{"id":240001,"date":"2025-05-01T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wildfires-an-increasing-threat-as-uk-faces-hottest-start-to-may-ever-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:04:46","slug":"wildfires-an-increasing-threat-as-uk-faces-hottest-start-to-may-ever-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wildfires-an-increasing-threat-as-uk-faces-hottest-start-to-may-ever-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires an increasing threat as UK faces hottest start to May ever | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VDaqDGDxVrA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Wildfires an increasing threat as UK faces hottest start to May ever | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VDaqDGDxVrA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UK Met Office has confirmed Thursday, May 1 to be the warmest start to May since records began.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on X, it confirmed temperatures of 28 degrees had been recorded at Kew Gardens, beating the previous 1990 record of 27.4 degrees recorded in Lossiemouth.<\/p>\n<p>This is now the warmest May 1 since 1860.<\/p>\n<p>It follows a damning report by the government&#8217;s climate advisory group on Wednesday, warning that the UK was failing to adapt to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>ITV News has spoken to one expert who said the country should be prepared for more extreme weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Met Office has confirmed Thursday, May 1 to be the warmest start to May since records began. 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