The Latest Breaking News from Grant Shapps

Hottest day ever recorded in UK as temperatures still 'likely to rise'

Today's temperature has beaten the previous record of 38.7C recorded in 2019

Manchester Evening News · Jul 19, 2022

Warmest night on record as temperatures expected to top 40C

Forecasters expect the record for the UK’s hottest day to be smashed on Tuesday

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2022

Shapps admits rail network cannot cope with extreme heat as track hits 62C

Network Rail said temperatures on the rails can rise to 20C higher than air temperature, sometimes causing them to ‘expand, bend and break’.

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Hottest night on record for UK as temperatures set to rise to 41C on Tuesday

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has conceded Britain’s transport network cannot cope with the extreme heat.

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Temperature passes 40C for first time; London fire brigade warns of ‘huge surge in fires’ – as it happened

London Heathrow records hottest ever temperature; London mayor Sadiq Khan says major incident has been declared

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

Britain will face transport problems for decades during heatwaves, says Transport Secretary

Extreme hot weather grinding parts of the UK's transport network to a halt is a problem that will take "decades" to solve, the Transport Secretary said on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2022

North of England rail services to receive £11.5bn investment

From 2025, commuters can expect two extra trains every hour between Manchester and York and journey times up to 40% shorter

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022

Journey times could be cut as government makes £9bn TransPennine promise

The government said the extra funding could 'potentially' lead to up to 4,000 jobs created

Birmingham Post · Jul 18, 2022

Tory leadership: All the MPs still in the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader

Contest to succeed prime minister described by one Conservative politician as the ‘wacky races’

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022

How July and August train strikes will affect events in Greater Manchester

Drivers for Greater Manchester rail operators could strike in the coming months

Manchester Evening News · Jul 15, 2022