Avoid booze and close the curtains: how to cope in England’s 40C heatwave

Health officials are advising people how to stay safe during expected record temperatures next weekPut that cold beer down, hold the iced coffee and shut the window. Common tricks for keeping cool in a British summer do not apply to the sweltering, record-breaking temperatures forecast for much of England early next week.Heat of 40C (104F) is a risk to life and not only to vulnerable people. Healthy people who do not take care were also in danger, government health officials warned on Friday. So