it has been very hot today, we saw top temperatures of 3a in the south east, may be up to 36 over the weekend. a chance of a few showers developing over scotland and northern ireland heading into sunday. southern britain really could do with the rainfall, sir salman in hampshire has not seen odiham has not seen any rain for 42 days. the amber met office extreme heat warning and force through large parts of england and wales with the peak of the heat likely to be on sunday afternoon. through the night it is likely to stay dry, some low cloud, mist and it is likely to stay dry, some low cloud, mistand murk it is likely to stay dry, some low cloud, mist and murk rolling in off the north sea across eastern scotland and north east england, robert lee up towards the glasgow area by the end of the night. in the mid to high teens, one or two locations across the south might not fall below 19, so quite an uncomfortable night. plenty of sunshine across the board. the outside chance
to give a lecture reads the guardian. the telegraph also leads with the stabbing of salman rushdie reporting that he was airlifted to hospital. and the daily express describes the attack as frenzied . some other stories featuring this evening the ft leads with the news that the new prime minister will face a public finance crunch, with debt payment and the nation s welfare bill set to soar. a picture of a very dry field is on the front of the i warning that drought will shrink food crops in the uk. but the star has a positive slant on the drought story reporting that rivers that are home to beavers are less likely to dry up. so, let s begin. with salman rushdie. it s like a holding statement of the moment from the newspapers. the police in new york say really what we ve been taught now for about five hours is that salman rushdie is in surgery and that is all we know. the front of the telegraph is perhaps the biggest selection of images and although the images appear