While for years scientists have cautioned that a single weather incident cannot be conclusively linked climate change, mounting evidence is proving that a warming world does bring more frequent extreme weather and a larger magnitude to such events.
The court had been told that Taylor, who was a single mother, adored her son and had tried to take good care of him throughout his life but her mounting debts caused her to become depressed.
With neo-Nazis causing mounting concern in Germany, and an upsurge of anti-immigrant sentiment in Spain and Italy, why single Britain out for special criticism?