Nick H

I do have to agree with you there..

Given the importance of news like IRA, London bombings etc. I can't say I have a problem with weather being one minute earlier. It's difficult to run a schedule precisely. And to be fair, although I know people do have to get to work, you do have 6 opportunities to catch it on breakfast. And you can always listen to the 6.57 Today forecast, or the 6.29 or 6.59 Breakfast forecast on 5 Live.

I think 'very mild' is a more appropriate description than 'warm' in describing winter, but thanks for the info.

25C and cloudy Warmest part of the country atm in Chilterns.

Tbh, that's all most people want to know. "Do I need an umbrella when I go out today or not?" Being brutally honest, most people couldn't give a bugger about wind roses, isobars and the rest of it. And the BBC know it, too.

Chiltern Hills Lat: N 51 ° 46 ' 8 '' ( 51.769 ° ) Lon: E 0 ° 31 ' 38 '' ( -0.527 ° ) Elevation: 400 ft Temperature 57.6 °F / 14.2 °C Dew Point 57.0 °F / 13.9 °C Humidity 97% Wind Speed 2mph / 3.2km/h Wind Gust 6mph / 9.7km/h Wind NE Pressure 29.12in / 986.0hPa Precipitation today 0.08in / 2mm My new weather station

Thanks for that explanation.

Hi, Boring questions I know, but anyway... Why are you only allowed to edit a post on the day it was posted? When mods edit their posts, why does not the black type appear at the bottom of the post giving notice that the post has been edited?

The south-east forecast is crap, isn't it. Why do they always have Peter Cockroft up on the rooftop? What's the obsession with putting Willetts, Kirkwood, Lear, Cockroft, etc. on the roof of the studio. It's just to make the broadcast look good "Oh look at us we're high up here with a great view over London". And isn't it really annoying the way Cockroft always says "Thank you very much" when the news presenter hands over to him at the end of the 10.30pm regional news? Peter's weather insert has blatantly been recorded. Have a look - it'll be on in 10 minutes.

LOL - I see the BBC message board is still frequented by foaming-at-the-mouth-types who spam the Forecast cafe with their complaints. They must think the old graphics are coming back. I for one think the new graphic are a great improvement on the old ones. Just a shame Darren 'Ditchwater' Bett seems to be on so frequently recently.

John Hammond is a good presenter, but why does he always use that annoying phrase 'going nowhere fast'? Tonight on the 6.27pm forecast, a band of rain coming in from the Atlantic was said to be 'going nowhere fast'. What on earth does that mean?

That somebody was George Davis, a 34-year-old London cab driver, who was serving a 17 year jail sentence for his part in a robbery where a policeman was shot. The protest had been stepped up that year - slogans at the Central Criminal Court, sit-down protests, march to Downing Street, chained campaigners to Monument, demonstrations on the dome of St Paul's, naked displays at an East London boating lake B) Peter Chappell was given an 18 month jails entence in Jan 1976 for vandalising the pitch with oil. The Home Sec released Davis in May 1976. He was back in jail in july 1978 for an armed robbery in september 1977, sentenced to 15 years., reduced to 11 years on guilty plea. In jan 1987, soon after his release, he was convicted for attempting to rob a mail train. He was sentenced to 18 months again, pleading guilty again. Some guy! B)

I doubt it's possible because records aren't available for every match, particularly the earlier ones. I have scored every Test in England since 1972 (sad I know), I could work out how many minutes were lost each year since then, would take a long time. Another thing - total time lost solely to rain? Or bad light? Or fusarium oxysporon (as at headingley 1972) :unsure: Or pitch invasions (Oval 1976 when Holding ripped out Greig's middle stump B) )?

Lol - I can also tell you that on the 1st day of that 1979 match, rain stopped play at 2.50pm and was abandoned at 5.30pm. 2nd and 3rd days washed out completely, play being abandoned at 2.00pm and 2.20pm respectively, rain stopped play on the 4th day at 3.38pm (abandoned 6.00pm). Full day's play on the last day :unsure: Oh and Ian Botham scored 99 before lunch on the 4th day

Hi Harriet, roseBowl also has non-existent public transport around it :unsure:

Well Trent Bridge is north of Watford and it's the most pleasant Test ground in England. Edgbaston isn't too bad. I just can't see how anyone could disagree with the proposition that Headingley and Old Trafford are s***holes, that's why I think they're placating northerners. headingley is such a dump they haven't even got an Ashes test this year; old trafford didn't have one last year. hopefully they'll phase them out over time. EDIT: I agree Riverside is nice, they should probably play Tests there when capacity is bigger. RoseBowl in Hampshire is horrible, Harriet! Taunton's nice too but probably too small.

1976 Lord's test, 3rd day saturday the whole day was lost. Unfortunate really because Windies ended the 5th 241-6 needing 323 to win. I remember Lloyd trying to plead with Greig to end the match in the final half hour. But Manchester is the wettest city where Test cricket is played in England. Yet another reason why Old Trafford should be dropped - the ground (like Headingley) is a dump. It's only chosen to placate northerners.

But Edgbaston's first test wasn't until 1961 (I think).

Did anyone see Peter Gibbs' interview with the NY Times? Apologies if this has already been mentioned on here.

London 31.7C very low humidity 25% made it feel really nice B) B)

33C here in London..... but clouding over a bit now... expecting temp to drop over next hour <_< :o <_<

32.2C in London and rising... <_< <_<

Only 30C at 1pm at the Met Office's station in Bedford <_< <_<

31.1C in London...........getting hotter............I expect 33C at about 4 or 5pm :o Other temps here http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/akt...x&SORT=2&INT=24

London hotter than Italy, eh? :o