Due to hot weather problems in the tunnel under the English Channel there are about one and a half hours of traffic delays. The Eurotunnel company appeals to travelers to have water with them and be patient.more
Most places will see temperatures closer to average for the time of year, around the high teens to low 20s, with the chance of showers and strong breezes.more
With potentially record-breaking high temperatures in the coming days, the government is being warned it must do more to protect vulnerable people in extreme heat. The mercury is set to hit 35°C on Thursday and rise further to 37°C on Friday, triggering a thunderstorm warning into the afternoon.more
Heat-related deaths are set to treble in less than 35 years unless the government takes urgent action to prepare the country for extreme heatwaves, according to the Environmental Audit Committee. more
Holidaymakers have been warned to be careful when booking hotel rooms online following an increase in "fake offers" on social media sites. The PSNI and Northern Ireland Hotels Federation (NIHF) have united to issue a joint plea for vigilance.more
Mayor Sadiq Khan said high temperatures combined with the capital's "toxic air, a lack of cloud cover and emissions travelling from the continent" meant pollution would hit "high levels"more
A weather forecaster discovered that as temperatures exceeded 30C on the hottest day of the year in London, the temperature underground would have been up to 10C hotter.more
An amber 'heat health watch' warning has been issued for parts of England this week as the South East braces itself for the hottest day of the year so far.more
After hundreds of flights were cancelled due to striking air-traffic controllers, more than 50,000 passengers booked on peak summer holiday flights with the airline next week have been told their trips have been cancelled. more
Families should drain paddling pools to fend off bloodsucking horseflies, experts have said, amid a surge in reports of bites that can lead to potentially deadly infections.more
Dozens of food items have been recalled by supermarkets this month over fears they are unsafe. Many of the affected products are feared to be contaminated with listeria, a bacteria that can pose a risk to elderly people and pregnant women.more
There are some 10 million small sharks and 100,000 larger sharks circling our coastline and more than 30 species of shark found in Britain's coastal waters.more
It looks like the UK's heatwave is set to come to an end as the remnants of a powerful hurricane swirling along the US east coast is due to hit Britain.more
Gardaí in Co Meath have asked the public to be vigilant after a number of 'unusual' markings at properties in the county came to their attention last weekend. There's concern that the markings may have been left by criminals as a way of targeting properties for break-ins.more
The NHS has lost more than 6,000 beds across the country over the last four years, according to new figures published by the British Medical Association (BMA).more
Commuters are being advised by Southern Rail, Gatwick Express and Thameslink 'not to travel into London' after a huge loss of power that has hit three different areas.more
Health experts have warned about the dangers of eating frozen sweetcorn after nine people have died across Europe from listeriosis - two of them Brits.more
Bouncy castles and other inflatables in public areas should be temporarily banned following the death of a young girl thrown from a seaside inflatable, an MP said. Lifeboat crews and nearby witnesses battled in vain to save the "seriously injured" youngster, after the incident on the beach at Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, on Sunday morning.more