The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has extended a heat health alert for the whole of England for a further six days. It comes as the Met Office confirmed that the threshold for an official heatwave has been exceeded in the North West and other parts of England.
The temperature has soared in recent days, hitting 32.2C in Chertsey, Surrey, on Saturday June 10 - the highest recorded so far this year - while Bridgefoot in Cumbria has so far seen Tuesday’s highest temperature, at 30.1C.
According to the Met Office, a heatwave is defined as three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature threshold. In Greater Manchester, the threshold is 25C - but the region has been baking in temperatures around 30C since Saturday.
