Mayor Boris Johnson praised his fellow Londoners as ‘crikey, yipes, a bloody good bunch of blokes and . . . you know, the others . . . salt of the earth, what?’ Whilst nobody really understood what Boris was going on about, it was widely acknowledged that the capital had endured a day as bad as any since the Blitz.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
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After a hurricane-force storm hit the south of England, food hoarding has led to a run on essentials like olive oil and organic asparagus. Home Counties housewives have recalled stories told by their mothers of the 1987 storm, where families were left unable to the host even the most basic dinner party.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2013
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Semi-retired weather forecaster Michael Fish is preparing to ‘let his hair down’ over the next few days by heading to the Cornish Coast with family and friends on a three-day mackerel fishing trip.
Posted: Oct 27th, 2013
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Citizens have been advised to batten down the hatches and prepare for the worst in advance of the possible arrival of Hurricane Mitt to the Washington area in the middle of next week.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2012
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