"Hottest year ever": An update

£150,000 technology to help battle Denbighshire potholes - Your Vale

Roads across North Wales suffered major damage during cold weather at the beginning of the year – widely accepted as being the worst recorded winter in 30 years.

The cost of repairs across the region is expected to run into the millions.

CMA dismisses predictions of extreme weather - GlobalTimes

...an official surnamed Liu with the CMA told the Global Times that - though the prediction for Europe is unreasonable - China would likely experience abnormally low temperatures this winter. ''We need to take precautions to avoid the damage that the cold weather will bring this winter.'' Liu said.

HEALTH chiefs insist hospital staff in Derby are coping with an increase in patients caused by the colder weather – despite a report of people waiting for treatment being left on trolleys.

Fears had been raised about how the hospital would cope as weather got colder and more people were admitted due to winter illnesses.

In the cold weather early this year, up to 380 people visited casualty each day, compared to an average of 270, dozens of extra beds were opened and 50 operations were cancelled in five days to make room for the sickest patients.

Canada: 'Tremendous yield' for farmers tempered by frost damage

"We had frost on our wheat, it'll be graded feed. We'll go from $7 plus a bushel down to about $4."