11th March - Today's News: Heavy Snow Hits Channel Islands

Tiny, tiny, tiny flurries of snow ......  And a braw wind.   But a bit more serious elsewhere as snow closes Guernsey Airport runway after forecasters issue Channel Islands red snow warning - a rare thing down there.   And Siberian spring will mean snow all week.  Perhaps.  For some.

In Lothian, Councils 'ill-prepared' as snow hampers commuters - no excuse as warnings and forecasts well out well in advance

And snow and wind will make for some of the worst weather of the year in Ireland

In the US a massive storm dumps 14 inches of snow in Colorado whilst in New England, storm sweeps Plum Island homes into ocean

Third cyclone of the season looms in Gulf of Carpentaria while Cyclone Sandra drenches Solomons

In the Netherlands, new weather record set - longest non-stop rain - I suspect the British record runs for several days!

Dust storm shrounds Tokyo in haze

Storm kills 2, causes damage in Sao Paulo

Amplified greenhouse effect shaping north into south - or rather, there's increased vegetation growth now in northern regions due to reduced snow/ice cover and warmer temperatures.

And Stonehenge builders travelled from far, say researchers - even coming down from the Highlands to help in what appears to have been a truely national enterprise.  One in the eye for those who think Britain is a group of seperate nations!