http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6217514.stm

Hubby was caught in this today. Fortunately he is ok, but he said it was quite bizarre. One minute there was just high winds, next huge hailstones then this deafening noise. As he looked out of the window of the house he was working in he could see peoples roofs being ripped off and bits of tree, bins etc going past. he says it didn't last long and fortunately he was safe where he was, but lucky he wasn't driving down the road. quite scary what is happening to our weather lately!