The Guardian‘s weatherwatch blog has outdone itself with a scare piece warning that “the increasingly hot British sun is seen as a safety hazard” for children playing in the park.

“In America and Australia there are government health warnings to parents about the danger of their children getting burned on playground equipment that has been heated up in the summer sun…This has not been considered a hazard in England but it is now.

There is now a great deal of discussion between the local council, insurers and RoSPA, the accident prevention experts, on how to proceed now that the increasingly hot British sun is seen as a safety hazard on children’s play equipment.”

What a load of hot air…