38 h. ago Weather tracker: deep trough over Europe brings severe storms

Heavy rain, lightning and tornadoes lash swaths of continent, with France, Italy and Slovenia among worst hitSevere storms linked to a deep upper air trough formed from the ex-hurricane Erin lashed parts of western and southern Europe last week.Italy was hit by severe rainfall on Thursday that caused flooding in the Lombardy region. The commune of Busto Arsizio was badly affected, with more than 100mm of rain and frequent lightning. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Stevie Nicks and a cat called Oscar inspire this year’s storm names – here’s the full list

Stevie was picked as one of this year’s names in honour of Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks

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48 h. ago This year’s storm list unveiled as public pick names in tribute to loved ones

Met Office, Met Eireann and Dutch national weather forecasting service KNMI reveal the names for 2025/26 storm season.

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64 h. ago F1 Dutch Grand Prix 2025: Start time, grid order, weather forecast and how to watch race live today

McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri resume thrilling world title battle in Zandvoort after summer break

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7 d. ago Burning Man attendees face more weather woes as thunderstorms loom

Visitors to Nevada’s desert for the annual festival have already encountered heavy winds and dust stormsVisitors arriving in Nevada’s desert for this year’s Burning Man festival have so far encountered heavy winds and dust storms, and could be in for thunderstorms as well, with the harsh conditions possibly persisting for several days.The famous gathering began Sunday in the Black Rock Desert, roughly 100 miles (160km) north of Reno. Strong winds and dust storms disrupted the event over the weekend, temporarily pausing activities, tearing through tents and reducing visibility to nearly nothing. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Water scarcity restrictions to have ‘devastating’ impact on Scotland agriculture sector

Farmers and businesses in north Fife are facing the country's first water scarcity restrictions of 2025 following prolonged dry weather.

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7 d. ago Burning Man 2025 weather as more storms and 'unhealthy' chaos predicted

The opening of the week-long annual festival was delayed by the 'strongest storm in Burning Man history' and forecasts predict more dangerous weather to come

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8 d. ago ‘Wall of blowing dust’ sweeps through Burning Man festival upending camps

Wing gusts with speeds in excess of 45mph tore through Black Rock City, temporarily halting all activityBurning Man festival temporarily ground to a halt over the weekend due to dust storms and high winds that sent tents flying and plunged visibility to near zero.On Monday, organizers of the Nevada festival said the Black Rock City airport and the festival gates had reopened as the festival officially got underway. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Wall of blowing dust’ sweeps through Burning Man festival and upends camps

Wind gusts with speeds in excess of 45mph tore through Black Rock City, temporarily halting all activityBurning Man festival temporarily ground to a halt over the weekend due to dust storms and high winds that sent tents flying and plunged visibility to near zero.On Monday, organizers of the Nevada festival said the Black Rock City airport and the festival gates had reopened as the festival officially got under way. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Oasis Edinburgh 2025: Liam Gallagher makes dig at Edinburgh council in new live track from Murrayfield gig

The band has since hit out at Edinburgh council at its show in Dublin

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1 week ago Weather tracker: monsoon rains cause deadly floods in Pakistan and India

More than 300 dead after downpours in mountainous regions and several killed in Indian city of MumbaiHeavy monsoon rains have continued to pummel the Indian subcontinent over the past week, bringing devastating flooding and landslides and leaving hundreds of people dead in what has already been one of the deadliest monsoon seasons in recent years.Moist air surging inland from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea was driven into Pakistan and north-west India late last week by strong southwesterly monsoon winds. Combined with developing areas of low pressure, this triggered a succession of torrential downpours. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Manchester Pride 2025: Met Office weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday

Met Office weather forecast for Manchester city centre this weekend as Pride takes place

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1 week ago Reading and Leeds Festival 2025 – set times, banned items and weather forecast

Reading and Leeds Festival is finally here and the set times have now been confirmed by bosses with the likes of Hozier, Chappell Roan, Bring Me The Horizon and Travis Scott headlining

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1 week ago What are Cape Verde hurricanes? The longest and most powerful storms of the season

Cape Verde storms typically form from clusters of thunderstorms that move off the continent and into the Atlantic

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1 week ago The new Edinburgh Trams record set by Oasis fans at Murrayfield ahead of AC/DC concert

Total tops passenger numbers carried during Taylor Swift’s shows last year.

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1 week ago Leeds Festival 2025: Met Office weather forecast for full weekend

Leeds Fest is kicking off today! Will you need layers upon layers? Or cool summer clothes?

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1 week ago ‘Liam Gallagher is funnier than most standups!’: Is comedy the new rock’n’roll – or vice versa?

Oasis’s tour gobbled up Edinburgh audiences while fringe comics put on shows about Britpop and Arctic Monkeys. The music industry and the funny business could be more entwined than ever‘Comedy is the new rock’n’roll!” This line, variously attributed to a defunct listings mag, a member of the Comedy Store Players and Janet Street-Porter, became common currency in the 1990s, when comedy gatecrashed arenas with Newman and Baddiel’s maiden Wembley gig in 1993. Had the art of making people laugh eclipsed – in size, public enthusiasm, cultural cachet – the art of making people groove?It feels like a quaint conversation in light of the arrival of Oasis’s mega-tour in Edinburgh this month, which triggered panic among standups at the gazumping of their fringe audience. But has comedy returned to playing second fiddle to its sexier, better-loved big brother? Or are such distinctions meaningless in a cultural landscape unrecognisable from the 1990s? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gangster Mark Richardson's younger brother 'battered' at Edinburgh Oasis gig

Dale Richardson, 37, is said to have been set about by "several people" after one of the reunion concerts earlier this month.

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2 w. ago Oasis' Liam Gallagher hits out again at Edinburgh Council in Dublin reunion show

Edinburgh Council chiefs labelled Oasis fans as "drunk", "fat" and "old" in secret safety briefings.

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2 w. ago Wales weather maps for August Bank Holiday 2025 show how warm it could get

The Met Office is forecasting dry skies and relatively high temperatures for the last long weekend of the summer

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