5 h. ago This was the hottest summer on record. If it happens again next year, Britain’s ecosystems won’t cope | Lucy Jones

A future of extreme heatwaves, drought and collapsing habitats awaits if we continue to ignore the danger signsWhat does British summertime mean to you? Blackberries? Picnics? Festivals? Ticks? This summer has been the hottest on record in the UK. As human-caused climate breakdown intensifies, the outdoor areas we spend time in are changing – and so, too, are our relationships with the land and the ecosystems we live in.My home is in the south of England, near beautiful woodlands. Since moving there in 2016, the number of ticks my family has picked up in the woods has increased each year, but this summer has been astonishing. For a few weeks, our four-year-old came home from nursery with a tick almost every day. I’ve had many: some tiny nymphal ones that could be easily missed. We spend time in Scotland, too, and find ticks often when we go there now.Lucy Jones is a journalist and the author of Losing Eden and The Nature Seed Continue reading...

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20 h. ago The lost structures hidden for decades being revealed by low reservoir water levels

An unusually dry spring followed by the hottest summer on record has caused a major drought

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22 h. ago Lost structures emerge from reservoirs as water levels continue to drop

Yorkshire Water said its reservoirs are now less than a third full after the hottest summer on record.

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25 h. ago Scotland braced for 'autumn washout' after hottest summer on record

One village was hit with almost 40mm of rain in just 24 hours as we marked the start of the new season.

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26 h. ago Lager on the rocks? Gen Z’s iced beer habit gets frosty reception from traditionalists

A new ice age is upon us – amid the hottest summer on record

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42 h. ago Summer 2025 was UK's hottest on record, Met Office experts confirm

As September marks the arrival of autumn and summer 2025 draws to a close, it has been confirmed as the warmest summer on record

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45 h. ago Summer 2025 was the hottest on RECORD in the UK: Average temperature hit a balmy 16.10°C

It's official - summer 2025 was the hottest summer on record for the UK.

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45 h. ago UK experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, Met Office says

Mean temperature over June, July and August was 16.1C as country endured four heatwavesThe UK has seen its hottest summer on record, the Met Office has said, after the country sweltered under four heatwaves in a single season.The mean temperature for meteorological summer, which encompasses the months of June, July and August, was 16.1C, which is significantly above the current record of 15.76C set in 2018. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Met Office weather maps for first week back at school as 'hottest summer on record' ends

It looks to be a wet start to the new month

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3 d. ago Infestation UK! Expected hottest summer on record leads to creepy crawlie boom as reports of wasps, cockroaches and bedbugs SOAR

Legions of rats, cockroaches and wasps have infiltrated homes and gardens - with poor hygiene and climate change blamed for the rise.

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5 d. ago Met Office issues expanded yellow weather warning for London and the south east as summer ends with three

The hottest summer on record has ended in a deluge as Britons battle a torrent of showers and are warned their homes could be at risk of flooding.

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6 d. ago Washout end to August will not stop hottest summer on record, say forecasters

Wet and windy conditions are set to sweep in for the final days of meteorological summer.

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7 d. ago Summer 2025 will 'almost certainly' be the warmest on record, says Met Office

Mean average temperature for the summer currently stands at 16.13C, based on data up to August 25 - compared with the up-until-now record 15.76C in 2018

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2 w. ago Ricky Jones case should not be compared to Lucy Connolly, lawyer says

Jurors deliberated for just over half-an-hour and found Ricky Jones not guilty on Friday

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2 w. ago Ricky Jones case should not be compared to Lucy Connolly – lawyers

Ricky Jones faced trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court after he called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut during an anti-racist rally last year.

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