nick, thank you very much. hick nick, thank you very much. nick beake in ibiza. nick, thank you very much. ti ta; beake in ibiza. beautiful. with the the mercury hitting highs of 30 plus degrees yesterday, tens of thousands of you took to beaches, parks and lakes across the uk to make the most of the weekend sunshine. this was the scene at seaburn beach near sunderland in tyne and wear. northern ireland, meanwhile, recorded its highest ever temperature 31.2 degrees celsius at ballywatticock in county down. i would love to hear from anyone in ballywatticock, what they did to keep cool. and you ve been sending in your pictures of fun in the sun. this is laura having a belated 40th birthday with herfamily and paddleboards. good balance. good work. it s notjust us humans, who needed to cool off. this is luther in the paddling pool. this is a lovely family picture from tony, who was celebrating a very delayed christmas day complete with secret santa, a tree and full