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14 Jul 2025

Why the UK’s extreme weather is ‘new normal’

Correspondent

Heatwaves are getting more extreme and becoming more common across the UK, as it’s possible these blasts of hot temperatures will soon be the new normal according to a report by the Met Office.

Several countries around Europe are also grappling with massive wildfires sparked during the hotter season.

Climate change means there will be longer, hotter summers as well as more powerful storms and floods across the continent, so can anything be done to stop it?