Heatwave study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) finds heat killed about 440 people a day during its three-day peak in June

The deaths come as much of the east of England came under a hosepipe ban today, as 2026 marked the first year to see temperatures of 35C or higher in three calendar months.

Britain's scorching May and June heatwaves are thought to have claimed more than 2,700 lives, with almost half of those deaths fuelled by climate change.

Over 2,700 people died in England and Wales due to recent heatwaves. Experts used weather data and climate models for this mortality estimate. Two unprecedented heatwaves occurred…