27th June - Today's News: Saddleworth Moor Wildfire Declared 'Major Incident' Whilst Drought Looms in Ireland

Burning since the weekend, Saddleworth Moor fire: Homes evacuated in 'major incident'

Temperatures reached 30.3c in my garden yesterday, with Northern Ireland the hottest place (30.7c at Rostherne).  Eire was also a tad warm and today Met Éireann could issue red weather warning as inland areas soar to 32C.  Like Britain, it's also been very dry in Ireland and 'Even if it rains now, it's too late for some crops' - Farmers struggle in the heat as 'crop yields down by half' whilst in Northern Ireland the public urged to conserve water.   And in some parts the heatwave could bring council road gritters out

Worth noting that whilst we saw higher temperatures June last year, and indeed, do so most summers, a week or longer of temperatures around 30c is far less common.  

Meanwhile, in the US, a wildfire grows in California, at least 1,500 people under mandatory evacuation orders

But not everywhere is warm. 'Never seen it this late in June’: summer snow falls in parts of Newfoundland

Heavy rain causes flash floods in central, western Singapore

And palm oil: Are your beauty products killing orangutans?   But the problem is what alternatives are there?