the damage here at bodnant should _ rhythms. the damage here at bodnant should have - rhythms.he question now is what to plant in place of the lost trees. the garden is hearsay the priority is trees that will be able to withstand the climate in 150 years' time — different species, betterable years' time — different species, better able to cope with the weather extremes we can expect them. justin rowlatt, bbc news, north wales. let's get some of the day's other news now. the german parliament will be formally dissolved later ahead of a general election in february. chancellor olaf scholz lost a confidence vote earlier this month, two months after his coalition government collapsed. his social democratic party has been trailing heavily in opinion polls. moscow's ambassador to beijing says china's president xijinping will make a trip to russia next year. the two countries have become increasingly close allies in recent years with china offering support to moscow in its military operation in ukraine. china's foreign ministry has yet to confirm the trip. here in the uk, a 49—year—ol

ned lomax is head gardener here at bodnant.own one by one like dominoes. he says many of the lost trees are 150 years old or more. they've weathered quite a few storms, and it comes just two years after storm arwen, which caused even more damage. we're seeing storms like this far more frequently. it seems they're more severe and they come more close together as well. we used to call them once in a generation storms. so the garden team, who have worked here for many years, remember similar storms back in the �*80s. and then these two, arwen and dara are so close together, and darragh so close together, three years apart, so it has really sort of knocked us sideways. and it isn'tjust the loss of important trees to the garden. clearing up the mess will cost thousands of pounds and will take months. avebury manor in wiltshire is still closed after heavy rains injanuary caused it to flood for the first time in 300 years. it isn't just storms that are reshaping national trust estates. this year, 2024, is set to be the hottest on reco

ned lomax is head gardener here at bodnant.ir up here and they've alljust come down one by one like dominoes. he says many of the lost trees are 150 years old or more. they've weathered quite a few storms, and it comes just two years after storm arwen, which caused even more damage. we're seeing storms like this far more frequently. it seems they're more severe and they come more close together as well. we used to call them once in a generation storms. so the garden team, who have worked here for many years, remember similar storms back in the �*80s. and then these two, arwen and darrah are so close together, three years apart has really sort of knocked us sideways. and it isn'tjust the loss of important trees to the garden, clearing up the mess will cost thousands of pounds and will take months. avebury manor in wiltshire, is still closed after heavy rains in january caused it to flood for the first time in 300 years. it isn't just storms that are reshaping national trust estates. this year, 2024 is set to be the hottest on re