STORY: Construction workers in London were suffering in the unrelenting heat on Wednesday (June 24) saying there was "no let up" and "no shade."

While some of the workers said they knew the heat was coming and were prepared, others said they were finding it a "struggle."

The BBC reported on Wednesday that the UK's June temperature record had been broken, hitting 35.7 degrees Celsius (96.26 degrees Fahrenheit) in Charlwood, Surrey.

The Met Office weather service issued only the second extreme-heat weather warning in history.

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London construction workers struggle in 'awful' high temperatures

VIDEO SHOWS: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IMPACTED BY HEAT IN CENTRAL LONDON / INTERVIEWS WITH WORKERS / BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

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SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 24, 2026) (BBC - No use UK)

1. CONSTRUCTION WORKER ON THE BACK OF A LORRY OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT

2. WORKERS SECURING SUPPLIES ON LORRY

3. OFFICE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION

4. WORKER ATTACHING BUILDING MATERIAL TO ROPES TO LIFT UP

5. BUILDING MATERIAL BEING LIFTED UP BY ROPES WHILST BUILDER LOOKS ON HOLDING SIGN THAT READS "STOP / WORKS"

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CONSTRUCTION WORKER, JOHNNY O'CONNOR, ON THE HEATWAVE, SAYING:

"Awful. To be honest, it's horrible this heat. Working over here, you're outside all day. There's no let up, there's no shade."

7. HARD HAT WITH WATER BOTTLE

8. VARIOUS OF LORRY AND WORKERS AT CONSTRUCTION SITE

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CONSTRUCTION WORKER, PAUL (NO SURNAME GIVEN) SPEAKING FROM LORRY,

"I've seen them a few times struggling. Especially some of the bigger guys, they do struggle, and we do sort of, like, obviously multi-drop for other companies that we do. Yeah, it's absolutely terrible for this weather."

10. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STANDING, TRAFFIC SIGN IN FOREGROUND

11. OFFICE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION

12. CRANE LIFTING CHAINS

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CONSTRUCTION WORKER, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING:

"Because we knew it was coming, the heat, I explained to the guys what he needs to do, what the symptoms are and how we can prevent that from happening as well: avoid fizzy energy drinks, coffees in the morning, basically, regular breaks. Usually we have two breaks a day, but when it's too hot, we'll have short breaks between the breaks. We'll have the water at every level too as well."

14. LORRY

15. STREET SIGN