Dan Stroud: Last News

Mancunians were left pondering as a mysterious purple glow emerged in the sky last night. Residents posted on social media about seeing an unusual light above the streets, and shared images with the Manchester Evening News from around Greater Manchester.

Met Office forecasters are predicting another rainy day in Greater Manchester today - with showers forecast over the weekend.

The Met Office has declared this year an official white Christmas after snow fell in parts of the UK..

The Leonid meteor shower is set to light up the UK's night sky this weekend, meaning stargazers could be in for a spectacular show. The best time to catch this dazzling display will be between midnight and dawn during the early hours of Saturday, when the meteor shower is set to peak.

It's been a glorious bank holiday weekend with Greater Manchester basking in sunshine. The rest of the country has also enjoyed similar sunny scenes, with Sunday (May 28) being the UK's hottest day of the year so far.

The Northern Lights have returned to skies above large swathes of Scotland tonight (Monday, Fenbruary 27), for the second night running.

Parts of Scotland are likely to be hit with a 24-hour monster rainstorm on Thursday, the Met Office has confirmed.

The extreme heat over the weekend has continued to affect some of Greater Manchester’s reservoirs.

This weekend has seen the return of the UK heatwave with temperatures climbing to highs of 35C in some parts of the country. It comes as the southern half of the UK has been hit by drought conditions this weekend, while the northern half braces for thunderstorms on Sunday and an amber heat warning has been issued by the Met Office.The amber weather warning for extreme heat is in place until 11.59pm on Sunday for large parts of the south, east, west, midlands and north of England.The Met Office has put the warning in place saying that people could experience “adverse health effects”, such as sunburn or heat exhaustion, and delays to transport during the hot weather.

All of the UK's major supermarkets have now stopped selling disposable barbecues because of safety fears during the heatwave. Asda and Lidl join Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Co-op, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer to temporarily remove the product from sale.The ban comes after concerns that disposable barbecues could start wildfires after the long spell of dry weather, with a drought being declared in eight areas of England earlier this week. A Tesco spokesman previously said: "In light of the ongoing heatwave and dry conditions, we've now made the decision to temporarily pause the sale of disposable barbecues across the UK.

The UK is hot, hot, hot this weekend in a resurgence of the heatwave that caused record highs in mid July. Parts of the country could see temperatures as high as 35C this weekend and with that experts have warned of wildfires, drought, and thunderstorms. It comes as the southern half of the UK has been hit by drought conditions this weekend, while the northern half braces for thunderstorms on Sunday and an amber heat warning has been issued by the Met Office.This means heat-related illnesses including sunburn and heat exhaustion are “likely” among the general population, and delays to public transport are “possible”.

weather throughout the week as sun-lovers continue to pack the nation's beaches.Midday temperatures in the high teens and mid twenties made for a sizzling Saturday in some parts on Saturday (May 8) — but forecasters say the best is yet to come.The mercury could even rocket up to 26C on the south coast of England, smashing the current record of 23C for 2022's hottest day.Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth said: “It’s likely we’ll see those warm and much warmer than average temperatures across the UK. Ultra-violet light levels will likely be high.” However, tempreatures could fall back to the mid teens as the week draws to a close, marking an end to the heatwave.Meteorologist Dan Stroud predicted Scotland and Northern Ireland would experience slightly cooler tempreatures than the rest of the UK, and said: "We're thinking at the moment we're going to see a legacy of cloud and outbreaks of rain clear in the south-east on Saturday morning and then brightening up from the north and the west."Some decent sunny spells and feeling rather warm in the sunshine across many areas of England and Wales.

sunshine is set to come to an end on Easter Monday with a dip in temperatures and rain expected.Sun-loving Brits have packed out parks and beaches around the UK since record-breaking highs of 23C on Good Friday.Manchester enjoyed highs of 21C today whilst Londoners revelled in 20C and Cardiff enjoyed 19C.Even the north was treated to the sun and Newcastle reached 18C with Aberdeen hitting 15C.The capital’s 23.4C heat in St James’s Park marked the hottest day of the year so far and beat the previous record of 20.8C on March 25 in Cornwall.But the mercury will end after Easter Sunday and overnight temperatures are set to drop as low as 7C with daytime highs of 16C.Meteorologist Dan Stroud said: "Fresher conditions will slowly start to move in from the west accompanied by cloud and some rain."Looking at Easter Monday, outbreaks of rain will continue to move eastwards, but weakening all the time."Sunny spells and showers following on, but feeling a lot fresher, and that theme will continue into the new week."For Northern Ireland and the far west of the UK, the bad weather started early and they experienced "thick cloud and rain" from today.Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge added: "Sunday is mostly dry across the vast majority of the country, apart from the far west, but it will turn slightly cloudy as the day goes on.Stay up to date with all the latest Daily Star news by signing up to one of our free newsletters here."It will be more milky sunshine, because we'll have very high level clouds coming in, but it will still be bright and dry."Independent forecaster WXCharts even predicted the UK could be hit with snow later this month.Arctic winds blowing in from the north on their radar show the first band of snow could

Mirror.But, the effects are thought to have been worse in Mediterranean areas like Spain – where many crops for the UK market are grown, claims Manchester Evening News.It said: "Due to the recent winds from the Sahara Desert, a small amount of dust has settled on our Spanish crops.“Please ensure you wash your fruit and veg products before enjoying.“Thank you for supporting our growers and preventing food waste by continuing to buy these products."Signs have also been spotted in Aldi stores, stating: "Please give your veg an extra rinse.“Due to recent winds from the Sahara Desert, a small amount of dust may have settled in some of our packs."It added: “Thank you for supporting our growers and helping to reduce food waste by continuing to buy these products."While eating sand or dust will mostly just be unpleasant it’s also important to note that they can contain micro-organisms which may make you unwell.At the time, Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud said: "The dust in the atmosphere causes the light to be more refracted, so you get the dominance of the red and orange tinges of the spectrum." Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Clear skies and bright sunshine are on the cards for the week ahead as the country is set to see rising temperatures. On Saturday the UK saw the hottest day of the year so far, with 20C recorded in the village of Kinlochewe in northern Scotland.

It might finally be safe to put away your winter coat until next year after weather experts have predicted that this week will see the hottest day of the year so far.The warmer weather is due to blast of dust from the Sahara blanketing Britain, Spain and France and turning skies orange. Yesterday, Brits shared pictures of the rust coloured dust landing in South East England.The phenomenon occurs when relatively high concentrations of red coloured dust or particles get mixed into rain, giving it a red appearance as it falls, according to the Met Office.The dust can be dangerous for people with lung conditions such as asthma and other allergies.