A claim is being readied to claw back costs after councils had to clear up millions of plastic pellets washed ashore in Norfolk when two ships crashed.

Possible highs of 33C on Saturday mean the third heatwave will fall short of the top temperatures of 34.7C recorded earlier in July, but this heatwave will be more widespread, the Met Office said.

Yorkshire and north-east England are experiencing one of their driest years on record, data shows. The area has seen an average of just 242.8mm of rain so far in 2025 – less than half the amount that ...