Wood-burning stoves and open fires are linked to 2,500 deaths a year in Britain – and banning them could save the NHS £54million a year, a study claimed today. Non-essential domestic burning of wood ...

Burning wood indoors could cause damage akin to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood burning stoves ...

A recent report suggests that banning the use of solid fuels like wood and log burners in UK homes could prevent 1,500 deaths each year and save an impressive £54m in NHS funds. Environmental ...

Anyone who has a wood burner or coal fire in their homes has been given a chilling warning - with a new study claiming it contributed to almost 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, last year. The report ...

Pollution from wood burners kills thousands but proposed emissions limit would cut toxic particles by 10% New wood-burning stoves will carry a health warning highlighting the impact of the air ...

As the UK government considers adding health warnings to new wood burning stoves, as part of a public consultation on solid fuel burning, councils in England are being threatened with legal action for ...

Burning wood and coal in homes contributes to about 2,500 deaths a year, a report has found. Open fires and wood burning stoves are one of the biggest sources of small pollution particles. This fine ...

A chilling warning has been issued to those who use wood burners or coal fires in their homes, as a new study suggests they contributed to nearly 2,500 deaths in the UK last year. The report also ...

ASA action won approval of clean air campaigners, who said some ‘seriously misleading myths’ had been debunked Adverts claiming that wood-burning stoves are “very low emissions” have been banned by ...

12:44, Tue, Feb 24, 2026 Updated: 14:50, Tue, Feb 24, 2026 The government has given a key update for anyone with a wood burner after a prominent politician asked ministers about a potential ban for ...