X5.1 solar flare, G4 geomagnetic storm watch

Also: 100 % cloud cover in basically all of Northern Europe :/ Iceland is probably the place to be for the aurora show!

Yep. It's raining pretty hard here in the North East of the UK. Not much point in going to look.

Note to non-UK readers:

Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person who is currently in the North East of England.

The North East of England is in the middle part of the UK mainland.

Similarly, the part of your body commonly referred to as “the bottom” is in fact closer to half-way down and not at the bottom at all.

I will leave any possible joke about being legless after a night out in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the experts.

"Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person who is currently in the North East of England."

So you think this is simply wrong? (Like this)