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MAILONLINE LIVEBLOG: Follow weather and travel updates as trains are cancelled out of King's Cross - as temperatures hit 28C already as of 8am.

The advice is due to safety concerns, due to fears that train tracks may buckle in the extreme heat. And a lot of our infrastructure is just not build for these types of temperatures.' Fires are also burning in Portugal and Greece. This can allow high pressure to develop over the UK resulting in persistent dry and settled weather. There will be no Thameslink or Great Northern services north of London tomorrow. This has brought scorching temperatures to the UK, France and the Iberian peninsula. This is probably the hottest day in history. He has since been taken to hospital with burns. So you get a severe danger of tracks buckling, what we can't have is trains running over those and a terrible derailing. Commuters have packed into tubes in London despite the heat. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses.' Why IS it so hot?

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

Once verified, the extreme temperature will surpass the UK record of 38.7C, set in Cambridge in 2019. But Tuesday's temperatures are expected to climb higher ...

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. A temperature of 37.1C was measured in Hawarden, Flintshire, making it the hottest day on record for Wales, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. 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. The peak temperature reached on Monday made it the third-hottest day on record and the hottest of the year so far. Mr Kelly told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We don't take decisions like this lightly. London Ambulance Service said it fielded 6,600 calls on Monday related to the heatwave, experiencing a peak of 300 calls at 23:00. "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. The UK has recorded a temperature of over 40C (104F) for the first time - as the heat continues to rise.

Red heat health alerts are in place across England from London up to Manchester, while amber warnings cover all of Wales and southern parts of Scotland.

- Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire - Northolt, London - Cambridge, Huntingdon and Linton, Cambridgeshire - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire - Pershore, Worcestershire - Greater London

Met Office issues first red heat warning over extreme temperatures and danger to life in much of England.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: But the bad news is that emissions of CO2 continue to increase. "This is not that sort of weather." We know what is behind this - greenhouse gas emissions caused by our burning of fossil fuels like coal and gas. Heatwaves have become more frequent, more intense, and last longer because of human-induced climate change - nine of the hottest days on record in the UK have happened since 1990. London is set to be one of the hottest places in the world on Monday, with temperatures soaring above the Western Sahara and the Caribbean. Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are at the highest level for two million years and rising, according to the IPCC. The London Ambulance Service said it had seen 7,000 calls a day with rising temperatures and expected up to 8,000 on both Monday and Tuesday. A busy day in the capital would generally see around 5,500 calls, it explained. The hot weather will continue on Tuesday - with overnight temperatures warned to be in the mid-20s - before cooling on Wednesday. Responding to claims the UK has seen worse heat - such as during the prolonged heatwave in 1976 - BBC Weather's Simon King said the expected temperatures are much hotter, up to 10C above the extended heatwave and severe drought experienced then. High temperatures are also forecast across the UK - with amber warnings in the rest of England, all of Wales, and parts of Scotland. The Met Office has issued a red extreme heat warning on Monday and Tuesday in much of England, from London and the south-east up to York and Manchester.

Today is the hottest day on record for the UK. A provisional temperature of 39.1°C was recorded at Charlwood at 10.40am this morning which, if confirmed, ...

The likelihood of exceeding 40°C anywhere in the UK in a given year has also been rapidly increasing “By making just small changes indoors or in the garden you can have a big impact on our water consumption. 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.” - Look out for those who may struggle to keep themselves cool and hydrated. At this level, illness may occur among the fit and healthy, and not just in high-risk groups. Peter Jenkins, Director of Campaigns, Water UK said: “Water companies are seeing substantial demand during this extremely hot weather. The thunderstorm risks move to the east of England later this afternoon with the potential some isolated heavy showers, gusty winds and lightning. Our advice is that everyone should check their vehicles, such as tyres, coolant and oil levels, before heading out.” Keep track of current weather warnings on the weather warning page. Extreme heat events do occur within natural climate variation due to changes in global weather patterns. This level of heat can have adverse health effects.” New temperature records could also be set for Wales and Scotland.

Britain recorded its hottest-ever day Tuesday, with temperatures hitting a high of 40.2 degrees Celsius (104.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in south England.

It comes as heatwaves grow more common and severe because of human-induced climate change. "We are building new specifications, creating overhead lines that can withstand higher temperatures. Health authorities urged people to take precautions, including staying indoors and drinking plenty of water. It followed a day of extreme heat Monday, during which a high of 38.1C was reached in Suffolk in the east of England — falling just short of the U.K. record. Millions of Brits endured the country's hottest-ever night Monday, with temperatures remaining above 25C in places, surpassing the previous nightly record of 23.9C recorded in Brighton in 1990. LONDON — Britain recorded its hottest-ever day Tuesday, with temperatures hitting a high of 40.2 degrees Celsius (104.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in south England, according to provisional data from the Met Office. Temperatures are forecast to hit as high as 42C in parts of England by Tuesday afternoon, according to the Met Office, which issued a red extreme heat warning. The country is also on high alert for wildfires, with the southeast of England at "very extreme danger," according to the European Forest Fire Information System. - Britain recorded its hottest-ever day Tuesday, with temperatures hitting a high of 40.2 degrees Celsius (104.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in south England, according to provisional data from the Met Office. The figures from the U.K.'s weather service showed Heathrow, near London, hit the new high Tuesday, surpassing the record of 39.1C set earlier in the day in Charlwood, Surrey. A previous high of 38.7C was recorded in 2019. - Temperatures are forecast to surpass 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of England by the afternoon. - Millions of Brits endured the country's hottest-ever night Monday, with temperatures remaining above 25C in places.