Snow and gale force winds will hit over Easter weekend as ‘Arctic trough’ follows mini-heatwave

Snow and gale force winds could arrive this weekend as recent sunny weather is replaced with an ‘Arctic trough’ – with temperatures for Monday falling as low as 5C.  The Met Office said that despite the almost record-setting March conditions earlier this week, temperatures would decline steadily and by Monday would struggle to reach double … Read more

Toddler drowned in rainwater trough in garden of his foster carer’s home

Toddler aged 17 months drowned in rainwater trough in garden of his foster carer’s Somerset home, his family say Thomas Branchflower, aged seventeen months, found ‘unresponsive’ in trough  His mother, Tanya, said: ‘He was very much loved and adored by us, his parents’ Inquest is now underway, with preliminary cause of death given as drowning  By … Read more