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Temperatures reached 35.5C at St James's Park shortly before 1pm with highs of 38C expected before end of the day.

“Typically when the weather hot and sunny, shoppers gravitate to outdoor locations, and so footfall in high streets tends to increase while decreasing in shopping centres. “That’s not what a Prime Minister should be doing. And if the Prime Minister wants to go on a jolly, he should leave Number 10 Downing Street, he should resign and allow the Deputy Prime Minister to be a caretaker prime minister until the Conservatives have chosen their leader.” We’re sorry for any inconvenience this causes.” He said: “The Met Office for the first time ever have issued a level 4 red alert warning, the chief medical officer is advising everybody to be careful as a consequence of this extreme weather, the Prime Minister is hosting a lavish party at Chequers and obviously going on a joyride on a Typhoon plane. Coastal towns recorded a 9% rise in footfall. Mr Johnson has been criticised for choosing not to chair the security meetings with Cabinet ministers as parts of the country face temperatures of up to 40C (104F) on Monday and Tuesday, while still finding time to ride in a Typhoon fighter jet during a demonstration at RAF Coningsby last week. However, with the extreme heat today the reverse has occurred, with a drop in footfall in high streets of -7.3% over the period up to 11am on Monday, while in both shopping centres and retail parks - both of which offer air conditioned environments - footfall rose by +1.6% and +1.3% respectively. “Our engineers are tackling a large burst pipe on Kingston Hill. They’re working to shut down the flow of water from the damaged section,” it said in a statement. TfL said: "Ridership on Monday is typically lower than other days of the week on public transport and is therefore likely to be a good indication of where people are working from home.” Britons are being urged to stay inside during the hottest points of the day, between 11am and 4pm, and wear sun cream, a hat, stay in the shade and keep hydrated with water. “It should reach 40C in parts of the UK – London shouldn’t be far off that temperature and I certainly wouldn’t be surprised to see it reach that threshold either.”

The country could see high temperatures near 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for the first time, as a heat wave moves north from continental Europe.

Efi Rousi, a senior scientist at Potsdam Institute for Climate Research in Germany and the study’s lead author, said it was unclear what was causing the jet stream to divide. Blisteringly high temperatures are becoming more common on every continent, and climate scientists have little doubt that the burning of fossil fuels is a significant driver. The national weather forecaster said that the port city of Brest, in Brittany, had recorded a temperature of 35.8 degrees Celsius (about 96.4 Fahrenheit) in the early afternoon, the highest on record since 1949. They also suggest temporarily relocating to a cooler part of the home for a more comfortable sleep. In France, a heat wave is defined officially as a “ level of very high heat” that persists through the day and night for at least three consecutive days. But there has been a small increase in demand in recent years for cooling systems in residences, fueled in part by the increased use of home offices during the coronavirus pandemic, the report found. “The outcome is positive in terms of fighting urban heat islands.” “The idea that we clamor for hot weather for most of the year and then shut down when it does heat up is indicative of the state in which we now live.” Since the 1990s, they have become more frequent, Susana Freitas, of the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, the country’s meteorological service, said in an email. The average temperature in Britain has increased by 0.8 degrees Celsius (about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit) compared with the previous three-decade period, of 1961 to 1990, the Met Office says. According to one report, train operators have blamed “leaves on the line” for more than 3,000 hours of delays in the past four years, with 35,000 journeys affected. The government instituted a widespread “red” warning for heat for the first time in history.

City Hall has written to all London boroughs and rough sleeping services to ask them to conduct welfare checks on vulnerable people. | ITV News London.

Reduced railway services and slower running times of trains have been put in place amid fears of rails buckling in the heat, with customers being advised to only travel if necessary on Monday and Tuesday. "Across the capital, we are taking action to assist those forced to sleep rough in these extremely high temperatures, by increasing welfare checks, providing plenty of water and sunscreen, and ensuring people sleeping rough know where to access cool spaces and water fountains." City Hall has written to all London boroughs and rough sleeping services to ask them to conduct welfare checks on vulnerable people and provide sunscreen, water and information about staying cool and safe in the high temperatures.

The Met Office has forecast the capital could see highs of 38C when the heatwave sweeps across England. The rise in temperatures has forced the UK Health ...

Scientists at the Met Office have said the 40C prediction is a result of climate change, warning that the 40C figure “could be as much as 10 times more likely in the current climate than under a natural climate unaffected by human influence”. Other areas of England will also experience hotter weather than the holiday destinations, with the Midlands predicted to see highs of 37C, East Anglia with 36C and the North West and North East with 33C. London is predicted to be hotter than the Caribbean, the Western Sahara and popular holiday destinations in Europe as temperatures soar.

The Met Office, Britain's weather service, issued a red extreme heat warning for Monday and Tuesday — the country's first-ever such warning. Brits have been ...

The vast majority of homes in the U.K. don't have air conditioning units. It comes as climate activists warn of rising global temperatures from greenhouse gas emissions. Britain is unused to such extreme temperatures, with the Met Office warning that the heat is set to have "widespread impacts on people and infrastructure." LONDON — The U.K. is bracing for the hottest day on record Monday, with highs of 41 degrees Celsius (106F) expected in the south of England. London is set to bear the brunt of this week's hot weather, with the capital forecast to be one of the hottest places on the world Monday. - The U.K. is bracing for the hottest day on record Monday, with highs of 41 degrees Celsius (106F) expected.

The Met Office issued a red weather warning for extreme heat for today (July 18) and tomorrow. There were expectations that temperatures would reach 40C over ...

It is now predicted that tomorrow will be even hotter than today but still falling short of the 40 mark. The Met Office issued a red weather warning for extreme heat for today (July 18) and tomorrow. Journeys will take longer due to reduced services and speed restrictions on most lines.

Temperatures in the capital will remain around 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) for much of Monday evening, according to the UK's Met Office. The ...

Network Rail said it had discovered a kink in the line at Vauxhall due to 'extreme heat' as temperatures climbed towards an all-time high.

We have got a hot 48 hours coming so be prepared and look out for the vulnerable." To be fair my train was air conditioned but I had to get on a bus that was boiling.” Lotte Nash, 35, who works for the NHS, said: "I’m frontline staff. The Met Office has issued its first ever extreme heat weather warning. As the mercury climbed towards an all-time UK high in the afternoon, Network Rail said it had discovered a kink in the line at Vauxhall due to “extreme heat”. The Overground was part suspended and there was no service at all on the Hammersmith and City Line as the capital braced itself for the hottest day on record, with temperatures due to hit at least 38C.

Train services have been cut, schools closed and ambulance crews are braced for a rise in 999 calls as temperatures soar into the 30Cs in the UK.

People are being advised to wear sun cream, a hat, stay in the shade and keep hydrated with water, and there are warnings about swimming in lakes, rivers and reservoirs. "And while there have been additional steps put in place to increase ambulance capacity, ambulance trusts will be under significant pressure as the number of 999 calls can be expected to rise." Brian Jordan, director of 999 operations at London Ambulance Service, urged people to only dial 999 in an emergency as he told the BBC a busy day would see 5,500 emergency calls to the service but he was anticipating up to 8,000 today. In Ireland, Met Éireann said a provisional temperature of 33C was reported from the weather station at Phoenix Park in Dublin at 1pm today. The existing UK record of 38.7C, recorded in Cambridge in 2019, looks certain to fall amid the sweltering heat. "It's been quite an eye-opener to climate change with all these temperatures in the UK."

The red heat alert covers a big chunk of England and is due to last through Tuesday, when temperatures may ...

The high temperatures are even more of a shock since Britain usually has very moderate summer temperatures. The extreme heat even led Parliament to loosen its strict dress code. Some medical appointments were canceled to relieve strains on the health service. Officials in southern France's Gironde region announced plans to evacuate an additional 3500 people from towns threatened by the raging flames. Drought and heat waves tied to climate change have also made wildfires harder to fight. "Forty-one isn't off the cards.

Met Office warns that the national temperature record is likely to be broken on Tuesday after warmest night ever.

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"I think it's the Devil's armpits outside already," a Manchester resident reported around 1 p.m. local time on Monday. The heat wave in Europe that has ...

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Ahead of the extreme weather and temperatures we've looked at the hour-by-hour forecast so you can get ready for the heat.

- 8am-28C - 7am-27C - 6am-26C

Ahead of the extreme weather and temperatures we've looked at the hour-by-hour forecast so you can get ready for the heat.

- 8am-28C - 7am-27C - 6am-26C

Ahead of the extreme weather and temperatures we've looked at the hour-by-hour forecast so you can get ready for the heat.

- 8am-28C - 7am-27C - 6am-26C

T. he UK has recorded its warmest night on record from Monday into Tuesday, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. Temperatures did not fall ...

Transport for London (TfL) said the capital’s rail network would be running a reduced service due to safety restrictions put into place to deal with the heat. The UK has experienced its warmest night on record, according to provisional Met Office figures. Rail operator Thameslink is warning people to not travel on routes to the north of London on Tuesday. He told people to “apply common sense” and “depending on the nature of your journey and reason for it you might want to consider rearranging your day around it”. A sign has been posted at the entrance to the building in central London explaining the problem. Temperatures have been hitting the mid-30s by 10am on Tuesday, according to the Met Office. The Supreme Court has been closed to visitors because of the temperatures and an air-conditioning fault. By 10am it had also exceeded 30C in parts of the UK, including 35.1C at Kew Gardens and 34.5C at Heathrow, according to the Met Office. It comes after the mercury peaked at 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk on Monday, making it the hottest day of the year and the third hottest day on record, after 38.7C in Cambridge in 2019 and 38.5C in Faversham, Kent, in August 2003. he UK has recorded its warmest night on record from Monday into Tuesday, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. The warmest night on record is set to turn into the hottest day in London with temperatures predicted to hit 40C amid growing travel chaos. The mercury was showing 35.1C at Kew Gardens by 10am, according to the Met Office

GREATER London will swelter in 40C heat before the sunset will bring some relief across the capital, maps show.

DON'T MISS Heatwave brings UK to a halt [SPOTLIGHT] Drivers urged to be hyper vigilant: Hot weather could result in fine [REPORT] When will it rain? But if you’re suffering in a particularly hot house, there are a number of things you can do to keep it cooler. While the forecaster only predicts highs of 38C by 3pm, weather model WX Charts shows this figure may be exceeded to 40C. This, it claims, will last until around 6pm.

Ahead of the extreme weather and temperatures we've looked at the hour-by-hour forecast so you can get ready for the heat.

- 8am-28C - 7am-27C - 6am-26C

Met Office says UK provisionally had its warmest night on record as UK braces for hottest day ever.

Merseyrail said the number of trains running and journey times will be “seriously affected”, with some routes closed completely. Travel routes will be affected by the heat and National Rail told customers only to travel if absolutely necessary. The likelihood of exceeding 40°C anywhere in the UK in a given year has also been rapidly increasing, and, even with current pledges on emissions reductions, such extremes could be taking place every 15 years in the climate of 2100. Boris Johnson was accused on Monday of having “checked out”, missing an emergency Cobra meeting about the searing heat. “Record highs, travel chaos, schools close ... and it’s going to get hotter”, says the Telegraph, whilethe Sun warns “Britain is melting”. Weather forecast models are run numerous times to help us quantify the likelihood of a particular event occurring and estimate the uncertainty which is always present in weather forecasting to some degree. Some models are now producing a 70% chance of maximum temperatures in excess of 40°C in isolated parts of the UK for the start of next week. Scotland and Wales could also have their hottest days on record. What we can’t have is trains running over those and a terrible derailing. This is akin to a marathon runner shaving 20 minutes off of the current record. We’ve seen a considerable amount of travel disruption. Therefore, we are asking people to act responsibly when enjoying the outdoors and please think twice before using anything involving a naked flame.

LONDON (AP) — Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe — and the ...

A smaller third fire broke out late Monday in the Medoc wine region north of Bordeaux, further taxing firefighting resources. Meanwhile, nearly 750 heat-related deaths have been reported in Spain and neighboring Portugal in the heat wave there. The capital’s Hyde Park, normally busy with walkers, was eerily quiet — except for the long lines to take a dip in the Serpentine lake. The intense heat since Monday has damaged the runway at London’s Luton airport, forcing it to shut for several hours, and warped a main road in eastern England, leaving it looking like a “skatepark,” police said. As Amsterdam baked Tuesday, municipal workers sprayed water on some mechanical bridges over the Dutch city’s canals to prevent metal in them from expanding, which can jam them shut blocking boat traffic. Before Tuesday, the highest temperature recorded in Britain was 38.7 C (101.7 F), set in 2019. The sweltering weather has disrupted travel, health care and schools in a country not prepared for such extremes. Temperatures in the city are expected to approach 39 C (102 F) on Tuesday. Tuesday’s reading was provisional, which means they are produced as near to real time as possible with final readings issued after data quality-control, the Met Office said. Electric fans cooled the traditional mounted troops of the Household Cavalry as they stood guard in central London in heavy ceremonial uniforms. Images of flames racing toward a French beach and Britons sweltering — even at the seaside — have driven home concerns about climate change. A huge chunk of England, from London in the south to Manchester and Leeds in the north, remained under the country’s first “red” warning for extreme heat Tuesday, meaning there is danger of death even for healthy people.

The UK has recorded a temperature of over 40C (104F) for the first time - as the heat continues to rise. Thermometers hit 40.2C at London Heathrow at 12.50 ...

Following several deaths, people are being urged not to cool off in open water. A new record rail temperature of 62C was recorded in Suffolk. "We are building new specifications, creating overhead lines that can withstand higher temperatures. Temperatures look likely to drop across the UK on Wednesday, with heavy showers and thunderstorms causing potential disruption from 13:00 to 23:00 across the south east of England. Mr Kelly told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We don't take decisions like this lightly. "Yesterday was still a busy and long day, and I cannot emphasise enough that people need to follow the same advice as Monday and avoid exposure to the sun," he told the Today programme. "The simple answer is no, the network cannot cope with the heat right now," he told BBC Breakfast. "In 40C heat, tracks can reach 50C, 60C, and even 70C, and there's a severe danger of tracks buckling and a terrible derailing. Our engineers work very hard assessing the capability of the infrastructure facing that record heat, and we decided that we had no choice but to close it." Jake Kelly, the group director for system operation at Network Rail, said it had taken "the difficult and regrettable" decision to close the East Coast Mainline and the Midland Mainline due to record temperatures. Emergency services are experiencing a rise in 999 calls as they face the pressure of the extreme heat, with the World Meteorological Organisation warning that the UK and other affected countries should expect more deaths among the elderly and vulnerable. The extreme warning, indicating a threat to life, is in place in an area stretching between London, Manchester and York. The UK has recorded a temperature of over 40C (104F) for the first time - as the heat continues to rise.

Scorching temperatures have hit south London today – and The Met Office has issued its first ever red extreme heat warning.

• 10pm-26C • 9pm-29C • 8pm-32C

The Met Office tweeted: "For the first time ever, 40 Celsius has provisionally been exceeded in the UK.

Scorching temperatures have hit south London today – and The Met Office has issued its first ever red extreme heat warning.

• 10pm-26C • 9pm-29C • 8pm-32C

As record temperatures are recorded, a major incident has been declared in the capital due to fires.

We have declared a major incident as firefighters battle several significant fires across the capital during today’s record-breaking heatwave. Sharing in a tweet: "London Fire Brigade has just declared a Major Incident in response to a huge surge in fires across the capital today. NEW: London Fire Brigade has just declared a Major Incident in response to a huge surge in fires across the capital today.— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon)

Amid the fires today, London Fire Brigade (LFB) declared a major incident as the emergency services struggle to cope with the heatwave. LFB assistant ...

Amid the fires today, London Fire Brigade (LFB) declared a major incident as the emergency services struggle to cope with the heatwave. He added: "Politicians need to commit to fire safety. We might need to build fire breaks between our properties.