‘There are limits, and this is pushing it,’ one Londoner told The Independent

Record-breaking temperatures of 40C set for Britain on Wednesday

The 50-year record was broken this afternoon in Charlwood, Surrey, when the mercury surpassed the 35.6C set in 1976.

‘There are limits, and this is pushing it,’ one Londoner told The Independent

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