suggests a post covid that we are still no better at containing an outbreak. tonight with the context, rebecca harding, trent economist, and the former communications director for the and the former communications directorfor the donald and the former communications director for the donald trump campaign brian lanza. a warm welcome to the programme. there is nothing british people love more than discussing the weather but thatis more than discussing the weather but that is because it is highly changeable. we do not often discussed the weather with concern or maybe a sense of dread about where the climate is heading and we re certainly not used it a0 celsius. 0ur roads and railways were not built for it and neither our homes. we are notjust setting records this week, we are smashing them and we are doing it at an alarmingly regular interval. it should concern us as it is concerning the french and spaniards. they are used to hot temperatures but right now there are wildfires bu
in about 15 minutes, we ll have this week s edition of newswatch, but first on bbc news, click. sport. we love it. it s fun to watch, fun to play and there is huge money at stake but always the risk of injury. we are becoming more aware of the long term health effects associated with playing certain sports, and that includes the effects of concussion, which can be catastrophic in later life. yeah, it s not surprising. even the odd time i have watched a bit of boxing or rugby, the number of hits to the head that people get. yeah. and it is notjust even on contact sport. in something like cycling or snow sports, you can have an accident and sustain a head injury. yeah, but one of the sports that has not studied the effects of concussion as much as other sports is one of the most terrifying sports to watch and that canada s national winter sport, ice hockey. but the university of british columbia is undertaking a five year study to take a look at the impact of concussion on the
happen. waiting to see what will happen- waiting to see what will ha en. ., ~ ,. ., happen. thank you for the update a report by the un s children s agency, unicef has warned that half of all young people in europe and central asia are now regularly exposed to severe heatwaves. it says their health is increasingly at risk from such climate change related extreme weather. it comes as the met office says that the record breaking heat experienced in the uk last year will be the norm by 2060. the state of the uk climate report says extreme temperatures will become average unless carbon emissions are reduced. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports. last summer s searing heat waves sparked wildfires across the uk with more than 800 on the hottest day injuly 20 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 england and wales acrossjuly an
reported heat of a0 celsius for the first time. our environment correspondent has more details. 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 england and wales acrossjuly and august. but this new met office report shows that the persistent heat wasn t confined to summer, with every month apart from december warmer than the long term average. this saw 2022 become the uk s warmest year in records dating back to 188a. driving all this, according to the researchers, are ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities. if these stay constant, an exceptional year like 2022 will become the norm for the uk. a year like 2022, the warmest year on record for the uk in our current climate,
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 england and wales acrossjuly and august. but this new met office report shows that the persistent heat wasn t confined to summer, with every month apart from december warmer than the long term average. this saw 2022 become the uk s warmest year in records dating back to 1884. driving all this, according to the researchers, are ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities. if these stay constant, an exceptional year like 2022 will become the norm for the uk. if you look at the summer of 2022, this really gives us a feel for a sign of things to come. the summer was very hot. it was very dry. we saw wildfires.