Burnham, who is expected to become the UK's next prime minister, has been handed a letter from the oil and gas industry calling for his support.

There have been 50,000 fish killed in Northern Ireland because of water pollution since 2020.

As temperatures rise, scientists are investigating whether a changing Atlantic could bring more volatile weather to the UK

The current heatwave has been hot, dry and exceptionally sunny with some locations seeing double the number of sunshine hours usually recorded at this point in the month, as Darren Bett explains.

More than eight million households have been placed under hosepipe bans - which has raised questions about how effectively water resources are being managed.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning for central Highlands, southern and eastern Scotland from Wednesday.

The latest report on the UK's climate warns cold mountainous areas are also being lost.

The crew was rescued after the close call. Meanwhile, blazes in Canada have left Toronto under a haze and smoke heading towards several major US cities.