Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Watch: The weather forecast across Europe A record number of heat alerts are in place across France as the country, and other parts of southern and eastern Europe, remain in the grip of soaring temperatures. Some 84 of 96 of France’s mainland regions – known as departments – are currently under...
Simon King Lead weather presenter Reuters Those attending Glastonbury Festival have a warm weekend in store Heat health alerts have come into force across most of England as the country braces for a second summer heatwave. An amber alert covers the East Midlands, south-east, south-west, east and London – meaning various health services and the...
PA Media Amber heat health alerts have been issued for parts of England as temperatures are set to climb to more than 30C. They will be in force from 12:00 BST on Friday until 18:00 BST on Tuesday, with the warmest weather expected on Sunday and Monday. The amber alerts will be in place for...
Simon King Lead Weather Presenter PA Media Amber heat health alerts have been issued across the whole of England with temperatures likely to exceed 30C for the first time this year. The alerts, which will be in effect from midday on Thursday until 09:00 BST on Monday, come as an expected heatwave approaches much of...
Getty Images How does the weather health alert system work? The weather alert service warns the public in England when high or low temperatures could damage their health. The system is run by the UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office. It includes both heat health and cold health alerts Heat health alerts are...
Yellow heat health alerts have been issued for most of England with temperatures set to soar across the country later this week. Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East England, the South East, the South West and London are all covered by the alert which comes into force at 12:00 BST on Wednesday...
The first heat-health alerts of the year will come into effect later, with Met Office warnings for thunderstorms also in place over the next few days. The yellow heat alerts, issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), cover the east of England, London, East Midlands and south-east England from 21:00 BST on Thursday until...
Azadeh Moshiri, Usman Zahid and Kamil Khan Dayan BBC News Reporting fromGilgit-Baltistan BBC Lovely is one of between 4,000 and 6,000 snow leopards on the planet Snow leopards cannot growl. So when we step towards one of these fierce predators, she’s purring. “Lovely,” as she’s called, was orphaned and rescued 12 years ago in Pakistan-administered...