4th April - Today's News: England's Air Pollution Begins to Clear

UK air pollution: high levels remain but forecast to fall - but not before David Cameron accused of misunderstanding air pollution crisis.  Personally all I've noticed is that it's been misty and there's been some sand deposits on my wheely bin .....  Compared with many parts of the world (pollution haze like this is endemic in much of SE Asia as well as cities like Mexico City and even in California) it's really not been a big deal and I think where it not for media reports most folk would have been unaware of it.   Though I accept it may have been a lot worse in big towns and cities where there is normally a lot more air pollution to start with.

Strong storms, tornadoes barrel through central US

In Australia, severe storm hammers NSW ripping roof of pub and forcing rescue of three people

A round-up of March records:

Austria's, warm March continues trend of unusual weather whilst in the Czech Republic this March warmest in at least 50 years and in the Valencia region of Spain March warmest and driest month since 2008

March 2014 hottest on record since 1902 in Bahrain

Showing the contrast in weather across the US, San Diego had warmest March on record but it was the coldest, snowiest March on record at Dulles airport, snowiest since 1960 in D.C. whilst Seattle smashes record for all-time wettest March

And New Zealand saw its first March frost in years

Scientists dismiss claims that Yellowstone volcano about to erupt

'Geologic clock' helps determine Moon's age

Saturn's Enceladeus moon hides 'great lake' of water

And is this the first weather report?  3,500 year old inscription revealing a 'tempest of rain' could re-write Egyptian history