People in the South West and Channel Islands conserved water in 30C heat during the summer of 1976.

The summer of 1976 was an extraordinary heatwave for its time. With 15 consecutive days of temperatures over 32°C, it was an unprecedented length for a UK heatwave, coming at the end of a year-long ...

Matt Taylor looks at new research that shows that a repeat today of the weather patterns that brought the 1976 heatwave would ...

The hot weather has led to comparisons with a similar period of extreme heat in 1976 – one of the driest, sunniest and ...

The UK had its hottest June day this week, breaking a record that had stood for 50 years. Connie Daley looks back at that long, sweltering summer.

How does this year’s record-breaking heatwave compare to 1976? - The previous record for the hottest June temperature of 35.6C was set in 1976 in Southampton ...

The 1976 heatwave, exactly 50 years ago, gave Cumbria one of its driest, hottest summers of the 20th century, with parched ...

Climate scientists are warning that heatwaves like the one in 1976 will become more common.

As I wearily try to go back to sleep, I hazily remember the great summer of 1976. Yes, I was there, I am old enough to ...

The UK is baking in a record-breaking heatwave that has seen temperatures higher than the infamous 1976 heatwave - but how will this year's weather compare to the record-setting spell? Britain is in ...