The heatwave has now reached two thirds of the country, as many parts of the UK struggle with 30C weather this week.

There are more than 200 local authority areas in the country where heatwave conditions have started today, as scorching ...

Thames Water, which supplies 16million people, said it would impose restrictions after 'ongoing dry weather and increased ...

The second hosepipe ban of the summer has been introduced in Sussex and Kent as the UK faces the third heatwave of the year. South East Water, which covers most of the impacted counties, said it had ...

The drastic move, which will affect more than five million people in Yorkshire, comes after the region had its driest spring ...

A new heatwave has led to more hosepipe ban threats from water companies desperate to protect dwindling supplies - Thames ...

The north, in contrast, is notably cooler - with Newcastle seeing a milder 22C and coastal areas in Scotland like Aberdeen ...

An official heatwave is declared by the Met Office when temperatures exceed a specific threshold for three consecutive days.

The areas covered are the Midlands, including Coventry and Warwickshire, Southern England, and the North East, plus southern ...

The London Fire Brigade said that the risk of wildfires in the capital was 'severe', as firefighters managed to extinguish a ...

England has experienced the hottest spring from March to May on record, and the driest in over a century, followed by the hottest June on record, with two searing heatwaves hitting parts of the ...