2006 sets British heat records
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Temperatures during the summer and autumn set several records for Britain, according to new data.
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June was the wettest the UK has seen since detailed records began in 1914, the Met office confirms.
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A record number of rare large blue butterflies were counted at a key site in England during 2007.
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Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.
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Britain's deficit in trade in goods hit a record in 2006 when the country imported more oil than in previous years.
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Meteorologists in Norhtern Bulgaria measured Monday unusually high temperatures for December, which in certain areas hit 100-year highs.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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Experts warn the risk of a deadly heatwave in the UK is high - but global warming may actually save lives.
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Southeastern Europe baked under soaring temperatures Friday, with nearly 30 deaths across the region blamed on the year's first major heat wave. Electricity supplies, particularly in Greece and Albania, were strained as air conditioning use spiked.Temperatures reached 104 degrees in Athens on Friday, with a top recorded temperature of 113 degrees on the island of Rhodes, according to state NET television.Romania was particularly hard hit. Nineteen people have died of heat-related causes in the past few days, including 14 in the capital, Bucharest, the country's Health Ministry said. Read more
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The British economy has grown by 2.7 percent in 2006, in line with an initial estimate given last month.
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Met Office figures show last year was the second warmest on record in the UK.
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WEATHER REPORT: The year 2004 was the fourth-hottest on record, extending a trend since 1990 that has registered the 10 warmest years, a report by the World Meteorological Organization showed.
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Central England is about 1C warmer than in the 1950s, and human activities are the reason, a study shows.
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January is on course to be the second warmest the UK has seen since 1914, the Met Office says.
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Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2006 was the fifth warmest year in the past century.
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World temperatures in January were the highest ever recorded for that month of the year, US government scientists said.
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A heat wave sizzling across the West showed little sign of letting up Thursday, with Las Vegas forecast to tie a record high and even northern Idaho expected to top 100 degrees.