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Behind the Lines

Bushfire

A Buckingham Palace Guard's hat is on fire. Newspaper inside the sentry post is titled 'Record Temps'.

Brett Lethbridge
21 July 2022

The United Kingdom was struck with a record heatwave during the northern summer. London recorded its highest ever daytime temperature of just over 40 degrees Celsius, with grassfires breaking out in the city. The summer was also the driest for the country since 1976.

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