Can't Sleep In This Heat? This 30-Minute Fix Might Help

As I write this, I’m sitting on my (slightly cooler) living room floor, typing in front of the meagre breeze blowing in through my window.

That’s because the weather near me is an absolutely accursed 28°C, expected to reach 31°C tomorrow. 

New research suggests worse news: British summers are only likely to get hotter. 

The Met Office’s Dr Gillian Kay said the chance of exceeding temperatures of 40°C in the UK has been “rapidly increasing”, and it is now “over 20 times more likely than it was in the 1960s”.