As the body gets hotter, blood vessels open up. This leads to lower blood pressure, and makes the heart work harder to push the blood around the body. This can cause mild symptoms such as an itchy heat rash or swollen feet, as blood vessels become leaky.

Thursday will be relatively nice with clouds gradually increasing through the day; temperatures will warm into low 60s for afternoon highs.

We’re ending 2024 with unseasonably warm temperatures and the return of sunshine! We’re also giving you the First Alert to our next round of colder weather for the first weekend of 2025.

Health and council officials in Staffordshire are warning residents to be prepared ahead of the severe weather forecast for this weekend. The UK Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice,

A yellow weather warning is in place for Saturday [Sweety/BBC Weather Watchers] Widespread and heavy snow is expected to cause disruption over the weekend. The Met Office has warned there is a "slight" chance of power cuts,

An amber cold health alert has been issued for Kent as temperatures are set to plummet. It comes after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice for much of England and Wales - including many parts of the county - for the coming weekend.

Time to wrap up warm as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for snow and ice set to his the region at the weekend. The warning is in place between 12pm on Saturday until the end of Sunday.

Cheshire has been hit with a new 36-hour snow and ice weather warning for the weekend. The yellow Met Office warning comes into force at midday on Saturday and will be in place until midnight on Sunday.

Fresh weather warnings have been issued for ice ahead of a blast of snow over the weekend. The yellow Met Office warning indicates there could be icy surfaces in northern and western Scotland, the north west of England and Northern Ireland.