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 Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued a Safety Alert for baby sleep pillows after child fatalities in the UK and overseas, warning of suffocation and overheating risks.
NHS England figures show norovirus patients in hospital beds rose 35% in a week to an average of 354 a day, as flu hospitalisations reached their highest level for this time of year.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has announced that Haier is arranging safety repairs for 85,000 tumble dryers that still present a fire risk, after an initial repair programme was halted.
SSEN has cancelled Wednesday maintenance, doubled tree-cutting teams and texted nearly 180,000 Priority Services customers as Storm Bram brings potentially damaging winds to northern Scotland.
Storm Bram brought cancelled rail and ferry services, road closures, power cuts to several thousand properties and flooding including in Totnes, Devon, on 9 and 10 December 2025.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has recalled Belkin BoostCharge BPB002 and Playa PB0003 power banks, sold by Belkin and retailers including TK Maxx, because their lithium-ion batteries can…
SSEN has moved to Yellow Alert preparedness status in the north of Scotland ahead of Storm Bram, which is forecast to bring winds gusting up to 90mph from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning.
NHS England reports record flu hospitalisations for early December and warns that rising cases will coincide with industrial action by thousands of resident doctors.
NHS England's first weekly winter report shows an average of 1,717 flu patients in hospital beds each day last week, the highest on record for this time of year, with no sign of cases peaking.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate has opened a full water quality investigation into a loss of supply in the Pembury and Tunbridge Wells area, where South East Water served a boil water notice.
South East Water has told about 24,000 customers in Tunbridge Wells to boil water before drinking or cooking from midday on 3 December 2025, after water quality problems returned at its Pembury…
South East Water restarted the Pembury Water Treatment Works on 3 December with a boil water instruction for about 6,500 properties in the Tunbridge Wells area, and has since lifted the notice.
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service has alerted residents to a recall of certain Ideal Heating Logic 2 Combi and System boilers made before 8 January 2024, which may overheat and pose a fire risk.
Statutory guidance for Responsible Persons on residential personal emergency evacuation plans was published on 2 December 2025, ahead of duties in England that came into force on 6 April 2026.
Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service has urged households to keep fire safety habits through 2026 after house fire tragedies in December, warning that winter is the highest risk time for accidental…
South East Water cancelled its October 2025 application for a Non-Essential Use Ban in Sussex in December 2025, after recovery at Ardingly Reservoir moved the company to Level 1 of its Drought Plan.
Heavy rain on already saturated ground caused widespread flooding of roads and low lying areas in West Wales on 1 December 2025, with Pembrokeshire particularly badly affected and Kiln Park in Tenby…
South East Water shut down its Pembury water treatment works after water quality problems on 29 and 30 November 2025, leaving 6,500 properties in the Tunbridge Wells area without water or with low…
SSEN has moved to its Weather Warning preparedness level in the north of Scotland ahead of forecast high winds on 27 and 28 November 2025, with gusts of up to 75mph expected.
The Met Office has issued Yellow Warnings for wind for Thursday and Friday, with gusts of up to 75mph forecast for north west Scotland and SSEN moving to its "Weather Warning" preparedness level.