Tory leadership race live: candidates questioned on tax cuts, net zero and early general election – as it happened
by Andrew Sparrow (now) and Martin Belam (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#61G8Q)
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The expectation of record temperatures will be dominating headlines in the UK over the next couple of days. The chief executive of the College of Paramedics warned on Sky News this morning that the ferocious heat" could result in people dying.
Tracy Nicholls said: This isn't like a lovely hot day where we can put a bit of sunscreen on, go out and enjoy a swim and a meal outside. This is serious heat that could actually, ultimately, end in people's deaths because it is so ferocious. We're just not set up for that sort of heat in this country."
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