Eight areas in England met the heatwave threshold - three or more days of consecutive hot weather - on Sunday, the Met Office said

Temperatures reached 28.4C in Cambridge, Heathrow and Cranwell, Lincolnshire according to the Met Office, beating the previous 2026 record of 26.6C observed in London on April 8.

Sunday could be the warmest May day on record, forecasters have said

A series of heat health alerts have been issued across the country

Highs of 35C are forecast on Monday and Tuesday