Tuesday saw the hottest day in May on record as temperatures reached 35.1C at Kew Gardens in London.

The death came in Hastings, East Sussex, after a 'medical incident' - while a 15-year-old boy drowned at Swanholme Lakes in Lincoln on Sunday.

The man, in his 60s, suffered a 'cardiac arrest in the sea' after heroically trying to help two relatives at Tregirls Beach, near Padstow, at around 3.50pm yesterday.

A 13-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty while swimming at a reservoir in West Yorkshire during the Bank Holiday heatwave, police confirmed on Tuesday.

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Four teenagers, three boys and a girl, have died in ‘water-related incidents’

While temperatures reached record highs, water temperatures remained low, which can lead to cold water shock

Tuesday saw the hottest day in May on record as temperatures reached 35.1C at Kew Gardens in London.

Temperatures will drop slightly in some areas starting on Wednesday

Seven teenagers, a grandfather in his 60s and a woman in her 70s are known to have died - including two teenagers pulled from the water today.

At least seven people have died in recent days as people have tried to cool off in Britain’s waterways

At least nine people, most of them teenagers and children, have died in separate water-related incidents across the UK during the recent heatwave and Bank Holiday weekend,…

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Seven young people and two adults, including a grandfather in Cornwall, have lost their lives in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the sea as people took the plunge to cool off in the…