Met Office verdict on warmer weather across UK next week after chilly start to June

The Met Office has warned warned Greater Manchester to expect a 'damp and drizzly' weekend. Following days of sunshine, showers and cloud returned on Friday (June 28).

Bombay Bicycle Club on stage at Glastonbury on Friday (28 June), Blur frontman Damon Albarn addressed the crowd about Palestine and “the importance of voting” in the United Kingdom’s general election next week.The indie band brought out Albarn for their evening set at the Other stage to perform ‘Heaven’, a cut from their latest album ‘My Big Day’ on which Albarn features.After thanking Bombay Bicycle Club frontman Jack Steadman, Albarn took a moment to address “three things” with the crowd, asking them to show him how they felt about Palestine. “Are you pro-Palestine?” he asked, to cheers.

Former gang leader Daniel Gee has been arrested in Greater Manchester after more than a month on the run. The former Merseyside gangster, who turned his own estate into a 24 hour drug trading zone, absconded from Kirklevington Grange prison in North Yorkshire on May 27.

Manchester has been enjoying some hot and dry weather this week after a much chillier start to the month.

It's good news for Manchester this weekend, as the weather is set to be largely sunny and dry with temperatures warming up.

Helen Flanagan shared a picture of herself 'back' on Coronation Street after sharing why she can't return properly to the ITV soap. The actress shared a throwback snap to one of the last times she was on the famous cobbles.

The friend of a British teenager who has gone missing in Tenerife has described his disappearance as 'weird'. Lucy Mae, who was on holiday with Jay Slater on the Spanish island when he went missing, last spoke with the 19-year-old on Monday morning (June 17).

A period of damp gloom that has come to define early summer 2024 is set to be disrupted by a spell of warmer weather.

Gaz Beadle, former Geordie Shore star, has reportedly split from his professional golfer girlfriend Charley Hull.The 36 year old announced his separation from his wife Emma McVey, 32, and mother of his two children, in October 2023 and began dating Charley, 28, shortly after his marriage ended. Sources suggest that the couple struggled to maintain their relationship and things have gradually cooled off. An insider revealed to The Sun: “It's a real shame but having a full-on relationship was just too hard.

Thunderstorms are set to batter parts of the UK thoughout Tuesday putting a dampener on our summer spirits.The Met Office has issued several weather warnings for areas across Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria, and the East Midlands. The weather warnings are in effect for a solid 10 hours, starting from 11am until 9pm tonight.

A spell of generally settled weather is set to bring "more summer-like" conditions across much of the UK, particularly as we head towards the end of this week.

The Met Office has issued a thunderstorm warning for today - including for parts of Greater Manchester.

A cold and wet start to the summer is set to improve from the middle of next week, forecasters have said.

More heavy rain is forecast this weekend in Greater Manchester - amid a 'sad, very showery' weather picture across the UK.

It's been a chilly start to June in Greater Manchester and across the UK - which an expert says 'is no surprise'.

A Britain's Got Talent favourite is still in hospital after a terrifying injury sustained during the grand finale of this year's competition. A performer from the Ssaulabi Performance Troupe was whisked away to hospital just as the ITV talent show wrapped up earlier this month.The injury reportedly occurred during a daring aerial stunt in the live final, which ended with vocalist Sydnie Christmas taking the 2024 title. The mishap unfolded when two members of the Korean martial arts ensemble accidentally crashed into each other mid-air instead of breaking a wooden block.

Married at First Sight star, Ella Morgan, 29, has shared a public message of support for EastEnders star Bobby Brazier, 21, after the two were spotted ‘locking lips’ last month at the BAFTAs afterparty in May. A month after the ‘smooch’, it looks like the pair are still on good terms, as she posted a public message on his recent Instagram post. Bobby competed in Sunday’s Soccer Aid match at Stamford Bridge, which raised £106 million for Unicef.

Cloaked celebrities return to the legendary Scottish castle for a game of detection, backstabbing as The Traitors returns for a brand-new series.The second American season of the show will air on BBC Three next week - beginning on Wednesday 12 June. Alan Cumming will take Claudia Winkleman’s place as host and will welcome 22 contestants to compete in games and gruelling roundtables all in the hope of winning a cash prize. As it’s the US series, most of the celebrities won’t be well-known to a UK audience.

Adam, Ryan and Scott Thomas are taking part in In With a Shout for Soccer Aid, hosted by Joel Dommett, in which they will be taking on a side featuring member's of England Women's Football Team.Their appearance on the gameshow on Saturday, 8 June, comes just days after it was announced Ryan and Adam had landed their own hosting gig on new ITV game show 99 To Beat. It's not the first time the siblings have starred together on screen. When the Thomas brothers scored their first ITV travel show together, Absolutely India: Mancs In Mumbai in 2020, it was a dream come true for the trio.

Scots have been warned to prepare for snow and thunder this weeks, according to the Met Office.