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Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher
By Helen Pilcher

The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/extreme-weather-unprecedented-feel-normal

#Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #Environment #UKweather #UKnews #TheGuardian #HelenPilcher

Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/extreme-weather-unprecedented-feel-normal #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #Environment #UkWeather #UkNews

Every day should be D-day for weather forecasters | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Margaret Squires responds to an article about the wartime meteorologist James Stagg, whose work is dramatised in a new film

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/11/every-day-should-be-d-day-for-weather-forecasters

#Meteorology #UKweather #Secondworldwar #Film #Dday #MetOffice #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Every day should be D-day for weather forecasters | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Margaret Squires responds to an article about the wartime meteorologist James Stagg, whose work is dramatised in a new film

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/11/every-day-should-be-d-day-for-weather-forecasters

#Meteorology #UKweather #Secondworldwar #Film #Dday #MetOffice #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Every day should be D-day for weather forecasters | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Margaret Squires responds to an article about the wartime meteorologist James Stagg, whose work is dramatised in a new film

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/11/every-day-should-be-d-day-for-weather-forecasters

#Meteorology #UKweather #Secondworldwar #Film #Dday #MetOffice #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Every day should be D-day for weather forecasters | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Margaret Squires responds to an article about the wartime meteorologist James Stagg, whose work is dramatised in a new film

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/11/every-day-should-be-d-day-for-weather-forecasters

#Meteorology #UKweather #Secondworldwar #Film #Dday #MetOffice #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

NHS reports busiest ever summer as heatwaves drive up hospital admissions
By Press Association

Health secretary says extreme demand no longer confined to winter as service in England warns of knock-on effects

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/nhs-busiest-ever-summer-heatwaves-hospital-admissions

#NHS #Hospitals #England #UKnews #Health #Society #Extremeheat #UKweather #Healthpolicy #Politics #Publicservicespolicy #Environment #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #PressAssociation

NHS reports busiest ever summer as heatwaves drive up hospital admissions https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/nhs-busiest-ever-summer-heatwaves-hospital-admissions #Nhs #Hospitals #England #UkNews #Health #Society #ExtremeHeat #UkWeather #HealthPolicy #Politics #PublicServicesPolicy #Environment #ClimateCrisis

August was joint-hottest month ever recorded globally
By Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Temperatures reached 1.65C above preindustrial levels, months before El Niño system reaches full strength

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/august-joint-hottest-month-recorded-globally

#Climatecrisis #UKweather #Extremeheat #Worldnews #Environment #TheGuardian #FionaHarveyEnvironmenteditor

August was joint-hottest month ever recorded globally https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/august-joint-hottest-month-recorded-globally #ClimateCrisis #UkWeather #ExtremeHeat #WorldNews #Environment

Related story...

Mountain of broken #fridges growing across #England and #Wales

Jennifer McKiernan
28 Aug 2026

"Recent weather has caused a backlog of appliances waiting to be collected by specialist waste firms

"A mountain of broken fridges is building up in waste centres across England and Wales, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

"This year's multiple heat waves have increased the numbers of white goods such as fridges and freezers breaking down and needing to be scrapped at specialist sites.

"Dozens of councils have been forced to stop collections of white goods due to a major backlog, which has built up due to a national shortage of specialists needed to safely process the appliances.

"Earlier this month, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the latest crackdown on illegal waste dumps - and the LGA is now calling on the government to take urgent action on dealing with white goods too.

"LGA Neighbourhoods committee chair Councillor Arooj Shah called on the government to force white goods companies to pick up the burden, help councils with the cost of extra storage, and prevent the same problems recurring in future.

" 'The backlog of defunct white goods is getting bigger by the day – they're at risk of becoming a mountain,' he said.

" 'It is not right that residents who are trying to do the right thing can't take old or broken appliances to their local recycling centre due to failures elsewhere in the system.' "

[...]

"Fridges and #freezers require specialist dismantling due to the gases they contain, which can be harmful to the environment if not disposed of safely, but three of the UK's 10 full-scale processing plants have closed in the last 12 months."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23x8k1ry27o

#UKHeatwaves #UK #UKWeather #ExtremeHeat #Freezers #Refrigerators
#IllegalDumping #Pollution #Appliances

Builders, bakers and cheeseburger-makers: the UK workers struggling in extreme heat https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/uk-workers-struggling-in-extreme-heat #ExtremeHeat #UkWeather #ClimateCrisis #UkNews #London #HospitalityIndustry #TradeUnions #WorkersRights #EmergencyServices #ConstructionIndustry #FoodDrinkIndustry #Restaurants #RoadTransport #Transport

We have friends and family out camping on the coast at Norfolk, a sign of the times, isn't it?

I wonder how the field burning around a nuclear plant will effect it, guess we're going to find out...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/30/major-incident-fire-suffolk-coast-dunwich-heath-leiston

#Wildfires #Suffolk #UKWeather #Drought #ClimateCrisis #SizewellB

https://www.europesays.com/videos/48372/ What’s the weather like across the UK right now? | BBC News #AmberWarning #bbc #BBCNews #BreakingNews #ExtremeHeat #heatwave #MetOfficeRedWarning #MetOfficeWeatherWarning #MetWeatherWarning #news #RecordTemperatures #UKWeather #UkWeatherForecastToday #Weather #WeatherForecast #WorldNews

Gardeners told do not paint fence this weekend https://www.allforgardening.com/1679542/gardeners-told-do-not-paint-fence-this-weekend/ #cold #ColdWeather #DIYAdvice #DIYHacks #DIYWork #fence #FencePainting #FenceWork #garden #GardenMaintenance #gardening #MarchWeather #MetOfficeForecast #MetOfficeNews #SpringWeather #UkWeather #WeatherConditions #WeatherUpdate

Can’t quite believe it’s July and I’ve had to turn on #theshed AirCon to heat it up so I can feel my fingers as I work 🤷‍♂️ 🥶

#UKweather #Shed #LogCabinBuild

Just had to go save my bin (because of course it’s bin day on storm day) two guys working outside on neighbours house, just watched it blow into the road.

Bin day gives me major anxiety anyway, so didn’t need this. But I’m lucky if this is the worst that happens to me today.

Still sounds like out of tune bagpipes and alarms going off in here.

It was difficult to walk, so definitely not going out today.

#StormPia #UKWeather #RentingUK #Anxiety #Stress

Sunlit #cumulonimbus #capillatus (Cb cap) over east #Dorset this evening. #weather #ukweather #cloud #meteorology