The scenes at hotspots around the country this month echo the photographs that were taken during the famous ten-week heatwave of 1976. Above: Brighton beach.
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, said he will seek another six-month strike mandate when the current one finishes.
Queues became crowds as Russians gathered to have a bite of the Grandee at Tasty and that s it - the Big Mac substitute at Moscow s ersatz McDonald s, which opened this morning
Both professions are in dispute with the government, and while junior doctors are threatening to strike barristers are already being balloted from today on action.
Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting has revealed he is behind the 50,000 RMT members who plan to shut down Britain s railways and Tube network at the end of June.