Ross Clark forecasts that in spite of its new £150 million headquarters the Met Office will still get the weather wrong
Guests invited to the official opening of the Met Office’s spanking new £150 million headquarters outside Exeter should take with them an umbrella. Or perhaps a sunhat. Or a thick coat.

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