Weather

The world is getting hotter. It is being suggested that July was globally the warmest month on record ever. In the UK, we had temperatures hitting 38.1C. Experts have said that climate change made these temperatures at least five times as likely to happen.

Britain’s cauliflower growers have said a year’s worth of work has been wiped out after “volatile weather” killed off most of their crops.

The southern half of Scotland was on flood alert last night after some areas were drenched with two-thirds of August’s rainfall in two days.

Scotland is braced for further downpours today with the Met Office warning up to 80mm (3in) of rain could fall in as little as six hours.

Three more days of heavy rain warnings across much of Scotland threaten further flooding after homes, roads and another rail line were engulfed.

A dramatic slow motion video shows the moment lightning strikes Edinburgh during a freak thunderstorm this afternoon.

These shocking pictures show a picturesque village once home to Scots outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor ravaged by a landslide.

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms has been issued for most of Wednesday.

The Met Office has issued two yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms in Scotland, as heavy rain and thunder are set to hit.