Weather maps show rain hitting the UK in a matter of days, marking an end to a spell of extremely hot and dry weather.

The soaking conditions come just days after Britain's hottest May day ever recorded.

An Arctic surge sweeps across the country in the coming days.

Temperatures are also set to drop across the UK as the heatwave comes to an abrupt end.

A research centre had mapped out Britain's genetic make-up and, in the process, revealed some interesting facts about the historical origins of its citizens. In particular, the map created by the ...

Under the stewardship of geographer Sir Dudley Stamp, thousands of volunteers (including many schoolchildren) came together in the 1930s on a mission that sounds relatively simple on paper: to record ...

A faded medieval map of Britain may reveal evidence of "long lost" islands detailed in Welsh mythology, a new study finds. Researchers discovered the "missing" islands after analyzing the 650-year-old ...