City charity works to keep rough sleepers cool

Paddy Berryman from Light Project Peterborough said sleeping rough was difficult "all year round"

A homelessness charity manager said they planned to give out "crates and crates" of bottled water to rough sleepers during the heat wave.

Paddy Berryman, the services manager at Light Project Peterborough, said this weekend would be especially difficult for people living on the streets.

Temperatures in Peterborough are set to reach 31C on Saturday.

Peterborough City Council warned that "significant impacts are likely across health and social care" as a result of the hot weather.

The charity's Garden House has a gazebo outside for service users to stay in the shade

The Met Office's amber heat health alert, which covers Peterborough, is due to go on until 09:00 BST on Monday.

Mr Berryman said: "We've raided different shops and taken out all the sun cream that they've got so that we can give that out."

He said they would be handing out bottled water at the charity's Garden House, a city centre building that is open seven days a week.

The house has facilities for clothes washing and showers, as well as access to medical help and housing officers.

"We've got our gazebo up, giving a shaded area for people to sit outside as well as having a nice large stone building that people can sit inside that's a lot cooler," said Mr Berryman.

"It's difficult sleeping all the streets all year round.. extreme weather makes it more difficult."