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.
Research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference found public access defibrillators were used in only 132 of 1302 cardiac arrests in the East of England where a device was…
The Heat-Health Alert service moved in summer 2023 to impact-based alerting, giving an indication of the health impacts likely to be observed from forecast temperatures rather than only warning that…
A technical fault in June limited the public's ability to reach emergency services through the 999 system, the government's 2023 resilience implementation update has disclosed.
The UK Health Security Agency has updated its England-only Adverse Weather Alerting service, run with the Met Office, to a colour coded system using green, yellow, amber and red levels instead of…
The UK Health Security Agency says its Weather-Health Alert system was updated in June 2023, replacing fixed temperature thresholds with a risk assessment that weighs duration, regions affected and…
The Met Office raised its wildfire risk level to "very high" over much of England and parts of Wales as a heatwave continued, with fire services preparing for a peak wildfire season in the second half…
The UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office run a Weather-Health Alerting System of heat and cold alerts, and its guidance page was first published on 1 June 2023.
Visits to the NHS website's heat exhaustion and heatstroke advice more than tripled in a week in June 2023, as a heat-health alert covering England was extended to 9am on Monday 19 June.
The Consumer Council for Water and Ofwat have published joint research into how South East Water handled water supply interruptions that affected its customers in June 2023.
South East Water has announced temporary hosepipe restrictions for Kent and Sussex from 26 June 2023 after record demand left some customers with low pressure or no water.
South East Water introduced a hosepipe ban for customers in Kent and Sussex after the hottest June on record pushed demand for water to record levels, the company has said.
A large wildfire at Cannich near Inverness, which began on 28 May 2023 and was tackled by more than 30 firefighters, remained ongoing as the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service issued a "very high"…
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a very high wildfire warning for East, Central and Southern Scotland, in place from 26 May until Monday 29 May 2023.
The Royal Life Saving Society UK has warned people to take care around water over the bank holiday weekend after a number of young people drowned during the warm weather that week.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has updated its April 2023 recall notice for a High-Power multi-function jump starter to add the model number of its AC adaptor, HR-1501000.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service issued an Amber wildfire alert on 20 May 2023, running until 27 May and possibly longer, after a warm, dry Bank Holiday forecast.
The National Water Safety Forum has published 2022 figures showing 226 accidental drownings in the UK, most at inland water, and is urging the public to Respect the Water as warmer weather begins.
The UK Health Security Agency and the Centre for Climate and Health Security first published their Beat the heat hot weather resources on 10 May 2023, covering who is most at risk and how to keep…
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The MHRA has recalled all batches of Emerade 500 and 300 micrograms adrenaline auto-injectors after some pens failed to activate, and patients are told to obtain two replacement pens in another brand.