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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.”

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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, 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.

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 ...

Trains running between parts of London and Cambridgeshire will be cancelled tomorrow (July 19) as Network Rail close railway lines due to the extreme heat.

“On Monday we are reducing the speed at which trains can run which will limit the number of trains running and extend journey times significantly so we’re asking passengers to only travel if absolutely necessary. The decision to close the lines has been made since temperatures will exceed those for which the railway infrastructure is designed. Trains running between parts of London and Cambridgeshire will be cancelled tomorrow (July 19) as Network Rail close railway lines due to the extreme heat.

The UK could have its hottest day on record this week, with temperatures forecast to hit up to 41C (106F). At 12:00 BST it was 34.8C in Charlwood, Surrey, ...

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. "In this country we're used to treating a hot spell as a chance to go and play in in the sun," said Prof Penny Endersby, Met Office chief executive. 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. The hot weather will continue on Tuesday - with overnight temperatures warned to be in the mid-20s - before cooling on Wednesday. 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. 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.

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.

According to PA news agency, the mercury had hit 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk, by 4pm, making it the hottest day of the year.

Luton airport has been temporarily shut to flights following a runway defect – believed to be due to the record temperatures. And we’re now at a temperature where ... actually people will warm up, just doing their day-to-day activities in the house, or outside, and cooking, that sort of thing. According to PA news agency, the mercury had hit 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk, by 4pm, making it the hottest day of the year. According to PA news agency, the mercury had hit 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk, by 4pm, making it the hottest day of the year. Data from Met Eireann shows that temperatures soared to 33C at Phoenix Park in the capital on Monday, making it provisionally the hottest day ever recorded in July. Mercury hits 38.1C in Suffolk, making it hottest day of the year

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.

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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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.

All flights were halted for two hours at London Luton Airport after a "runway defect" in the sweltering weather, sparking delays of up to four hours and ...

So it's the activity of that plume, and also us generating our own heat that's causing the particular problems for tomorrow." He added: "We're not expecting to need to introduce restrictions on water at the moment. "In the states in heat waves, they will tell you where your local cooling center is the way that we would put a place to go if you're in danger of being flooded out. We have lots of plans in place to make sure that we can run." We know exactly how much water we've got in the system, and that's both in our rivers, the aquifers underground or groundwater aquifers, but also how much we have in our reservoirs. Asked about Mr Johnson's Typhoon flight, the spokesman said: "The Typhoon's quick alert reaction role is an integral part of both UK and Nato security and the PM does have a specific role in directing RAF action in worst-case scenarios. So it's tomorrow that we're really seeing the higher chance of 40 degrees and temperatures above that. "After the Grenfell fire disaster poor apartment design is not tolerated any longer. Sarah Newey and Boris Barbalov take a look at how to stay safe during the hot weather... In 2020, when the mercury hit 37.8 degrees celsius, the toll reached 2,556. "The contingency plans, that are well established, have been activated. This will ensure you have the best possible online experience."

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

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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