The impacts of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas and the United States have been well-publicised so we won't dwell on them here. Over the coming days, the hurricane is going to barrel its way towards Atlantic Canada where it is expected to bring sustained wind speeds of 148 km/h (92

After a chilly start for some on Saturday, it's a mostly dry and bright day across the country. A few showers may affect eastern and southeastern parts of England through the morning and into the early afternoon on Saturday as an occluded front grazes the southeast of the country.

The Met Office have released their weather statistics for last month and, overall, August 2019 was warmer, wetter and sunnier than the average August across the UK. All four nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) recorded slightly warmer than normal values for the mean temperature, maximum temperature and minimum temperatures.