UK weather: Warnings over flooding as torrential rain forecast

Torrential rain and thunderstorms are forecast for England and Wales with warnings of sudden flooding. The Met Office has issued two yellow warnings for thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday with possible travel disruption, power cuts, hail and lightning strikes. more

Nearly two-thirds of British workers say they are more productive working from home - but their bosses don’t agree.more

Regulated train fares in England will rise below the rate of inflation next year to help people with the cost of living crisis, the government has said. more

Scotland has made public health history by making it the law for public settings to provide period products. more

UK workers are going into the office an average of 1.5 days a week, with only 13% coming in on a Friday, a survey suggests. more

The UK has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both the original Covid virus and the newer Omicron variant. more

A hosepipe ban is being introduced to Cornwall and parts of Devon from Tuesday next week, South West Water has announced. more

Every child aged one to nine in London will be offered a polio vaccine after the virus was repeatedly detected in sewage during routine inspections. more

The 'History and Culture' class included in a French course contains content that may cause discomfort, the University of Aberdeen has warned students. This mainly concerns information on the Second World War and colonialism.more

Thunderstorms have started to hit the UK as a spell of extreme hot weather draws to a close. more

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit the UK next month to attend charity events, a spokesperson for the couple said.more

Compared to women who eat meat, even occasionally, vegetarians are 33 per cent more likely to suffer a dangerous femoral neck fracture, reports the journal BMC Medicine.more

The vast majority of British Conservative Party members still prefer Boris Johnson to either of the two candidates to succeed him, according to a poll published yesterday.more

Since the start of this year, there have been three times as many raging wildland fires in the UK as in the whole of 2021. - The chairman of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Mark Hardingham announced yesterday.more

Transport for London has issued a plea to passengers not to use the Tube next Friday when a strike is expected to bring the Underground to a virtual standstill.more

Vladimir Putin's tyranny and his war in Ukraine have awoken Europe's 'sleeping giant', Germany, which must now change its energy, foreign and defence policies. For Berlin, this is an opportunity; for the Russian president, it could become a nightmare, writes the Economist.more

Some UK energy stations are preparing to hold emergency drills ahead of the winter amid fears supplies could be tight this winter. more

Hundreds of parched families sweltered in snaking queues for bottled water after ‘technical issues’ from Britain’s leakiest water company caused their taps to run dry.more

Neither Russia nor Ukraine will achieve a breakthrough in the war by the end of this year, British military intelligence chief Gen Jim Hockenhull announced in an interview with the BBC.more

The Met Office has issued a warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers across swathes of the UK on Monday in the wake of the heatwave currently scorching the country after months of low rainfall.more

A new electric-powered sleeper train service will soon allow passengers to travel from the UK to Sweden in less than a day. Swedish operator SJ will launch its EuroNight service between Hamburg and Stockholm on 1 September.more

The shortlist of UK cities that could host next year's Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed, with seven locations in the running. Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield will vie to stage the event in May.more

The UK economy shrank between April and June as experts forecast a gloomy outlook with recession on the horizon. The economy contracted by 0.1% in the second quarter of the year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.more

Thirteen rivers in England are at their lowest ever recorded levels, officials say, as the nation suffers from its driest July in nearly 90 years.more

The heatwave will be long over by Christmas – but its impact might be plain to see around the dinner table.more

Some low-paid workers on universal credit have missed out on the government’s first cost of living payment because of payroll quirks that removed their benefit entitlement during the key window set by the government.more

Pay rises could fall behind inflation by almost 8% later this year, marking the biggest fall in real wages for 100 years, according to analysis by the TUC.more

The Environment Agency has moved into drought in eight of its 14 areas: Devon and Cornwall, Solent and South Downs, Kent and south London, Herts and north London, East Anglia, Thames, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, and the east Midlands.more

Sainsbury's and Tesco have joined other supermarket chains in removing disposable barbecues from their shop shelves during the current heatwave.more

Kate Jayden, 35, from Derbyshire, England, broke the Guinness World Record for day-to-day marathons. She completed 106 such runs in 106 days. So far, no woman has managed to do so. She set the record high, even though her knee was broken during the beating.more

Fans of the "Saw" series of bloody films will soon be able to see for themselves what it means to be part of the murderous puzzle of the mysterious Jigsaw.In October, an escape room inspired by this popular horror series will open in London.more

Yorkshire Water has become the fifth company in England and Wales to announce a hosepipe ban as Britons continue to swelter through hot and dry conditions.more

The number of people waiting in England to start treatment in a public hospital has increased to its highest level since statistics began 15 years ago, the UK NHS NHS said.more

Most victims of burglary, robbery and theft in England and Wales are not being given the justice they deserve, the police watchdog says. more

Swimmers across the UK have lost access to more than 60 public pools in the last three years, BBC News has found. more

Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have put their south London home on the market for £1.6 million as they plan for a life away from Downing Street. more

A ride at the oldest theme park in the UK has collapsed leaving two people injured in a crush. more

Harmful levels of drinking were normalised through the Covid pandemic, charities and medical staff have said. more

The UK will hand over three more M270 MLRS multi-barrel rocket launchers to Ukraine, as well as a "significant number" of missiles used to fire such weapons, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace declared, as quoted by the BBC's Ukrainian service.more