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Red weather warnings are a rare occurrence, with Storm Babet being upgraded to the highest level for parts of Scotland. So what is a red weather warning and how common is it, according the body responsible for the system?

As Storm Babet prepares to batter the UK, a rare red weather warning has been issued in parts of Scotland for rain.

This is the first Red Weather warning the Met Office has issued so far in 2023, an office spokesperson told Newsweek.

The Met Office s second named storm of the season will bring up to 200mm (8in) of rain and gale-force winds that could bring widespread flooding and a danger to life.

The most severe conditions will hit eastern Scotland where a 36-hour amber warning will be in place from 6am on Thursday until 6pm on Friday.

An artist has made ink from a treasured and iconic apple tree that was blown down by Storm Eunice last year. The tree at Cambridge University Botanic Garden was a scion - a descendent - of the tree that was said to have inspired Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. The apple tree fell in February 2022.

Nabil Ali, the artist-in-residence at Cambridge University s Botanic Garden, has made ink from a clone of Newtons apple tree, which fell during Storm Eunice last year.

Through a technique called clonal propagation, it could be possible to save the Sycamore Gap Tree, allowing it to live on far into the future.

THE go-ahead has been given to demolish and replace Weymouth’s Holly Court retirement complex.

A fundraising appeal has been launched to help fund a prosthetic blade for a PE teacher in Stevenage who had to have her leg amputated.