Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s $1bn art collection comes to London ahead of likely record-breaking auction

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s $1bn art collection comes to London ahead of likely record-breaking auction

I t is set to become the world’s most expensive art collection ever sold, containing an estimated $1 billion worth of masterpieces by the likes of Paul Cezanne, Édouard Manet and David Hockney,... Read more »
Record-breaking triathlons for brother who died in Croydon stabbing

Record-breaking triathlons for brother who died in Croydon stabbing

A man has completed 22 Olympic distance triathlons in one week in memory of his brother who was killed in a gang-related knife attack in Croydon. Mark Jones, 44, claims he has... Read more »
Parts of UK will need ‘record-breaking levels of rain’ to recover from summer

Parts of UK will need ‘record-breaking levels of rain’ to recover from summer

The driest parts of the UK need to see rainfall at “more than record-breaking” levels this autumn to recover from the joint hottest summer on record, the Met Office said. Despite recent... Read more »
British landscapes before and after record-breaking heatwave

British landscapes before and after record-breaking heatwave

Landscapes across Britain are being starved of water after parts of England saw their direst July in records dating back to 1836.  Months of little rainfall, combined with record-breaking temperatures in July,... Read more »
Record-breaking results for East London’s Attlee A Level Academy – FE News

Record-breaking results for East London’s Attlee A Level Academy – FE News

Attlee A Level Academy students are celebrating a record-breaking year with an impressive 15 percentage point rise in pass rates and 12 percentage point rise in high grades over the last four... Read more »
Will there be another UK heatwave? Latest Met Office weather forecast and if a record-breaking summer is over

Will there be another UK heatwave? Latest Met Office weather forecast and if a record-breaking summer is over

Rain is falling over much of the UK, leading many to wonder if summer is finally over. July saw the thermostat reach 40°C or the first time ever, while August has seen... Read more »
Manchester apartments sell out in record-breaking 16 …

Manchester apartments sell out in record-breaking 16 …

LH1 London has announced that all the apartments at the new residential development ‘Spinning Mill’ have sold in just 16 weeks. The former textile mill will include 15 one-bedroom apartments and 70... Read more »
UK weather: Temperatures forecast to dip after record-breaking heatwave last week, Met Office says | UK News

UK weather: Temperatures forecast to dip after record-breaking heatwave last week, Met Office says | UK News

After a record-breaking heatwave last week, temperatures will be much cooler this week, according to the Met Office’s five-day forecast. Coningsby in Lincolnshire reached a record 40.3C (104.5F) on Tuesday, the first... Read more »
UK’s record-breaking heatwave was most intense and widespread

UK’s record-breaking heatwave was most intense and widespread

T he heatwave was the UK’s most intense and widespread – with the Met Office saying it was a climate milestone with “much more widespread and significant heat than previous noteworthy extreme... Read more »
TfL to introduce cooling systems for Tube lines after record-breaking heatwave – South London News

TfL to introduce cooling systems for Tube lines after record-breaking heatwave – South London News

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter Transport for London (TfL) has begun trials of a cooling system for deep-level Tube lines which it hopes could bring down temperatures for passengers and reduce... Read more »