11th October - Today's News: First Heavy Snowfalls in Central Europe

Passes close as snow strikes Swiss mountains and there's the first heavy snow falls in southern Germany as well

And winter arrives in Scotland as snow a foot deep hits Cairngorms - but it won't hang around for long.

Cyclone Phailin: India's Orissa and Andhra Pradesh prepare for storm

Meanwhile, Typhoon Nari barrels towards northern Philippines

In Norfolk, Walcott homes evacuated during tidal surge flood warning

Despite predictions it could be their warmest October day on record, there was sweet, cool relief last night after mercury topped out at 37.3c in Sydney - almost a degree below the record of 38.2c recorded in 2004.   Meanwhile, southeast Queensland seleters through hottest October in eight years.

There's difficult relief for flood-ravaged Chinese city

'Stadium waves' could explain lull in global warming

Diamonds may fall as rain and form oceans on Saturn and Jupiter