South East England

An infestation of caterpillars that can trigger asthma attacks, vomiting and skin rashes has appeared in south-east England. Oak processionary moths, in their larval stage now, have been spotted in areas that include Croydon, Twickenham, Epping Forest, Watford, Ealing and several London suburbs.

Skinner was the second MEP for South East England to be jailed within two years for fraud. In 2015 Ashley Mote was jailed for five years for also fiddling almost £500,000 in expenses from the European Parliament. Mote, 80, was elected as a UKIP member but thrown out of the party when the fraud came to ...

FORECASTERS have warned that heavy rain is on the way, with some areas in line for snow. Swindon is expected to miss the worst of the weather. However, a Yellow weather warning is in force for much of south east England. Oxford will be hit by the poor weather and some areas could see as much as ...

On my first visit to Great Dixter, I was a mere tourist following the heavily trod trail of famous gardens that wind through southeast England. A horticultural neophyte, I didn't even know how to free a plant from a black plastic pot when I arrived in Sussex. Still, the legendary iconoclastic garden was an arrow ...

A slow-moving storm system will unleash a period of heavy rainfall on parts of the United Kingdom from late Sunday into Monday. Rain will spread over parts of southern and eastern England Sunday afternoon, becoming heavy at times Sunday night into Monday. Hardest-hit areas will include London, ...

But from Sunday evening gusting gale force winds and some heavy rain will affect much of south-east England and East Anglia. Severe weather warnings have been issued from 9pm on Sunday and all day on Monday with several inches of rain expected during the deluge. Strong gale force winds ...

The warmth will linger across South-East England for the second half of the weekend. As a result, this year's London Marathon will rival the warmest on record. The all-time record was reached Sunday afternoon for the marathon. 23.2 C (73.8 F) was observed Sunday afternoon, which beat the previous ...

People in the south east of England are the least likely to have back ache, according to a study that reveals a huge regional divide in how Britain suffers pain. Research by the British Chiropractic Association has found significant differences in the number of people with back or neck pain across the UK ...

For nearly two decades now, the Top Gear test track has been at an old military airfield in Surrey, South East England. But soon enough, the Hammerhead and Chicago turns will be a park, the Bacharach looks like it'll become some kind of water feature, and a roadway looks to be planned in the Gambon's ...

The company's south east England site had been a focus for opposition since 2013 to fracking and the environmental dangers opponents to it claim it presents, leading to bitter protests as campaigners clashed with police. Fracking for oil and gas was seen as a cost-effective alternative source of energy ...

While two control areas have already made the change, the stage that takes effect on Wednesday morning affects the London Terminal Control Centre – covering a large area of south-east England stretching from south of Birmingham to the French coast. For the first 10 days of the transition, the amount of ...

A mostly dry day with sunny spells to start. However, becoming cloudy with light rain from the south-west through the morning and afternoon. Although, likely to remain dry over south-east England. The wind should be gentle to moderate south-westerly, but westerly over Scotland. Maximum temperatures 11 ...

AN OXFORDSHIRE care home has been rated as one of the best in the region by its residents, who took part in a website's survey. Penhurst Gardens Care Home in Chipping Norton was rated as one of the top 20 care homes in South East England by a survey conducted on carehome.co.uk. In doing so, it ...

The human rights campaigner joined demonstrators in London on Monday at the first stage of a bid by an oil and gas firm to ban protests at four exploration sites in south-east England where drilling operations are taking place. UK Oil and Gas Investments PLC (UKOG) claims actions by some protesters ...

Up to 10cm of snow could fall in parts of the country as freezing Arctic air engulfs the British Isles as a result of what forecasters are calling a “mini beast from the east”. The Met Office has issued amber weather warnings for snow in London, south-east England, Yorkshire and the Midlands for Saturday and ...

The warning, which means disruption is likely, applies to an area of south-east England, parts of the Midlands and most of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. “Travel delays on roads ... The heaviest snowfall is forecast for south-east England where up to 15cm could fall on higher ground. The weather is expected ...

“The semi-closure of Waterloo station in August as well as the inconsistent train service from south and south-east England also deterred people from travelling to London and encouraged people to visit attractions nearer to home,” he said. Almost one in five trains (19%) run by GTR – which owns four ...

We are seeking a part-time (0.5 FTE, 17.5 hours per week) Research Fellow to work on a project evaluating 'Positive Choices' a new sexual health intervention to be delivered in secondary schools in south east England. The overall purpose of the research is to develop methods for, and determine the ...

The new hub at Crewe will open up High-Speed 2, the planned rail network between London, the West Midlands and the North to more people and will have a direct impact for those travelling to and from Flintshire and South East England. The station will be capable of handling up to seven HS2 trains per ...

“If you had done the work in the West Midlands or South East England I am sure you would have got similar results,” he said. “We're shining a light on a huge problem that, until now, has been under the radar. We found microplastics everywhere, even in streams high in the hills. Wherever you find people ...

The project, which began in a village church in South East England, is the idea of the artist and photographer Martin Barraud. To mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, in 2016, he placed 51 perspex Tommies in the pews of his local Anglican church in Penshurst, Kent. They represented each of the ...

Between November 2001 and October 2002, he had carried out a number of sex attacks against strangers across south-east England. Victims were grabbed and dragged into a secluded area, where they were threatened with death and beaten. He was eventually convicted of raping four women and three ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an Iron Age skeleton on the final day of a dig at the Margate Caves in Kent, southeast England. The remains were found at the bottom of a bell-shaped chalk pit curled up in a fetus position, suggesting it was what archaeologists call a crouch burial. This is a particularly ...

Expedition, a London-based engineering consultancy firm, have revealed their proposal for a new high-speed railway called HS4Air (High-Speed for Air). The new railway would connect the existing HS1 with the planned HS2, linking both Gatwick and Heathrow airports. Also included would be a ...

Last summer, Alasdair Rae at the University of Sheffield wrote a blog post showing that about 0.54 per cent of the UK is golf course. It's not much: Rae described it as roughly the same area as Greater Manchester; although in comparison it is roughly twice as much space as urban parks (0.27 per cent of the ...

Thousands of properties in South-east England remain without water as carmaker Jaguar has been forced to halt production after multiple burst pipes across the country. Thames Water, which has customers across London and Thames Valley, said somewhere near 10,000 properties are affected.

Storm Emma is expected to weaken in the vicinity of the Scilly Isles with an occluded warm front persistent blowing snow in a moderate to fresh easterly wind over southeast Ireland to Wales, the south Midlands to south and southeast England, but clearing southwest Ireland. The snow will become lighter in ...

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow for London and South East England next week. Starting at around 4pm on Monday (February 26) and predicted to last until Tuesday night, snow showers are expected to hit the capital. In this early stage the Met Office are still not clear whether what ...

He said: "HS4Air has been developed to allow rail and aviation infrastructure projects in south east England that are currently unconnected to become joined-up. This will offer greatly enhanced benefits for users and provide better value for the investments currently being made in the UK's strategic ...

Thousands of properties in South-east England remain without water as carmaker Jaguar has been forced to halt production after multiple burst pipes across the country. Thames Water, which has customers across London and Thames Valley, said somewhere near 10,000 properties are affected.