‘Why was Mum in clothes you could wear in the winter?’: family seeks answers after care home heatstroke death

Thousands died because of this summer’s extreme hot weather – caused by the climate crisis. Anita Bazell, taken to hospital during June’s heatwave with a body temperature of 41.

2C, was one of them Anita Bazell had never coped with the heat very well, her family said. So they were worried about her when temperatures across the UK soared to record highs of 35C (95F) in May, and then again in June. She was living in a nursing home in Southampton near her family, who had…