No respite from heatwave with health alert extended and wildfire warning issued

Weeks of dry weather mean the risk of wildfires is high, and there are days of scorching temperatures ahead before the hot spell breaks (Picture: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock)

The UK has endured a week-long July heatwave with suffocating sleepless nights, and the weather has more in store.

Most of the country is gripped by the third hot spell of the summer, now extended until next week and bringing more misery as temperatures will continue to top 30C.

Londoners endured a week of tropical nights, and there could be more of that as the hot and...