An orange weather warning for extreme heat is in place until 11.59pm on Sunday for large areas of the south, east, west, Midlands and north of England as temperatures are forecast to reach 32C. The Met Office has put the warning in place saying people could face “adverse health effects” such as sunburn or heat exhaustion and transport delays during the hot weather. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, there is a yellow warning for thunderstorms from 9am. on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday as the north faces heavy rain for the next two days. The weatherman has warned of flash floods and power outages as showers lash the two regions. The warning then spreads across England and Wales on Monday and Tuesday, with only south-west and south-east England facing a third day of yellow warnings on Wednesday until 11.59pm as the rain eases elsewhere. The hot weather has already led to several fires across England, with the latest blaze breaking out in the North York Moors National Park. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to a fire in Sutton Bank just after 6pm on Saturday and firefighters worked through the night to extinguish the grass to prevent it spreading further. Met Office forecasters said there was a significant risk of further fires on Sunday as the ground had been extremely dry for a long period. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Official drought was declared in eight areas of England on Friday by the National Drought Team, which is made up of representatives from the government, water companies, the Environment Agency and others. Three water companies – Welsh Water, Southern Water and South East Water – have imposed tube bans, while Yorkshire Water has announced a ban will start on August 26 and Thames Water is planning one in the coming weeks. Residents in Surrey were left without water on Saturday after problems hit the Netley Mill water treatment works. Thames Water apologized and distributed bottled water to residents in Guilford, Surrey Hills, Dorking and Horsham while engineers worked to restore the supply. By Sunday morning the problem had been fixed, with residents saying water was “gradually returning to the area”. A statement from Thames Water said: “Problems at the Netley Mill water treatment works have been repaired and supply is gradually returning to the area. We locate and unblock air pockets in the system to allow faucets to flow normally. As supplies return, you may experience some showers, cloudiness or low pressure, but this will improve.” Liz Townsend, of Surrey County Council, criticized Thames Water for supply problems during one of the hottest weekends of the year. He told BBC Breakfast: “This is happening more and more now with the warm weather. We had this problem last year here too. And to be honest, the service is not fit for purpose now and residents are rightly very, very upset with what they have to put up with.” He said Thames Water had “failed this time to meet the needs of vulnerable people in and around Cranleigh and Ewhurst” after receiving messages from elderly people saying they had not been delivered water.
