Heat-related deaths in England and Wales could rise up to 50-fold in the next 50 years as an ageing population is hit by dangerous climate change, a study warns.The warning comes as parts of the UK face a third heatwave in a month pushing temperatures above 30C,

The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution calculated that climate change might have tripled the death toll from the event.

Europe's latest spell of sizzling heat, which ended last week, caused a threefold rise in heat-related deaths because human-induced climate change boosted the intensity of the heat wave, British scientists said.