A swimmer has died in the heatwave as a hosepipe ban was activated today for nearly one million Brits and even higher record-breaking temperatures were forecast.
The 50-year-old man required medical help after going into the sea during a visit to Aberavon beach in Port Talbot, South Wales, at about 4.30pm yesterday. Coastguard personnel performed CPR but the man from nearby Cilfrew died at the scene.
It comes as the Met Office extended a rare red extreme heat warning for 'population-wide adverse health effects' and a 'danger to life' by another day until tomorrow.
South East England will remain under the warning, which was previously issued for yesterday and today - with highs of 36C in the shade and 38C in the sun tomorrow.
Elsewhere a fire engine caught fire in the heatwave while travelling to a crash on the A350 at Charlton Marshall in Dorset at 6.30pm yesterday. The crew from Blandford fire station stopped the vehicle and managed to escape before calling for backup.
