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Provisional Met Office statistics indicate summer 2025 is on track to join 2023, 2022 and 2018 among UK's ten warmest since records began 140 years ago - and it could yet take the overall top spot

Driest first six months to a year in almost half a century has led to severe water shortages and wildfires, as climate impacts continue to mount

National Drought Group urged to 'step up' response to drought conditions, after England records driest start to a year since 1976

Farmers have been urged to use water wisely as rising temperatures raise concerns over possible drought

The nation's public water supplies are facing huge pressure from population growth and climate risks, regulator warns

Volatile UK weather patterns leave farmers at risk of record low harvests, while homes and businesses face prospect of drought measures this summer

Agency warns hosepipe bans could follow driest spring on record, as campaigners lament 'latest in a line of hard blows for farmers and nature'

As new data all but confirms 2024 exceeded the 1.5C warming threshold, researchers explain how climate-impacted weather events are exacerbating the conditions fuelling deadly California fires that could result in over $20bn of insurance claims

Growing risks such as climate change and resource scarcity are threatening water supplies and ultimately food security, new WRI analysis warns

A major new report warns how water is 'the silent partner in all human activity', and urgent investment in new infrastructure is needed to avert disaster