3 d. ago More than 200 houses left without power in UK city as temperatures plummet & Arctic blast hits Britain

HUNDREDS of houses were left without power in a major city as temperatures plummeted to -2C. Brits have already been wrapping up warm to fight the arctic blast that has buffeted the UK in recent days. And amid the bone-chilling conditions, more than 200 properties were left without power in Tameside, Manchester, on Sunday evening...

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5 d. ago 2025 was Britain's hottest year on RECORD: Average UK temperature hit a balmy 10.09°C

The Met Officehas confirmed that the average temperature in the UK last year was a balmy 10.09°C, which is 0.96°C above the long-term average.

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7 d. ago Iceland records hottest Christmas Eve on record as temperatures near 20C

Average December temperatures in Iceland typically range between -1C and 4C

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8 d. ago Ten English fire services tackled record number of grass, forest and crop fires in 2025

Fire chief says summer, the UK’s hottest on record, was ‘one of the most challenging for wildfires that we’ve ever faced’Ten English fire services tackled a record number of grassland, woodland and crop fires during what was the UK’s hottest spring and summer on record, figures show.In total nearly 27,000 wildfires were dealt with by fire services in England during the prolonged dry weather of 2025, according to analysis by PA Media. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Warning as scientists find this year was one of the three hottest on record

Climate change made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded

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9 d. ago 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded

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1 week ago Weather tracker: Polar wind set to end warmth in US south and midwest

Spring-like weather experienced by many Americans to end, while heavy snow in Japan brings deadly conditionsA week of extremes in the US as Arctic air plunges southwards across many states, sweeping away record-breaking warmth from last weekend. With low pressure in the west drawing up warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico, much of the south and midwest basked in spring-like weather this weekend with temperatures widely an extraordinary 15-20C above normal for late December.This week, however, most people will ditch their summer clothes for hats and scarves as a ridge pressure builds across the west, allowing for a polar air mass to dive southward, bringing freezing temperatures and the risk of snow. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Council tells the elderly to wiggle their toes to stay warm ahead of Arctic blast set to engulf Britain

Durham County Council gave the advice to vulnerable elderly people on their website as a cold snap is set to plunge temperatures as low as -8C over the next week.

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2 w. ago Met Office reveals 2025 likely to be UK's hottest year on record with 10C average temperature

The UK might have had its warmest year on record

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2 w. ago Forecasters say 2025 ‘more likely than not’ to be UK’s hottest year on record

Met Office says temperatures are tracking ahead of 2022 after year of heatwaves and drought, though late cold spell could yet interveneForecasters say 2025 is “more likely than not” to break the record for the hottest year in the UK since records began, after a summer of heatwaves and drought followed by a mild autumn.According to the Met Office, the official forecaster, the mean temperature for 2025 is tracking well ahead of the previous highest year, set in 2022. However, a colder spell expected from Christmas until the new year makes it too close to call definitively. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 2025 is on track to become the UK's hottest year on RECORD, the Met Office reveals

2025 is on track to be the UK's hottest year on record, according to the Met Office.

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2 w. ago Arctic warms at more than twice global rate in hottest year on record

Warming and freshening of Arctic waters can weaken ocean circulation systems that influence weather patterns across Europe and North America

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3 w. ago Met Office: 2026 will bring heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels

Forecast is slightly cooler than the record 1.55C reached in 2024, but 2026 set to be among four hottest years since 1850Next year will bring heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels, meteorologists project, as fossil fuel pollution continues to bake the Earth and fuel extreme weather.The UK Met Office’s central forecast is slightly cooler than the 1.55C reached in 2024, the warmest year on record, but 2026 is set to be among the four hottest years dating back to 1850. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Investment banks expect UK borrowing costs to fall further in 2026

Gilts will outshine global peers, helped by BoE rate cuts, Wall Street lenders predict

Economics

3 w. ago Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’

Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts sayThe Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported.From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said, with the last 10 years being the 10 warmest on record in the Arctic. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions

An Inupiaq elder teaches his great-grandson to hunt in rapidly warming Northwest Alaska where thinning ice, shifting caribou migrations and severe storms are reshaping life

Culture

3 w. ago As the UK looks to invest in nuclear, here’s what it could mean for Britain’s environment

In this week’s newsletter: The government’s bid to speed up nuclear construction could usher in sweeping deregulation, with experts warning of profound consequences for nature• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhen UK prime minister Keir Starmer announced last week that he was “implementing the Fingleton review”, you can forgive the pulse of most Britons for failing to quicken.But behind the uninspiring statement lies potentially the biggest deregulation for decades, posing peril for endangered species, if wildlife experts are to be believed, and a likely huge row with the EU.2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data showsJust 0.001% hold three times the wealth of the poorest half of humanity, report finds‘Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 2025 is set to be in the top three hottest years on record, scientists warn

This year will also likely round out the first three-year period in which the average global temperature exceeded 1.5C

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4 w. ago 2025 is on track to become the second hottest year on RECORD, study reveals

Scientists predict that 2025 is now 'virtually certain' to be the second-hottest year on record.

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4 w. ago Scientists 'virtually certain' 2025 will be world's second hottest year on record

This year is on track to be the second warmest year on record, behind 2024

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