Sun worshippers are set to enjoy highs of up to 30C in parts of southern England on Sunday

From Mexican chimineas to outdoor fireplaces, we look at ways of keeping warm and toasty on cool summer evenings

Ever the optimists, Britons are using a week’s worth of  sunshine to invest in new BBQs. Trish Lorenz is stoked

Whether you're cooking on gas or are a convert to charcoal we've got the perfect way to cook when the sun is out.

A note uncovered by a BBC News Freedom of Information request showed the organisation made the concession after April 2012 became the wettest on record

The chief executive of the owner of the DIY chain B&Q has lamented the "depressing" wintry weather forecast for the crucial trading period of this week's bank holiday.

The congressman son of the jailed former President, Alberto Fujimori, is at the centre of a drug-trafficking storm after being linked to cocaine with a street value of £1.6m recently discovered in a port warehouse.

Room Service

Richard Alderman's tenure as head of the Serious Fraud Office will fall under the spotlight this week when he appears before the Public Accounts Committee.

Know your cuts and your meat will be a treat, says Simon Usborne

Residents of a Welsh seaside resort are furious after it was labelled “depressing” by their own MP. Elfyn Llwyd, the Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd in the north-west, said rows of empty houses reduced the area's appeal during the winter.

This week I've been eating... Swedish Lapland reindeer

Richard Chell, dying of motor neurone disease, thinks that not believing in life after death is like only having "half a meal", it leaves the human appetite dissatisfied. Richard Dawkins, dying of life in general (like all of us), thinks that appetite doesn't have anything to do with it: "The existence of hunger doesn't mean there's food," he countered last night in Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life.

Around 700 people have been evacuated from Kiwi House, New Zealand's Games hospitality site after a fire broke out.