Month: August 2025
Increased cloud cover expected to keep night-time temperatures above average over almost the entire country
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Spring looks set to be wetter than usual for Australia’s entire eastern half, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s latest long-range forecast, after data showed record heat in the ocean around the continent in July.
The bureau’s forecast for spring also pointed to warmer than average night-time temperatures over almost the entire country.
Nottinghamshire council’s administration says it will no longer deal with local paper, in unprecedented move
A Reform council leader’s decision to ban his councillors from engaging with a prominent local newspaper is a “massive attack on local democracy” and a sign of things to come should the party form the next government, the outlet’s editor has warned.
In an unprecedented move, Nottinghamshire county council’s four-month-old Reform administration has said it will no longer deal with the Nottingham Post, its online edition and a team of BBC-funded local democracy journalists that it manages.
