October half term is always difficult to plan for as the weather can be so hit and miss but the Met office has good news for parents in the south and east of England

After a period of high pressure and settled, if somewhat gloomy, conditions, the weather has taken a dramatic turn.

The Met Office has warned of snow in parts of the UK as temperatures are set to "drop sharply" later this week, with a risk of sleet and snow in northern parts of the UK

While the weather agency suggests snow and sleet will be mainly seen over points of high ground and across parts of Scotland over the weekend, it does suggest Saturday will be chilly for most across the UK and says there is "potential for frost" in rural areas and even in some towns and cities.

The Met Office says that there is a risk of heavy rain for southern and eastern parts of Britain. There is a medium likelihood that heavy rain will move into the South West during Wednesday evening and become more widespread by Thursday morning. Most places will have around 20-30mm of rain, with some places getting 30-50mm.

THIS is the shocking moment flash floods sent bins flying down streets as roads turned into rivers. Residents in Brighton, East Sussex, were stunned by the wild scenes unfolding yesterday as

No references were made in a detailed review of the response to Storm Éowyn of any contact between the Irish and UK weather services, except around the naming of one of the worst storms to hit the island.

Launches of radiation monitors took place concurrently on 17 October at Met Office sites in Lerwick and Camborne, where Dr Benjamin Clewer, Research Fellow in Space Weather Model and System Developer at the Surrey Space Centre, was present, as well as at De Bilt in the Netherlands, operated by Dutch forecasters KNMI.