Northern Ireland
Enjoy the warmth while you can – it’s fizzling out just in time for the bank holiday
May 2, 2025After the hottest start to May on record, temperatures are set to drop significantly, just in time for the bank holiday weekend. People have been basking in unusually warm and sunny weather across the country over the past few days. Yesterday saw a UK record-breaking May 1 temperature of 29.3C recorded at London’s Kew Gardens. […]
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Two dead and 1,100,000 in dark after Storm Eowyn crashes in with 114mph winds
January 24, 2025Scots brave Storm Eowyn conditions to go swimming in freezing loch To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Two swimmers braved the open water in a chilly loch this morning to keep up a month-long challenge as Storm Éowyn swept across the UK. The pair waded in […]
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Red ‘danger to life’ warnings issued with 100mph winds forecast for Storm Eowyn
January 23, 2025Scots brave Storm Eowyn conditions to go swimming in freezing loch To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Two swimmers braved the open water in a chilly loch this morning to keep up a month-long challenge as Storm Éowyn swept across the UK. The pair waded in […]
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Live tracker map shows where and when snow could hit UK today
January 9, 2025Gethin Hicks Published January 9, 2025 7:55am Updated January 9, 2025 9:12am There will be no let up in the bitter cold snap today, with temperatures forecast to plunge into the ‘negative double figures’. The Met Office has issued six separate yellow weather warnings as the UK looks set to be battered by blizzardy conditions […]
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Live tracker map shows where and when snow will hit London today
January 8, 2025Gethin Hicks Published January 8, 2025 8:11am Updated January 8, 2025 3:47pm The North and South of London will be divided once again today with half of the capital in for snow. After a weekend of torrid weather in the United Kingdom, ice cold temperatures and extreme conditions are only set to continue today. The […]
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London split by North/South divide with new yellow weather warning
January 7, 2025Gethin Hicks Published January 7, 2025 1:25pm Updated January 7, 2025 1:36pm The North and South of London will be divided once again tomorrow as half of the capital is in for a snowy Wednesday. The Met Office has issued further weather warnings for snow and ice in London and across the country heading into […]
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Why is the UK still so poorly prepared for extreme weather?
January 4, 20252025 has rolled in with weather warnings and transport chaos aplenty, as the nation prepares for another period of unsettled conditions. Not only were New Year celebrations cancelled and train journeys disrupted due to wild winds, but alerts about potentially life-threatening cold weather conditions also hit the headlines ahead of this this weekend. And, as […]
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Why are people rioting across England and how many are involved?
August 5, 2024Riots have spread across numerous cities and towns in England, and in Belfast in Northern Ireland, over the last week in the worst outbreak of civil disorder in Britain for 13 years. More than 400 people have been arrested since anti-immigrant and far-right unrest erupted after the murder of three young girls in Southport in […]
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Do you need a polling card to vote? Here’s what ID you need for UK elections
July 4, 2024Craig MunroPublished Jul 4, 2024, 5:00am|Updated Jul 5, 2024, 11:55am After six long weeks of General Election campaigning, Brits finally made their choice – and it was a landslide victory for the Labour party. After watching Sir Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak and other party leaders like Nigel Farage battle it out, voters had just one […]
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Eddie Linden obituary
November 20, 2023Eddie Linden, who has died aged 88, was the editor of the poetry magazine Aquarius, the author of two books of poems, and the subject of a biography. Yet there has seldom been a less likely literary figure. Abandonment stalked Eddie throughout his life, together with Catholic guilt – not least over his homosexuality – […]
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