A warning has been issued about the risks – including death - facing Bolton’s homeless as the heatwave is set to continue in to the weekend.

The Met Office has issued its rare ‘risk to life’ alert as temperature rise this weekend, putting out an amber alert for Sunday – when temperatures are set to hit 29 degrees.

The amber warning is also for Monday.

Now Bolton-based Homeless Aid UK has put out a plea for people to lookout and help those sleeping rough.

The charity said that many homeless people sit on the floor with their pets which is much hotter than the air temperature.

Homeless Aid UK, who also provide sun cream for the homeless each year, see first hand the impact the hot temperatures have on the homeless and their pets.

The team runs street kitchens and see homeless people who are badly sunburnt and pets that have blistered paws from walking on hot tarmac.

They say if the air temperature is 25 degrees, the floor temperature in the sun is 51 degrees.

And as the air temperature rises to 28 degrees, the floor temperature is 57 degrees, whilst at 30 degrees, the floor temperature is 61 degrees.

Billa Ahmed, the group's co-founder, said: "There is a massive risk for the homeless and their pets especially with these extreme temperatures.

"It's not just the cold weather that can kill, it’s also the heat that can be dangerous too, we don't realise that heat actually kills too.

"The floor temperature and the air temperature is massively different, in some cases the ground has been boiling with tarmac melting.

"Some people have added benefits where they can take their pets home during the day to cool off but the homeless can't.

"There are homeless people out there in these temperatures and they have pets, please help them.

"There are lots of homeless pets that can benefit from a bowl of water, if we can help them it would be absolutely amazing.

"The hotter the temperature, the higher the risk, whether the sun is out or not the floor can still be hot on a dog’s paws.

"As an organisation we are just asking for people to help by giving out bottles of water and filling bowls with water for animals.

"This is for all animals not just animals who are homeless; bees, hedgehogs, stray cats and cats who have got out, also need help.

"We just want to raise awareness, if we all do it together we can get the message across and help, it makes the biggest difference."