The school holidays only finished last week, but autumnal colours are already starting to break through in Britain. These beautiful photographs from County Durham show hedgerows full of hawthorn berries and an apple tree awash with a bounty of fruit. Two women were also pictured observing the giant leaves of a Virginia creeper which cloak the exterior of the Moritt Arms Hotel in Barnard Castle. Pretty: Laura Elsender and Steph Boyt observe the giant leaves of a Virginia creeper which cloak the exterior of the Moritt Arms Hotel in Barnard Castle, County Durham . Beautiful tree in County Durham: The school holidays only finished last week, but autumnal colours are already starting to break through across Britain . Hedgerows full of hawthorn berries: The country today enjoyed a largely dry and fine day with sunny periods. These berries were pictured in County Durham . The country today enjoyed a largely . dry and fine day with sunny periods, especially in the South West, with a . dry night also forecast. Similar . conditions are set to continue tomorrow and Thursday, although it will . be more cloudy across the East with the odd light shower possible. High . temperatures are expected to hover around 20C (68F) this week, with the . South a few degrees warmer than the North from Thursday to Sunday. There . are no Met Office severe weather warnings out for this week, but the . Environment Agency has 15 flood alerts in place for England and Wales. Some . 13 are for the South West and North West, but there is also one for the . Thames from Putney to Teddington, and for the Humber Estuary near Hull. Apples in County Durham: There are no Met Office severe weather warnings out for the next five days, but the Environment Agency has 15 flood alerts in place . Elsewhere: A blue sky on the north coast of Cornwall at Gwithian Beach. Walkers enjoy the weather with Godrevy Lighthouse in the background . Forecast: The dry weather is set to continue tomorrow and Thursday, although it will be more cloudy across the East with the odd light shower possible . Meanwhile, scientists warned today . that Britons should brace themselves for more extreme winters as weather . conditions become more volatile. A . study of seasonal records dating back to 1899 found while most seasons . have not changed dramatically, winter has become much more . unpredictable. The results from a study by East Anglia and Sheffield universities and the Met Office suggest the idea of a typical British winter is becoming a myth. Wide swings from mild but stormy conditions to extremely cold temperatures and snow in another . year are becoming more common. Researchers . found seven out of the ten most extreme winter conditions . over the last 115 years have occurred in the last decade.
Beautiful photographs from County Durham also show apple tree awash with a bounty of fruit .
Britain today enjoyed a largely dry and fine day with sunny periods, with dry night also forecast .
Similar conditions are set to continue in UK tomorrow but there are 15 EA flood alerts in place .
Study: UK should brace for more extreme winters as weather conditions become more volatile .
The school holidays only finished last week, but autumnal colours are already starting to break through in Britain. These beautiful photographs from County Durham show hedgerows full of hawthorn berries and an apple tree awash with a bounty of fruit. Two women were also pictured observing the giant leaves of a Virginia creeper which cloak the exterior of the Moritt Arms Hotel in Barnard Castle. Pretty: Laura Elsender and Steph Boyt observe the giant leaves of a Virginia creeper which cloak the exterior of the Moritt Arms Hotel in Barnard Castle, County Durham . Beautiful tree in County Durham: The school holidays only finished last week, but autumnal colours are already starting to break through across Britain . Hedgerows full of hawthorn berries: The country today enjoyed a largely dry and fine day with sunny periods. These berries were pictured in County Durham . The country today enjoyed a largely . dry and fine day with sunny periods, especially in the South West, with a . dry night also forecast. Similar . conditions are set to continue tomorrow and Thursday, although it will . be more cloudy across the East with the odd light shower possible. High . temperatures are expected to hover around 20C (68F) this week, with the . South a few degrees warmer than the North from Thursday to Sunday. There . are no Met Office severe weather warnings out for this week, but the . Environment Agency has 15 flood alerts in place for England and Wales. Some . 13 are for the South West and North West, but there is also one for the . Thames from Putney to Teddington, and for the Humber Estuary near Hull. Apples in County Durham: There are no Met Office severe weather warnings out for the next five days, but the Environment Agency has 15 flood alerts in place . Elsewhere: A blue sky on the north coast of Cornwall at Gwithian Beach. Walkers enjoy the weather with Godrevy Lighthouse in the background . Forecast: The dry weather is set to continue tomorrow and Thursday, although it will be more cloudy across the East with the odd light shower possible . Meanwhile, scientists warned today . that Britons should brace themselves for more extreme winters as weather . conditions become more volatile. A . study of seasonal records dating back to 1899 found while most seasons . have not changed dramatically, winter has become much more . unpredictable. The results from a study by East Anglia and Sheffield universities and the Met Office suggest the idea of a typical British winter is becoming a myth. Wide swings from mild but stormy conditions to extremely cold temperatures and snow in another . year are becoming more common. Researchers . found seven out of the ten most extreme winter conditions . over the last 115 years have occurred in the last decade.
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