Weather forecasters have said that temperatures are set to plunge with some areas possibly seeing them drop to -12C over the next couple of days.
Severe weather warnings have already been put into place by the Met Office until this Sunday after Sennybridge in south Wales already has experienced a [...]
An announcement has been made from St James’s Palace that the invitations for the wedding of Price William and Kate Middleton on 29 April have now been sent out over the last few days to approximately 1,900 guests.
It is believed that half of the invited guests that will be attending the [...]
Thousands of drivers in Scotland found themselves stranded in their vehicles as icy conditions combined with fresh snow falls continued to cause travel chaos and with new warnings being issued by the Met Office there seems to be no end insight for the next few days as further heavy snowfalls have [...]
As the severe weather conditions continue to bring the country to a standstill and essential deliveries of goods fail to get through to retailers the government have made a decision to try and ease the situation by relaxing the present law that restricts lorry drivers to a maximum of nine hours [...]
The roads, railways and airports have continued to be affected by the severe weather conditions making travelling an arduous task with no let up in sight as the Met Office issued further severe weather warnings about heavy snow expected to fall in the East Midlands, the North East of England, Humber [...]
With the continued fall of heavy snow across many regions of the United Kingdom schools have been forced to close down until the weather conditions abate.
Cornwall in the south-west of the UK has had to close down schools while in the north-east of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland similar action has [...]
Parts of the UK were gripped today by heavy snowfalls which caused hazardous conditions for both transport and pedestrians as both roads and footpaths got covered with ice.
Although not entirely unexpected as the country enters into the winter months the snow fall has come particularly early and today’s downfalls were the [...]
Torrential rain falling over night on Tuesday and through out the morning of Wednesday has caused major flooding in Cornwall forcing the residents of over 100 homes to evacuate their properties.
Winds of gale-force proportions also accompanied the down pour which caused severe damage across the Cornwall area and rising floodwaters of [...]
The proposed second strike by London firefighters has been put into place with over 5,500 of them starting the strike action at 1000 GMT this morning. The strike will last for eight hours and is due to finish at 1800 GMT this evening.
The London firefighters are protesting over new contracts that [...]
A statement issued by the Fire Brigade Union has said that as a consequence of last minute talks breaking down between themselves and the London Fire Brigade the planned strike by London firefighters will now take place.
Last minute talks had been held on Sunday between London Fire Brigade and the [...]
