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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder and Andy Gregory

Families unable to cancel summer holidays to Spain and Greece despite extreme heat warnings and wildfires

AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris

Families face having to cancel their summer holidays to Spain and Greece with no compensation, despite the exceptional heatwave subjecting swathes of Europe to extreme temperatures and wildfires.

While the Foreign Office has issued warnings over scorching temperatures in both Spain and Greece, as wildfires rage on La Palma and near Athens, the UK government has so far stopped short of issuing “don’t travel” advice.

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