16:57, Sat, Jul 18, 2026 Updated: 16:57, Sat, Jul 18, 2026 Britain could be battered by a wall of rain later this month as new weather maps suggest the exact day the country’s prolonged spell of hot ...

Under the stewardship of geographer Sir Dudley Stamp, thousands of volunteers (including many schoolchildren) came together in the 1930s on a mission that sounds relatively simple on paper: to record ...

On June 23, 2016, exactly 10 years ago, a close referendum saw just over half of Britons vote to leave the European Union (EU) after years of campaigning that Britain would be better off outside the ...

Seven of the hottest counties in the UK are forecast to reach 26C in a late summer 'mini-heatwave' ...

Reflecting worries that the French might invade, the first OS maps cover the mouth of the river Thames. This is the naval route to London and a highly vulnerable part of the country. The sheets that ...