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.
Southern Water repaired a burst on a strategic trunk main near Blackwater on the Isle of Wight, an incident that affected up to 10,000 properties across five areas of the island.
NHS England opened its national booking system on 25 March 2025 for 7.5 million eligible people to book spring COVID-19 vaccinations, with appointments running from 1 April to 17 June 2025.
A fire at National Grid's North Hyde substation in West London damaged equipment and cut power, with 62,000 customers restored and 4,900 still without supply by 0600 on 21 March.
National Grid and SSEN Distribution reconfigured the network as an interim measure to restore power to all customers affected by the North Hyde substation fire, including parts of Heathrow airport.
The North Hyde 66kV busbars were re-energised at 09:49 on Friday 21 March 2025 using an interconnection to the Iver 66kV substation, allowing full restoration of domestic customers after the outage.
A transformer bushing failure at North Hyde 275kV substation in Hayes, London, late on 20 March 2025 cut power to 71,655 customers and closed Heathrow Airport for most of the following day.
A fire at North Hyde 275kV substation in West London on 20 March 2025 cut power to 71,655 domestic and commercial customers and closed Heathrow Airport, a review has found.
A transformer at North Hyde 275kV substation in West London tripped at 23:21 on 20 March 2025 and caught fire, cutting power to 71,655 customers and closing Heathrow Airport.
The UK Health Security Agency has added a new version of the Adverse Weather and Health Plan to its GOV.UK page, in an update dated 20 March 2025, covering England.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Wildfire Forum have issued a very high wildfire danger assessment for central and south-west Scotland from 17 to 19 March 2025, rising to extreme…
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has published a product safety report on the Bauer Electric Hot Water Bottle, model CHB-006, warning that a wrongly rated fuse in the plug presents a…
The MHRA has issued a Class 2 medicines recall for Boots Paracetamol 500mg Tablets 16s, batch 241005, after the blister foil was mislabelled as aspirin, affecting 119,964 packs.
The Environment Agency's flood map for planning service will be updated in spring 2025 to show climate change effects on river and sea flood risk, mapping with existing defences, and surface water…
NHS England reports a record average of 1,160 patients a day in English hospitals with norovirus last week, more than double the figure for the same period last year.
The importer of the Snuggla King Size Electric Blanket has recalled it from end users after it was found prone to overheating and non-compliant with electrical safety regulations.
The Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have published a joint plan to protect telecare users during the digital phone switchover, replacing…
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has published a product safety report for a rechargeable hand warmer sold via Amazon and eBay, rated a high fire risk, and the listings have been removed.
NHS England reports the busiest week of the winter for hospitals, with 961 patients a day in hospital with norovirus and record bed occupancy for the week.
The National Fire Chiefs Council has published a climate change position statement calling on the UK and devolved governments to act urgently so fire services and local partners can protect…
Wiltshire Police figures show 417 courier fraud reports across the South West between February and May 2025, with reported losses of £2,865,727 and gold the most requested item.