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Met Office to introduce retrospective weather forecasts

The Met Office is promising one hundred per cent accurate weather reports in a radical overhaul of the way it forecasts the weather.

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Posted: Jan 20th, 2010
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Britain’s gloomiest man says he’s had enough of 2010

Britain’s gloomiest man has described 2010 as his ‘annus horribilis’, although confidently predicts 2011 will probably be worse.

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Posted: Jan 4th, 2010
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Cockermouth ‘well placed to emerge from water-based recession,’ claims Chancellor

Deluge due to MET office policy of quantitative easingAlistair Darling today claimed that the government’s prudent management of the environment meant that Cumbria was better placed to emerge from flooding than many other regions.

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Posted: Nov 22nd, 2009
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Water companies apologise for not announcing water shortages during recent fine weather

National water suppliers have apologised for not automatically announcing a water shortage this year. Companies have cited a software glitch as the cause for the delay in the usual round of water shortage scaremongering.

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Posted: Aug 17th, 2009
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Met Office launches weather forecast comparison site

Everywhere you go, take your choice of weather with you‘Often travellers will find that while one website predicts it will be overcast and 20 degrees, a bit of shopping around online can quickly turn that into 26 degrees with clear blue skies,’ said John Kettley today.

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Posted: Jun 4th, 2009
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