heatwave
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
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How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
When temperatures soar, people sleeping on the streets are at risk of dehydration and sunstroke. Here’s how you can help.
Over one third of homes set to face dangerous overheating – with poorest households hit hardest
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Over one third of homes set to face dangerous overheating – with poorest households hit hardest
Big Issue vendors need your help in the heatwave
Big Issue vendors need your help in the heatwave
How to keep your house cool: 11 tips to follow
How to keep your house cool: 11 tips to follow
Trade unions call for law on maximum working temperature as British workers swelter in heatwave
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Trade unions call for law on maximum working temperature as British workers swelter in heatwave
‘Sun and heat are not always good news’: How the role of British weather presenters is changing with the climate
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‘Sun and heat are not always good news’: How the role of British weather presenters is changing with the climate
Here are the supermarket staples at risk from climate change
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Here are the supermarket staples at risk from climate change
Here's how much climate change events are actually costing us
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Here's how much climate change events are actually costing us
How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
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How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
Here's how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit
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Here's how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit
This evaporating pavement art is highlighting how heatwaves are a threat to rough sleepers
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This evaporating pavement art is highlighting how heatwaves are a threat to rough sleepers
'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
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'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
BP-sponsored British Museum forced to close early because of heatwave
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BP-sponsored British Museum forced to close early because of heatwave
What it's like to be an ice cream man on the hottest day ever recorded
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What it's like to be an ice cream man on the hottest day ever recorded
‘We’ve had no sleep and the kids are off school’: Life in crowded rental homes during a 40C heatwave
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‘We’ve had no sleep and the kids are off school’: Life in crowded rental homes during a 40C heatwave
UK 'not prepared' for more frequent wildfires as climate change accelerates
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UK 'not prepared' for more frequent wildfires as climate change accelerates
Met Office chief scientist makes urgent call for net zero as UK hits 40C for first time
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Met Office chief scientist makes urgent call for net zero as UK hits 40C for first time
Diary of a food bank manager: Summer usually provides some respite. Not this year
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Diary of a food bank manager: Summer usually provides some respite. Not this year
Climate resilience minister fails to attend climate change committee as UK heads for hottest day on record
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Climate resilience minister fails to attend climate change committee as UK heads for hottest day on record
Food banks forced to close as UK heatwave sees temperatures soar
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Food banks forced to close as UK heatwave sees temperatures soar
How you can help birds, bees and hedgehogs as the heatwave brings record temperatures
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How you can help birds, bees and hedgehogs as the heatwave brings record temperatures
A climate change protest has been cancelled because of climate change
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A climate change protest has been cancelled because of climate change
Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too
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Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too
UK heatwave: How to travel safely if you absolutely have to
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