As the UK experiences the warmest June temperatures on record, Anglian Water is urging customers to use less water wherever they can.

As a record-breaking heatwave hits parts of the UK this week, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee Toby Perkins MP has pushed the government on what it is doing to tackle the “silent killer” of extreme heat.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is warning countries across the world that an El Niño extreme weather event is set to arrive in the coming months with 90% certainty.

Next week the cross-party House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee will explore how the UK should adapt to a rapidly heating climate after the UK recorded its highest ever May temperature on Tuesday 26 May.

Anglian Water is sounding a warning note about water resources heading into the summer in the light of the current hot weather.

Provisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK. Analysis by Met Office climate scientists has also shown that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely than it would be in a ‘natural’ climate with no human caused greenhouse gas emissions.

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

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) is reporting that last month saw the third-warmest June globally with heatwaves in Europe amid temperature extremes across both hemispheres.

Met Office scientists have published a new study detailing the increasing likelihood of extreme temperatures in the UK, revealing that the chance of exceeding 40°C in the UK is accelerating at pace.

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.