Temperatures have soared above 30C for the first time this year – and meteorologists forecast the chance of Britain experiencing a hot summer is now…
View More Risk of hot summer in UK is more than twice normal figure, forecasters warnTag: UK weather
Concern over Loch Ness low water levels amid UK dry spell
Concern has been raised about the water levels of Loch Ness and the River Ness amid the protracted dry spell affecting Scotland and the rest…
View More Concern over Loch Ness low water levels amid UK dry spellApril’s cold weather shows it’s time to fill our gardens with hardier plants, say experts
Gardeners are being urged to grow plants that can cope with extreme heat and cold after the Royal Horticultural Society was bombarded with letters from…
View More April’s cold weather shows it’s time to fill our gardens with hardier plants, say experts‘It impacts every part of your life’: the legacy of the River Taff flood
Rachel (left) and Caroline stand on the doorsteps of their homes, which were badly flooded in 2020. Having lived in the area for over 20…
View More ‘It impacts every part of your life’: the legacy of the River Taff floodDriest February in England since 1993 signals drought ahead, say experts
The government risks sleepwalking into drought, experts have said, after England experienced an extremely dry February with very little rain forecast for spring. Last year,…
View More Driest February in England since 1993 signals drought ahead, say expertsRare ‘mother of pearl’ clouds spotted over Scotland
Excited weather watchers have captured stunning images of rare “mother of pearl” clouds, which have formed high up in the atmosphere over Scotland. Such clouds…
View More Rare ‘mother of pearl’ clouds spotted over ScotlandUK weather: temperatures forecast to drop further on Tuesday
Warnings for ice and snow across the country will continue in to Tuesday after temperatures plunged on Sunday night, triggering an alert from the UK…
View More UK weather: temperatures forecast to drop further on TuesdayEmpty nests: why UK’s winter bird numbers are in sharp decline
Every winter’s evening, from November to February, one of the most dramatic of all our natural spectacles takes place on the Avalon Marshes, near my…
View More Empty nests: why UK’s winter bird numbers are in sharp declineUK wildlife ‘devastated by litany of weather extremes’ in 2022
This year’s tumultuous weather – including fierce storms, searing heat and deep cold snaps – has devastated some of the UK’s most precious flora and…
View More UK wildlife ‘devastated by litany of weather extremes’ in 2022Millions cannot afford to heat homes as UK faces Arctic snap
More than 3 million low-income UK households cannot afford to heat their homes, according to research, as a “dangerously cold” weather front arrives from the…
View More Millions cannot afford to heat homes as UK faces Arctic snap