Andy Burnham has been warned not to overuse emergency alerts amid furious accusations that it risked making the Prime Minister look like he was "crying wolf".A report from the Cabinet Office has warned

The Met Office has warned the UK could be in for yet another heatwave this September as a spell of hot dry weather over Britain continues. Britons are still reeling from the sweltering

Temperatures could drop by more than 15C compared with last Thursday as cold front moves arrives from MondayRelief from the unrelenting heat is finally arriving this week across western Europe, with more unsettled

A powerful hurricane is crossing Hawaii while a wall of severe thunderstorms races from Illinois into the Ohio Valley. Although the events are thousands of miles apart and powered by different atmospheric engines,

Europe’s heatwave is no longer only a story about thermometers. Its effects are clearly visible beneath bridges, beside stranded barges, and at power stations short of cooling water. Britain has endured another burst

Efforts of emergency services and military in Blaenavon appear to be working but there are fears for the futureMore than three weeks after it began burning and two days after the military deployed

Force has seen busiest month in its history, with heatwaves putting added strain on criminal justice systemOn England’s hottest day of the year so far, Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester was thronging with pedestrians,

How the heatwave is exposing Britain's hidden history