10 July 2025, 11:29

By Nick Ferrari

As you’ll have heard on LBC — and no doubt seen elsewhere — it looks like we were on the verge of another summer heatwave.

And yes, it’s summer, it’s meant to be hot, and yes, people can sometimes overdo the drama. But when you’re talking about temperatures nudging into the low or even mid-30s, that is damned hot by British standards.

So what do we make of schools banning children from playing outside in this weather?

Until reading today’s Daily Telegraph, I hadn’t even realised this was a thing. Apparently, we already have something called "wet play sessions" — when it rains, kids aren’t allowed out at playtime and are kept indoors instead.

To me,........

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