Telegraph (UK): Official Met Office figures show that Britain managed just 96.3 hours of sunshine in the first 26 days of the month – 40 per cent below the average of 165.1 hours the country would see in a typical August. Despite the prospect of sunny spells on Saturday in southern and eastern parts of England, forecasters are warning of thunder storms tomorrow to round off one of the wettest Augusts on record. Dubbed “awful August” by meteorologists, the damp conditions have led to fears of …