RAF Chinooks and A400M planes will fight wildfires after a record 1,350 blazes this year, Burnham says

More than half of 29 surveyed fire services lacked wildfire protective equipment, even as Suffolk crews battled a blaze at Dunwich Heath that came to within two miles of the Sizewell B nuclear plant. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to announce £45m for lighter firefighting gear at Friday's inaugural wildfire resilience summit. A new AI unit within Cobra will be established to detect fires early. 'We cannot put people through another summer like this one,' he said.

Nineteen homes were destroyed by a wildfire in Stourbridge, West Midlands.

Ministers are considering banning certain products to prevent people from igniting fires during high-risk periods.

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Chinooks are being equipped for wildfires for the first time.