Row erupts over multi-million-pound bill for Farringdon floods as Network Rail and Thames Water fight over who is to blame January 29, 2015 A row has erupted over who is to blame for the floods that have disrupted train services across London on the Thameslink line for the past six days – and which look likely to last into next week. Yesterday Network Rail issued a statement saying Thames Water faced “a multi-million pound bill” for the [...]
Snow and sleet expected in London tonight as temperatures hit zero – but the rest of the country has it much worse January 28, 2015 Get cosy tonight: snow and sleet is forecast to reach London in the small hours as temperatures drop to zero. The capital will miss out on much of the bad weather that has prompted the Met Office to issue a weather warning for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, where blizzards and up to [...]
Wear your woolies: Snow’s coming our way January 19, 2015 Sheep graze in a field surrounded by snow-covered ground yesterday in Saddleworth, near Oldham. Most of the UK is set to experience freezing temperatures for the coming week. London will escape the worst of the cold snap but could see sleet and snow on Thursday
“Wintry mix” of snow, sleet and rain to hit London this weekend January 16, 2015 You might want to wrap up warm this weekend. The Met Office is warning that Londoners could see “a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow”. From Saturday morning, the unholy trinity will spread across Greater London, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. Between two and four centimetres of snow is expected in areas [...]
No snow, but Met Office puts weather warnings in place for Greater London, Kent, Oxfordshire and West Sussex January 14, 2015 London might not be getting any snow this week, but the Met Office has put out warnings that heavy rain and wind could lead to localised flooding and travel disruption. The UK's weather authority has put severe weather warnings in place for Greater London, Kent, Oxfordshire, West Sussex, Portsmouth and Southampton, saying affected areas [...]
More bad weather for Britain: Second storm and snow expected on Saturday January 10, 2015 A second storm is due to hit the UK today, causing more disruption to homes and travel routes. Turbulent weather is due to arrive from the Atlantic and sweep across parts of the country, according to the Met Office. It is also expected to bring with it the first widespread snowfall of the year. [...]
Will 2014 be a white Christmas in the UK? According to the Met Office and Ladbrokes, the chances are slight December 22, 2014 As we enter the business end of the festive season, many people will be wondering what the odds are of a white Christmas. That depends on the definition. The most widely definition for this isn’t all that practical: rather than enough of the white stuff to build a snowman or igloo, all that is needed [...]
2015 “will be warmest on record” says Met Office December 17, 2014 The year ahead looks likely to be the warmest on record – with data going back to the Victorian era – according to the Met Office. Worldwide, the mean temperature for 2015 should land between 14.52 °C and 14.76 °C, with a central estimate coming in at 14.64 °C. The range is plus or [...]
Are the Somerset floods a sign of problems to come? Winter storms raise warnings and put homes at risk across Britain November 14, 2014 Eleven months ago, Britain experienced its wettest winter in 250 years. Somerset was hit so hard, thousands of people were forced to leave their homes, and the government has only just finished dredging two of the main rivers in the area. As part of a £5.8m attempt to prevent heavy rain from causing [...]
Halloween heatwave gives retailers a scary outlook November 10, 2014 Retailers suffered another month of lacklustre sales in October as the mild weather and supermarket price wars continued to weigh on the sector, despite a slight bounce back on the previous month. Like-for-like retail sales were flat in October, an improvement on the 2.1 per cent reported in September but a slowdown on the same [...]