Nature and Environment
Companies will be expected to reveal by 2022 how climate change could jeopardise their finances.
Trucks were left half-buried and hundreds of homes were damaged following the hail storm on Sunday.
Sales of BBQ food have soared but forecasters predicting a “massive drop in temperature”
A reading of 34C was taken by the Met Office at Heathrow and in west London.
Countries across the continent are taking unprecedented measures to cope with record heat.
Animals at various zoos enjoyed icy delights and sorbets to keep cool as a heatwave gripped large swathes of Europe. Zookeepers also sprayed down some of the larger animals and birds in enclosures with cold water. They were also given ice blocks with a mixture of frozen fruit to splash around in the pools and beat the heat.
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One woman and two men have died in separate incidents.
The hot spell is set to be relatively short-lived in the UK, with unsettled weather moving in from the Atlantic on Sunday.