UK heatwave: Country may have hottest day on record with 41C forecast

BBC News says THE UK could have its hottest day on record on Monday, with temperatures forecast to hit up to 41C.

The Met Office has issued a red warning for heat across large parts of England, stretching from York and Manchester to London and the south-east.

The current highest temperature in the UK is 38.7C, in Cambridge in 2019.

High temperatures are also forecast in the rest of the UK – with amber warnings in the rest of England, all of Wales, and parts of Scotland.

London is set to be one of the hottest places in the world on Monday, with temperatures soaring above the Western Sahara and the Caribbean.

The capital is forecast to be hotter than Dakhla in Western Sahara (24C), Nassau in the Bahamas (32C), Kingston in Jamaica (33C), Malaga in Spain (28C) and Athens in Greece (35C).

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62201793