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Let’s not forget about the heatwave now it’s over

Many acted like COVID was over once restrictions ended. Let’s not do the same with the latest devastating heatwave

By Maysa Pritilata
Emergency services at the scene of a blaze in the village of Wennington, East London, in July
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I don’t think I’ve ever been so relieved to see rain as I was this week.

And while I’m definitely someone who usually complains about miserable, cloudy weather (just a crumb of vitamin D, I beg you!), this kind of heat is simply not normal in this country and we should take it – and its effects – very seriously.

Let’s not just forget about it and go back to things as they were, like we did with COVID.

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