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
that are brighter tomorrow, but this big lump of cloud in the north sea, thatis big lump of cloud in the north sea, that is heading into northern england, southern eastern scotland and it is bringing fairly widespread outbreaks of rain, most of the rain will be light but it a damp night nevertheless, where you keep the cloud 3 6 degrees it is frost free but there will be frosts for part of southern england and north west scotland where the skies clear, temperatures could get down as low as mine four in the coldest spots, tomorrow, we still have this cloudy damp zone in northern england, southern, eastern areas of scotland. the rain extensive but not heavy. the rain extensive but not heavy. the best of the sunshine in the south and north west. temperatures should reach a high of between eight and ten, but like recent days will have a chilly north easterly wind coming in off the north sea, i think fairly quiet day coming up on friday, variable cloud. most of us should have radi
calling the allegation defamatory. sight loss charity guide dogs says it s had a record number of people volunteering to raise puppies following a bbc story that highlighted a a shortage of dogs. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. officials in greece say at least 36 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire and ambulance staff are at the scene. stephanie prentice reports. it s been described by local authorities as a powerful collision and a terrible scene. while passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. translation: we heard a big bang. it was ten nightmareish seconds. we were turning over in the wagon till we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. and there was panic, cables everyw
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