Smaller, overcrowded or urban houses are more susceptible to heat and more likely to be inhabited by poorer families, the Resolution Foundation said.

Much of the UK’s food imports come from the Mediterranean, a region highly exposed to drought.

Small-scale wind and solar now generate 13% of the UK’s total daily energy demand when running at peak conditions.

A two-year journey around the world will become the nucleus for 200 young scientists working to stop the decline of nature.

Wealthier people are also more likely to have made lifestyle changes but also see those changes as being more expensive or having no effect.

The naturally-occurring ocean event combines with human-made climate change to push up global temperatures on average.

Scientists have described heat as a silent killer and one of the most lethal aspects of rising global temperatures.

The Liberal Democrats said they tried to find out the volume of pollution but were told that information does not exist.

Global air and sea temperatures reached new highs last month, with scientists confirming what had been predicted several weeks ago.

Heatwaves, ice shelf collapse and loss of sea ice have left experts shocked and concerned about the future.

Sightings of the red admiral have increased by more than 150,000 this summer compared with last year.

The money will go to projects which can demonstrate new practices that will help achieve net zero goals or boost food production.

The PA news agency looks at the details of the controversial technology after the Government declared its continued support for the industry.

A poll of more than 2,000 people in the UK also found that almost half of regular beachgoers are less likely to visit the sea because of pollution.

Queues stretching for miles have created frustration among travellers and temporarily blocked an ambulance.

West Midlands Police said they have recovered two motorbikes which they are now forensically examining.

Two 19-year-olds are in custody held on suspicion of affray.

Case numbers and hospital admissions have also increased slightly in July, the UK Health Security Agency said.