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.
NHS England has urged eligible people to have a flu vaccination by Wednesday 11 December so they are protected for Christmas, as hospitals report record flu levels for the time of year.
NHS England says the RSV vaccine is being offered for the first time to pregnant women from 28 weeks and to adults aged 75 to 79, alongside a push for flu and COVID-19 jabs before Christmas.
Northern Powergrid says teams from its other regions, which had restored all their customers, moved to North Yorkshire and Humberside to help reconnect the 1,154 customers still without power after…
Northern Powergrid is offering customers left without power for more than 24 hours by Storm Darragh a £150 contribution towards overnight accommodation, plus up to £30 for reasonable costs.
A major incident was declared in Dyfed and Powys on 7 December 2024 after a 132kV fault cut supply to key services during Storm Darragh, which affected 181,059 customers.
A Met Office Yellow wind warning remains in force for central southern England until 6:00pm on Sunday 8 December, after Storm Darragh cut power to thousands of homes and businesses.
The Power Cut 105 telephone line was not directing all callers to their own network operator during Storm Darragh, and the Energy Networks Association is urgently investigating, SSEN said on 7…
London Ambulance Service took more than 16,500 999 and 111 calls on Saturday 7 December 2024, demand it said it would not usually see until well into January.
Dyfed-Powys Police declared a major incident covering Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys during Storm Darragh on 6 and 7 December 2024, with many fallen trees and over 2.3 million…
Storm Darragh began on 6 December with winds peaking at 93mph and affected 181,059 customers on the SP Manweb network, mostly in Wales, with 95% restored within 48 hours.
Several million people received a government emergency alert on their mobile phones on the evening of Friday 6 December 2024, giving advice about Storm Darragh as it approached the UK.
The UK government sent an Emergency Alert to about three million phones across Wales and south-west England on the evening of Friday 6 December 2024, warning of a rare red wind warning during Storm…
Storm Darragh was named by the Met Office on 5 December 2024, with an amber wind warning in force for Northern Ireland and western parts of Scotland, England and Wales before a red warning followed.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has warned of heavy rain, very strong winds, flooded roads, power cuts and coastal hazards as Storm Darragh approaches, with severe weather warnings due over…
Severn Trent has issued storm and flooding advice to customers ahead of Storm Darragh, setting out who to contact for different types of flooding and steps to reduce its impact on homes.
Average ambulance response times for suspected heart attacks and strokes in England reached 47 minutes in December 2024, against a 30-minute target, with the East Midlands worst at 66 minutes.
London Ambulance Service has agreed its 999 Winter Plan for 2024 with NHS partners, adding more than 10 per cent more ambulances and control room staff and up to 60 extra ambulances at peak times.
NHS England says Synnovis pathology services were fully restored by December 2024 after the June 2024 ransomware attack, and that the investigation into stolen data is now complete.
A Norfolk mobile signal study has identified rural "notspots" in villages including Happisburgh, Horning and Gunthorpe, and highlighted how Storm Darragh left North Norfolk residents without power and…
SEPA has completed its six-yearly review of Potentially Vulnerable Areas, replacing 235 catchment scale areas from 2018 with 452 community scale areas covering 90 per cent of properties at flood risk…