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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
SSEN has drafted in hundreds of extra staff and is texting more than 180,000 vulnerable customers as Storm Amy, the first named storm of autumn 2025, approaches its Scottish network area.
NHS England opened the 2025 winter flu and COVID-19 vaccination programme on 1 October, with booked appointments and walk-in sessions across England for everyone eligible.
From 1 October 2025 people aged 65 and over and others in listed groups can book flu vaccination appointments, while the Covid-19 autumn booster is offered to a narrower set of eligible groups.
Resuscitation Council UK has published version one of Public access defibrillators: A guide for communities, setting out how community defibrillators should be registered, installed, signposted and…
Government vaccination campaigns urging people to protect themselves against winter viruses launch from 22 September, beginning with pregnant women, NHS England has announced.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has recalled KNOG Blinder 900 and Blinder 1300 bicycle lights sold between January 2023 and November 2024 because defective battery cells may overheat and…
The UK Sepsis Trust and HealthHero have launched a digital sepsis assessment tool for public use, available through the charity's website from 12 September 2025, ahead of World Sepsis Day.
SGN says water from a burst water main entered its gas network in Aylesbury, affecting supplies to around 300 homes, with engineers extracting water and reconnecting properties over the following…
The NHS autumn flu vaccination programme opened on 1 September 2025 for pregnant women and children in the listed school and clinical risk groups, with further groups eligible from 1 October.
Eligible people in England could book flu and COVID-19 vaccine appointments from 1 September 2025, the first time winter vaccine booking has opened in advance, NHS England has said.
Wales & West Utilities has urged Somerset households to test their carbon monoxide alarms after data from more than 50,000 digital alarms showed 95 per cent were not tested at all in 2024.
South Central Ambulance Service reports a 61% rise in NHS 111 calls for urgent repeat prescriptions, now around 16,000 a year, and asks patients to order medication ahead of bank holidays.
SSEN has moved to Weather Warning status in the north of Scotland ahead of extensive, prolonged lightning forecast for most of Wednesday and Thursday, with extra engineers and call handlers brought…