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When it shows you from the sky it just freaks you out," says Riminta. "Our house is on the news", says Nikas, "it's the only house that hasn't been burned so far." Over 34 locations exceeded the UK's previous temperature record of 38.7C from 2019, according to the Met Office Thirty fire engines and 175 firefighters to a grass fire on Pea Lane in Upminster, where smoke billowed over the M25 motorway SE: Because I’ve done this for so long, well ten years. Previously I was a musician for a while and managed to blag a career in that for a few years before it all ended disastrously. Then I got a job working in a bookshop, near where I lived. Via that I was in publishing, for distributors specialising in art and illustrated books. Thats where I got to know the world of art.
Four engines to a grass fire over an area of about one hectare (2.5 acres) of woodland and undergrowth on Chapel View in Croydon Over 34 locations exceeded the UK's previous temperature record of 38.7C recorded in Cambridge in July 2019, the Met Office says TM: What do you hope people take from the book? I guess one reason must be bringing some of these images to the fore and also keeping them alive … Here at Spirits Rest animal sanctuary they put the call out for help earlier on - and how the community has responded. People rallied round, offering to rescue the animals in danger.
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The service asks people calling 999 to be patient after a major incident was declared over the volume of calls it is receiving and responding to. Riminta saw the devastation unfold on the TV, watching images shot from a helicopter. She says their neighbours' homes have burnt down, but it appears their home is saved. One of the great things about art, as with many things in life, is the discovery of the new. Finding a picture or photograph that may have been thought lost to the ravages of time that stirs something inside, whether it a strange sense of dread or an uplifting rush of joy.
Fire brigades in London, Leicestershire, Norfolk and South Yorkshire were among those to declare major incidents as flames destroyed buildings and devoured tinder-dry fields in Wennington, east London, and grasslands elsewhere in the capital and in Groby, Leicestershire
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The way that modelling works is that we could have one or even several years of extreme temperatures, but they are still considered unusual in the long-term. I haven't even seen the exceptional category being used in the times I've looked at the Wildfire Index before," Kathryn Brown, The Wildlife Trust's director for climate action, told PA news agency. Blazes broke out across England on Tuesday as temperatures surged to a historic high of 40.3C, capping two days of extreme heat that scientists warn is 'a wake-up call' for the climate emergency. Video caption: UK heatwave: wildfires filmed near Bedford UK heatwave: wildfires filmed near Bedford
Residents were evacuated from their homes in the village, with the blaze igniting buildings and fields nearby. Around 100 firefighters have been working to bring it under control.
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Ten engines to a restaurant fire on Green Lanes in Southgate, where about 70 firefighters remain at the scene These heath fires are both a symptom of the heatwave and contributing factor to these unprecedented conditions. The service has received a very high volume of 999 calls, leading to crews attending more than 240 emergency incidents so far today, in part due to the extreme weather.
Fire crews have battled hundreds of wildfires across the country as temperatures topping 40C transformed fields and grassland into a "tinderbox". He still uses that as it was what he first started painting with. It gives all his paintings a weird spin. They’re of the wastelands and playgrounds of Coventry. These are the most humble places, suffering from austerity. Some of the paintings are like William Blake’s. I doubt he’s religious, but they’re visually intense. That kind of tradition of artists like Blake or Turner who would have these luminous landscapes with angels and gods, that continues with a lot of modern art. George Shaw. Scenes from the Passion A Few Days Before Christmas (Tile Hill, Coventry). Credit: Cincinnati Art Museum Two more people were confirmed to have died after getting into difficulty in water in separate incidents, bringing the total in recent days to five. Four were teenage boys and a fifth was a man aged 20
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The hottest day in history in Britain has seen major wildfires spring up across the land, with homes, buildings, fields and wildlife engulfed in infernos accelerated by the intense heat. It's still set to be a tropical night in some places, but will feel slightly fresher than last night for many. You can smell it in the air, you can see it in the skyline - and the sweat soaked shirts of the firefighters bear testament to their hard work with 18 fire engines sent to this part of Dartford alone.
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