Sun, sea and sand are images we usually tend to associate with summer, but over the past few years that has changed, now pictures of scorched earth and dried-up reservoirs have become increasingly commonplace as the climate crisis comes into sharper focus.
As the planet continues to warm, scientists say extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and on 19 July last year, during a sweltering heatwave, the mercury hit a staggering 40.3C in Coningsby, Lincolnshire - the hottest ever temperature recorded in the UK.
