so tony howells is looking forward to life and the horizon doesn't look anywhere near as bleak as itn brazil has one and i want to be fitted this cancelled because of covid—19 and the event this year should have taken place during the carnival in february but delayed due to the impact of a new variant of the coronavirus that spread across brazil. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. think of april weather in the uk and you probably think of april showers. april 2022 though that has not really been the case. a lot of images being sent to us by weather watchers that look like these — arid ground gardeners and growers are certainly struggling to get things going. we've had a rainfall deficit across the uk so far this april, but its southern counties of england that have suffered, particularly with some around 70% down on the rainfall totals they would normally see. and it doesn't look like we're going to redress that balance through the rest of the month either. high pressure will sit across the uk. various weather systems will try and trickle in a bit thick