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.
Research for CCW and Ofwat finds fewer than one in ten South East Water customers affected by two supply disruptions in Kent and Sussex were satisfied with how the company handled them.
SEPA's autumn water situation report says eastern Scotland faces an increased risk of water scarcity in 2026 unless rainfall this winter is above average, after the driest hydrological year since…
The Drinking Water Inspectorate has concluded that the loss of supply and boil water notice affecting up to 60,170 consumers in the Tunbridge Wells area in November and December 2025 was foreseeable…
London Ambulance Service took 192,600 999 calls in November 2025, its busiest November on record and over 13,000 more than the same month last year, as flu and wintry weather raised demand.
Resuscitation Council UK has updated and rebranded its guide to automated external defibrillators as Public Access Defibrillators: A Guide for Communities, covering installation, maintenance and…
Resuscitation Council UK has published its 2025 Adult Basic Life Support guidelines, which tell rescuers to call 999 for any unresponsive person before checking breathing.
National Grid Electricity Distribution says engineers have restored power to 171,129 properties after Storm Austen and Storm Boelo, with teams working around the clock on the remaining faults.
WaterSafe Register has urged UK households to check and test their stop tap on Sunday 25 October, when the clocks go back, after a survey found 14% nationally do not know where theirs is.
Storm Boelo damaged the A78 road surface and sea wall south of Skelmorlie on 25 October, closing the road, with school buses now escorted through a restricted lane.
National Grid has listed eleven heated warm spaces across Cornwall for Sunday 25 October, as engineers work to restore power after storm damage to the network.
EURneffy®, the UK's first needle-free adrenaline nasal spray, became available on prescription for people with serious allergies on 24 October 2025, offering an alternative to adrenaline…
The Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning for parts of Norfolk from 10am to 9pm on Friday 23 October, with Storm Austen expected to bring gales, transport delays and short-term power loss.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Wildfire Forum issued a wildfire warning for Aberdeenshire and East Lothian for Saturday 18 October, Scotland's fourteenth warning of 2025.
The Environment Agency has added the main FloodReady report, Professor Peter Bonfield's independent review of property flood resilience, to its GOV.UK publication page, with the front page amended to…
New figures released for National Burns Awareness Day show hot water bottle burn injuries reached nearly 1,000 cases in 2024, the highest annual total in more than 20 years.
The National Flood Forum has published guidance for Flood Action Week setting out practical steps households and communities can take before winter to prepare for flood water entering the home.
Flood Re has published independent analysis by JBA showing that property flood resilience measures could be fitted to 21.8 million UK homes and cut annual flood losses by up to £740 million.
South East Water has applied to the Secretary of State for a Drought Order covering its Sussex supply area, as Ardingly Reservoir stands at 22.8 per cent full and drought conditions continue.
Severe wind warnings ended at noon on 5 October 2025 after Storm Amy, allowing SSEN to speed up reconnection work, with power restored to more than 71,000 customers and 17,000 homes still to…
Storm Amy brought gusts of over 92mph to north-western Scotland and Northern Ireland in early October 2025, leaving more than 90,000 properties without power and some homes off supply for several…