As the mercury climbed around the United Kingdom this week and new May maximums were recorded in multiple areas, the once-welcome sunshine is sparking alarm among many people.

Temperature records are breaking and triggering government warnings, with London hitting 95 degrees the past two days. Experts say unpredictable and extreme weather is becoming…

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The Met Office is ‘confident that temperatures will increase markedly’