Overview

• A World Weather Attribution study led by Imperial College London and LSHTM finds human-driven warming tripled deaths during Europe’s June–July heatwaves, including 171 excess fatalities in London.
• The UK Health Security Agency has extended yellow heat-health alerts across all English regions until 10 am on July 15 to safeguard vulnerable groups.
• England’s driest March–June stretch since 1893 has left reservoir levels at four sites classed as exceptionally low, prompting Yorkshire Water to impose a hosepipe ban from July 11.
• The Met Office predicts widespread temperatures of 32–34 °C this weekend with Scotland entering heatwave criteria for consecutive days.
• Forecasters say relief timing remains unclear, reinforcing calls for long-term adaptation such as urban cooling, public-health planning and water-conservation measures.