Holiday heat headlines not focusing enough on climate crisis reality – experts

Jaunty coverage of sweltering bank holiday weather not linking to global heating trend

In what is fast becoming a British summer ritual, the record holiday heat this week has prompted reams of cheerful forecasts and sunny headlines but far too few reminders that the climate crisis has made record-breaking a norm, according to experts.

The latest record was the 33.2C (91.8F) at Heathrow, which was five degrees higher than the hottest temperature previously registered in Britain on an August bank holiday Monday.