Come friendly climes and smile on Slough… it’s most definitely fit for humans now! Town mocked by Betjeman and The Office is judged best place to live during winter Slough topped list of the most desirable place in Britain to live in winter months Researchers studied Met Office data for the 50 biggest UK towns … Read more
It’s Merry Floodmas! Communities could be cut off as four inches of rain is predicted and fears grow of further landslips after 600 tons of rock fell from a 100ft cliff near songwriter Billy Bragg’s £2.4m home This truck had to force its way down a submerged road near Welney in Norfolk yesterday The Met … Read more
Britain is set for flood chaos with three weeks of rain set to fall today and more downpours tomorrow – but temperatures will remain mild with 13C highs Parts of Britain could suffer flooding today as up to four inches of rain and 60mph winds hit the country Met Office issues amber ‘be prepared’ rain … Read more
Britain can look forward to sunny days and frosty nights around Christmas – but forecasters have warned the New Year could bring floods. The start of 2021 is likely to be wetter than normal, with conditions similar to the first few months of this year, which brought four named storms, torrential rain and widespread, devastating … Read more
Is a white Christmas on the way? ‘Polar ice bomb’ looms with temperatures set to plummet as low as minus 7C on the big day Met Office predicts that between December 16 and 25 there will be mixture of showers and bright spells Blustery showers potentially falling as snow could mean wintery conditions are confined … Read more
Climate change ‘will end snowy winters’: Whiteouts could become a thing of the past as planet warms, Met Office says Dr Lizzie Kendon, Met Office scientist, says snow to disappear by end of century By 2040s South of England will no longer see freezing days, analysis suggests By 2080 only parts of north Scotland could … Read more
Freezing fog shrouds southern England: Commuters face travel chaos due to heavy mist as mercury falls to ZERO in London – while experts predict Britain faces it’s coldest December ever Met Office announces weather warning as fog drops visibility on England’s roads to less than 100m in areas Yellow weather warning for freezing fog stretches … Read more
Cold conditions will continue over the weekend after parts of the country saw dramatic snowfall and the South West of England was hit by heavy rain. Friday brought dramatic ‘thundersnow’ to some parts of Scotland, and other parts of the UK woke up to wintry scenes. Areas as far south as Kent and Essex experienced … Read more
Taking the dog for a walk became a hazardous mission yesterday as large swathes of Britain woke up to the first major snowfall of winter. While it created spectacular scenes – such as the glistening white avenue of trees in Carrshield in Northumberland (main picture) – there were also travel problems and warnings of more … Read more
Britain will have its first freezing weekend of the winter with more snow forecast, temperatures dropping to -1C and severe weather warnings for ice and torrential rain in place. Up to 3cm of snow will cause more dangerous driving conditions across the Midlands and Yorkshire tonight – but a repeat of the chaos caused by widespread … Read more