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.
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.
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.
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 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…
Flash flooding affected several Somerset villages on 9 May 2023, with a major incident declared in Queen Camel and dozens of properties and businesses reported affected across the county.
South West Water has announced a hosepipe ban, the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering reports, setting out what households can and cannot do with a mains-connected hose.
The UK Health Security Agency first published the Adverse Weather and Health Plan on 27 April 2023, bringing the separate heatwave and cold weather plans for England into a single framework.
The UK Health Security Agency published the Adverse Weather and Health Plan on 27 April 2023, a national framework covering the health effects of flooding and other severe weather.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has warned of an extreme risk of wildfire across Central and Southern Scotland from 19 to 21 April 2023, with a very high risk in the North.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks has enacted resilience plans ahead of strong winds across central southern England on Wednesday 12 April, with gusts forecast to reach 55mph inland and 60mph…
The UK Health Security Agency has extended its level 3 cold weather alert for the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber until 9am on Thursday 16 March, with a level 2 alert for the…
High winds with gusts of up to 55mph cut power to around 8,500 SSEN customers across central southern England on 13 March 2023, with engineers restoring supplies through the day and evening.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a wildfire warning rated extreme for South West Scotland and very high for Central-Eastern Scotland, in force from Friday 10 March until Saturday 11…
The Met Office issued an amber warning for snow in North Yorkshire on 9 March 2023, with most snow expected from about 3pm and continuing overnight into 10 March.