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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.

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.

Thousands of pupils will either not be able to attend school this week or will head home earlier than usual because of full or partial school closures amid the extreme heat.

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 body has been found in the search for an 11-year-old boy who went missing in a South Yorkshire river on Saturday.

A 15-year-old boy and three other people have died in separate police call-outs on Scotland’s hottest day in two years.

Eagle-eyed royal fans have spotted that King Charles has continued to use the same clever home hack as his late mother Queen Elizabeth that went viral back in 2019

Climate scientists warn the extreme temperatures could bring deadly wildfires, tropical cyclones and intense heatwaves to some parts of the planet thanks to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, a climate phenomenon believed to occur every few years

Doritos' Tangy Cheese packets are set for recall as the Food Standards Authority warned a packaging error had led to an undeclared soya problem, posing a health risk to customers

One woman's trip to the supermarket during a 32C heatwave descended into chaos after a member of staff instructed her to 'cover her pants' following a male customer putting in a complaint

Last summer the global population sweated through the hottest three month spell in human history, with extreme weather disasters taking more than 18,000 lives and forcing at least 150,000 people from their homes