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Summer heatwave 2018

The summer of 2018 is shaping up as one of the hottest, driest and sunniest on record in the East of England.

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Environment Agency warns of blue green algae outbreak in East

The algae can prove harmful to pets Credit: ITV Anglia

The hot weather has brought a poisonous blue-green algae into some of our rivers and lakes in the East.

Dog owners are being warned to keep their pets out of the water. The algae is also harmful to humans if it is swallowed.

The algae has been spotted in parts of the Norfolk Broads and at Alton Water near Ipswich where a water park has had to be closed.

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