Met Office meteorologist, Aidan McGivern, joins us as Storm Floris hits the UK with predicted winds of up to 85mph, causing severe travel disruption.

And what’s caused snow to fall, for the first time in decades, across some areas of Australia?

For the first time in hundreds of years, a volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted on Sunday.

Plus, a vaccine for gonorrhoea is now available at sexual health clinics in England, as part of a world-first scheme.

Also in this episode:

-Leopard seal calls have similar structural patterns to nursery rhymes

-How a Ukrainian soldier escaped enemy lines with the help of a drone and an e-bike

-What to see at The Peter Harrison Planetarium at the Royal Observatory Greenwich before it closes for redevelopment in September

-Fifteen Caribbean flamingo chicks hatch in full view of onlookers at Chester Zoo

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