Soaring temperatures should be seen as a public health threat, expert warns as temperatures expected to smash records set in June 1976 by several degrees

Temperatures are set to soar to 34C on Monday, with the Met Office warning that there is a 40 per cent chance of exceeding the highest-ever temperature for June

An extreme heat warning has been expanded as the UK braces for a heatwave that could send temperatures soaring to a record-breaking 38C

The record for the hottest June temperature of 35.6C was set in 1976 in Southampton