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UK weather: Warnings of heavy rain and gales set to wash out this weekend

The Met Office expects this week to remain 'unsettled and changeable', with low pressure coming in from the Atlantic set to leave this weekend wet and miserable.




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UK weather: Saharan bubble! Temperatures could soar to 90F next week

There are more wild weather swings in the air for Britain as conditions get a lot hotter - and a lot wetter - from next week. This weekend we can expect mostly fine weather for England and Wales.




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UK weather: Britain faces 93F roasting today as heat rises AGAIN

Temperatures are due to hit the 90Fs for a third day in a row today, with the mercury expected to get to 93.2F (34C) this afternoon, following two consecutive days of 91.9F (33.3C) highs in London.




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Storm Sebastien to hit UK in next day, triggering 109 flood alerts

The 900-mile-wide storm will continue to wreak havoc on the UK's weather throughout the day - with 109 flood alerts and warnings in place ranging from the south-east as far as Aberdeenshire.




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Storm Atiyah hits UK bringing 70mph winds and power cut fears

Met Office weather warnings remain in place for the South West and North East today, before more strong winds are forecast tomorrow in a second storm which could be named Storm Brendan.




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Storm Brendan to hit UK with 100mph winds on Tuesday

The Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning across much of England and Scotland for tomorrow, with very strong gusts expected - potentially causing transport delays.




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Hottest UK December temperature ever recorded in Scotland

The Met Office said a provisional maximum temperature of 18.7C (65.7F) was recorded in the Scottish Highlands hamlet of Achfary last Saturday, which now has to be verified by experts.




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UK weather: Snow in north, but flood alerts remain in south

The Met Office expects showers to turn to snow over higher ground in northern areas for the rest of January from next Tuesday, while it has also warned of the 'potential for some colder spells'.




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UK Weather: Wind rips entire roof off building in Slough High St

A huge section of roofing collapsed into the middle of Slough High Street in Slough, Berkshire yesterday evening, after strong winds battered Britain throughout the day.   




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Forecasters predict UK faces high winds, snow and freezing -5C temperatures as Storm Ciara moves in

This is the terrifying moment an aircraft struggled to make a smooth landing before finally touching down at an angle on the tarmac in West Yorkshire this afternoon.




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80mph gales and heavy rain across whole UK this weekend

Forecasters are warning of a washout for the majority of Brits for Saturday and Sunday, with very high winds set to combine with heavy rainy spells that could last well into next week.




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Storm Ciara: falling tree kills driver as gales and snow hit UK

Emergency services were scrambled to the scene in Clydebank, West Dumbartonshire at around 11am today after the 77-year-old pensioner fell over but he couldn't be saved.




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Storm Dennis set to hit UK: Met Office RAISES threat levels

Today in Mytholmroyd officials were seen desperately trying to prepare for the fourth named storm of the year by using sandbags as flood defences.




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Man called Storm Denniss trolled as UK hit by extreme weather

Storm Denniss, 24, of Whitby, Yorkshire, was given the name Storm because he was born a particularly blustery night in March 1995.




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UK Weather: flood alerts issued in aftermath of Storm Dennis

West Mercia Police today announced the operation to the woman in Tenbury, Worcestershire, is now a 'recovery not a rescue' in light of the 'circumstances of the length of time in the water'.




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UK weather: a MONTH'S rain expected to hit Britain today

Nearly 1,500 properties have been flooded and thousands more evacuated, with more rain set to build up in the west from midway through this morning and up to 4in (100mm) of rain in Wales.




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Coronavirus UK: Hottest day of the year so far during lockdown

Britons have continued to ignore lockdown rules on one of this year's hottest days by sunbathing at parks and on beaches despite the UK's social distancing measures currently in place.




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UK Weather: 26C heatwave predicted before lockdown ends

Tomorrow will see the mercury hitting up to 79F (26C) in London with conditions staying warm on Saturday, before a stark change on Sunday as Arctic air hits the UK, says the Met Office.




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Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy admits he was wrong for Ukraine conspiracy theory

Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, 68, walked back on his comments that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election during an interview on CNN on Monday.




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Two White House Budget Officials resigned when Trump froze aid to Ukraine

Federal budget official Mark Sandy's testimony to the House impeachment inquiry was released on Tuesday. He told the inquiry two officials had concerns about the aid being held.




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Trump 'knew about the whistleblower's complaint when he released aid to Ukraine' 

President Donald Trump (pictured) reportedly knew about the whistleblower complaint when he released military aid to Ukraine in September.




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Donald Trump says he 'did NOT direct' Rudy Giuliani to dig for dirt in Ukraine

President Donald Trump said he didn't tell his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to undertake efforts in Ukraine on his behalf, saying he didn't 'direct' his lawyer to pursue the course he did.




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Gynaecologist quizzed by Ukrainian police 'after woman sees her intimate examination on a porn site'

Police have questioned a 'respected' Ukrainian gynaecologist, Dr Vyacheslav Tripolko, after an unnamed woman saw herself on an adult site undergoing an ultrasound investigation.




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Ukraine could announce an investigation into the Bidens to better their standing with the US

Ukrainian officials are said to be in the process of discussing a number of ways to improve their country's standing with President Trump in the wake of the fallout caused by the impeachment probe




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Baby girl is killed by her cat after it fell asleep on the child's face in Ukraine

Mother Snezhana, 22, had left nine-month-old girl Alexandra asleep in her pram outside her home in eastern Ukraine when a cat climbed inside and curled up on the girl's face, suffocating her.




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Mother 'tries to smother son in Ukrainian hospital after crying distracted her from drinking'

An unnamed 33-year-old woman allegedly tried to kill her young child at a children's hospital in Odesa, Ukraine. She was in the middle of a drinking session when her son woke up crying.




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Three-year-old boy shot dead in botched assassination attempt on his Ukrainian politican father 

Three-year-old Sasha Soboleva (pictured left), was shot in the head on the back seat of his father's car (pictured top right) during a failed assassination attempt in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.




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Devin Nunes talked with Rudy Giuliani and Lev Parnas during scheme to remove Ukraine ambassador

Rep. Devin Nunes was in touch with Rudy Giuliani and his indicted associate Lev Parnas as they schemed to get the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine removed.




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Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump hid impeachable Ukraine crimes

Chuck Schumer accused Donald Trump of covering up his actions in regards to the Ukraine and claimed many Republicans have 'privately' told him they want to hear new evidence during Senate trial.




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Giuliani says he wanted to get rid of Marie Yovanovitch because she was enabling Ukraine corruption

Rudy Giuliani detailed Tuesday that he felt it was necessary for Marie Yovanovitch to be prematurely removed from her post because she was enabling Ukrainian corruption.




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Schiff: Pence must declassify 'embarrassing or incriminating' testimony about Ukraine president call

As an impeachment vote loomed, Schiff demanded Pence's office declassify documents that he claims could show the vice president knee-deep in the Ukraine scandal that has brought Trump to the brink.




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Texts reveal 'former pro golfer David Correia went to Ukraine with two Rudy Giuliani associates'

Ex-golfer David Correia worked to further the business interests of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman in their bid to sell liquefied US natural gas to Ukraine and other parts of Europe through Poland.




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Man wanted for murder of Florida couple is ex-US Army soldier who became hero mercenary in Ukraine

The US wants Ukraine to extradite Craig Lang (left), 29, so that he could face trial in Florida for his role in the murders of Serafin 'Danny' Lorenzo Jr (top right), 53, and Deana K. Lorenzo (bottom right), 50.




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Graham urged Rudy Giuiliani to vet intel on Joe Biden, his son Hunter and alleged Ukraine corruption

The Republican senator from South Carolina is concerned that the president's former lawyer vet his research from sources known for peddling Russian conspiracy theories.




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Little Ukrainian girl is found living in a make-shift tent on a RUBBISH DUMP

A father is accused of collecting his daughter from an orphanage only to abandon her at a rubbish dump in Odessa, Ukraine months later. She was discovered by authorities on December 30.




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Six starving tigers are found locked in a cramped cage in squalid conditions in Ukraine

Animal rights activists rescued the desperate animals after a tip off in the capital Kiev.




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Leaked email: Donald Trump ordered 'illegal' Ukraine aid freeze

Leaked emails reveal Pentagon officials were worried that military aid freeze to Ukraine was unlawful. A OMB official said the direction to withhold aid came directly from POTUS.




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Cancer survivor Ursula Martin walks from Ukraine back to the UK

For just over a year, former baker Ursula Martin, 39, from Derbyshire, has been walking by herself from Ukraine back to the UK while fundraising for Target Ovarian Cancer.




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Pictured: Three British victims of Ukrainian Airlines flight in Iran

Mohammad Reza Kadkhoda-Zadeh (pictured), 40, is understood to have travelled to Iran to see family over the Christmas period and was returning to the UK via Ukraine.




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Husband has metal nut attached to his penis in his sleep in Ukraine

The unnamed husband from Zaporizhia in Ukraine, who is in his 40s, was woken up by pain in the morning and saw his penis being 'strangulated' and becoming further swollen.




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Bombshell messages reveal how Donald Trump ally had ambassador to Ukraine put under surveillance

The House Intelligence panel released documents from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas including messages about the physical location of a U.S. ambassador by a GOP congressional candidate.




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White House hold on aid to Ukraine broke the law because Donald Trump cannot override Congress

The Government Accountability Office has concluded that the White House Office of Management and Budget violated a the law by withholding millions in aid to Ukraine.




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Trump ally says he was drinking when he texted about surveilling US ambassador to Ukraine

Robert Hyde, whose messages feature in a new document release from the House Intel committee, says he was drinking when he sent used WhatsApp to contact Giuliani associate Lev Parnas.




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New messages show mystery man in Belgium fed detailed information on Ukraine ambassador

The House Judiciary released a new tranche of information Friday including contacts between a Trump loyalist and Belgian exchange about the movements of a U.S. ambassador.




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Text messages shows Lev Parnas' extensive communications with Devin Nunes aide about Ukraine 

House Democrats released the messages in a document dump on Friday, showing Parnas texting with Derek Harvey, a top Nunes aide.




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Girl, 16, suffers horrific burns to her face after her father sets her on fire in Ukraine 

Anna Krytska, 16, grabbed her father's arm after he came home drunk and tried to hit his wife Natalia, and shouted at him: 'You are not going to hurt her anymore!'




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Ukrainian powerlifter carries a 55-stone COW on his shoulders in bizarre show of strength

Dmitry Khaladzhi, 40, has lifted a 55-stone cow for more a minute near Moscow. The powerlifter, of Ukraine, claims to hold 63 Guinness World Records.




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Giuliani claims he'll release evidence TODAY of Biden-Ukraine corruption

Rudy Giuliani promised in a rambling Fox News interview to release shocking 'evidence' regarding Ukraine corruption that he claims will prompt a probe into both Bidens.




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Twitter data could have been a source of Kremlin intelligence during the 2014 Ukraine conflict

University of California experts showed that location-tagged tweets by Ukraine residents could have been used to map out sentiments towards Russia in real-time.




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Mike Pompeo ordered a female reporter into his sitting room to launch an f-word tirade over Ukraine

Mary Louise Kelly, host of All Things Considered, revealed how Pompeo hurled the f-word after she asked him when he had defended fired Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.