Thousands of homes in the South East Water region have been left without water and Kent County Council has declared a major incident following the loss of water supply. South East Water’s initial annoucement on Saturday 10th Jan 2026 at 11:08 a.m. said that “regrettably”, customers in East Grinstead and the surrounding areas would begin to experience no water, intermittent supply or low pressure.

Scottish Water’s year of 2025 in numbers tells a story of massive ongoing challenges on water resources related to climate change and of huge investment in improvements to its infrastructure and services to customers.

The Amber and Yellow National Severe Weather Warnings for rain issued for the weekend will remain in place for today, covering northwest England, west and southwest Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of Wales.

Storm Claudia is set to bring “heavy and disruptive rain” for much of England and Wales today and into Saturday, together with strong winds in the west, with Amber warnings issued by the Met Office.

A new report published by the Wildlife Trusts today is warning that UK nature is bearing the brunt of a chaotic climate – and the Wildlife Trusts say the Government is “shockingly underprepared".

One of Scotland’s most easterly points has successfully been kept in water supply after a period of low rainfall affecting water reserves on the islet. Skerries, an archipelago of three islands, is the most easterly outpost that is part of Shetland, making it one of the most remote places in Scotland.

UK councils suffer on average 43 flooding incidents a year, with nationwide recovery costs of up to £566 million, according to findings from Infrastructure Policy Advancement (IPA), the policy think-tank at Bentley Systems Inc. More than half of councils (57%) also reported that their sewer systems had been overwhelmed in the last decade.

Thames Water will implement a Temporary Use Ban - known as a hosepipe ban hosepipe ban - for the Thames Valley region which includes areas with a postcode starting with OX, GL, SN and RG4, RG8 and RG9 stasrting from next week.

The Met Office is warning that its annual climate stocktake shows weather records and extremes now the norm in the UK.

The Met Office is reporting northwest European waters are currently experiencing an extreme marine heatwave, with sea surface temperatures (SSTs) reaching record highs for April and May since satellite monitoring began in 1982.