The Metro: A health boss has warned that heat could kill in the ‘ferocious heat’, with temperatures looking increasingly likely to soar past 40°C in the coming days.

The UK’s first red extreme heat warning was issued by the Met Office last week covering a large part of England from London to Manchester and York on Monday and Tuesday. The UK Health Security Agency has also issued a level four heat health warning described as a ‘national emergency’.

College of Paramedics chief executive Tracy Nicholls told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme: ‘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.’

‘Do as little as you can’ over next few days to help survive 40°C heatwave

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