Overview
- The UK Health Security Agency issued a yellow cold‑health alert for south‑west England that remains in force until noon on 27 December.
- The Met Office forecasts overnight frost into Boxing Day with breezy, mostly dry conditions and daytime highs near 6–7C, closer to 4–5C in the south, with a low chance of snow.
- Similar weather is expected over the weekend, with occasional drizzle where cloud thickens and temperatures staying around average.
- Devon and Cornwall Police urged people not to swim in the sea on Boxing Day following a serious water incident off Budleigh Salterton.
- HM Coastguard, RNLI lifeboats from Exmouth, Teignmouth and Torbay, air assets, police and ambulance crews responded, one person was recovered, and offshore searches for two missing men were stood down at 5pm as land enquiries continued.