A mother whose daughter suffered heat exhaustion after a day at nursery during this year’s record-breaking summer weather has urged Andy Burnham to prioritise future generations over drilling in the North Sea.
Joanna Groves, 31, from Bristol, was forced to call an ambulance after her four-year-old Ivy’s temperature soared to 38.7C during the second heatwave in June, just days before the mercury would peak at 38C in parts of the country.
