All news on the topic: Extreme heat

A Greater Anglia train partially derailed near Wickford in Essex this afternoon, marking the second derailment in two days.

An “apocalyptic” wildfire has left homes in ruins as families reveal ash was “raining from the sky” as they grabbed their bags and fled.

Nurses across England are collapsing at work and even suffering seizures as they are forced to care for patients in extreme heat, The Royal College of Nursing has said.

Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the Government’s emergency Cobra committee on Wednesday in response to extreme heat, which has caused widespread wildfires and plunged the country into drought.

A new record high temperature has been set for June for the second day in a row as the UK swelters in a punishing heatwave.

Two children aged four and two have been found dead in their family’s car in south-eastern France, the local prosecutor said, as a large swathe of western Europe suffers a ferocious heatwave forecast to shatter absolute temperature records.

The Met Office today issued a rare red ’danger to life’ extreme heat warning for ’significant disruption to daily life’ as the UK faces road, rail and air travel chaos.

A rare red weather warning has been issued for extreme heat as temperatures are set to skyrocket to 40C this week.

A new wave of scorching temperatures next week is set to bring significant discomfort for millions of school children packed into busy classrooms.

A 16-day heatwave that Spain experienced this month was "the most intense on record," the country’s state meteorological agency (AEMET) has reported.