The health secretary has said new measures including extra working hours for ambulance crews are being put in place as the UK faces its first national heatwave emergency
An amber alert warning currently covers all of England and will extend to southern Scotland and Wales from Monday. Pic: Met OfficeThe new health secretary has said new measures including extra working hours for ambulance crews are being put in place as the UK faces its first national heatwave emergency.
Almost all of England is now covered by a Met Office amber heat warning, which will extend to Wales and southern Scotland from Monday until Tuesday. Temperatures could soar as high as 40C in London on Tuesday as health officials warn of the dangers of extreme heat. The dangers posed by the rising temperatures were laid bare on Saturday when a body was found in Salford Quays after Greater Manchester Police received a report of a person getting into difficulty in the water.
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