The warning covers all of Greater Manchester during the record-breaking heatwave The Met Office has issued a thunderstorm warning(Image: Met Office) The Met Office has issued a new thunderstorm warning for Greater Manchester and much of England and Wales amid the record-breaking heatwave this week. The 10-hour yellow warning for thunderstorms will come into force…
When and where thunderstorms will hit Somerset as new warning issued | Somerset Live Need to know The Met Office has issued two thunderstorm warnings for the next 24 hours Flash flooding in Bath during storms earlier this week(Image: Bath & North East Somerset Council) Another yellow weather warning for thunderstorms was issued today Two…
Amid a summer heatwave, gritters are being deployed to protect roads across the country from getting damaged. Although they are better associated with snow and ice, Richard Fenwick, director of highways at Warwickshire County Council, said they were commonly used in summer as well. During heatwaves of 30C or higher Fenwick said road surfaces could…
A rare red warning for extreme heat has been extended into Friday, as parts of the UK brace for more record-breaking temperatures. The Met Office has extended its red warning, currently in place for a swathe of England and Wales, until 9pm on Friday for London and parts of east and south-east England, stretching across…
Austria is the first race this year to be declared a heat hazard, amid a heatwave across Europe that is establishing record temperatures in many countries, including the UK. The rule was first introduced last year, when the Singapore and US Grands Prix ran under the designation. Some drivers prefer not to use the cooling…
There is a new record for tiny, powerful computer chips. IBM’s prototype chip is the size of a fingernail, yet packs in almost 100 billion transistors – nearly twice as many as the previous state-of-the-art chip – thanks to a three-dimensional technique. The company says the 10 millimetre by 15 millimetre chip will offer 70…
A child is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a car was struck by a train at a level crossing. Source link
The fatal crash happened at Hoghton village level crossing this morning (Picture: Google Maps) One person was killed and a child suffered critical injuries after a train smashed into a car at a level crossing in Lancashire. Emergency services were alerted at about 8.50am after reports that a train had struck a car at Hoghton…
The White House Office of Management and Budget sent the formal request for the funds on Wednesday in a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson. “Most of this request will address urgent needs related to Operation Epic Fury (OEF),” says the letter, referring to the Iran war. The request includes $21bn for munitions,…
Hundreds of schools across the country have closed amid the record-breaking heatwave 10:20, 25 Jun 2026Updated 10:20, 25 Jun 2026 The Royton and Crompton Academy is one of the schools shutting early(Image: Google Maps) Multiple schools and nurseries across Greater Manchester will close early today amid the sweltering heatwave. Record-breaking temperatures have been recorded across…
