england s euro 2024 qualifying campaign begins this week but without in form striker marcus rashford. he s one of three players to have withdrawn from the squad for the qualifiers against italy and ukraine. the 25 year old is having the best goal scoring season of his career for manchester united, with 30 goals in all competitions so far. but he s withdrawn from gareth southgate s squad after picking up a knock during the 3 1 fa cup quarterfinal win against fulham. mason mount and nick pope will also miss the start of england s qualiying campaign. fraser forster has been added as goalkeeping cover. meanwhilejonny evans has withdrawn from northern ireland s qualifiers against san marino and finland. the leicester centre back has 100 caps for his country but misses out due to a hamstring injury. the new wales captain aaron ramsey is urging his young team mates to make their own history . they begin their qualifying campaign against croatia on saturday. wales then take on l
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
unbelievable, relly, it is still not sunk in. obviously it has been a goal of mine to actually achieve it so, yeah, it is a dream come true. just knowing it open the door to bigger and better events and knowing that i could prove to myself that i could do it, it was. ..a surreal moment, really. my brain is still spinning now. and finally this is how the course is being readied for one of the toughest one day races in cycling. paris roubaix is raced over cobbles and to keep the course clearfor the riders. ..organisors have found an unorthodox solution. in three weeks time there ll be 200 riders racing through at top speed but for now, it s being grazed by a 40 strong herd of goats. they ve tried sweeping the course and setting fire to the weeds, but it seems this is the most ecologically sound solution. and that s all the sport for now.
and finally this is how the course is being readied for one of the toughest one day races in cycling. paris roubaix is raced over cobbles and to keep the course clearfor the riders. ..organisors have found an unorthodox solution. in three weeks time there ll be 200 riders racing through at top speed but for now, it s being grazed by a 40 strong herd of goats. they ve tried sweeping the course and setting fire to the weeds, but it seems this is the most ecologically sound solution. and that s all the sport for now. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all of them main new stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. guide dogs for thousands of blind and visually impaired people, they re the difference between independence and isolation.