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A yellow heat health alert covering most of England came into force on Monday 24 June 2024, and NHS England reports that visits to its heat exhaustion advice more than doubled over the following 48…
The National Fire Chiefs Council has issued public safety advice on preventing outdoor fires and drownings as warmer weather is forecast for the UK in the coming week.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has warned of an elevated wildfire risk across its area over the coming days, with heathlands, fields and cliffsides most at risk.
A cyber criminal group has published data it claims was stolen from Synnovis, the south-east London pathology laboratory hit by a ransomware attack on 3 June 2024, and investigators are working to…
NHS England London is publishing weekly unverified figures on the disruption caused by the ransomware attack on the Synnovis pathology laboratory, with 814 planned operations postponed in the first…
Products installed in Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water's public distribution network between 12 June and 27 August 2024 lacked valid regulation 31 approval, an event later given the highest risk score in Wales.
The Royal Life Saving Society UK reports that accidental child drowning deaths in England rose from 20 in 2019-20 to 41 in 2022-23, as its annual Drowning Prevention Week campaign begins.
Anker has recalled its A1112 Anker 321 Power Bank (PowerCore 5K, Black), sold between 1 March 2023 and 6 June 2024, because some batteries may overheat and pose a fire risk.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has recalled OEX Folding Novo and Folding Savo gas stoves sold since January 2023 because the gas hose may degrade and leak.
A ransomware attack on pathology provider Synnovis on 3 June 2024 disrupted NHS blood testing in south east London, postponing thousands of appointments and contributing to a national shortage of…
Heat-Health Alerts and Heat-Health Planners have been issued by the UK Health Security Agency in collaboration with the Met Office since 1 June 2024, within a core alerting season running to 30…
A cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis led to 10,152 acute outpatient appointments and 1,710 elective procedures being postponed across two London hospital trusts.
NHS Blood and Transplant has urged O Positive and O Negative donors to book appointments at 25 NHS Blood Donor Centres in England after a ransomware attack on a south east London pathology laboratory…
The Environment Agency sent a UK government emergency alert at 3:18am on 23 May 2024 warning of severe flooding on the River Roe and River Ive between Highbridge and Stockdalewath, with a threat to…
The Deputy Prime Minister launched a new Government resilience website, www.gov.uk/prepare, on 22 May 2024 to increase public preparedness, including a new Volunteering Directory.
South West Water issued a boil water notice to around 17,000 households and businesses in the Alston and Hillhead supply areas of Brixham on 15 May 2024 after cryptosporidium was found in the Hillhead…
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service issued an extreme wildfire warning for Inverness-shire and large parts of northern Scotland for Saturday 11 May, with much of the rest of Scotland at very high…
Recycle Your Electricals and the National Fire Chiefs Council have launched a Stop Battery Fires campaign after more than 1,200 fires in the UK waste system in the last 12 months, up 71% from 700 in…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued its first Amber wildfire alert of 2024 for the coming weekend, warning that fires could spread quickly and easily in dry conditions.
London Ambulance Service reports about 5,800 999 calls a day, around 10 per cent more than the week before, as thunderstorms and high pollen raise cases of breathing difficulties before the May Bank…