3 d. ago Met Office issue three day weather warning misery as thunderstorms and torrential rain hit Wales

20 counties across Wales are set to be affected by the storms

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3 d. ago Weather maps show where 40mm of rain will fall in Wales today

A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office with heavy rain to hit in the coming hours

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3 d. ago 'Pollen bomb' warning as levels soar across England and Wales: Map reveals the areas where hay fever sufferers will be worst hit

if you suffer from hay fever, you might want to stock up on anti-histamines. A 'pollen bomb' is set to hit the UK today, the Met Office has revealed.

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6 d. ago Tony Awards 2025 WORST dressed list: Katie Holmes and Cynthia Erivo hit red carpet in bizarre looks

From over-the-top feathers and nearly naked looks to bright colors and clashing patterns, the 2025 Tony Awards has been filled with a slew of sartorial nightmares and fashion faux pas.

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8 d. ago Saturday Kitchen star shares secret struggle with presenting BBC show live that viewers won't notice

EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Kitchen's Matt Tebbutt has opened up about all things to do with the hit BBC morning show - from his worst habits, to things he loves and finds most difficult about live TV

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9 d. ago Beyoncé enjoys the rain as she kicks off London stint of Cowboy Carter tour

The 43-year-old made performing more than 30 songs over two-and-a-half hours look effortless

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9 d. ago Met Office issues yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in Wales and 14 areas will see the worst of it

Rain and thunder is set to hammer Wales this weekend

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9 d. ago What is Britain's elusive 'national character'? The Ballad of Wallis Island might just tell us | Gaby Hinsliff

Rain, cardigans and puns: a melancholic new romcom set on a windswept island hints at a relatable British identityIt is, according to no less an authority than the romcom king Richard Curtis, destined to be “one of the greatest British films of all time”. But don’t let that put you off. For The Ballad of Wallis Island – the unlikely new tale of a socially awkward millionaire who inveigles two estranged former halves of a folk-singing duo into playing a private gig on his windswept private island – isn’t some floppy-haired Hugh Grant vehicle, but a reflection on our national character that is altogether more of its times.It’s a lovely, melancholic comedy about the acceptance of failure, loss and the slow understanding that what’s gone is not coming back: an ode to rain and cardigans, lousy plumbing and worse puns, shot in Wales on a shoestring budget in a summer so unforgiving that a doctor was apparently required on set to check for hypothermia. Its main characters have not only all...

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9 d. 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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9 d. ago The fastest shrinking towns in Britain revealed: Use our interactive map to find out if YOURS is one of them

Some of the worst-hit areas across England and Wales are shrinking naturally at a pace of 5 per cent a year, in trends which have spooked experts.

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1 week 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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2 w. ago Car ploughs into crowd celebrating PSG Champions League win in French city of Grenoble leaving four members of the same family injured as young woman fights for life

A young woman was said to be the worst injured and 'fighting for her life' after being hit first.

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2 w. ago Wild boar and moths leave £1 trillion of damage in their wake as UK 'worst hit'

Britain is being hit by 'invasive species' who are hurting our crops and general way of life – and the true cost of the carnage is around £1 trillion

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3 w. ago ‘Global red alert’: forest loss hits record high – and Latin America is the heart of the inferno

With little state support, villagers are left to battle wildfires armed with little more than shovels and bottles of water • Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last yearWildfires engulfed vast swathes of South America last year, devastating ecosystems, closing schools and grounding flights. With its worst fire season on record, Bolivia was especially hard hit. “We felt powerless and angry to be unable to protect what is ours,” says Isabel Surubí Pesoa.Surubí Pesoa was forced to migrate to the nearest town after the spring that fed her village in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands dried up after the fires and the drought that preceded it. “It’s very painful,” she says. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Where it will rain most in Wales this weekend and when according to the Met Office

Most of Wales will be hit with heavy rain for much of the bank holiday weekend

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3 w. ago UK to be battered by heavy rain and strong gales after driest Spring in more than 50 years

The UK is set to be battered by rain, with areas around Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and London among the worst hit, after our heatwave and a remarkably dry few weeks

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3 w. ago UK faces heavy and thundery rain until end of May and Wales could be worst hit

Heavy rain is expected across Wales this bank holiday weekend

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