India, July 31 -- The United Kingdom recorded its highest level of child exposure to extreme heatwaves since 1995, with an estimated 10.7 million children, representing 75 per cent of the country's child population affected between January and mid-July 2026, according to new analysis by a child rights organisation, Save the Children.

The findings show that 52 million people, or 74 per cent of the UK population, experienced extreme heatwaves during the first half of the year.

The analysis counted a heatwave only when both daytime and night-time temperatures stayed above the hottest 1 per cent of the past 30 years for at least three consecutive days, recording not merely warm days, but sustained periods when even the nights offered little...