Hopefully, the weather will continue to get warmer and Sam won't need to put an hour of prayers in and just keep to the mandatory half an hour a day that a sun worshipper must complete to bring warmth to the country and as an additional bonus receive an all-year round tan.

BBC: Clive Stuart-Smith column

During summer the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun so we get longer days and warmer weather.

BBC: Why the Moon is getting further away from Earth

"This has led to ever higher temperatures since the 1980s and the models indicate that it's going to get even warmer in future, " Boehm said.

CNN: Alpine resorts feel the heat

Take them out and your people's health will improve, but the world will get warmer, as the West found in the second half of the 20th century.

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