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.
London Ambulance Service is adding almost 140 staff, more ambulances and extra control room cover for New Year's Eve 2025, and opening a special operations centre to coordinate resources overnight.
The UK Health Security Agency issued amber cold health alerts for England as Arctic air brought snow, ice and overnight lows of -12.5°C, with the alert period later extended into January.
The UK Health Security Agency has published eight rapid evidence summaries, dated November 2025, on health topics relevant to a national power outage, covering water and sanitation, food and…
B&Q has recalled its GoodHome Saturnia electric blanket, sold between November 2024 and December 2025, because an electrical component can overheat, posing a risk of fire and electric shock.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued a Safety Alert for baby sleep pillows after child fatalities in the UK and overseas, warning of suffocation and overheating risks.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has recalled Belkin BoostCharge BPB002 and Playa PB0003 power banks, sold by Belkin and retailers including TK Maxx, because their lithium-ion batteries can…
The Drinking Water Inspectorate has opened a full water quality investigation into a loss of supply in the Pembury and Tunbridge Wells area, where South East Water served a boil water notice.
South East Water has told about 24,000 customers in Tunbridge Wells to boil water before drinking or cooking from midday on 3 December 2025, after water quality problems returned at its Pembury…
South East Water restarted the Pembury Water Treatment Works on 3 December with a boil water instruction for about 6,500 properties in the Tunbridge Wells area, and has since lifted the notice.
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.
South East Water shut down its Pembury water treatment works after water quality problems on 29 and 30 November 2025, leaving 6,500 properties in the Tunbridge Wells area without water or with low…
Belkin has recalled its BoostCharge BPB002 and Playa PB0003 USB-C power banks in the UK because the lithium-ion batteries can overheat in use, with the Office for Product Safety and Standards…
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has recalled three models of ESR HaloLock wireless power bank sold on Amazon in the UK, because their lithium-ion batteries can overheat and catch fire.
The government has published its response to NESO's review of the March 2025 North Hyde substation fire, setting out an implementation plan and a commitment to a Great Britain Energy Resilience…
An amber cold health alert from the UK Health Security Agency is in force for England as the Met Office warns of snow, ice and temperatures down to -10°C in rural Scotland on Thursday night.
Dyfed Powys police declared a major incident after very heavy rainfall on 4 November 2025 brought severe property flooding and rescues in west Wales, with Whitland, Carmarthen, Kidwelly and St Clears…
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.
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…
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.