We cover news from public bodies and utility companies for UK households on power cuts, weather, water, health, safety and security. Each report includes the date and sources, with links to our guides.
The Met Office has announced that England and Wales provisionally recorded their driest July on record, with Southern England seeing its driest month in a series dating back to 1836.
South East Water's temporary use ban on hosepipes and sprinklers in Kent and Sussex takes effect on 26 June 2023, affecting around 580,000 homes after record demand left drinking water storage at very…
Ofcom has opened an investigation into BT after emergency call services were disrupted across the UK on 25 June 2023, examining whether BT failed to meet its regulatory obligations.
A software fault on BT's 999 platform on 25 June 2023 disrupted the Public Emergency Call Service across the UK for more than ten hours, leaving 9,641 callers unable to reach the emergency services.
The MHRA launched a safety campaign on 19 June 2023, during World Allergy Week, to raise awareness of anaphylaxis and advise on the use of adrenaline auto-injectors.
Junior doctors in England began a 72-hour strike at 7am on Wednesday, with NHS England warning of enormous disruption to routine care and thousands of procedures already postponed.
NHS England's medical director warned that a three-day junior doctor strike would be worsened by hot weather, with thousands of appointments likely rescheduled and emergency care prioritised.
London Ambulance Service moved to its highest level of response on 13 June 2023 after receiving 7,751 999 calls the previous day, the most since New Year's Eve 2021.
SSEN Distribution has warned of heavy rain and lightning across the north of Scotland and cancelled all major planned outages there as a precaution, with extra teams in place to deal with faults.
London Ambulance Service took 7,751 999 calls on Monday 12 June 2023, its busiest day since New Year's Eve 2021, and moved to its highest level of response as breathing difficulty cases more than…
The UK Health Security Agency issued a Heat Health Alert for England on 8 June 2023 ahead of the first sustained hot spell of the year, with those over 65 or with pre-existing conditions most…
The Met Office issued a Yellow Warning for thunderstorms covering Wales and southern and central England from 1400 to 2100 on Saturday 10 June, warning of travel disruption, power cuts and localised…
The Royal Life Saving Society UK has warned about drowning risk ahead of a heatwave in parts of England, after a number of recent drownings, with a health alert in force from 9 to 12 June.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service issued a "very high" wildfire warning for Scotland running from Wednesday 7 June to Saturday 10 June 2023, as a large wildfire near Inverness continued.
Research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference found public access defibrillators were used in only 132 of 1302 cardiac arrests in the East of England where a device was…
The Heat-Health Alert service moved in summer 2023 to impact-based alerting, giving an indication of the health impacts likely to be observed from forecast temperatures rather than only warning that…
A technical fault in June limited the public's ability to reach emergency services through the 999 system, the government's 2023 resilience implementation update has disclosed.
The UK Health Security Agency has updated its England-only Adverse Weather Alerting service, run with the Met Office, to a colour coded system using green, yellow, amber and red levels instead of…
The UK Health Security Agency says its Weather-Health Alert system was updated in June 2023, replacing fixed temperature thresholds with a risk assessment that weighs duration, regions affected and…
The Met Office raised its wildfire risk level to "very high" over much of England and parts of Wales as a heatwave continued, with fire services preparing for a peak wildfire season in the second half…