Extreme heatwave hits the UK – in pictures
Hot air originating in north Africa and travelling up through Spain is bringing temperatures of up to 32C to the UK, with the hottest June day on record forecast on Friday
Temperatures rise on Charing Cross Road, London
Margaret Quilligan, and her granddaughter Margaret Rose, two, and nieces
Luxey, seven, and Noradoll, six, play under Five Arches Bridge in
Sidcup, London
A weather presenter speaks to the camera during a broadcast from St James’s Park in London
A decorator hides from the sun as London bakes
A woman meditates in St James’s Park
A West highland terrier drinks to keep cool along the Thames path in Henley-on-Thames
People enjoy the hot weather at the beach in Lyme Regis, Dorset
A man in front of Euston station, London, covers his head from the blistering sunshine
A nap in the shade, London
