Heatwave travel disruption: Train speed limits amid track buckling and increase in car breakdowns July 13, 2022 Network Rail has announced it will set a speed limit on trains amid the possibility of tracks buckling due to soaring soaring temperatures. The government-owned train operator explained that steel tracks are usually 20 degrees hotter compared with atmospheric temperatures. When air temperatures reach 30 degrees tracks could go up to 50 degrees, causing them [...]
Government to face Atos in court following spat over £845m supercomputer contract May 23, 2022 The UK government is set to face IT company Atos in the UK’s High Court next month after the French firm filed a lawsuit against government over its decision to award an £845m Met Office contract to Microsoft. The French multinational is claiming its bid was wrongly excluded from the tendering process on the grounds [...]
Storm Eunice hits UK shipping hard causing port closures and bottlenecks February 22, 2022 The wreckage caused by Storm Eunice over the weekend didn’t only halt the UK’s road, rail and aviation networks but created unfathomable damages also the UK ports and the overall shipping industry. As a result of the 122mph high winds that stroke across the country, cross-channel ferries were cancelled on Friday, leading to additional bottlenecks [...]
RAC calls on drivers to delay trips as Storm Eunice takes over UK February 17, 2022 Automotive service company RAC has called on drivers to avoid trips this weekend, as Storm Eunice prepares to take over the country with a Met red weather warning. “It’s vitally important drivers don’t set out during Storm Eunice unless it can’t be avoided,” said RAC’s breakdown spokesperson Rod Dennis. “It might be better to make [...]
Red Alert: Government holds Cobra meeting amid fears of disruption from Storm Eunice February 17, 2022 The government is holding an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss its response to escalating concerns over Storm Eunice.
TV channels bet on weather reports to pump up their ratings October 25, 2021 Fox News is set to launch a new app to stream weather programming live, 24 hours a day.
Fears among energy providers that colder temperatures will lead to collapse October 18, 2021 The UK energy industry fears that, after small providers have gone bust because of the energy cap, now it’s the turn of big companies especially as temperatures go down. As reported by the Times, even if 13 companies have ceased operations in the last couple of months the UK Government has refused to set up [...]
London temperatures will feel ‘close to freezing’ today after winter chill follows sunny Easter Sunday April 5, 2021 London temperatures today will feel close to freezing, with the mercury expected to be up to 11C lower than during the sunshine of the Easter weekend as cold northern winds move over the country
When Fulwell freezes over: Thames turns to ice for first time in 60 years February 12, 2021 Parts of the River Thames have frozen for the first time in 60 years as the UK plunges to the coldest temperatures on record for February. Seagulls perched on a frozen Thames in Teddington, south west London, this afternoon as it iced over for the first time since Britain’s Big Freeze in 1963. The slow [...]
When it rains, it pours: Storm Christoph strikes up to £120m of insurance damage across the UK January 22, 2021 UK insurance losses could reach up to £120m in the wake of Storm Christoph with Wales hit the hardest, according to a PwC insurance leader. Residents have been forced to leave their homes and a major incident declared in Wales after enduring the highest rainfall of the four UK nations. Around 80 people, including care [...]