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- Over 1,000 UK schools closed or sent pupils home early because of extreme heat.
- Baroness Brown, chair of the UK Climate Change Adaptation Committee, warned heat harms children’s concentration.
- Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver said holiday dates need review as exams fall in hot months.
- BBC analysis shows the first 30 °C day shifted from average 13 July in the 1960s to 19 June in the 2020s.
