Extreme heat and humidity caused hospital kit to fail amid record demand, a hospital boss has said. Kevin McNamara, chief executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Tru ...

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The UK’s climate of the 20th century “has now gone”, as once-extreme conditions are increasingly seen as normal, the Met ...

In its annual "state of the UK climate" report published today, the Met Office says 2025 was the warmest year on record, ...

This comes after fish were found dead in the same section just a couple of weeks ago. The Canal and Rivers Trust confirmed at ...

Oxford Health Foundation Trust publishes 10 tips as temperatures hit 30C on sixth day of Britain’s third hot spell this year ...

Former Senate President Franklin Drilon said the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should focus on whether or ...

A charity has called on islanders to use "common sense" when accessing its land in the hot weather. The National Trust for ...

The idea, dubbed "Death by Organ Donation," would enable euthanasia patients to donate organs for transplantation in a way ...

As temperatures are set to soar again, the most recent heatwave has forced a wave of event cancellations and health warnings ...

An NHS trust has pledged to improve conditions after temperatures on some hospital wards soared to 35C during the recent ...

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