More than 2,700 people died in extreme heat in May and June

More deaths could happen as the heat lingers this summer (Picture: PA)

More than 2,700 people died from heat-related causes during May and June’s record hot spells, as climate change makes heatwaves more deadly.

Researchers from Imperial College London, the Met Office, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) estimated that there were 2,700 excess deaths in England and Wales over the tw...