Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Kit Malthouse

Heatwave builds as UK temperature record ‘set to fall’

The UK has a “difficult 48 hours coming”, Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse said

Evening Standard

TV debate cancelled as Mordaunt comes under fire from her boss

Penny Mordaunt has been accused of missing ministerial meetings because she was plotting her leadership bid.

The Independent UK

Britain on Course for Hottest Day on Record

Britain was on course for its hottest day on record on Monday with temperatures forecast to hit 40C for the first time, forcing train companies to cancel services, schools to close early and ministers to urge the public to stay at home. Much of Europe is baking in a heatwave…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Mordaunt accused of missing meetings for leadership bid as colleagues ‘pick up the pieces’

Penny Mordaunt’s ministerial boss, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said colleagues had to pick up the pieces due to the trade minister’s absence

The Independent UK

Heatwaves caused by climate crisis may become regular event, says Met Office chief

Chief meteorologist says extreme temperatures ‘entirely consistent’ with human-induced climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Britain could see hottest temperature on record this week

Britain was braced for temperatures to hit 40C for the first time this week, with ministers urging the public to stay at home as the heatwave caused train services to be cancelled, one London airport to shut its runway and some schools to close.

Reuters

Johnson defended after missing heatwave meetings as PM accused of ‘clocking off’

Boris Johnson was at Chequers over the weekend where he hosted friends for a party.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Tory leadership field to be cut to four as IMF warns against tax cuts

Tom Tugendhat most likely to be eliminated after bruising ITV debate marked by Sunak and Truss clashes

The Guardian - UK

NHS braced for surge in patients as ‘danger to life’ heatwave warning comes into force

The UK Health Security Agency has described the heatwave as a ‘national emergency’

The Independent UK

UK weather: Hotter than the Sahara by Monday as Brits swelter overnight

Most of England has been issued with the red weather warning on Monday with temperatures set to be close to UK's record of 38.7C, set in Cambridge in 2019, before climbing further on Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Met Office issues UK's first ever red heat warning as temperatures set to soar

MINISTERS held an emergency Cobra meeting yesterday over concerns of record high temperatures this week that could put lives at risk.

The National (Scotland)

Public urged to avoid travelling as record-breaking temperatures set to grip the capital

Temperatures as high as 41C could grip the capital early next week, forecasters have warned

Evening Standard

Johnson skips emergency Cobra meeting as experts warn thousands may die in UK heatwave

Prime minister stays at Chequers as NHS, schools and transport providers issue warnings about fatally high temperatures

The Guardian - UK

31C predicted across parts of England on Sunday ahead of record-breaking highs

An amber extreme heat warning comes in to force for much of England on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Manchester Evening News

Transport services face 'significant disruption' due to heatwave, warns minister as he urges people not to travel

'This may be a moment to work from home'

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson skips emergency heatwave meeting and plans lavish party at Chequers

Boris Johnson skipped out on his second emergency meeting in a row today and tomorrow he is hosting a lavish goodbye bash at Chequers. A spokesman said Sunday's party was a 'private event'

Daily Mirror

UK heatwave: Cobra meeting to be held over 'danger to life' 40C forecast

Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse will chair a meeting of the Government's Cobra civil contingencies committee to discuss the heatwave with his fellow ministers

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson 'missing in action from emergency Cobra meetings on heatwave'

BORIS Johnson has been branded “missing in action” after reports that he will skip emergency Cobra meetings as the UK braces for an…

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Government to hold emergency Cobra meeting over extreme heatwave

Temperatures are predicted to climb over the weekend and into next week, the Met Office has said.

The National (Scotland)

Number 10 won't say if Boris Johnson will join emergency heatwave talks this weekend

DOWNING Street won’t say if Boris Johnson will be attending talks on preparing for the heatwave as he works from Chequers over the weekend.

Manchester Evening News

Warning 'extreme' UK heatwave could cause car crashes and train delays

The Met Office has issued an amber warning for extreme heat from Sunday to Tuesday

Daily Mirror

UK weather forecast: Sizzling heat to climb over weekend before Tuesday's record 41C

The UK is set for a relatively fresh end to the working week before the temperatures start rising over the weekend with a Met Office warning for extreme heat in place from Sunday until Tuesday

Wales Online

Hospitals and train operators brace as heatwave set to hot up by 10C

The Independent UK

Hospital and train services to face pressure due to ‘extreme heat’

The Met Office has issued an amber warning for heat from Sunday until Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

'Catastrophe' feared from 40C 'Death Valley' heatwave as NHS braces for 'huge' surge

The heatwave is adding 'extreme pressure' to the NHS with some hospitals declaring 'critical incidents' and ambulances have been put on their highest alert level

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.