The UK heatwave is beginning to ease after a record-breaking 37.3°C June temperature. Discover when cooler Atlantic air and seasonal norms will return.

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The 36. 9C record temperature was chalked in Wattisham, Suffolk, in southeast England, the meteorologists said, breaking the previous high of 36. 7C set on Thursday.