WX Charts maps and charts, based on Met Desk modelling, shows a band of wintriness sweeping across the country as we head towards February.

The number of police officers in England and Wales has slipped to its lowest level in two years, figures show. The headcount of officers employed by 43 forces stood at 148,886 at the end of September 2024.

The Labour Government has previously pledged to recruit 13,000 new police officers, PCSOs and special constables.

A large wall of snow is set to descend on the country this weekend, hours after Storm Éowyn's massive 80mph winds has finished battering parts of the UK on Friday and Saturday

The total number of company insolvencies in England and Wales for 2024 was 23,872, marking a 5% decrease from 2023's figure of 25,163, which was the highest since 1993. The Insolvency Service noted that this change was largely due to an 8% drop in creditors' voluntary liquidations from the record highs of 2023.

The loudest stadium in the Six Nations has just got louder after Wales was allowed to close the roof of Principality Stadium for the next two years.

But modelling shows the northern tip of Scotland - including Stornaway, Sutherland, Caithness, and parts of Ross and Cromarty look set to escape the worst. Inverness, Nairn, Moray and Banff may also escape, alongside Aberdeenshire.

The level of bureaucracy involved in referring patients to specialist care in England "is too much to deal with", doctors say. Politicians in Westminster are exploring the state of border healthcare between England and Wales to see if lessons can be learned on both sides.

A Welsh health board may ask the NHS in England to delay the care it gives to patients living in Wales to save money. It means hospital waiting times could be extended by up to 11 weeks or longer for people in Powys, where some patients receive treatment from NHS England, because the county is close to the border between the two countries.

North Wales has one of the highest concentrations of registered sex offenders, relative to the population size, in England and Wales. According to data for 2023/24, the region has 175 registered sex offenders for every 100,000 people.

An English official clarified to Pakistan that even if the players took action, the issue would likely remain unresolved until the PSL concluded. In light of this, the PCB decided to prioritize its long-standing relations with the ECB over creating a dispute.