- Extreme heat impacts health and services in England, leading to upgraded health alerts involving the UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office.
- Extreme heat warnings issued for the UK, threatening travel infrastructure.
- Extreme heat warnings are currently in place, causing severe threats to rail, road, and air travel infrastructure across England.
- Operational disruptions are affecting services in the Thames Valley region due to extreme heat warnings.
Heatwave causes service disruptions near Paddington and to Oxford, prompting GLA mitigation calls.
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Updated Aug 14
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What happened
Heatwave causes service disruptions near Paddington and to Oxford, prompting GLA mitigation calls.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Great Western Railway
train operating company in Great Britain
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London
capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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Oxford
city in Oxfordshire, England
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