The Latest Breaking News from UKHSA

With gonorrhoea diagnoses the highest on record, and syphilis the highest since just after the second world war, sexually transmitted infections are seemingly on the up across England with some surprising areas recording the sharpest increases in infections

The UK Health Security Agency has put out the first warning of the year with temperatures in the mid to high 20s forecast

Experts shared ways to remain safe in the scorching conditions

Some areas of the country will be hotter than favourite holiday destinations abroad

Parts of the country will be hotter than Marbella, Ibiza and Tenerife as a ‘plume of warm air’ moves in.

Health authorities have issued the first heat-health alert of the year for six regions ahead of a surge in temperatures

An Iberian plume is set to bring soaring temperatures

There is more syphilis than at any time since 1948 and more gonorrhoea than since records began

Data from UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows there were more than 1,000 new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) every day in the country and these include syphilis

This is more than 1,000 diagnoses every day

The number of diagnosed cases is at the highest level since just after the Second World War