A third heatwave is under way in the UK, with temperatures reaching 35.3C at Wisley, Surrey, on Thursday afternoon.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKSA) alerts now cover Yorkshire and northwest England from 12pm on Thursday until 9pm on Sunday.
There are already alerts in place for the Midlands, southern and eastern England and South West.
A yellow heat alert is in place for the North East, which is until 9pm on Sunday.
This means significant impacts are likely across health and social care services due to the high temperatures, including a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions.
The development comes after NHS England said it had experienced "record demand" last month amid heatwaves and the World Cup.
Parts of the country saw record-breaking heatwaves in both May and June.
New NHS figures show a new daily attendance record for A&Es was set last month, as the average visits per day to A&E exceeded 80,000 for the first time in June with 81,264 recorded.
That's despite May having a higher overall total due to it having an extra day.
NHS national medical director Professor Frankie Swords said: "These figures show that summer is now putting the NHS under just as much pressure as winter, with staff facing an onslaught of demand - and we have to prepare for it in the same way.
"Staff are currently experiencing the busiest months' of their career, but they are delivering for patients despite this record demand."
Professor Swords added: "What we're seeing on the ground is really busy Mondays following weekends of football and sunshine, so please don't delay coming forward for care when you need it, even if it's in early hours on a weekend.
"In the continuing warm weather, please take precautions like staying hydrated, and check in on loved ones or those who are vulnerable, and as always, please dial 999 in an emergency, and otherwise use 111."
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The number of answered calls to 999 in June reached a daily average of 29,805, bringing the total to 894,143, 10% higher than in June last year.
It comes as widespread use of fans and increased adoption of air conditioning contributed to a warning of tight electricity supplies this summer.
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has issued a call-out for additional electricity supply - or for energy users to power down on Thursday evening - as the UK deals with the third bout of extreme heat in as many months.
It's only the third time NESO has issued such a warning in the summer.
The first and second times were on back-to-back days during last month's heatwave.
The 23-year-old, who was jailed for life for a minimum of 21 years for the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of possessing an offensive weapon at the family home in Southampton, Hampshire.
The alleged weapons include three machetes, 37 swords, three ninja swords, two flick-knives or gravity knives, eight knuckledusters, an extendable baton and a manriki-gusari - a traditional Japanese handheld weapon made of a weighted metal chain.
His father, Moga Singh, 52, and his brother, Gurpreet Digwa, 27, both of Southampton, also appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the same charges.
Gurpreet also faced four additional charges of which he too denied, including having an extendable baton and a kirpan in public and an axe in a car, as well as the fourth charge of possessing an air weapon.
The court heard all three defendants face an additional amended count of having three push daggers, but this charge was not put to them to enter pleas while clarification was sought by the judge.
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All of the offences are said to have happened on 4 December 2025 - the day after Mr Nowak was killed.
Moga Singh and Gurpreet Digwa appeared in person at Southampton Magistrates' Court on Thursday, while Vickrum Digwa watched on via videolink from HMP Frankland.
Harmail Gill, defending the three family members, told the court some of the swords were "antiques" and that some of the weapons were used for "religious martial arts".
District Judge Henry Gordon set a trial date for 27 September next year, with a preliminary hearing next 4 June.
Vickrum Digwa was jailed in June after stabbing Mr Nowak to death in Southampton on December 3 last year.
After stabbing Mr Nowak, Vickrum Digwa lied to police that he was the victim of a racist attack.
The case later sparked protests after police body-worn footage was released showing officers failing to give him first aid and instead handcuffing him as he lay dying, despite him telling officers he could not breathe.
The sentence was referred to the Court of Appeal as "unduly lenient" by the Solicitor General, Ellie Reeves, last month.
The Court of Appeal confirmed on Friday that Digwa is seeking to appeal against his conviction and sentence.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct said last week it is investigating two officers for potential gross misconduct.
These allegations include potential failures to realise that Mr Nowak needed urgent medical attention, to take action when he said he had been stabbed and could not breathe, and the decision to arrest and handcuff him instead of providing first aid.
MP Rupert Lowe made the comment during an appearance on popular US podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, drawing criticism from the family of one of the children killed and a Scottish politician who branded it "genuinely shocking" and "deeply insulting".
MSP Stephen Kerr added: "It wasn't a single murder. It was mass murder."
In response, a Restore Britain spokesperson said: "Rupert was clearly referring to one incident."
On the morning of 13 March 1996, a gunman entered the gymnasium of Dunblane Primary School and, over the course of several minutes, shot dead 16 children and their teacher.
A further 15 people - most of them children - were also wounded in what remains the UK's deadliest mass shooting.
The mass killer took his own life in the school gymnasium.
The Snowdrop Campaign was launched in the wake of the tragedy and led to major reform of the UK's gun laws.
A ban on most handguns was introduced by John Major's Conservative government in 1997.
Later that year, legislation widening the ban to include all cartridge ammunition handguns was introduced by Tony Blair's Labour government.
Mr Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth, made the comment to American podcaster Rogan while discussing the UK's strict gun laws.
He said: "As you probably know they banned handguns in the late 90s because there was a murder up in Dunblane."
Rogan interjected, asking "One murder?"
Mr Lowe replied: "One murder.
"So, everybody, my father used to shoot pistols for Oxford University and he had, he's dead now bless him, but he had all his pistols were taken away, the pistols he used to shoot with at Oxford University."
The family of Emma Crozier, who was shot dead in the tragedy, criticised the Restore Britain leader.
Speaking to Sky News, her brother Jack Crozier said: "Rupert Lowe's father had his pistols taken away. My father had his daughter taken away.
"He knew exactly what happened at Dunblane. He made an active choice, on one of the world's biggest podcasts, to describe the massacre of 16 five and six-year-old children and their teacher as 'one murder'.
"The people of Great Yarmouth need to seriously consider if this is who they want representing them."
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Mr Kerr, Scottish Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, also criticised Mr Lowe.
In a social media post, he said his children's school, close to Dunblane, was locked down on the day of the massacre, as it unfolded.
Mr Kerr said: "They'll never forget being kept in the gym hall until everyone learned the gunman was dead.
"They'll never forget the teachers trying to hold themselves together while reassuring frightened children. To reduce that atrocity to 'one murder' is deeply insulting.
"It wasn't a single murder. It was a mass murder. In a primary school."
"Almost as disturbing was the tone - one of disbelief, even mockery, that anyone could respond by tightening gun laws," Mr Kerr added.
"This wasn't some obscure historical event. It happened in 1996, when Lowe was 38 years old. He should have known what happened on that terrifying day in Dunblane.
"For anyone who remembers that day, hearing it dismissed so casually is genuinely shocking."
Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander added: "Rupert Lowe's comments on the Dunblane massacre are not only ignorant, but also lack common decency.
"As Scots we still hold in our hearts the memory of the children and teacher murdered that terrible day."
Chris Kane, MP for Stirling and Strathallan, raised a point of order at the House of Commons.
He also posted a statement online, praising the "courageous parents and families forever touched by the Dunblane tragedy".
Mr Kane added: "Mere words can never describe the sort of darkness that was visited upon Dunblane Primary School and our nation on 13 March 1996.
"Many people on that terrible day and since have lived with a kind of acute consciousness and pain that should never be visited on any human soul. The least the rest of us can do is to ensure that is forever acknowledged and honoured.
"Mr Lowe's attitude does not reflect the sort of thoughtful society the vast majority of our nation and its people wish to have and which has been displayed day in and day out in my constituency for over 30 years.
"We can all learn something from the example of the good people and families of Dunblane. We can only hope that one day that includes Mr Lowe."
Dr Veronica Varney worked as a respiratory consultant at St Helier Hospital in Carshalton, in the borough of Sutton.
The hospital's NHS trust has already established 42% of 216 patients she treated for interstitial lung disease (ILD) were not referred to specialists, 30% received no care at all, and 20% were not properly investigated diagnostically.
Instead of forwarding patients to specialist teams, the trust said she acted unilaterally and often provided outdated care that caused harm.
Concerns were first raised in 2019 and Dr Varney left the trust in 2023.
She was referred to the General Medical Council (GMC) in September 2024 and put under restrictions.
The Royal College of Physicians' review published on Thursday was designed to gauge the extent of the harm she caused.
A representative for Dr Varney, who is still understood to be under GMC investigation, said she had no comment.
The report found "delays to or deviations from guidelines-based care potentially contributed to the patients' irreversible lung damage, poor quality of life or premature death".
It said there was "frequent variability in clinical history taking, delays in referrals of patients for MDT (multi-disciplinary team) discussion and to tertiary centres, and inaccuracies in the reporting of diagnostic results".
Out of 28 cases, 12 caused "severe clinical harm" (permanent or long term); three were graded as "death" as the patient wasn't given access to treatments that can extend life; seven resulted in "moderate clinical harm" (short term); and one case was "low clinical harm".
Dr Varney, referred to as "Dr X" in the report, is said to have given patients "non-evidence-based and off-label treatments" for lung disease, such as avoiding rapeseed oil and COVID vaccines, and "did not actively recommend approved therapies".
She allegedly showed "poor interpretation of lung function test results", while "limited and inconsistent" use of expert MDTs "contributed to delays in diagnosis, decision making and access to timely treatment".
'Tensions' and 'strained relationships'
The report also criticises health bosses at the trust between 2019 and 2022.
It claims they didn't properly address concerns over Dr Varney due to factors including "strained relationships among clinical leads" and "poor escalation pathways".
"A historical lack of integration between the St Helier and Epsom sites and tensions within the clinical leadership created a challenging environment for staff to raise and respond to concerns," the review states.
It said recent changes in leadership had improved governance and team dynamics and "the current respiratory team is well-positioned to drive meaningful improvements".
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Dr Richard Jennings, chief medical officer for St George's, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group, offered "sincere apologies" to patients and families.
"The care they received fell far below what should have been given," he said in a statement.
"While the Royal College of Physicians' report makes it clear that patients were significantly harmed, it also expresses confidence in the changes we had already made to make the service safe, and we have accepted and acted on all of their recommendations.
"We have also contacted patients or their families to share the findings, apologise, and offer further support."
As the RCP review only looked at a small sample of patients, hospital leaders are now planning to look back at the care given to all ILD patients by Dr Varney.
The process is expected to take between one and two years.
Three bodies were found in a house in Great Denham on Monday and are believed to be Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, 5.
Their father, Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, is the prime suspect but is thought to have fled to Zimbabwe two days before they were found.
Police have urged him to hand himself in, warning Tshuma: "We will find you."
In a statement on Thursday, relatives said: "The Khumalo family is deeply saddened to confirm the passing of our beloved Zandile (Nothabo) Khumalo and her two children.
"During this time of unimaginable loss, we wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has reached out with prayers, messages of comfort, and support.
"Your kindness and compassion have brought great strength to our family."
Officers believe the 45-year-old suspect flew from London Heathrow to Zimbabwe on Saturday.
Tshuma owns and runs a property business called Nexus Trove Holdings from his address in Great Denham, according to Companies House.
Detective Inspector Lee Martin yesterday appealed to Tshuma to "do the right thing" and give himself up.
"Three innocent people have lost their lives in the worst possible circumstances, leaving your relatives and friends devastated," he said.
"We are actively working with national and intentional agencies to pursue every available line of inquiry to track you down - and we will find you."
Tshuma, who goes by the name Mark, is a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage.
The African country does not appear on a list of the UK's extradition partners, which could complicate any effort to return him to the UK.
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Nala's school, Pilgrims Pre Prep, paid tribute to the five-year-old, calling her a "little ray of sunshine, known for her inquisitive and bubbly nature, her positivity, happiness and her wonderful sense of humour".
"Many of our staff had known her since she was just seven months old and had the privilege of watching her grow," said head teacher Jo Webster.
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Fifteen-year-old Natalie, who attended Bedford Girls' School, was described as "dearly loved" and a "talented dancer, musician and keen sportswoman".
Head teacher Gemma Gibson called her death a "hugely devastating shock".
"She was fun loving, full of life and had a positive impact on everyone she came into contact with; she will be remembered with warmth and affection," said Ms Gibson.
The family's home in Great Denham is located on the western edge of Bedford. It was bought for nearly £1.3m in May 2024, according to Rightmove, and has a swimming pool and four bedrooms.