Warning over UK’s ‘toxic air’ which will be linked to 30,000 deaths this year

In the UK, toxic air pollution is estimated to cause between 29,000 and 43,000 premature deaths every year - (PA)

Air pollution will be linked to around 30,000 deaths this year alone in the UK, with 99 per cent of the population breathing in “toxic air”, leading doctors have warned.

There is “no safe level” of air pollution, which negatively affects nearly every organ in the body, according to a new report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).