Large swathes of the country are expected to be hit by thunderstorms on Friday as yellow weather warnings come into place.

Starting from today, temperatures will be cooler than the past few days - but in just over 10 days, we are set for another heatwave with highs of 36C, weather maps show ...

Map reading: How to navigate on a hike without using a smartphone. ... is 1,085m, Scafell Pike in England’s Lake District is 978m and Scotland’s mighty Ben Nevis is 1,345m. In the UK, ...

The Berkshire Record Office holds 29 maps of Reading in 1854 that illustrate why you could no longer be buried in the centre's graveyards and why a pig sty may have been deemed "very offensive".

READING a map correctly is vital for getting from A to B. But it’s a skill not all of us possess, with the the average Brit spending the equivalent of almost two weeks of their life LOST. Try ...

Nick Giles OBE, MD of Leisure for Ordnance Survey, which commissioned the research ahead of National Map Reading Week (July 31st - August 6th), said: “Some people feel map reading is a forgotten ...

Dusting off the shelves at the Berkshire Records Office we were shown just how much Reading has changed. Dating back to 1611 and before there are a huge collection of maps showing the layout of ...

And nearly a quarter reckon if they had better map-reading skills, they would spend more time outdoors with their family (Image: Floresco Productions/Getty Images). But 16 per cent admitted their ...

Reading is aiming to be one of the UK's newest cities ahead of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations this year. The town's official bid was launched in December following a consultation with ...