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 ...

Mobile network Three has been rocked by a major outage, affecting thousands of customers. Almost 10,000 people have reported issues with the provider's network since the outage first started at around ...

The UK is set to be hit with scorching 34C temperatures forecast for the beginning of July - here are the exact times that 62 ...

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

Blazing sunshine and widespread heat will cover almost the entire country, the Met Office says - with mostly dry, cloudless ...

An injured grass snake has been spotted in the Swindon area. A jogger running along Pentylands Lane in Highworth at around 4.30pm on Thursday afternoon stopped to take a photograph of an injured snake ...

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 ...

Landscapes have turned from green to brown across the country following England's hottest spring from March to May on record ...