Met Office drops long-term weather forecasts after fiasco of 'barbecue' summer and 'mild' winter

Daily Mail
"..Last year it was ridiculed for claiming the UK was ‘odds on for a barbecue summer’. Although temperatures were warmer than average, July and August were a wash-out.It also made a disastrous prediction for winter - claiming there was only a one in seven chance of a cold December to February.It turned out to be the coldest winter in three decades.And last week, the agency came under fire for handing out bonuses worth £12million in the last five years to its 1,800-strong staff - including a £40,000 bonus to its chief executive last year."