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South East Water has asked customers to use water only for hygiene, drinking and cooking and to pause all hose use, after demand reached 644 million litres on 21 June during a forecast heatwave.
Staffordshire County Council has issued heat and wildfire warnings ahead of the bank holiday weekend, with the Fire Service reporting a 70% rise in outdoor fires compared with last year.
The National Fire Chiefs Council has urged the public to take extra care over the bank holiday, warning that warmer, drier weather raises the risk of wildfires and of accidents in open water.
United Utilities has opened a public consultation on its draft Drought Plan 2027, running from 18 May to 2 August 2026, setting out how it will manage water supplies in the North West during prolonged…
Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service says an amber wildfire warning is in place across Northern Ireland as crews continue to tackle a fire near Dungiven and three other wildfires are brought under…
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Wildfire Forum have issued a very high wildfire risk warning for South West Scotland from 29 April, with an extreme risk across the whole of…
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Wildfire Forum have issued wildfire warnings for Western, Central and Eastern Scotland from 23 to 26 April 2026, with Western Scotland reaching…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued an Amber wildfire alert for its area, warning that fires could spread quickly and easily in dry conditions.
The Environment Agency has updated its drought management document for England after the 2025 drought, adding a summary of that event, revised facts and figures and lessons learned.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued its first official wildfire warning of 2026, flagging a very high risk across North and North-East Scotland on 20 and 21 March.
The Environment Agency has published projections showing which parts of England could be in drought by March 2026 under three winter rainfall scenarios, with most of England currently in drought or…
Fire and rescue services in England and Wales responded to 1,006 wildfires by 11 November 2025, more than the 994 recorded across the whole of 2022, the previous worst year on record.
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 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.
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.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a wildfire warning across Scotland, with very high risk from 24 to 25 September 2025 and extreme risk on 26 September, the first September warning since…
Fire and rescue services in England and Wales had responded to 996 wildfires by 4 September 2025, above the 994 recorded in the 2022 drought, which had been the worst year on record.
Yorkshire Water says hosepipe restrictions will stay in place after forecast rain, with reservoir stocks at 35.8% against a seasonal average of 73.4%, and the company warns they could last into…
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a very high wildfire risk warning for all of Scotland until 25 August, extended to 26 August for central and eastern areas.
Wessex Water introduced a Temporary Use Ban across its region on 18 August 2025, which remains in place until further notice after one of the driest summers ever recorded.