Why does 30 degrees in the UK feel like it ‘hits different’

Much of the UK including in Edinburgh have been hit with hot temperatures this week (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

People in the UK love to complain about the weather and this could be justified after much of the UK is predicted to enter a heatwave.

A hot weather health warning covering all of England has also been upgraded to amber ahead of 33°C temperatures predicted on Saturday.

The UK Health Security Agency has warned that a rise in deaths is likely ‘particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions’.