Another heatwave starts with active health alerts while crews continue to tackle New Forest fire

Noora Mykkanen | Senior Live News reporter Published August 11, 2026 7:02am Updated August 11, 2026 7:08am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The UK is bracing for the fifth heatwave of the season in already dry conditions that have seen firefighters stretched to curb a huge blaze in New Forest. People across the UK enjoyed their last cool night for a few days as a hot spell is about to land on the already parched Britain, with London and most parts of England enduring drought conditions. The warm weather front prompted the UK health watchdog, the UKHSA, to issue heat health alerts covering all of England as temperatures begin to climb from Tuesday. The heat alerts, most of them amber, are in place across England f