especially the longer the extreme heat goes on for, those very high temperatures during the day and warm nights making it tough for sleeping. the two combined just raise heat stress, even if you think you re a perfectly healthy person. i am concerned about it and i would encourage people to heed the warnings that are out there. we have that balance where we might not see very much good weather and we want to enjoy it, but it s we re talking about temperatures that we ve not experienced in this country, ever, never mind for a long time. 0ur bodies, our houses, our culture, our way of life is just not geared up for it. we look at some of our continental neighbours who are used to this type of heat and we laugh about people having a siesta in the afternoon. they re doing it for their health and we need to think about how we change our lifestyle to be able to accommodate that and look after people. simple things like keeping your curtains closed on the sunny side of the house. that can m
but rapid action on emissions has not proved simple. will the soaring temperatures outside make fighting climate change a real priority? jonah fisher, bbc news. it is already managing 20 degrees in cambridge, it will get much hotter as the day goes by. you feel the sun getting stronger already this morning. the punters are out on the water, enjoying it while they can because the advice is not to do anything too strenuous as the day goes on, try to stay inside, may be a siesta this afternoon. that is the kind of mediterranean lifestyle we will have to adapt to for a couple of days. already there are some problems in different parts of the country, particularly in the east of england, but it could affect lots more regions as the next few hours go on. let me only through a few things you might need to know.