A 69-year-old benchmark falls as temperatures surge across southern England

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

The Met Office has issued a rare ‘red warning’ for temperatures which are expected to reach 39C

A 69-year-old benchmark falls as temperatures surge across southern England

A temperature of 36.1C at Gosport in Hampshire was recorded on Wednesday

The UK's Met Office weather service said the record-breaking June temperature had been clocked in the village of Yeovilton, after Wednesday's high was reached further east in…