4 h. ago UK weather: Exact date 'mini heatwave' will spike at 24C as maps turn orange

Balmy weather could be set to hit major UK cities like Manchester and Birmingham in just a few days - as forecasts have revealed the exact day a 'mini heatwave' will start

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18 h. ago UK weather: 'Beast from Europe' storm to ruin 'warm' May as exact date revealed

Brits hoping to bask in balmy spring temperatures can instead expect to wake up to heavy downpours forecast to last an entire day - with no region spared and major cities hit

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7 d. ago Putin launches bloody Good Friday missile attack on Ukraine 'using shrapnel weapons'

Ukrainian cities have been hit in horrific missile and drone attacks with dozens injured including young children and Russia has been accused of using shrapnel bombs to cause more carnage

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7 d. ago Bookmakers offering odds on where bin strikes will hit next after Birmingham crisis

At least 11 more towns and cities across the country are odds-on to be hit by the same crippling industrial action as Birmingham, as 21,000 tons of rubbish remains uncollected

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9 d. ago Giant rats bin strike could hit whole of UK with two cities named for next strikes

Peterborough and Sheffield are among places most likely to be hit next by piles of uncollected rubbish – and possible rat invasions could cause significant health issues in the city

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1 week ago UK weather: Exact date weather maps turn purple as Brits blasted with snow and heavy rain

The Met Office has rolled out a yellow weather warning across the UK as a wet weather front is set to blast the UK with rain and wind - but new weather maps show snow is also set to make an appearance

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1 week ago Newcastle share major Eddie Howe health update and reveal why he was hospitalised

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe missed his side's thumping win over Manchester United after being admitted to hospital following a bout of illness

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2 w. ago Emmerdale star Oliver Farnworth details John Sugden 'fallout' following major Nate death reveal

The ITV soap showed John attempting to save Nate Robinson's life

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2 w. ago The UK city set to be hardest hit by Trump's tariffs has been revealed: Is YOURS on the list?

The British cities expected to take the hardest hit from Trump's levies are manufacturing heartlands, whose economies are based around industry.

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2 w. ago UK weather: Huge WALL of snow forecast to hit Britain in days as maps turn purple

The shock cold snap is set to send temperatures plummeting, with snow and possible lows of -1C in one region - and several major cities welcoming spells of rain

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2 w. ago Mapped: Which UK cities could be hit hardest by Trump’s tariffs?

More than 22 per cent of Coventry’s total exports are estimated to be goods to the US

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2 w. ago Exact date 'snow bomb' to blanket Britain with 7cm as temperatures plummet to 0C

Temperatures are set to plummet in the UK as the current warm spell comes to a dramatic end, with new forecast maps showing snow sweeping across several major cities

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2 w. ago A tale of two cities: Birmingham bin strikes hit city's poorest areas hardest as rubbish overflows into the streets...but posh roads just metres away are spotless

Rubbish has piled high in some of the poorest areas of Birmingham such as Balsall Heath, yet in the nearby roads lined with £1.5 million houses, there is not a bin bag in sight.

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2 w. ago The Handmaid's Tale fans in tears over major Holly Maddox reveal in season 6 spoiler

The Handmaid's Tale season 6 has finally arrived on Hulu and the emotional reunion between June Osborne and her mother, Holly Maddox, has left fans in tears

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2 w. ago UK weather: Atlantic storm forecast as snow and heavy rain ends 'mini heatwave'

Advanced weather modelling maps show a weather front carrying snow and heavy rain could soon move over the UK from the Atlantic, bringing a miserable end to the current sunny conditions

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2 w. ago UK weather: Snow forecast as 40 counties face shock Arctic storm bringing 3cm

Advanced weather modelling maps suggest a shock Arctic snow storm will hit the UK later this month, impacting as many as 40 counties and bringing 3cm of the white stuff to some regions

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2 w. ago Celebrity Big Brother make major reveal days before 2025 series launch

The original social experiment is back with a new line-up of famous faces

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2 w. ago Millions of Americans believe they’re safe from wildfires in their cities. New research shows they’re not

Many of the suburbs and cities hit hardest in recent years were caught off-guard, and key stakeholders are racing to understand the dynamics that drive these firesCommunities across the US that were once considered beyond the reach of wildfires are now vulnerable to disaster. As fires increasingly spread deep into neighborhoods, researchers estimate roughly 115 million people – more than a third of the US population – live in areas that could host the next fire catastrophe.The understanding that many more Americans are at risk of losing their homes to wildfires comes as the climate crisis turns up the dial on extreme weather, drought and heat. But it’s also the result of new research that has exposed deep and dangerous gaps in our understanding of the threat. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK weather: Snow storm forecast maps show 2 inches will fall after mini heatwave

The mini-heatwave currently bringing balmy temperatures to the UK looks set to end in a few days' time as weather maps suggest an Atlantic storm could bring as much as two inches of snow to some parts of the country

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2 w. ago UK weather: Atlantic storm forecast as snow and heavy rain to hit in 600

Weather maps show a wall of snow and rain stretching across the country which is set to batter the UK as an Atlantic storm arrives bringing an abrupt end to the current balmy conditions

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