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Amber heat health alerts for almost all of England as next heatwave begins
Amber heat health alerts come into force across most of England on Tuesday as temperatures start to climb again at the start of the summer's latest predicted heatwave.
The UK's Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is warning that significant impacts are likely across social and health care, including a rise in deaths.
The amber alerts will be in place until Friday evening to cover high and even extreme temperatures expected through this week.
During the peak of the heatwave temperatures across England and Wales will widely be in the low to mid-30s Celsius.
Amber alerts are in place for all regions of England, aside from the North East, which has been given a less intense yellow alert for the same period.
It comes after drought officials declared 71.3% of England is now in drought.
Temperatures have remained above average for most of it. Even in the "cooler" spells, they have only come down to near the average for the time of year.
On Tuesday the hottest weather will around east Wales, the Midlands and central southern England where temperatures will be around 27 to 30C (81-86F) - well into the heatwave temperature thresholds.
It will be a little cooler in East Anglia, London and south-east England, where it will be 22 to 26C.
The predicted temperatures, which are expected to rise as the week continues, have prompted the issuing of the UKHSA heat-health alerts