22nd February - Today's News: Britain and Europe Prepares for Storm Doris

Tomorrow's weather is starting to look serious as Met Office says Storm Doris is going to be bigger than previously thought - they've expanded theor amber warning for wind to include my back garden, and have also upgraded the warning for snow across southern Scotland to amber too.  However the spell of most intense winds looks likely to be fairly short lived.   The main issue is, of course, the lack of stormy weather this winter meaning more damage is possible than usual for this time of year - still plenty of dead branches on trees waiting to come down.

The storm is also expected to affect northern Europe with all of the Netherlands under a yellow warning as storm force winds set to batter the Netherlands on Thursday and warnings of hurricane-force winds on the way to Germany

There's at least 8 dead, more than 200 evacuated as northern California reels from second round of storms

with San Jose flooding: Dozens rescued by boat

There were seven killed in Mozambique tropical cyclone last week

Antarctic's melting glaciers could be about more than warmer temperatures

And a warning that alien particles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronic devices