Weather and climate news

The Met Office have issued yellow warnings for wind and rain for parts of Scotland ahead of a spell of wet and windy weather that will sweep across the country.

Cool and unsettled weather is expected throughout this week across the UK, with the windiest and wettest weather anticipated on Friday.

England had its joint hottest summer in a series which runs from 1884, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office.

The storm names for the 2022/23 season have been announced by the Met Office, in partnership with Met Éireann and KNMI.