A health warning has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as the UK prepared for a severe heatwave.
The Met Office issued a Level 2 heat-health alert across the UK yesterday which mainly covered the southern regions. However, it has now been extended to the North West which is now predicted to experience extremely high temperatures.
A Level 3 alert has also been issued for the East of England, South East and London. Both alerts will remain in place from 9am on Monday, July 11 until 9am on Friday, July 15.