The hottest July temperature recorded in the UK is 40.3C, which was reached in Coningsby in Lincolnshire on July 19 2022.

Sir Ian McKellen, Sienna Miller and Jodie Foster were among a cast of famous actors in Wimbledon’s Royal Box on day nine of ...

It follows a mixed picture in recent years, with one such attack in 2023 and 2022, none in 2021 and 2020, and five in 2019.

Campaigners and experts debated on whether utilities should be nationalised as ministers seek to ‘reset’ the failing sector.