29th October - Today's News: Putting Clocks Forward Damages Our Health!

Putting clocks back damages our health, says expert - to which there is a simple answer: stop putting the bloody things forward in Spring! There's nothing more depressing than dark, dreary morning and having to get up and travel to work in the dark. Any attempt to move Britain to the the alpha time zone would seriously harm our mental wellbeing not to say totally fail to bring any benefits whatsoever (except to a handful of arrogant tossers in the SE England who want to be able to play tennis at 11.00pm on a summer's evening - when all normal folk have gone to bed, albeit struggling to sleep in the continuing daylight ......)

Someone's been looking at the MetO website and has decided that Met Office data suggests mild winter - however, my own interpretation is that there is no clear signal with regards temperature. Though I agree the data suggests a drier than average winter. Anyway, the story has prompted a MetO comment.

Manitoba, Saskatchewan clean up after weather bomb whilst further south, the same storm system resulted in Midwest battered by 56 tornadoes in 2 days.

With the death toll now over 400, Indonesia tsunami relief slowed by bad weather meanwhile Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupts again as victims buried

It's been estimated that Earth-sized worlds much more common than giant planets - increasing the likelihood of Earth-type life elsewhere.

Pentland Firth tidal project set for development

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