Brits using hot water bottles and electric blankets in summer as temps fall to 7C
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This time last year the country was basking in a heatwave with temperatures soaring into the 30Cs. The mercury even hit a sweltering 32C in London on June 11 last year. Thermometers hit just 7C overnight in Edinburgh.