The Environment Agency’s project to restore flood protection from the River Derwent in Matlock, Derbyshire and better protect 50 homes and businesses from flooding will reach its halfway stage this Christmas.

Latest Met Office statistics suggest that the UK would need a December of near-record cold weather to avoid 2022 being the warmest year on record for the UK.

Communities are being urged to prepare for flooding this winter with the Environment Agency warning of “ignoring the danger at your own peril”.

Former Ofwat Chief Executive Cathryn Ross has raised the question of whether the Price Review process - the regulatory framework of five-year price reviews for the water sector - is still fit for purpose.

An upcoming event to be held in London in November is set to highlight the need for multi-sector partnerships and collaboration to tackle growing flood risk in the face of the accelerating impacts of climate change.

Thames21 has launched its Five Year Plan (2023-2028) with a call for more collaborative action to get the River Thames and its tributaries ‘climate-ready’ to tackle the impacts of floods and droughts.

Provisional statistics released by the Met Office show that England has had its joint hottest summer in a series which runs from 1884.

The Environment Agency has confirmed that all of the South West of England is now in drought following some of the driest conditions in nearly 90 years.

As Wales’ natural environment continues to endure the impacts of the extended period of dry weather, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has confirmed that South East Wales and parts of Mid Wales have moved into drought status.

The record-breaking heatwave experienced across Europe in 2022 will be considered an “average” summer by 2035, even if countries meet their current climate commitments so far agreed in negotiations under the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to the latest data from the Met Office Hadley Centre, commissioned by the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG).