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Rebekah Vardy hits back at claims she fled Portugal after fire at her holiday home

Rebekah Vardy has hit back at a fan that suggested the WAG and her family had fled their holiday home in Portugal, after devastating wildfires spread across the country amid the ongoing heatwave

Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022

Suspect in huge French forest fire questioned over arson in 2012

Blaze continues to ravage pine forest in France as heatwave breaks temperature records across Europe

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022

Temperatures in UK top 40 degrees Celsius for first time

A heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday.

France 24 · Jul 19, 2022

‘Heat apocalypse’: Europe in the grip of record-breaking heatwave

Europe burns as a heatwave causes fatalities, breaks temperature records, and feeds ferocious wildfires.

Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2022

Elderly couple found dead in burned-out car as Portugal wildfires rage

The charred bodies of an elderly couple were found inside a burned-out vehicle after they tried to escape a wildfire ripping across the Portuguese northern municipality of Murça, authorities said on Monday.

Reuters · Jul 18, 2022

South Shields mum hits out at passport chaos in race against time to take family ashes to Madeira

Lindsey Figueira fears she may not be able to attend a memorial service in Portugal if her passport doesn't arrive in time

Chronicle Live · Jul 18, 2022

Heat wave kills more than 1,900 people in Spain and Portugal

A complete death toll likely will not be available for weeks or more.

Axios · Jul 18, 2022

'Pain' Alan Shearer in hot water with Gareth Southgate's wife over fire footage

The football pundit and Newcastle United legend was spotted filming wildfires near the England manager's holiday home in Portugal, saying in the video: "This is unbelievable."

Chronicle Live · Jul 18, 2022

A heatwave ‘hotspot’: Western Europe grapples with record heat, raging fires

The punishing heatwave that has triggered deadly wildfires across southwest Europe is poised to break temperature records in France and the United Kingdom early this week, confirming scientists’ warnings that Western Europe has become a heatwave “hot spot”.

France 24 · Jul 18, 2022