Parts of Britain expected to be warmer than Athens and Istanbul this weekend with temperatures soaring to 12C . Today was the start of a stretch of increasingly warm spring weather that is expected to peak on Saturday . The warm temperatures will be six degrees higher than average and have been bettered only once so far this year . Early bursts of spring and a milder winter have led to the year 's first crop of strawberries arriving a week early . Experts say Mother Nature running two weeks behind schedule after February 's cold snap slowed spring 's arrival .
Parts of Britain expected to be warmer than Athens and Istanbul this weekend with temperatures soaring to 16C . Today was the start of a stretch of increasingly warm spring weather that is expected to peak on Saturday . The warm temperatures will be six degrees higher than average and have been bettered only once so far this year . Early bursts of spring and a milder winter have led to the year 's first crop of strawberries arriving a week early . Experts say Mother Nature running two weeks behind schedule after February 's cold snap slowed spring 's arrival .