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Declared a major incident. a number of the calls that we've been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but in particular, the last two days. temperature records were tumbling before midday today. the 39.1 degrees recorded at charlwood near gatwick airport was a warning of what was to come. within an hour, another record had been set at another airport — 40.2 celsius at heathrow. by mid—afternoon, we got a new provisional heat record for the uk when coningsby in lincolnshire reached 40.3 celsi...

Charlwood industry. if confirmed, this would be the highest ever temperature recorded in the uk and temperatures are likely to rise further through today. although we were expecting records today, not everyone expecting them this early, midday. the day will get hotter and hotter in all likelihood, meaning that this particular record of 39.1 celsius may not last too long. it may be broken again throughout the afternoon. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. we still have several hours of warming to take place. the temperature profile across the rest of this afternoon, watch out the...

Reached 39.1 degrees, according to the met office. rail services are hit by the heat — passengers are being warned to only travel if absolutely necessary. nhs bosses warn that pressure on its services caused by the high temperatures is likely to reach a peak this afternoon. elsewhere in europe, the blistering heat is feeding wildfires across large parts of france, spain, portugal and greece. in other news, voting has resumed in the race to be the next conservative leader — just four are left in the contest. one mp who won't be voting is tobias ellwood. he's lost the conservative party whip...

More now on our top story, the heatwave. as we've been reporting, the uk has provisionally recorded its hottest day on record, with the met office reporting 39.1 degrees at charlwood in surrey. temperatures are expected to reach up to a2 degrees celsius. let's speak to our correspondetjo black in newark in nottinghamshire, which could see more records broken. good afternoon from newark castle. we think it is in the mid—30s here at the moment, but it is simply going to get much hotter. weather or not that temperature we have seen donein not that temperature we have seen done in surrey could b...