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Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – latest news

A new high in records that go back to 1884 is even more likely for England and Wales. Met Office senior scientist Mike Kendon said: Another record-breaking summer now looks increasingly likely for the UK, following the…

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London fire services 'need to be rebuilt' to adapt to growing wildfire threat

Read our privacy notice . Fire and rescue services in London need to be rebuilt to adapt to the pressures of a changing climate , a fire chief has warned. Firefighters in the capital and across the UK have been put under…

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Read our privacy notice . Liverpool are prepared to walk away from talks over the transfer of Bradley Barcola as they struggle to reach an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain, leaving Arsenal on alert. The Reds are yet to…

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Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says

Some parts of the country face a fifth heatwave of the summer, with amber “extreme heat” warnings in place for parts of England on Thursday when temperatures could hit 38C in some spots. Nearly three quarters of England…

New EU border checks sees waiting times DOUBLE at major airports

Peak waiting times at Frankfurt Airport hit 120 minutes in July, double the 60-minute maximum recorded a year earlier. Munich also saw its longest queues almost double, rising from 31 minutes to an hour, while maximum…

Summer 2026 on course to be UK's hottest on record, says Met Office

Only average conditions are needed for the remainder of August to surpass the record set just last year . Provisional Met Office statistics show that the UK's mean temperature for meteorological summer so far (1 June to…