3+ hour, 23+ min ago   (321+ words) A RESERVOIR in Somerset has been declared as having ‘exceptionally low’ levels as the fifth heatwave of the summer takes effect. Temperatures are expected to reach 32C in the region tomorrow. Reservoir storage in England dropped to 69% last week, down from…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (312+ words) ‘WE’RE PRACTISING OUR RAIN DANCES’ - COUNCILLOR All the East Midlands is currently in drought having been starved of rain and baked by a series of intense heatwaves. The scorching weather will continue this week, with the Met Office issuing an…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (503+ words) The first update in six years under retained EU legislation on water quality from the Environment Agency assessed the country’s 4,658 rivers, lakes, estuaries, canals and coastal waters on a range of standards including wildlife, water quality and the state of…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (206+ words) THIS eight-diamond, 400-year-old ring dug up after seven hours of metal detecting may fetch up to £20,000 at auction. Stuart Jones unearthed the 19.2ct sparkler in a field in Wormington, Glos — and he even located one missing jewel. The metal detectorist said:…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (504+ words) Hailstorms are a billion-dollar problem in the US. One company thinks they can solve it with AI Hail is a solar farm’s natural enemy. In the US, where everything is bigger, ‘extreme’ hail events see chunks of ice the size…...