People's lives are at risk as a heatwave grips most of England and Wales this week, the Met Office has warned. And experts claim that there could be "hundreds or thousands of excess deaths from the heat in the next few days".
It comes after UK Health Security Agency issued a 'national emergency' heat health alert. Forecasters say there is an 80 per cent chance of the UK's record temperature being broken, and a 50 per cent chance of it hitting 40C (104F) somewhere in the country.
The Met Office urged people to take care of vulnerable friends and family as it issued its first red warning ever for Monday and Tuesday, covering an area from London up to Manchester, and up to the Vale of York. An amber warning for heat covers much of England and Wales from Sunday until Tuesday.
