UK heatwave: 40C in June must be wake-up call on climate crisis, scientists warn - Soaring temperatures should be seen as public health threat, expert warns as temperatures expected to smash records s ...

Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress ...

Plans to protect people fall ‘far short of what is needed’, government told, as MP warns of heatwave deaths ...

The hot weather has led to comparisons with a similar period of extreme heat in 1976 – one of the driest, sunniest and ...

UK climate advisers warned the government for the first time on Wednesday to prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, stressing current efforts to adapt to extreme weather are falling far short.

Current UK weather conditions are ‘perfect’ for a surge in mosquitoes, an expert has warned – leading to fears of more frequent bites. The pesky insects can already be a nuisance during the summer ...