1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (676+ words) A fourth heatwave of the year is now under way for parts of the UK, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s Celsius later this week. This latest spell of heatwave threshold-level temperatures is expected to peak on Wednesday in…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (492+ words) Wildfires in the UK and Europe are a "stark reminder of the challenges posed by an increasingly extreme climate", the Prince of Wales has said. More than 300,000 people have so far been evacuated from parts of France and Spain as…...

6+ hour, 25+ min ago   (366+ words) Restrictions have been placed on more Scottish rivers which have reached "significant" water scarcity after prolonged dry conditions. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said the move was needed to protect the rivers and wildlife on the Lower Tweed, Lower…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (509+ words) Water charities are calling on new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to do more to prevent sewage and pollution ending up in our rivers. Data compiled by environmental charity the Rivers Trust suggests there were sewage spillages in North Cotswolds rivers…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (383+ words) An enforcement notice against the operator of a landfill in a Lancashire coastal town has been withdrawn after work aimed at reducing smells passed inspection. Transwaste, the company that runs the Jameson Road landfill site in Fleetwood, was ordered to…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (716+ words) Wildfires are tearing through France and Spain, forcing more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes. France has seen its worst wildfires in two decades, while officials in the Spanish capital Madrid say the fires are the worst the region has…...

6+ hour, 55+ min ago   (454+ words) A company involved in a collision between two vessels, which led to a huge spillage of plastic nurdles, has admitted "time is of the essence" in the clean-up. Tonnes of plastic pellets have washed up on the North East coast,…...

9+ hour, 23+ min ago   (542+ words) About 600,000 mosquitoes are being released across the Washington DC area this summer to help reduce local mosquito populations. Only male mosquitoes – infected with the naturally occurring bacteria Wolbachia – are released. They don't bite humans, and the bacteria they carry prevents…...

19+ hour, 30+ min ago   (134+ words) This afternoon will be largely dry with sunny spells and areas of cloud pushing in from the west. Tonight will start partly cloudy but skies are expected to become mostly clear later. Tomorrow will be dry and very warm with…...

10+ hour, 20+ min ago   (622+ words) Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from Bordeaux's surrounding region of Gironde, as France continues to fight against wildfires being stoked by an unprecedented "pyrocumulonimbus" or fire clouds. Scientists sometimes describe these clouds as a fire-generated thunderstorm because…...