i m @ ben m boulos. thanks i m @ ben m boulos. for watching bbc news. hello there. in the past few days, the heat has been building. in the next few days, the heat is going to be ebbing away. it was certainly warm, though, in the sunshine in particular on wednesday. the sunniest weather was actually in suffolk. but it wasn t here that we saw the highest temperatures. that was further south in northholt. 28 celsius, the hottest day of the year so far. it was the warmest it s been all year in wales and scotland, 26 27 celsius. now, all that heat was ahead of a band of showers, which for a while were heavy, even with one or two rumbles of thunder. that s been moving up from the southwest, and behind it, we have seen slightly cooler air and much more cloud across southwestern parts of the uk. a very different day here in devon compared with tuesday.
and then they say stuff like the feds. we used to call them the fuzz, didn t we? the old bill, that kind of thing, but they call it the feds these days. and ops do you know what an op is? we use that now, that is your opponent. with lockdown beginning to ease, pete and bas have big plans for the future, even if they cannot say them. global denomination! they laugh well, i think the gigs are going to bejust off the scale, because they were good before, and when people can get out and about, they realise what they missed, it is going to be absolutely epic. you can reach me on twitter i m @ ben m boulos. if you want to check out any of the stories we have covered in more detail, or see which other
i m @ ben m boulos that is it for the moment. i will see you soon. hello again. tuesday was the hottest day of the year so far. a title that will last until, well, later today when temperatures are expected to get a little higher still. most of us had skies like this, then, plenty of sunshine around and it was warm widely. 26.1 celsius was the highest temperature that was in cardiff where we have the heat as far north as northern scotland at kinloss at 25 celsius. here, just 11 celsius. here we had low clouds and fog. there is another batch waiting to move across the north sea over the next few hours. meanwhile, over in france, we have some thunderstorms beginning to spread their way northwards. now, those thunderstorms coming from a cloud called altocumulus castellanus. you quite often don t get much rain from it, what falls can be big blobs, but you can get pretty dazzling lightning displays and lots of thunder. you might see some of that
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grew, the locals withdrew. i m pleased that we have no reason to go into town or use public transport today, because it sjust incredibly crowded. for the thousands of visitors filling the streets of brighton, it s a glorious bank holiday, almost back to normal. that s not the case for the brighton residents, who are worried that covid could be creeping back this way. many were busy queueing for vaccines. here, as elsewhere, they re racing to beat a potential new wave of covid 19. sanchia berg, bbc news, brighton. it s been glorious right here in london. i enjoyed the part before coming in to deliver the news to you. i enjoyed the park. you can reach me on twitter i m @ ben m boulos. plenty more on the stores we have covered and others on the website. whenever you want to have a look. thank you for