Energy bosses laughing all the way to the bank as Brits face record energy bills amid cold weather December 13, 2022 Millions of British households are expected to rake up record energy bills as have been warned their energy bills may skyrocket over the next few days as the cold weather continues to dominate the UK. It comes as the Met Office and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued a severe cold weather alert for England [...]
Snow chaos: Disruption across London continues with severe delays on tube lines December 12, 2022 Disruption across London’s transport network continued throughout the day following last night’s heavy snow. Services across the wider tube network were affected by severe delays, especially on the Central, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines. Minor delays were reported on the District, Hammersmith & City, Victoria and Northern lines as well as on the Overground between Euston [...]
Severe flooding could cost insurers more than £1bn this winter December 12, 2022 Severe flooding this winter could cost UK insurers more than £1bn, according to analysis from PwC. Storm Eunice in February led to insurers losing £200-300m, mainly as a result of disruption to travel and damage to properties and vehicles due to falling trees. However, floods on the same scale as those seen in 2015 [...]
Hotels cashed in on scorching summer but face gloomy winter freeze August 30, 2022 British hotels cashed in last month during a scorching heatwave, but the industry fears its profits will freeze up as the UK prepares for bleak economic times. Holiday destinations across the country had a record-breaking summer with a new survey showing more than 77 per cent occupancy in July compared to 73 in June. This [...]
Soaring inflation risks creating UK property ‘insurance gap’ August 25, 2022 SOARING inflation in the construction sector threatens to create a major “insurance gap” amongst UK policyholders, London headquartered insurer Chaucer has warned. Sharp increases in the costs of building materials could leave homes and businesses underinsured, as policies fail to cover the cost of repairing and rebuilding damaged properties, research carried out by the Lloyd’s of [...]
Warnings for road and rail as extreme weather continues and heatwave turns to storms August 15, 2022 The UK rail and road network is bracing itself for the impact of severe weather as the heatwave comes to an end and thunderstorms are expected. With Britain having experienced its driest July since 1935, the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning on the weekend as heavy rain is expected across large parts of [...]
Met Office says this month was driest July since 1911 with just 25 per cent of average rainfall July 27, 2022 England has experienced its driest July since 1911 with under 25 per cent of average rainfall occurring. The Met Office made an announcement on Wednesday that there had only been 15.8mm of rain on average across the country over this month. This represents 24 per cent of the usual rainfall in England, while across [...]
Environment agency says ‘no plans for water restrictions’ but people urged to be frugal July 26, 2022 There will be “no plans for restrictions on essential water use” in the immediate future despite hot weather drying up river beds and leaving parks parched. With the prospect of hosepipe bans and other measures to save H20, the National Drought Group (NDG) was convened by the Environment Agency today, in a meeting attended by [...]
Impact of infernos on the capital: 2,600 calls to Fire Brigade, 41 properties lost, 16 firefighters injured July 20, 2022 The impact of fires that raged over the last two days has been laid bare, with services stretched, emergency responders injured and multiple houses and businesses lost. The London Fire Brigade received an almost nine-fold increase in the number of calls for incidents they had to respond to yesterday, was the “busiest day we’ve had [...]
Heatwave: 40c recorded for first time ever in UK at Heathrow July 19, 2022 History has been made with the 40 degree barrier mark being broken for the first time ever, recorded at London’s Heathrow airport. The news comes after the Met Office issued an extreme level four red weather warning for Monday and Tuesday, with it expected to exceed 40 degrees. Earlier in the day, Heathrow said there [...]