BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 05:08:00
There's a warning from the met office that record—breaking hot summers as we saw last year will be the average by 2060. the state of the uk climate report says last year's extreme temperatures were made much more likely by climate change. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports. last summer's searing heatwaves sparked wildfires across the uk, with more than 800 on the hottest day injuly, when temperatures broke through a0 celsius for the first time. these blistering conditions also had significant impacts on human health, with thousands more deaths in the over—65s than usual in ...