As high pressure, which has brought the recent spell of settled weather, pulls away to the north the weather turns wetter, particularly for the southern half of the UK. Friday and the weekend will see heavy showers and thunderstorms develop across southern areas. Yellow National Severe Weather Warnings for thunderstorms have been issued for Friday, […]
Alongside her Met Office appointment, Lynn is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit and Risk for Ordnance Survey Limited. Her last executive role was as Chief Executive Officer of Interserve Support Services, a strategic government supplier, leading the business through the Covid-19 pandemic and a sale process. She is a Fellow of the […]
Friday got off to a cold and crisp start, with a widespread frost overnight seeing all four countries of the UK dropping below zero degrees Celsius and temperatures getting as low as -2.7°C in Topcliffe in North Yorkshire. Despite the chilly start, there’ll be plenty of sunshine to compensate and just an isolated shower possible […]
Turning colder this week, find out all the details below 👇 pic.twitter.com/IaSjiWOd0E — Met Office (@metoffice) September 8, 2024 Early on Tuesday a deepening area of low pressure will move east across northern Scotland bringing rain, which will be heavy at times, especially across Scotland and Northern Ireland. The rain will be accompanied by strengthening […]
A yellow weather warning for rain has been issued for Saturday night and Sunday, covering much of southern Britain. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to arrive in the southeast on Saturday evening and develop into a more organised band of rain across central and western areas into Sunday. Whilst some sunshine is likely to […]
This warm weather will extend to parts of Northern Ireland, as well as parts of central and western England and Wales on Friday. There’s very much a north/south divide in the weather, with unsettled conditions in the south but drier, warmer conditions in the north. There’s a marked east/west split too, with cool and cloudier […]
This is equivalent to a return of almost £19 for every £1 of public money spent. The scale of this return underscores the significant economic benefits and value the Met Office delivers to the UK and that the importance of accurate, timely and detailed weather and climate information for government, industry and citizens has never […]
Three men have pleaded guilty to running a website enabling criminals to circumvent banking anti-fraud checks. A National Crime Agency investigation showed that www.OTP.Agency was run by Callum Picari, 22, from Hornchurch, Essex; Vijayasidhurshan Vijayanathan, 21, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; and Aza Siddeeque, 19, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Criminals were charged a monthly subscription fee which […]
Government pushes ahead with reform agenda by scrapping single headline Ofsted judgements for schools with immediate effect Single headline grades for schools will be scrapped with immediate effect to boost school standards and increase transparency for parents, the government has announced today. Reductive single headline grades fail to provide a fair and accurate assessment of […]
In a targeted operation across Dudley, police have successfully seized four off-road bikes following growing concerns over their use in the borough. The operation, which took place on Wednesday, 28 August, was focused on the Kingswinford, Pensnett, and Wall Heath areas, where residents had raised alarms about the bikes being ridden in a dangerous and […]
