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@roundourwayuk.bsky.social
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A new organisation for people in the UK paying the price for climate change. We support people across the UK to tell stories about how they are being impacted by climate change.

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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great to see the comments from the PM on impacts of our changing climate. All summer we've been raising the alarm about this unprecedented heatwave.From 40c heat in classrooms to mums struggling at home to keep cool. We need to adapt today AND mitigate the worst effects of climate change for tomorrw
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The @ukhsa.bsky.social has issued its first amber heat health warning of the year, which means there will be increased risk to vulnerable people from high temperatures in the coming days www.gov.uk/government/n...
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UKHSA issues amber and yellow heat-health alerts across England
UKHSA has issued its first amber heat-health alert of 2026, warning of increased risk to vulnerable people from high temperatures in the coming days.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
This week’s episode looks at the emotional and practical realities of flooding through the story of a Stockport family hit twice in six years. Substack: tinyurl.com/2ncajyuz Apple: tinyurl.com/y2jvhmae Spotify: tinyurl.com/3ef669ut
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Floods, droughts, and flowers that bloom too soon. Beekeeper Ian Campbell discusses how climate change is disrupting the rhythms bees depend on in this story from @roundourwayuk.bsky.social Substack: tinyurl.com/yrr3yk3b Apple: tinyurl.com/9hxz7w7 Spotify: tinyurl.com/2pf5r4ka
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
12 floods in one winter. £180k in repairs. The Royal Oak's fight to keep the doors open. Listen to Khara’s Story From Round Our Way #ClimateChange #Flooding Substack: tinyurl.com/y82pnuzv Spotify: tinyurl.com/yt83hzfm Apple: tinyurl.com/mse82vbv
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Newlyn harbour is cutting pollution and future-proofing fishing with cleaner engine tech. Hear from Adrian Bartlett and Dave Stevens on the changes happening at sea. Substack: tinyurl.com/2k4h2b2c Apple: tinyurl.com/ycypn9ye Spotify: tinyurl.com/munwcsn6
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
At Springwater Farm, slowing the flow of water upstream is protecting roads, fields, and livestock while creating a more resilient farm. Listen to the latest story from Round Our Way. Substack: tinyurl.com/4ux7px6k Spotify: tinyurl.com/4w7mf9y7 Apple: tinyurl.com/4pvn4rm3
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
In the latest episode of Stories From Round Our Way, Pete Paragreen tells us how one flood turned climate change from a distant issue into a personal reality. Substack: tinyurl.com/2ttkwk98 Spotify: tinyurl.com/mw8t6zpv Apple: tinyurl.com/3uc99tu5
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
In Kilnsea, erosion takes about 2 metres of coastline every year. Andrew Wells, a retired dairy farmer, shares how he’s learned to live with the loss of land he once worked. Substack: tinyurl.com/7epdwjtu Spotify: tinyurl.com/yuazj5mj Apple: tinyurl.com/yurvetwa
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Powerful storytelling about the impact of flooding in the UK. "I know it has been traumatic because every time it rains really heavily I get really quite stressed … I just think about those windows blowing in..." You can listen here: roundourway.substack.com/p/how-repeat...
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How repeated flooding has shaped one family across generations
Alister Haywood describes surviving three devastating floods, and how the trauma changed her, her parents, and her children.
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Sofie Jenkinson @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We did a @roundourwayuk.bsky.social story with @seabrookclimate.bsky.social & Sky News this week on the impacts of hot weather on pregnant people and newborns with findings from new @climatecentral.org work bsky.app/profile/seab...
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Alister Haywood speaks of grief, fear, and 20 years of work washed away. This is how climate disaster echoes through generations. Substack: tinyurl.com/3jakk2r4 Spotify: tinyurl.com/443bv4sr Apple: tinyurl.com/mb6dmmzd
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Mike Potter discusses how restoring moorlands & reintroducing beavers can reduce risk of flood damage. Substack: tinyurl.com/musdvzec Spotify: tinyurl.com/875d5zw9 Apple: tinyurl.com/4v3dskk9
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
2025 is already the 2nd worst year on record for area burned and number of fires. Only April. #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis www.lbc.co.uk/weather/uk-w...
lbc.co.uk
UK on track for worst year for wildfires as rescue services respond to more than 400 incidents already
The UK may be on track to see its worst year for wildfires, data shows.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
On the latest episode of Stories From Round Our Way, students from Withernsea High share what it's like growing up on Europe's fastest-eroding coast. Read/listen: Substack: tinyurl.com/bdh5papf Spotify: tinyurl.com/yc2r75a9 Apple: tinyurl.com/mr475vh7
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
From wind gusts of 120 mph to 16-day heatwaves, women’s football pitches face growing climate dangers. Aberdeen, Rangers, and Montrose among the clubs projected to face the worst climate risks. www.scotsman.com/read-this/cl...
scotsman.com
Climate hazards including up to 120 mile per hour winds threatening Scottish women’s football
Climate change could pose a serious risk to more than a third of pitches where Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) teams play over the next 25 years, according to new climate modelling released by ...
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Wildfire smoke near Inverkip caused ships on the River Clyde to sound their foghorns due to poor visibility! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ships forced to use foghorns due to wildfire smoke
River traffic issued warning blasts due to the low visibility on the Clyde.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Firefighters battled a wildfire on the Pennine moors above Dove Stone Reservoir in Oldham. The blaze spread to nearly 500ft wide! #Wildfire #Firefighters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Dove Stone: Firefighters tackle wildfire at Oldham beauty spot
The fire grew to nearly 500ft (150m) wide and more than 300ft (100m) high before it was put out.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Eight pieces of fruit and veg with soaring prices due to climate change. Great to see coverage today of our work with farmers and others showing how increasing weather extremes feed into rising food bills. inews.co.uk/news/fruit-v...
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Eight pieces of fruit and veg with soaring prices due to climate change
British farmers have been struggling with crop yields across the board
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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Nice piece in the "I" today for @roundourwayuk.bsky.social veg, climate change & cost of living. V proud as the story's based on a cost of living app I've developed. We take ONS data and create a "cost of living receipt" showing how prices have changed. More to come inews.co.uk/news/fruit-v...
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Wildfire risk alert! The Met Office has issued an amber warning for dry, windy conditions in parts of the UK through Monday. Stay safe! #WildfireWarning www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK weather: Temperatures set to reach 22C on Friday amid wildfire warnings
Warm, bright conditions are expected but come with a warning about wildfires.
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 03/04/2025
🔥 Firefighters warn "extreme" wildfire risk across Scotland continues this week, due to "dead, bone-dry vegetation" & warmer-than-average temps. 🌡️ Climate Shift Index shows unusual 3°-4°C above average temperatures are 4-5x more likely -- & nearly impossible without -- climate change.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Temperatures set to soar above 21°C in London this week! The Met Office has issued an amber wildfire warning. Stay safe and avoid barbecues outdoors! #UKWeather www.lbc.co.uk/weather/weat...
lbc.co.uk
Hot weather amber wildfire warning issued from fire service amid spring sunny spell
The Met Office has issued an amber wildfire warning for a major UK city with residents told to avoid barbecues after recent dry weather.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
New study warns that global heating could make the average person 40% poorer with 4°C of warming, far worse than previous economic forecasts. #ClimateCrisis #EconomicImpact www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows
Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
March 2025 was the driest on record across England and Wales since 1961, with some areas seeing just 25% of typical rainfall. #UKWeather #Drought www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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Record dry March for parts of England and Wales
March was one of the driest and sunniest on record for some parts of the UK.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Tadcaster Albion FC is battling the floods! Hear from chairman Andy Charlesworth on how the team and community cope with repeated flooding in the latest episode of SFROW. Substack: tinyurl.com/mv5sbdxr Spotify: tinyurl.com/ysv97zvh Apple: tinyurl.com/yjmajjzs
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Data from Nature’s Calendar reveals earlier signs of spring: frogspawn and bluebells are appearing sooner each year. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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Spring is
Data shows that spring has warmed by 1.8C in the UK since 1970 and this warming is having an impact on nature.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is big news for natural flood management! news.sky.com/story/wild-b...
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Wild beavers to make a comeback in England after government approves reintroduction
Once widespread, then hunted to extinction in the UK, beavers have bounced up and down the political agenda - before the government today finally approved their wild release. But officials have said l...
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Flood warnings in place across parts of the UK after heavy rain and high winds this weekend. #UKWeather #FloodWarnings www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Flood warnings issued in parts of UK after weekend of rain and wind
Environment Agency warns of risk of river and surface flooding, as climate crisis brings warmer and wetter winters
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The financial toll of flooding has more than tripled in 5 years, totaling £31m in claims. The cost of extreme weather is undeniable. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/read-this/br...
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Brits have claimed £31m for flood damages between 2020 and 2024
The cost of damages caused by flooding has increased by 218% over 5 years, with UK residents claiming almost £31m in total over the period.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Natural Resources Wales issues 4 flood warnings and 12 alerts as rivers like the Towy, Ely, and Usk are at risk of flooding again www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Wales floods: Heavy rain causes flooding and travel disruption
An amber weather warning for rain was in place across Wales until 06:00 GMT on Monday.
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NEON @neonuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We're hiring someone for 6 months to work as a press officer on our Spokesperson Network project. It involves placing people in broadcast media on a regular basis, developing & maintaining media contacts and meeting the needs of participants on the programme. Deadline is 16 Feb> lnkd.in/e4yBdDfs
An image of members of the NEON staff team is surrounded by the words "NEON is hiring - Press Officer"
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Over 100,000 homes to be built in England's highest flood risk zones in the next 5 years. Experts warn this could lead to major damage and uninsurability. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones
Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five years
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Residents near disused coal tips in South Wales say the lessons of the Aberfan disaster still haven’t been learned. After a tip collapse in Cwmtillery, the threat to safety remains high. news.sky.com/story/coal-t...
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Coal tips safety: Residents say lessons 'not learned' from Aberfan disaster
Sky News has spoken with residents who live near some of Wales's most dangerous disused coal tips, who say lessons have not been learned since the 1966 tragedy which killed 144 people, including 116 c...
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Heat pumps use air/ground heat to provide hot water & heating. They're more efficient than gas boilers & could save you big on energy bills! inews.co.uk/news/heat-pu...
inews.co.uk
Yes, heat pumps can be fitted into older, larger homes
Even with the Government's £7,500 grant, people in larger, older houses are still concerned whether an energy-efficient heat pump is for them
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
An extra £250m will shore up flood defences & protect 66,500 more properties across England. Vital for keeping families and businesses safe. #FloodDefences www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Minister promises to spend £250m to top up England’s flood defences
Labour pledges to protect 66,500 more properties, criticising previous Tory efforts
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Sofie Jenkinson @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
At @roundourwayuk.bsky.social we specialise in climate storytelling that starts by building stories from the reality of people’s lives – what people love, spend their time doing, treat themselves to & what worries them and then we think about how these things interact with climate impacts.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The UK is unprepared for the devastating effects of climate breakdown, say fire chiefs, who are on the frontlines of extreme weather events like flooding & wildfires. In 2022, there were 983 wildfires—up 315% from 2021. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts
Exclusive: National Fire Chiefs Council says firefighters’ ability to respond is at risk as it calls for preventive action
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Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Fantastic piece by @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social on grounding climate conversations in everyday experience, that @roundourwayuk.bsky.social do so well. Particularly loved this bit on everyday stories of rising costs and effects people and their kids will see and feel.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Despite Storm Bert’s damage, @storyvillebooks.bsky.social and Toper Crispy are determined to stay strong in the face of future floods. open.substack.com/pub/roundour...
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How floods are making it harder for small businesses in Pontypridd
Jeffrey and Simon, who work in Pontypridd town centre for shops that both lost around £20,000 in the Storm Bert flooding late last year, tell us how the weather has impacted them
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Storm Éowyn is battering the UK & Ireland with rare red weather warnings for Northern Ireland & Scotland. Danger to life! Stay safe! #StormÉowyn www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
bbc.co.uk
Storm Éowyn live: Danger to life warnings as 'once in a generation' storm batters UK and Ireland
Two red weather warnings are in place as winds of up to 100mph are forecast to hit Northern Ireland and Scotland.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Beavers are vital to help manage floods and droughts in the UK, yet the government is blocking their licensed release. Time to act! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Licensed release of beavers has many benefits | Letters
Letters: Bob Ward points to the flood prevention and ecosystem recovery benefits, while John Varley says beavers can be a nuisance too
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Coastal areas beware: Storm Éowyn could bring large waves and coastal overtopping. Stay safe near the sea! #CoastalFlooding #StormÉowyn www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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Storm Éowyn: Snow, strong winds and rain target UK as weather warnings issued
It is going to turn stormier in the UK this week as Storm Éowyn moves in from the Atlantic.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Storm overflows could be reduced by 10-15% in Marton thanks to a new £835,000 investment aimed at improving river health. www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2486309...
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Marton storm overflow works to see residential surface water diverted
Yorkshire Water is investing £835,000 to improve the River Seven's health, via diversion of residential surface water.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Increased extreme weather caused by climate change is causing more potholes. Our new analysis out today ft in @dailymail.co.uk shows that almost 1million potholes were reported last year up to end of Nov. #NationalPotholeDay www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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How much Brits are paying to fix their vehicles damaged by potholes
The cost of repairing vehicles damaged by hitting potholes on UK roads hit a record high last year of £579million.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
UK faces broccoli & cauliflower shortage this spring due to unpredictable weather. A "hungry gap" could last longer than expected! #ClimateChange #UKFoodSupply www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UK faces broccoli and cauliflower shortage this spring
Growers blame weather challenges in UK and Europe, which Met Office says will become more frequent with climate breakdown
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Rain gardens aren't just pretty—they help prevent flooding by absorbing rainfall, filtering pollutants, and cooling the surrounding areas. #FloodPrevention www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
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Weatherwatch: how planting rain gardens can reduce flooding
Rain gardens absorb runoff, filter pollutants and lower the surrounding temperature
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Snow alerts are in effect, and runways at Manchester Airport are temporarily closed. Stay safe and allow extra time for your journey today! #Snowstorm #UKWeather www.lbc.co.uk/news/manches...
lbc.co.uk
Manchester Airport closes runways due to ‘significant levels of snow’
Manchester Airport has once again closed its runways due to ‘significant levels of snow'.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Major incident declared in Leicestershire! Over 200 calls & 59 rescues since this morning. Flooded homes & stranded vehicles causing chaos. Avoid non-essential travel! #FloodWarnings #StaySafe www.lbc.co.uk/news/weather...
lbc.co.uk
Two regions declares major incidents with 59 people rescued in Leicestershire - as children stranded in flood-hit school
Lincolnshire has become the second county in the UK to declare a major incident hours after neighbouring Leicestershire became the first.
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Round Our Way @roundourwayuk.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Snow, ice, and floods are causing widespread disruption across the UK with schools closed, airports halted, and roads blocked. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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New weather warnings as snow and ice cause travel havoc and school closures in UK
Flooding closes main roads as cold air forecast to return from Monday – and possibility of more snow later in week
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