The row at Hampstead Heath is about far more than a few thoughtless swimmers in a heatwave | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

As summers get hotter, investment and education are vital to ensure we all have access to the clean, safe water we need A local row about swimmers and swans in Hampstead Heath has now inspired a government reaction. Environment ministers over the weekend wrote to the City of London Corporation, which oversees the heath, to say that they were “deeply concerned” by footage of crowds of people in the water during last week’s heatwave. One viral video showed young revellers – who had defied a “no...

By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett