Very hot drinks may damage the food pipe and increase cancer risk

In the study, people who had their drinks "very hot" had around a three times higher risk of the cancer than "warm" tea or coffee drinkers - although experts stress the overall chances of developing this cancer are low.

Regularly drinking beverages like tea and coffee at very hot temperatures increases the risk of cancer of the food pipe or gullet, known as oesophageal cancer, UK research suggests.

So even if scalding hot drinks might increase someone's risk, the chances of them developing the cancer are still low.