One house collapsed and others went up in flames after violent thunderstorms battered the UK yesterday, causing flash flooding. The three-storey Victorian building, which was unoccupied at the time, partially collapsed in the middle of the street in Chorlton, south Manchester, with firefighters seen checking houses on either side. Meanwhile, an entire street in Milnrow, … Read more
Thunderstorms will surge across much of Britain today and tomorrow as the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings ahead of a heatwave next week. Downpours could cause flooding this afternoon in a huge weather front across the west of the country stretching from Cornwall to Glasgow and parts of Northern Ireland. The tempest will move … Read more
Met Office issues severe weather warning for flooding and travel chaos as parts of UK brace for a month’s rainfall in less than six hours today Yellow warning issued for rain has been issued across Cornwall and south Wales this afternoon and tomorrow Met Office is warning people to take care with flood warnings in … Read more
Warwick Castle visitors have been left drenched as National Trust homes welcome back members of the public, with downpours to last all week up north while the south stays mostly dry. The castle is one of the first UK attractions to reopen, with safety measures in place including all guests urged to wear face masks … Read more
Britons in the south are set for sunny weekend while washout in the north could last all week – as bookies give the UK 2-1 odds for coldest June on record. Heavy showers are set to mostly affecting northern and western parts today and tomorrow, in a stark contrast to last weekend’s scorching temperatures. But … Read more
Brits are being urged to avoid using sprinklers and take shorter showers amid a surge in the demand for water after what is expected to be the driest May for England since 1896. Leading industry body Water UK is begging people to ‘use water wisely’ following a string of moorland fires and as dry weather and the … Read more
Elon Musk said he was ‘overcome with emotion’ after two NASA astronauts were blasted into space in the Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center yesterday. Astronauts Robert Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53, took off from Launch Complex 39A at 3.22pm in Florida on Saturday – the first time an American crew launched from US … Read more
Britons will be able to see a rocket hurtle across the sky at 10.15pm tonight – as it loops around the Earth two hours after taking off from America. The Falcon 9, the first manned space flight to leave US soil for nine years, is set for blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8.22pm … Read more
Climate change will cause an overall increase in the amount of vegetation growing in Britain, a new research paper predicts. UK researchers used high resolution maps to observe two different climate change scenarios developed by the Met Office that would affect vegetation growth. Depending on the scenario, up to 1,200 grids of British land – … Read more
Britons will be able to see a rocket hurtle across the sky at 9.50pm tonight as it heads for the International Space Station. The Falcon 9, the first manned space flight to leave US soil in nine years, is set for blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 21.33 BST (16:33 ET) this evening. Elon … Read more