Forecasters have warned of more flash flooding as householders and businesses continue the clear-up from last week's devastation. Although this wee...
June is on target to be the wettest since 1860. So far this month, 150mm of rain has fallen across England and Wales when the average is 65mm. M...
Britain was braced for further flooding on Sunday as forecasters suggested this June would be one of the wettest in the last 100 years. More rain f...
Parts of the UK have been warned to brace for fresh outbreaks of flooding. Meanwhile, families forced to flee their inundated homes after a month's...
Singer, television presenter and actor John Barrowman has been forced to cancel his Blackpool concert tonight because of the severe weather. The 45...
Residents in a flood-hit Lancashire village were starting the mammoth task of cleaning up the damage on Saturday after torrential downpours brought fl...
Torrential downpours have brought flooding to swathes of northern England, forcing people to leave their homes as more than a month's worth of rain fe...
The Great North Swim in Cumbria has been postponed due to strong winds and heavy rain. Around 900 people were set to take part in the two-mile swim...
Large parts of England and Wales are on flood alert tonight after a month's worth of rain was predicted to fall in just 24 hours. The deluge is exp...
I have an unhealthy obsession with my birthday. I think I'm a birthday addict. The sight of a pristeen white envelope or the rustle of a wrapped present send me into a frenzy. I love everyone else's birthdays too. Card shops are my favourite haunts.
Workers may need to adopt Mediterranean-style working habits, such as the 'siesta', suggests the author of the Shaping Cities For Health report publis...
It's been just over a week since I declared my new-found sobriety upon y'all through this very website and it seems only right to update you all on my progress: I think you would all agree it's been a terrible week to give up.
Could it finally be time to put your winter coat away? For what feels like the first time in months the sun is out, with Tuesday marking the hottest o...
Recently I bought one of the tops from the Geri collection at Next. A gorgeous Union Jack print that took me back to the Spice Girls days. But it was also perfect for the summer of 2012.
It’s officially May. So despite the puddles, floods and rapidly more ridiculous-sounding drought warnings, let’s put thoughts of April showers beh...
The headline pretty much says it all. Topshop's High-Summer 2012 collection has just landed in store, all of which would be most welcome in the wardro...
Up until a few days ago I had not bought a single item of clothing in three and a half months. Count them. Three and half months; that's 14 weeks or 98 days or even (approximately) 2352 hours.
The temperature topped 20C on Thursday for the first time in the United Kingdom this year - and the unusually warm conditions are forecast to continue...
What's taller than a double-decker bus, weighs more than a fully-grown elephant, and would look great next to your wind break? By golly, it's the...
Exceptionally mild weather is expected across the UK today, with temperatures up to 11 degrees Celsius above average for the time of year, forecasters...
Everyone is booking their holidays for the summer. There is something appeasing knowing that, although you are stuck in boring work, it is still freez...
Every season without fail there is an 'it' something. Be it a handbag, a pair of shoes, a colour, a print or a cut, the fashion industry sifts through...
The past year has been the second warmest on record for the UK, the Met Office said on Friday. It said provisional figures show that only 2006, wit...
Here in the UK, we've packed away our summer wardrobes and swapped our sandals for winter boots (it is October after all). However, over in LA, Cat De...
After your holiday there is always much to do when you return. Whether it will be bills to pay, overtime to catch up on or getting stuck into the housework again.
