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Bob Ward

OPINION - It's official: London can't cope with the heat. Here's why

Londoners are not imagining things when they find they’re suffering more than most during heatwaves. The capital really does experience higher temperatures than many other areas of the country.

London is located in the warmest part of Britain, the south-east, well away from the weather fronts that usually arrive from the Atlantic and travel eastwards.

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