UK school playgrounds ill-prepared for intensifying heatwaves, charities warn

Michael Holder
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Charities warn UK schools are ill equipped for intensifying heatwaves and flooding | Credit: iStock
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Charities warn UK schools are ill equipped for intensifying heatwaves and flooding | Credit: iStock

'Outdated' regulations are leaving pupils' health and education under threat from worsening climate impacts such as intensifying heatwaves and flooding, charities have warned

School playgrounds are being left vulnerable to extreme heat and flooding due to "outdated" regulations that could see children's health and education negatively impacted by increasingly intense weather,...

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