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‘This will only intensify’: Millions of pensioners at risk of serious illness due to UK heatwaves
Heatwave

‘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
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Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave

Is your home too hot in the heatwave? As new research from Warm this Winter shows the dangers of a hot home, experts share their advice for keeping your home cool without spending too much money

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Homelessness

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.

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?
Heatwave

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?

Over one third of homes set to face dangerous overheating – with poorest households hit hardest
Climate crisis

Over one third of homes set to face dangerous overheating – with poorest households hit hardest

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Big Issue vendors need your help in the heatwave
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Big Issue vendors need your help in the heatwave

How to keep your house cool: 11 tips to follow
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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
Climate change

‘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
Climate Crisis

Here are the supermarket staples at risk from climate change

Here’s how much climate change events are actually costing us
Environment

Here’s how much climate change events are actually costing us

How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
UK Heatwave

How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban

Here’s how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit
Heatwaves

Here’s how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit

‘There’s no support for us at all’: The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
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
Climate crisis

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
Heatwave

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
UK 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
Wildfires

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
Climate change

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

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
Heatwave

Climate resilience minister fails to attend climate change committee as UK heads for hottest day on record

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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
Heatwave

A climate change protest has been cancelled because of climate change

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too
Ian Anstice

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too

UK heatwave: How to travel safely if you absolutely have to
UK heatwave

UK heatwave: How to travel safely if you absolutely have to