Pollen exposure is lasting longer and intensifying nationwide, data shows, as warmer temperatures take over more of the year.

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Experts say your sneezing could definitely be down to hay fever with the pollen season arriving early this year.

The Met Office suggests that around 25% of hay fever sufferers are affected by tree pollen. Grass pollen, on the other hand, ...

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This year is set to be a more severe one for some hay fever sufferers, but climate change could pose a longer term threat.

Fine weather with warm breezes has created ideal conditions for the release of sufficient tree pollen to have people reaching for handkerchiefs and antihistamine tablets already.

Weed pollen is the third trigger ... It was a particularly warm and dry June, meaning more pollen was produced in birch, leading to a more severe tree pollen season, she explains.