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UK drivers warned of on Thursday - 'avoid travel if possible'

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UK drivers warned of 'dangerous' conditions on Thursday - 'avoid travel if possible' UK drivers have been warned of dangerous conditions following on from two storms that battered the nation Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Add us as preferred source Comments By Olivia Beeson 05:16, Wed, Oct 28, 2026 Updated: 05:17, Wed, Oct 28, 2026 UK drivers have been warned of foggy conditions (Image: Getty) UK drivers have been warned of 'dangerous' conditions this week as poor weather conditions continue.

The warning comes as the nation has been battered by storms Austen and Boelo in recent days. Although calmer weather is forecast after a battering of wind and rain left three people dead, drivers have been cautioned that the roads will remain unsafe. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said the UK would see a “big flip in the weather” over the next 48 hours. He said: “We’re saying goodbye to the low pressure and saying hello again to high pressure.”

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You can unsubscribe at any time. More Info . The Met Office have warned of stubborn fog on Thursday (Image: Getty) But he said the calmer conditions will bring a new hazard — with dense and stubborn fog threatening to disrupt morning journeys. Mr Snell said Wednesday would still be “fairly blustery” with scattered showers before winds begin to drop in the evening. He added: “Come Thursday morning, some parts of the south and central parts of the UK could wake up to some fairly dense fog patches.

They will be quite slow to clear. We’re entering that time of year where fog can be quite stubborn to move once it’s formed.” Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The forecaster urges Brits to avoid travel if possible in foggy conditions. If travelling is essential it says to "drive very slowly with dipped headlights" this is because full-beam lights reflect off the fog causing a 'white wall' effect. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Petrol and diesel drivers facing new HMRC mileage charges - started in September Andy Burnham’s £274 driveway decision - started this October | Express.co.uk The forecaster also warns: "Don't hang on the tail lights of the car in front, rear lights can give a false sense of security."

Mr Snell said: “Many of us have certainly seen some very wet and windy weather.” But next weekend is expected to be “very different” to the last. He added that Storm Austen hit Cornwall and Wales hardest, while Boelo bore down on Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. Provisional Met Office data shows Storm Austen brought a maximum gust of 69 knots (about 79mph) to the Isle of Wight, while Storm Boelo saw wind speeds in some exposed areas reach the low 80s mph.

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What we found (1)

The Express reports a Met Office warning of dense fog on Thursday after storms Austen and Boelo, which it says left three people dead, and passes on safe driving advice. The headline puts 'dangerous' in quotation marks, but no one quoted in the body uses that word.

  1. Headline goes beyond the article

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    “'dangerous' conditions”

    Why this matters
    The headline puts the word 'dangerous' in quotation marks, as if a named source said it.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes 'dangerous' to be the Met Office's or its forecaster's own word for Thursday's conditions.
    The context
    No quoted speaker in the body says 'dangerous'. Craig Snell, the Met Office forecaster, speaks of fog patches that are dense and slow to clear. The Express repeats the quoted word in its own opening lines without giving anyone who said it. The warning about fog is real and sourced. Only the quotation marks go further than the body.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“could wake up to some fairly dense fog patches”
    • Elsewhere in the article“fog can be quite stubborn to move once it's formed”

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What it gets right

  • “a battering of wind and rain left three people dead”

    It states plainly that the storms killed three people rather than burying the deaths.

  • “Provisional Met Office data shows Storm Austen brought a maximum gust of 69 knots (about 79mph) to the Isle of Wight”

    It gives a specific storm figure and says where it comes from and that it is provisional.

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