Parts of England are forecast to reach 38°C on Thursday and Friday as the Met Office extends red warning for extreme heat

For only the second time ever, the Met Office has issued a 'red extreme heat warning'.

Temperatures have been soaring this week due to a “heat-dome” that could smash previous June records and see the mercury rise as high as 40C

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…

A high of 40C is forecast in the southeast of England on Friday