A warning to people over upcoming high temperatures has been escalated from 'yellow' to 'amber' in five regions. On Wednesday, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office issued the heat-health alert with temperatures as high as 30C expected at the weekend.
On Thursday, the warning was upped to amber in the West Midlands, East Midlands, East of England, the south east and the south west.
A spokesperson for the UKHSA said: "The decision to move to an amber alert has been made due to latest Met Office forecasts, which indicate there is a high likelihood that forecasted temperatures will be reached rapidly over the weekend in these regions, while we are also likely to see high overnight temperatures. An amber alert indicates that weather impacts are likely to be felt across the whole health service, and at this level we may begin to see some health impacts across the wider population, not just the most vulnerable."
