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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Sarah Young and Laura Hampson

How to keep your house cool in a heatwave

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The Met Office has predicted the UK will get “a warm plume of air being drawn in from the south” that will bring hotter conditions, and will lead to the first heat-health alert of the year. The UK is expected to see highs of 30C in the coming weeks.

Last year, British records were broken in late July, when the mercury reached highs of 40.3C in some parts of the country.

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