Weather and climate news

A deep area of low pressure, which will bring impacts to large parts of the UK on Saturday and Sunday, has been named.

Fresh warnings for snow and ice have been issued by the Met Office as Arctic air continues to dominate the UK’s weather.

A unique collaboration between the Met Office and The Wildlife Trusts has driven a series of projects examining the impacts of weather and climate change on wildlife and their habitats across the UK.

With the clocks going back this weekend, new Met Office research shows that almost half of people in the UK have been caught out unexpectedly by severe weather over the past year.