article_snippet.sent: Additionally, with summer seeming to come early for many last week, doctors reported seeing hay-fever sufferers experiencing symptoms.
article_snippet.sent: This was despite the pollen levels being moderate for much of the south of England and low for the rest of the UK according to the Met Office.
article_snippet.sent: The Sunday Telegraph warned today of a 33 per cent increase in the number of people facing hayfever this year because of worsening conditions.
article_snippet.sent: High pollen counts are mixing with heavy pollution and Saharan dust, with hayfever now twice as common in towns and cities than the countryside.
article_snippet.sent: But high levels of air pollution accompanied the heat, with many parts of England affected by poor air quality throughout the day.