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Wildfire risk intensifies as heatwave rages on

A combination of dry weather, human folly and bureaucratic delay has created the conditions for catastrophic fires, not only in the uplands but throughout the British countryside.

Extreme dry conditions have forced farmers to harvest cereal crops in

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