All news on the topic: Heatwave

London’s lidos have tightened security following a spate of chaotic poolside incidents – including one which saw a sunseeker have a bottle smashed on their head.

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.

The remains of a lost village demolished and flooded over 50 years ago have been resurfaced as England’s back-to-back heatwaves and dry weather continue to affect water levels.

Firefighters raced to battle a major fire at a park in Exeter on Tuesday amid a worsening heatwave and drought conditions sweeping the country.

Bone-dry Britain has been hit by drought after another heatwave sees temperatures soar to 36C and above this week.

Passengers have been warned of major disruption to bus journeys over the coming months as drivers are set to walk out over a heatwave row.

A 14-year-old schoolboy has died after he jumped into the River Thames as temperatures soared above 30C.

Parts of England are to be hit with an amber heat health alert by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as the country faces a possible fifth heatwave.

An estimated 2,877 deaths were associated with excessive heat in May and June this year – almost double the number of casualties compared to last summer.

People have been forced to sleep in cars overnight after a major wildfire forced evacuations across Suffolk.

The NHS has been forced to cancel blood tests during the summer heatwaves amid net-zero restrictions on air-conditioning units.

A region has become the first in the UK to officially declare a drought amid record dry conditions, intense heatwaves, wildfires and dwindling rivers.

More than two million people will be subject to a hosepipe ban as the lingering effects of recent heat waves persist.

The heatwave that affected England and Wales in June killed about 440 people a day during its three-day peak, scientists have estimated. Across the whole of the June heatwave, plus the one in May, about 2,700 people lost their lives prematurely.

As the third heatwave of the summer continues to grip, parts of the UK are facing an "exceptional" risk of wildfires over the next few days.

An 18-year-old boy has died after being found unresponsive in a reservoir in Greater Manchester on Friday, police have said.

Surgeons are breaking off operations midway after becoming overwhelmed by Britain’s heatwaves, medical leaders have claimed.

Two one-year-old twin sisters have been found dead in their beds from dehydration as a heatwave sweeps across France.

The UK’s all-time temperature record could come under threat this weekend, as intense heat was expected to spread back across Britain and Europe.

Another scorching heatwave could be just days away from sending temperatures in the UK surging to 38C, weather forecasting maps show.