An elderly couple enjoy an ice cream on Brighton Pier in the summer heatwave of 2013. Heat-related deaths are expected to rise by 2050, as global warming causes temperatures to rise Photograph: Keith Larby/Demotix/Corbis

Deaths as a result of hot weather are to soar over the next four decades as a result of climate change, researchers have predicted.

The number of annual deaths in the UK that occur as a result of the heat will rise by 257% by 2050, they said. Elderly people are most at risk, according to the new study.

While the number of excess deaths seen in the summer months will rise, those recorded in winter will actually decrease, they said.

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