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- UK schools closed or declared heat days as temperatures exceeded 35 °C, disrupting learning.
- The Met Office recorded 38 °C in Lingwood, Norfolk on 26 June, the hottest June day ever in the UK.
- Baroness Brown warned that high temperatures significantly impair children’s concentration and exam performance.
- A Met Office-UCL study estimates students could lose 8.2 learning days annually if warming exceeds 2 °C.
