The Met Office has issued an extended yellow weather warnings for ferocious thunderstorms as the UK battles stifling conditions brought by the heatwave

Frequent lightning, gusty winds, torrential rain and hail have all been predicted as part of a yellow thunderstorm alert issued by the Met Office - this is a breaking story

The Met Office today issued a rare red 'danger to life' extreme heat warning for 'significant disruption to daily life' as the UK faces road, rail and air travel chaos.