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Britons are bracing themselves for more rain, heavy showers and possible storms as the jet stream barrels in from the west. But there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon with warmer temperatures heading our way with 30C possible, according to one weather expert.
The jet stream air current drives the movement of storm systems, building troughs and ridges, with just one streak able to turn a sunny Monday into a severe storm within a day.
Due to its
Volkswagen said its after-tax earnings in the first half of the year fell 20 percent from a year earlier, to 8.5 billion euros, or $9.45 billion. But overall revenue increased 18.2 percent as the company stemmed some of its losses in China, where deliveries were down 1.2 percent.
Western Europe provided the company with its strongest business, with 1.65 million vehicles ordered in the first half of the year, and 200,000 of them — or 12 percent —
Heavy and perhaps thundery showers are expected this weekend, according to the Met Office’s latest weather forecast, with a huge weather system poised to pummel the UK. The Met Office says bands of showers will move in on Saturday with “no one immune” to the wet weather.
A Met Office spokesperson said: “The weekend weather will be dominated by an area of low pressure pushing into the north west of the UK on Saturday bringing a risk of heavy rain
BERLIN — Porsche reported a rise in operating profit of 10.7 percent to 3.85 billion euros ($4.25 billion) in the first half of the year and confirmed its forecast for the second half despite a “tense” global economic situation.
The sports-car maker saw revenue jump 14 percent to 20.43 billion euros on 15 percent more deliveries, signaling a recovery from the dent to output in the same period last year caused in part by lockdowns in China.
It was facing
Fierce winds could reach more than 60 miles per hour tonight and overnight, according to the latest weather forecast. The newest WxCharts weather maps show the strongest gusts will lash northern Scotland on Friday. The weather will worsen overnight and, by Saturday morning, up to 10 centimetres of snow could blanket parts of Scotland.
The intense wintry weather has prompted a yellow weather warning from the Met Office.
The Met Office weather alert warned that snow and ice could spark
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A student who was told she had a year to live due to a brain tumour has fulfilled one of her ambitions by presenting the BBC weather forecast.
Laura Nuttall, 22, defied the odds to graduate from university four years after being diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma shortly after she started an international relations degree at University College London.
This week, Miss Nuttall appeared alongside regular weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans on BBC North West, after the station offered
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