June’s heatwave caused mass sleep deprivation across the UK, piles of food to go rotten, and workers to stew in hot conditions, a new survey has revealed.
Nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of Britons struggled to sleep during the record-breaking weather event, the polling by YouGov and commissioned by Greenpeace found. Just under half of these (48 per cent) lost three or more hours each night.