Amber heat-health alerts issued for most of England as temperatures could reach 36C or higher this week – as it happened

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This is where we will leave our coverage of hot weather and drought across the UK. Thanks for following along. Here’s what we learned today: Almost three-quarters of England is now officially in drought after four more regions were given drought status. This is the third drought in five years, the UK’s Environment Agency said. The update leaves 27 million people under water use restrictions during a sustained period of hot and dry weather intensified by the climate crisis. The National Farmers’ Union warned the drought could lead to shortages of certain foods in Britain as farmers contend with a “brutal harvest” for crops and a lack of feed for…

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