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• Lyrid meteor shower: How and when to see it in the UK sky

  By Darren Bett, Shireen Jordan| Bottom Line@ Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Light trails from streaking Lyrid meteors in US, in April 2020We have had some wonderful celestial events this spring with two consecutive nights of Northern Lights sightings over the last week and there is more to come with the Lyrid meteor shower. It happens every year during mid to late April, visible as short-lived streaks of light in the sky. This year the Lyrids will be active until 25 April and will peak on Tuesday.

  By Darren Bett, Shireen Jordan · Bottom Line

  Apr. 20, 2025

• UK weather: Easter bank holiday weekend to see rain return

  By Shireen Jordan, Paul Goddard| Bottom Line@ While a return to the completely dry conditions of early April is not forecast, Easter does not look like a complete washout either. Good Friday will be a cloudy and wet day across the west of the UK, with the heaviest rain most likely across Northern Ireland. Further east, it will be drier with some sunshine, particularly across central and south-eastern England. Here, the temperature could reach 18C.

  By Shireen Jordan, Paul Goddard · Bottom Line

  Apr. 17, 2025

• Lyrid meteor shower: How and when to see it in the UK sky

  By Darren Bett, Shireen Jordan| Bottom Line@ Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Light trails from streaking Lyrid meteors in US, in April 2020We have had some wonderful celestial events this spring with two consecutive nights of Northern Lights sightings over the last week and there is more to come with the Lyrid meteor shower. It happens every year during mid to late April, visible as short-lived streaks of light in the sky. This year the Lyrids will be active until 25 April and will peak on Tuesday.

  By Darren Bett, Shireen Jordan · Bottom Line

  Apr. 20, 2025

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