Thursday’s amber extreme heat warning from the Met Office covered a huge area of central England, stretching from London to Sheffield.
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The temperature at Kew reached 38.1 degrees, making it the hottest day of the year so far.
Across the country, the tinder-dry conditions have seen fire crews having to deal with numerous wildfire outbreaks.
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