In fact, 29 places across england have broken the old record, which was 38.7 degrees. scotland has experienced its hottest day on record with the temperature reaching 34.8 degrees centigrade, in charterhall in the scottish borders. and it's notjust daytime temperatures we're talking about. provisional figures show last night was also the warmest on record, that was in emley moor in west yorkshire, where it reached 25.9 degrees centigrade — that was overnight. even before noon today, a new uk temperature record was set — 39.1 degrees in charlwood, and that's in surrey. but that did not last...