As the summer nears, warnings are starting to come out reminding people to wear sunscreen when outside as temperatures get warmer. Weather forecasters have predicted this summer could be a particularly hot one with heatwave conditions possible.
But with the warmer weather comes the heightened risk of skin cancer. According to figures from the NHS, around 147,000 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are diagnosed every year in the UK, with men and the elderly more likely to be affected.
Non-melanoma skin cancer is a group of cancers that "slowly develop in the upper layers of the skin", the NHS says. There is also a less common skin cancer group known as melanoma, which the NHS says "can be more serious".
