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TOWIE star Lydia Bright has criticised her daughter's primary school for announcing a last minute closure due to the UK heatwave.As of Wednesday, more than 1,000 schools across the UK are closing or reducing opening hours as Britons brace themselves for temperatures of 40C this week.Lydia, mum to daughter Loretta, six, was critical of her school's decision, pointing out that an emergency closure 'creates problems for working parents.'The former TOWIE star is currently on a P&O Cruises brand collaboration trip around the Mediterranean, and told her Instagram followers she has been desperately trying to arrange extra childcare for her daughter. 'Am I the only one who thinks this is madness?' she asked her 1.2m followers. 'At 7.15pm on Monday night, I received an email to say the school would be closing at 1pm on Tuesday and now today and Thursday because of the heat. I'm struggling to get my head around it.''Children all over the world sit in classrooms in these temperatures every day, without air conditioning,' she continued. TOWIE star Lydia Bright has criticised her daughter's primary school for announcing a last minute closure due to the UK heatwave As of Wednesday, more than 1,000 schools across the UK are closing or reducing opening hours. Lydia, mum to Loretta, six, was critical of her school's decision, pointing out that an emergency closure 'creates problems for working parents''Our children happily spend entire days on holiday in this heat and when we collect them at 1pm we're taking them home to houses that are exactly the same temperature. Maybe I'm missing something?' 'I'm currently overseas trying to rearrange plans for Loretta and I know I won't be the only working parent trying to move schedules and commitments.'Lydia, who shares custody of Loretta with her ex boyfriend Lee Cronin, ended her post by saying: 'It feels like we're solving one problem by creating another for hundreds of working families.' 12 schools across Lydia's home county of Essex have confirmed full or partial closures on Wednesday, with most of those moving to remote learning. Parents are facing major disruption after at least 578 schools in England and more than 500 in Wales announced full or partial closures amid concerns over dangerous classroom temperatures.Almost 100 schools in Somerset are shut on Wednesday and Thursday, while around 100 schools in Buckinghamshire and dozens more across Gloucestershire have announced full or partial closures.Other schools have relaxed uniform rules and allowed pupils to attend in PE kits rather than blazers and long trousers.This all comes after a rare red extreme heat warning came into force for just the second time this morning, covering London, parts of the Midlands, and south-east Wales. The former TOWIE star is currently on a P&O Cruises brand collaboration trip around the Mediterranean, and told her Instagram followers she has been trying to arrange extra childcare
