{"id":336550,"date":"2025-12-26T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/336550\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:04:07","slug":"health-alert-still-in-force-as-cold-weather-set-to-continue-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/336550\/","title":{"rendered":"Health alert still in force as cold weather set to continue | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cold temperatures are set to continue beyond Boxing Day &#8211; with a health alert still in force for parts of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a yellow cold health alert, which lasts until noon on 27 December for southwest England.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as beachgoers have been urged not to swim, with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/police-force-warns-sea-swimmers-as-two-still-missing-and-cold-weather-health-alert-stays-for-boxing-day-13487377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two men in their 40s and 60s still missing<\/a> after getting into difficulty off the coast of Devon on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Low temperatures are likely to have minor impacts on health and social care services, including &#8220;increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people&#8221; and a &#8220;greater risk to life of vulnerable people&#8221;, the UKHSA said.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-leaves-frost_7119371.jpg\"   alt=\"Cold weather. 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Pic: Reuters<\/p>\n<p>        X<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable X cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to X cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow X cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Met Office meteorologist Zoe Hutin said: &#8220;Boxing Day we&#8217;re going to see some good spells of sunshine, we will see a little in the way of cloud for the South and North West, some light rain, but for the vast majority it&#8217;s going to be dry,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While it will still be breezy, it won&#8217;t be as windy as Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s still going to feel chilly, top temperatures between 6-7C, in the south it&#8217;s going to feel closer to 4-5C.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A low chance of snow, it&#8217;s not expected at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        X<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable X cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to X cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow X cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The weather will be similar on Saturday and Sunday, Ms Hutin said, adding drizzle may occur where the cloud is thicker, and it will stay fairly breezy.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will be around average, between 6-7C.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from Sky News: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/comedian-griff-rhys-jones-urges-public-to-nominate-historic-buildings-to-save-13487349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comedian urges public to nominate historic buildings to save<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/sky-news-correspondents-look-back-at-2025-13484844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sky News correspondents look back at 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms Hutin said: &#8220;It&#8217;s good news for people who have got the week off and want to go on walks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Christmas Day, emergency services were called to Budleigh Salterton at 10.25am following reports of people in the water. 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