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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Charlie Duffield

The Standard podcast: How heatwave-proof are our homes?

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The capital is experiencing its fourth heatwave of the summer, with amber warnings in place for parts of England until Wednesday, as temperatures are expected to hit 34 degrees.

But housing in the UK isn’t designed for such heat, and residents of tower blocks are at particular risk.

Experts say that many new homes being built in the UK are not designed to withstand extreme summer temperatures.

To find out more, architecture writer Phin Harper joins us alongside Joshua Emden, a senior research fellow at The Institute for Public Policy Research think tank.

And in part two, author Amber Medland discusses her latest book Attention Seeker, about life with ADHD and how the neurodevelopment disorder affects dating and relationships.

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