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Probably like many, my sleep has been suffering in this week’s heatwave. To my embarrassment, I was struggling to keep my eyes open in a post-lunch meeting yesterday.
The intense weather is set to last for the next few days, and even next week temperatures will still be in the mid-twenties in the south of England. So, I’ve been speaking to some experts about exactly how higher temperatures affect sleep, and how the body responds to a longer period of going without enough shuteye.
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