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.
Devon County Council has backed South West Water's appeal for households and businesses to cut unnecessary water use, saying parts of Devon remain in severe drought despite recent rainfall.
Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service has opened Fire Safety Week 2026 with figures showing that 62 of the 89 people who died in house fires in Northern Ireland between 2015 and 2025 lived alone.
The UK Health Security Agency has updated its hot weather guidance for England, lowering the age at which older people are treated as at higher risk of heat harm from 75 to 65.
SSEN has begun delivering home battery packs at no cost to Priority Services customers who rely on powered medical equipment, the first scheme of its kind by a UK network operator.
SSEN and Policy in Practice have launched a partnership that prompts benefit advisers to offer Priority Services Register sign-up when a household's circumstances match the register's eligibility…
NHS Lanarkshire has warned that icy conditions are driving a rise in orthopaedic injuries from slips and falls, particularly among older adults, and adding pressure to its A&E departments.
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.
SSEN has texted more than 100,000 vulnerable customers and phoned the most vulnerable in the areas expected to be worst hit, as Storm Floris brings storm-force winds to northern Scotland.
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.
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.
The Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have published a joint plan to protect telecare users during the digital phone switchover, replacing…
SSEN has texted almost 170,000 more vulnerable customers in the north of Scotland with preparation advice ahead of Storm Éowyn, and telephoned the most vulnerable in areas expected to be worst hit.
SSEN's Priority Services team phoned more than 2,000 vulnerable customers and made in-person visits across its north of Scotland and central southern England licence areas during Storm Éowyn.
A charter for network operators including Openreach and City Fibre was agreed in March 2024, committing them to 12 months' notice before analogue voice services end and to checks on telecare devices.
UK Power Networks has begun Power Protect, a trial loaning free battery packs to registered customers who rely on medical equipment, in London, Maidstone, Canterbury and Bury St Edmunds.
SSEN contacted more than 130,000 Priority Services Register customers and called the most vulnerable as Storm Otto left around 16,000 properties without power, mainly in Aberdeenshire.
London Ambulance Service has publicised the 999 BSL app, which connects deaf and speech-impaired callers to a British Sign Language interpreter by video for emergency calls to all services.