From drivers left sweltering on 'greenhouse' buses, to terrified new parents watching their babies sleep in baking bedrooms, the people of Britain are calling upon the Government to introduce a national heatwave resilience strategy

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The country is in a race against time to adapt our homes and infrastructure to extreme temperatures