It's been the hottest day of the year so far here in the UK, reaching 38.1C at Kew in west London.

The Met Office has issued rare amber "extreme heat" warnings for parts of the UK as the country faces a fifth heatwave of the summer amid a wildfire emergency warnings

LONDON: Large parts of western Europe were sweltering once again on Thursday, with Britain and France entering their fifth heat waves of an exceptional summer that’s threatening…