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.
South Central Ambulance Service has issued public heat safety advice with a yellow heat health alert in place from Thursday 10 July until 10:00am on Tuesday 15 July 2025.
Contact has published advice for parents, carers and schools on protecting disabled children, as forecasters anticipate temperatures of up to 31 °C over the next few days.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has published a resilience action plan, a chronic risk analysis and an update to the UK biological security strategy, including a nationwide emergency alert…
Yorkshire Water brought in temporary hosepipe restrictions across Yorkshire on 11 July 2025 after drought was declared in the region, following the driest and warmest spring on record.
The government published its Resilience Action Plan on 8 July 2025, committing to an annual overview of UK resilience to Parliament, with the first such update given on 14 July 2026.
The government will test the national Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3:00pm, sending a test message to compatible 4G and 5G phones and tablets across the UK.
The Met Office says heatwave criteria will be reached in parts of England, Wales and Scotland by the weekend, with temperatures above 30°C and yellow heat-health alerts for England.
Regulations laid on 4 July 2025 place new duties on owners and managers of high-rise and higher risk residential buildings in England to plan for residents who cannot evacuate without help.
Southern Water has applied to DEFRA for a Drought Order on the River Test and a Non-Essential Use Ban for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight after the Environment Agency declared drought there.
The National Water Safety Forum has launched a new UK Drowning Prevention Strategy, backed by more than 130 organisations, alongside nation-specific strategies for England, Scotland, Wales and…
The MHRA issued notices to sellers of four non-sterile alcohol-free wipe products in July 2025, leading to their withdrawal from sale, but some may remain in UK first aid kits and homes.
The Met Office has launched its July to December 2025 training prospectus for community responders and the voluntary sector, with three courses on climate change, winter weather hazards and Met Office…
The Radio Teleswitch Service, which switches some households' heating and hot water, begins a phased switch-off from 30 June 2025, with no mass switch-off of the national signal on that date.
The National Energy System Operator has published its final report into the North Hyde substation outage of 20 March 2025, finding a bushing failure caused the fire and setting out 12 recommendations.
Northern Gas Networks and Doctor Hilary Jones have issued a summer carbon monoxide warning after confirmed or suspected CO incidents across the North of England rose by 16% last summer, with 1,000…
An amber heat-health alert has been issued for most of England, with temperatures forecast to reach over 30C in Staffordshire next week, the county council said on 27 June 2025.
The UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office issued an amber heat-health alert for five regions of England and a yellow alert for two, in force from 27 June to 1 July 2025.
Lancashire is under an amber extreme heat warning from midnight on Wednesday 24 June until 11pm on Thursday, with temperatures forecast to exceed 30C widely and approach 40C in parts of England.
The government's National Security Strategy, published on 24 June, names domestic resilience as a fundamental element of national security, with a Resilience Action Plan setting out how households and…