13 h. ago Weekend weather warning as Met Office forecasts thunderstorms and heavy rain

Saturday could bring lightning, hail and strong winds

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14 h. ago Storm warning issued as multiple areas face deluge and disruption

The Met Office says there could be thunder, lightning, hail, high winds and heavy rain

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51 h. ago Met Office forecasts weekend washout with 'unseasonably windy weather' to hit UK

The Met Office says the UK will face frequent showers in the coming days

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52 h. ago Met Office graphic shows where heavy and thundery rain will fall this weekend

Some areas could see 30-50 mm of rain in just a couple of hours

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3 d. ago 1 dead after severe weather tears through central US, including flooding in Texas and Kansas

Dallas authorities say one man has died there after his vehicle became stuck in high water during heavy rain

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3 d. ago Thunderstorm warning as Met Office forecast heavy rain to batter Britain

The Met Office said there would be ‘more wet weather on its way’ with ‘a stronger wind across channel coasts’

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3 d. ago Heavy rain and thunder could hit parts of UK this week – Met Office

On Friday night a new weather front will bring rain, which could potentially be heavy and thundery at times on Saturday, the Met Office said.

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4 d. ago Heavy rain and winds hit UK but 31C 'Spanish scorcher' could be on its way

The latest UK weather as forecasts predict the country is set to be hit by a 400 mile-wide heatwave

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage blasts 'supertax' on North Sea oil and gas and backs giving Scotland new fundraising powers as he woos voters ahead of by

The Reform leader hit out at the overall rate of 78 - including the windfall tax - paid by companies who have made massive profits in recent years, on a visit to Aberdeen.

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5 d. ago Exact date Spanish scorcher sends UK mercury soaring to 31C as maps turn dark red

Temperatures could reach as high as 31C soon thanks to a 'Spanish scorcher' sending hot air barrelling towards the UK - while the Met Office has talked up the chances of a 'hotter than usual' summer

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5 d. ago UK weather: Flaming June on way as 31C Spanish scorcher arrives and beer sales soar

Pub owners across the land are celebrating as Meteorologists predict next week to be an absolute scorcher, as a 400-mile wall of Spanish heat is scheduled to head our way

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7 d. ago Weather maps show exact day UK could be hit by heavy rain downpours next week

Rain has been forecasted to hit most parts of the UK

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7 d. ago Met Office says UK will see 'heavy downpours' and risk of 'thunder' as May ends

Heavy rain is expected for the north of the country with showers in the west

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8 d. ago Leonardo Drew review – are these towers of debris the ruins of America?

South London GalleryFloating on walls, strewn across the floor and rising in heaps, the detritus here feels less like an echo of Jackson Pollock and more like, well, random rubbishThis place looks like a storm hit it. The winds have ripped up houses, shops, factories and art studios, whirled the pieces in a mighty twister and smashed them to earth in pulverised fragments. Now they scatter South London Gallery, towering over you in two random heaps, with other pieces gathered in clusters, floating on the walls, thrown all over the floor. Crunch, crunch – you can walk on broken bits of wood carpeting the ground, negotiating your way around bigger debris, as you inspect the ruins of America – and, sadly, of American art.Seven decades ago, Jackson Pollock put America at the forefront of abstract art with looping and spiralling vortices of energy that he created by pouring and flicking paint on to a horizontal canvas. Leonardo Drew grew up in a housing project in Bridgeport, Connecticut,...

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9 d. ago LIVE: M66 queues and major road CLOSED as heavy rain causes flooding

Delays are building at the scene

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9 d. ago UK weather sizzles in spring sunshine before showers sweep in after weekend scorcher

The UK is set to bask in a 27C heatwave on Saturday before the weather takes a turn for the worse with heavy rain forecast next week, while unsettled conditions continue

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9 d. ago Cyriel Dessers Nigeria goal sparks instant Rangers windup as Feyenoord fans who want him back hit with one condition

Dessers was among the goals for Nigeria and some Feyenoord fans want him back

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1 week ago Flood alerts issued for large area of Welsh coastline as heavy rain and high winds hit

Natural Resources Wales states: 'Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected'

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1 week ago Met Office latest for Greater Manchester as bank holiday washout ends 'unusual' dry spell

Strong winds and heavy rain dominate the latest Met Office forecast for the North West

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2 w. ago Bank Holiday weekend weather: Heavy rain forecast for most of UK

A Met Office meteorologist said it will be a ‘wetter end to the final week of spring’

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