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The Latest Breaking News from UKHSA

What are the five heat levels and what happens when they are triggered?

Everything you need to know about the five categories

The Independent UK

Expert answers six heatwave emergency questions we are all asking

Temperatures could near 40C during 'danger to life' weather event

Wales Online

How to keep a baby cool in a heatwave and other important questions answered

Heatwave health questions answered

The Independent UK

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'National emergency' declared as rare extreme heat warning issued

The extreme weather in some parts of the UK could be life-threatening

Manchester Evening News

UK heatwave: how to identify, prevent and treat heatstroke

As first ever national emergency red alert for heat is issued, here’s how to spot the signs of heat exhaustion and heatstroke

The Guardian - UK

Number of new cases of monkeypox reported in England and where

GPs are now reporting possible cases in Herts, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire, as well as more cases in Greater Manchester

Wales Online

England braces for 40C temperatures as experts warn thousands could die

Level 4 heat alert announced for next week means ‘illness and death may occur among the fit and healthy’

The Guardian - UK

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UK to declare first Level 4 national emergency over heatwave as 40C possible

Met Office has also made history with first red warning over extreme heat issued for next week

The Independent UK

Boy, 3, suffers 'lead poisoning' after eating mud in garden as mum desperate to move

Layla Carter, 27, is trying to get Bristol City Council to rehouse her family after her toddler son Vinnie's lead levels tested high but says her request has been denied

Daily Mirror

School sends children home over fear of outbreak following confirmed monkeypox case

Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School, in London, remains open but, under guidance from the UK Health Security Agency, asked some pupils to leave the premises while contact tracing was underway

Daily Mirror

Sadiq Khan ‘deeply concerned’ about monkeypox in London

71% of recent cases have been reported in England's capital city

Wales Online

Three-year-old boy 'gets lead poisoning' from eating mud in his garden

His mum is desperate to move out of the council flat

Bristol Post

Sadiq Khan ‘deeply concerned’ after 71% of UK monkeypox cases seen in London

The Mayor of London has written to the Health Secretary urging him to combat the spread of the virus.

The Independent UK

Rise in Covid-19 hospital patients in England ‘slowing down’

The current wave could peak below levels reached earlier in the year.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

New top Covid symptom in patients revealed by latest data as infections surge across UK

A total of 2.7 million people are estimated to have had the virus latest figures show, up from 2.3m the week before

Daily Mirror

UK's first-ever heatwave national emergency - from NHS to water and nuclear fears

Schools could close and transport and rail networks are likely to be affected but people will need to keep going to work as the extreme temperatures affect the country

Manchester Evening News

Hospitals brace for overheating after more than 1,000 incidents of high ward temperatures

The number of overheating incidents at hospital trusts covering Greater Manchester has been steadily increasing in recent years

The Independent UK

Top Covid symptom in patients revealed by new data as infections surge across UK

A total of 2.3 million people are estimate to have had the virus latest figures show

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Daily Mirror

Nurses 'banned from drinking water or using fans' on hospital wards despite heatwave

Several nursing staff have reported their clinical areas have already hit a blistering 40C, with some senior managers wrongly believing drinking in these areas poses an infection risk

Daily Mirror

Rare emergency response issued as temperatures forecast to hit 36C in heatwave

As a result of the emergency response members of the homeless community will be checked on, as well as provided water and advice on how to survive the extreme temperatures

Daily Mirror

UK bakes in 37C heatwave as fires break out and passengers left to boil on trains

The mercury is expected to soar into the mid-30s through the weekend before peaking next Tuesday and climbing to 37C in London, with the Met Office issuing a danger to life warning

Liverpool Echo

Experts warn Monkeypox could become endemic if urgent action not taken

A group of sexual health experts are calling for £51m from the Department of Health and Social Care to “control the outbreak"

Daily Mirror

Exact date UK heatwave could peak at a blistering 37C - and it's not the weekend

Temperatures are expected to soar over the weekend and into next week, with forecasters saying there is a 30% chance the mercury could surpass the current UK record of 38.7C set in Cambridge in 2019

Wales Online

As temperatures soar, how often do hospitals in England get too hot?

Potential for temperatures to rise above 40C could see a national heat health emergency declared

The Independent UK

UK heatwave: Emergency planning in government amid fears temperatures could hit 40C

Chances of Sunday being hottest day on record are almost one in three, Met Office says

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