The Met Office made the announcement after temperatures peaked at 35.2C at Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire on Friday.

Parts of south-east England have now officially been in a heatwave since Saturday and forecasters believe the threshold will continue to be met well into next week.

Large parts of the United Kingdom are enduring another spell of extreme summer weather, with temperatures expected to climb well above 30°C and potentially reach 35–36°C in parts…

Met Office forecasters expect heatwave conditions to peak tomorrow with 36C on the cards - and weather models show exactly where the warmest temperatures will come

Temperatures are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday for many parts of the UK

The Met Office made the announcement after temperatures peaked at 35.2C at Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire on Friday.

Temperatures have already rocketed past 35C this week in UK’s longest heatwave since 1976