Builders, bakers and cheeseburger-makers: the UK workers struggling in extreme heat

The Plimsoll pub in north London, where head chef Joshua Swinney says ‘fans help, but mostly just blow the hot air around’. Photograph: Finnegan Travers

In the sweltering kitchen of the Plimsoll pub in north London, the head chef, Joshua Swinney, has a frozen tea towel wrapped around his neck to combat the heat.

As temperatures exceeded 35C (95F) in the capital, workers who were not lucky enough to be in air-conditioned offices sweltered in the heat.