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.
Essex & Suffolk Water has formally asked customers in Suffolk to use less water after three heatwaves and almost no rain since 1 July, with demand up seven million litres a day.
North West Ambulance Service has issued health advice from its Medical Director as high temperatures are forecast to return to the North West in the coming days and into next week.
Cambridge Water has imposed a temporary hosepipe ban across its region from 9 July 2026, enforceable from 1am on 17 July 2026, after record demand and one of the driest springs in recent years.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has warned that Dorset and Wiltshire face exceptionally difficult wildfire conditions this weekend, after attending four significant field fires in a single…
The Met Office reports the first year in the UK weather record with temperatures of 35°C or higher in May, June and July, as heat health alerts remain in place across England.
UK health and climate bodies have updated official guidance for schools and early years settings in England on hot weather, specifying children under 5 and clarifying measures that support attendance.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has attended a number of fires involving large areas of land, fields and heath since 8 July 2026, and warns of exceptionally difficult wildfire conditions…
The National Fire Chiefs Council has warned that the UK's third heatwave since late May is raising wildfire risk, and asked people to avoid disposable barbecues and extinguish cigarettes fully.
Temperatures exceeded 30C in some parts of the UK in the week to 8 July 2026, as nutrition specialists set out how eating and drinking affect the body in hot weather.
The UK Health Security Agency has raised heat-health alerts to amber for six regions of England and issued yellow alerts for three others, running from 9am on Wednesday 8 July until 9pm on Sunday 12…
The British Heart Foundation has updated its guidance on hot weather and the heart, setting out who is most at risk and how heat affects blood pressure, medicines and existing heart conditions.
South East Water brought hosepipe restrictions into force for its customers in Kent from 00:01 on Friday 3 July 2026, the first area covered by a temporary use ban that later spread across its supply…
England recorded its driest July on record, the Met Office has confirmed, with 6.5mm of rainfall and 19 counties seeing 1mm or less across the whole month.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service dealt with 277 grassland, woodland and crop fires in July 2026, its second busiest such month in five years after August 2022.
NHS England says A&E attendances in England reached a record 2.5 million in July, with the three busiest months ever recorded between May and July.
Welsh fire services declared four major wildfires during July and August 2026, in Wales' hottest summer on record, as the Wales Wildfire Board launched its annual #BurnToProtect campaign.
Essex & Suffolk Water has introduced a Temporary Use Ban on hosepipe use across Essex, Suffolk, part of Norfolk and two London boroughs, its first such restriction in 29 years.
South East Water introduced hosepipe restrictions in Sussex in July because of low river levels and rainfall, and further restrictions followed in October as reservoir levels fell.
The Government has announced a new specialist wildfire capability, including strategically located wildfire response teams, within a wider £97 million investment in National Resilience assets.
Fire and rescue services in England and Wales responded to 458 wildfires in July 2026, the highest monthly total recorded, as the National Fire Chiefs Council warned of sustained pressure during…