With the weather heating up, most of us are desperate to pull on a pair of shorts and race to the beach – after all, a spell of warm weather in the UK is usually short and sweet. But while it may not feel as strong as Spanish sunshine, the risks of sun exposure here are just as dangerous as when you’re on holiday abroad.
In fact, more than 400 people are diagnosed with skin cancer every single day in the UK and an additional 45 people with melanomas, the most serious form of skin cancer and the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK.
Worryingly, despite nearly 90% of melanomas