Dramatic footage shows firefighters battling a huge wildfire as it tears through the Peak District - the blaze closed a major ...

The amount of UK land burnt by wildfires has already smashed the all-time record, just four months into the year. Since the start of 2025, more than 113 square miles (292 square km or 29,200 hectares) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK has recorded its warmest day of the year so far (PA) The UK could set a new high for the warmest day of the year on ...

Firefighters have issued a warning over wildfires in London after two blazes broke out on green spaces in the capital in the past 24 hours. London Fire Brigade (LFB) urged people to act responsibly ...

The first official UK wildfire alert of the year has been issued, warning of a "very high" risk across its northern and north-eastern regions of Scotland. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, in ...

Heatwaves in the UK have led to unseasonable drying of vegetation bypassing natural ecological processes that limit the spread of wildfires, a new study has found. In a paper published in the journal ...

The new study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that as our springs and summers get hotter and drier, the UK wildfire season is being stretched and intensified. Credit: Sarah Baker A new ...