Newly published figures from Imperial College London, the Met Office and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine suggest that in excess of 2,700 people in England and Wales may have died in May and June from heat-related causes, as the extreme temperatures that have blighted Europe this summer continue.

Just over 40 per cent of people died as a direct result of climate change in May and June, researchers suggest

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…

A European heatwave in late June caused over ten thousand excess deaths. Most of these fatalities occurred among individuals aged sixty-five and older. Extreme heat is strongly…