Bookies slash odds on it being warmest summer on record, as highs of 33.8C bring warnings for at-risk people
Britons sweltering on the hottest day of the year have been warned by health officials to take extra care of themselves and vulnerable friends and relatives, as the nation basks in a mini-heatwave.
Temperatures hit 33.8C (92.8F) in the village of Cavendish in Suffolk on Wednesday, topping the 33.5C recorded at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on 19 July.
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Source: Guardian Environment