6th March - Today's News: Europe's Warmest Winter on Record

Europe experiences exceptionally warm winter, a massive 3.4c above average - although has to be said records only go back to 1979

But despite the mild winter and general lack of snow in Scotland, the past few weeks have seen a bit of an upturn, especially in the White Corries on Rannoch Moor where there has been 'four metres' of snow in three weeks at ski centre

Flood-hit families face seeing their homes demolished because water damage has left them beyond repair  whilst one unfortunate family is forced to flee dream £400,000 new-build home after river sweeps away their entire garden in Storm Dennis - but the danger of buying a property near a river, due to flooding, has been known since at least the 1990s .... 

At least 24 dead as more deadly floods and landslides hit southeastern Brazil

The size of Australia's bushfire crisis captured in five big numbers

And whilst people panic over what is for most just a mild cold, the real concern should be that the world faces an air pollution 'pandemic' - air pollution kills far more people than covid-19 ever will.