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'This will only intensify': Millions of pensioners at risk of serious illness due to UK heatwaves
'This will only intensify': Millions of pensioners at risk of serious illness due to UK heatwaves
The Centre for Ageing Better has warned that the country must not accept 'loss of life as inevitable'
Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?
Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?
Over one third of homes set to face dangerous overheating – with poorest households hit hardest
Over one third of homes set to face dangerous overheating – with poorest households hit hardest
Trade unions call for law on maximum working temperature as British workers swelter in heatwave
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
‘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
Here are the supermarket staples at risk from climate change
Here's how much climate change events are actually costing us
Here's how much climate change events are actually costing us
How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
Here's how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit
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
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
'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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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