it will clear slowly with increasing sunshine but staying cold. and that s bbc news at ten on wednesday the 8th of march. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. that is not victoria derbyshire, i hope she willjoin us soon! but from the ten team, it s goodnight. hello, i m mark edwards with your support. tottenham hotspur are out of this s
snow in more areas, and more significant snow as well. there could be five centimetres to ten centimetres in places. that motorway and another area of low pressure comes in from the atlantic and pushes the wet weather northwards during thursday, this time more slowly. there may be rain across southern parts of england, but as you move into north west and north midlands, we will see more snow arriving. at this stage it is still dry in scotland and northern ireland, but it is still cold here. and we still have the met office one for thursday and into friday. it covers this area. there snow might not get so far north in scotland, but we still have the potential for heavy falls of snow in the pennines, especially as the snow develops more widely in this area on thursday night. thanks, darren. good evening. i m tt and this is your sports news where we start with football and chelsea are through yto the last eight of the champions league after beating borussa dortmund 2 0 at stamfo