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Addressing the Daily Mail and James Delingpole’s ‘crazy climate change obsession’ article

Posted on 10 January, 2013 by Met Office Press Office

An article by James Delingpole appears in the Daily Mail today under the headline ‘The crazy climate change obsession that’s made the Met Office a menace’. This article contains a series of factual inaccuracies about the Met Office and its … Continue reading →

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Met Office in the Media: 24 January 2012

Posted on 24 January, 2012 by Met Office Press Office

The Daily Telegraph has today published a correction relating to a story it published back in November of last year. In “Outlook fair for amateurs as Met Office releases data” the newspaper inaccurately suggested the Met Office had failed to predict the … Continue reading →

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Met Office in the Media – 25 November 2011

Posted on 25 November, 2011 by Met Office Press Office

There are a couple of interesting articles about the weather in today’s press. First of all, in the Daily Telegraph, a contradictory story with a headline which claims we shouldn’t “expect a big freeze this Christmas“. The introduction goes on … Continue reading →

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Met Office in the News: 13 April 2011

Posted on 13 April, 2011 by Met Office Press Office

Volcanic Eruption Test – The Met Office in its capacity as the Volcanic Ash advisory Centre London (VAAC London) is taking part in a european wide exercise to test changes and improvements in how the industry deals with volcanic ash … Continue reading →

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Met Office in the Media: 04 January 2011

Posted on 4 January, 2011 by Met Office Press Office

Following an article in the Radio times on Roger Harrabin, Environment Analyst with BBC News, the  Daily Mail have followed up with stories highlighting how the Met Office provided forecasts for this winter to the Cabinet Office, that indicated the risk … Continue reading →

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Response to Boris Johnson column in Daily Telegraph

Posted on 20 December, 2010 by Met Office Press Office

The Met Office has not issued a seasonal forecast to the public and categorically denies forecasting a ‘mild winter’ as suggested by Boris Johnson in his column in the Daily Telegraph. Following public research, the Met Office no longer issues … Continue reading →

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Winter Forecast?

Posted on 28 October, 2010 by Met Office Press Office

Several newspapers have reported today that the Met Office is predicting a mild winter. As was widely reported earlier in the year, following public research, the Met Office no longer issues long-range forecasts for the general public, instead providing a monthly outlook … Continue reading →

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Met Office in the Media: 27 Oct 2010

Posted on 27 October, 2010 by Met Office Press Office

Over recent days there has been a great deal of coverage regarding the chilly conditions across parts of Britain.  The Daily Telegraph, reports that Frozen Britain braves coldest October night for 17 years. Many parts of northern Britain had a … Continue reading →

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