High Winds of Monday 10th March 2008
Rain and fierce winds hit many parts of the UK, as what could be winter's worst storm moves in from the Atlantic, 10th March 2008. Wiltshire County Council received 35 calls in the early hours to trees and boughs which had been knocked over in the early hours due to the strong winds. A tree at Devizes feels the weight of the storm, pictured left. Lyneham seemed to have escaped the worst winds as the first stage of the storm passed with barometric pressure rapidly falling, the winds picked up gusting to 51 mph between 05.00 and 07.00. Read more.

Heathrow Terminal 5 Opened
On the 14th march 2008 the Queen offically opened the brand new £4.3bn Heathrow airport terminal which offers extra passenger capacity. The Queen, who opened the airport's first terminal building - which is now Terminal 2 - in 1955, was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen met architect Richard Rogers and the BA crew of the Boeing 777 who averted a tragedy when they crash-landed short of the runway at Heathrow in January.

Hamilton wins dramatic F1 opener
Lewis Hamilton steered clear of the chaos at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix (16th March 2008) to get his title campaign off to the best possible start. The runner-up from last years Grand Prix dominated from the start in his McLaren to beat Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber and Nico Rosberg's Williams. Rosberg's third place was the best result of his career in his third full season. The race was littered with incident, but Hamilton steered clear of it all on the way to a largely untroubled fifth victory of his career. The race was run in searing temperatures of 38°C, but It was a disastrous event for world champions Ferrari, with neither car scoring points.