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He hoped it would make the house warmer and help his late father - who suffered from chronic asthma - to cope during the colder months.

Temperatures will stay around average until the weekend when it will turn a little warmer but will a September heatwave lead to a so-called Indian summer?

Climate change is making our weather more extreme and a warmer world means that when it does rain, those rains tend to be heavier with more flooding risks.

"A warming climate is driving more frequent and larger fires, which is in turn driving carbon emissions that remain in the atmosphere, which is leading to a warmer climate," he explained.

Fuel poverty is a year-round problem which affects people in the warmer months as well as winter, Citizens Advice Scotland has warned.