Weather and climate news

Research from the Met Office has revealed that the most popular reason people check the weather forecast is to decide whether to hang out the washing.

A deep area of low pressure will push in from the west this evening heralding an unsettled period for much of England and Wales.

Scientists have launched the first batch of a novel type of radiation monitor into the atmosphere as part of an innovative project to enhance space weather models and deepen scientific understanding of the impact of space weather.