up at the centre of the bridge doubling up as a viewing platform and apparently a cafe will be there if you want to have a coffee or maybe something stronger to calm your nerves. i certainly would meet in a bit stronger. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. hello, again. it has been the hottest day of the year so far. we have seen temperatures go up to 33 celsius in suffolk and in so that you can see the extent of the blue skies here. most of the crossing in wales did have the sunshine but however we did have a saviour of low cloud and mist and fog in the coastlines of south west england and south wales that make this enviably crowd. underneath that it really was quite a grey and gloomy afternoon is that murk folders went on the safe. of course the heatwave we have been tracking the number of days, and spain with her temperatures over the 40 spain with her temperatures over the a0 degrees mark from the last week. it has been the earliest finisher for much of the last week. it has been th
support, whether it s hrt all the way to other solutions holistically, it will help ultimately keep women at work, and i think that is so important with such an ageing population we have. important with such an ageing population we have. thank you very much, population we have. thank you very much. sarah- population we have. thank you very much, sarah. very population we have. thank you very much, sarah. very welcome, - population we have. thank you very much, sarah. very welcome, thank| much, sarah. very welcome, thank ou. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. i will cover all of that in the next minute, but today, we ve seen temperatures very close to 33 degrees in parts of suffolk. as the highest we ve seen today. it was very warm widely across england and wales. to a north of this band of cloud and rain, we have had much cooler additions across parts of scotland and northern ireland. stays quite breezy through the night. some patchy rain continues and squashes that
with a temperature of 32.7 degrees celsius being recorded at santon downham, in suffolk. a level 3 heat health alert has been in place for london, the east of england and the south east. it s the third day in a row to break this year s weather records. but the heatwave is due to end over the weekend, as our correspondent celestina olulode reports. cooling down on the river cam in cambridge. who needs to a busy airport when temperatures in many parts of the uk to are higher in many popular holiday destinations? who needs to queue at a busy airport when temperatures in many parts of the uk to are higher than in many popular holiday destinations? visitors sought shade at one of the country s hottest spots, cambridge university botanic garden. we re pretty well equipped at home because we have a little paddling pool for this guy, and lots of fans, so it felt like it was quite like this last year, so we were equipped for hot weather. terrible the hay fever has been
social media, e mail. orfind us on twitter. you can call as. and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that s all from us, we ll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello again. it was the hottest day of the year so far, temperatures earlier in the day reached 33 celsius in suffolk. clear blue skies here and across much of england and wales as well. but not like that everywhere. we did have some low cloud, mist and fog towards the coast of southern wales and south west england and as the merc rolled in, temperatures came down. it was quite a gloomy afternoon for a few of you. after such a warm day where it was warm, temperature slow to fall. still about midnight, 2a
degrees in belfast. the temperature record for the year was broken for the third consecutive day. scientists say periods of intense heat are becoming more frequent and are lasting for longer because of climate change, and today s maximum temperature, 32.7 degrees, was recorded at santon downham in suffolk. it exceeded 2021 s highest uk reading of 32.3 degrees. but the heatwave is due to end over the weekend, we will have our weather forecast in a second. first, celestina 0lulode reports. cooling down on the river cam in cambridge. who needs to queue at a busy airport when temperatures in parts of the uk are higher today than many popular holiday destinations? visitors sought shade at one of the country s hottest spots, cambridge university botanic garden. we are pretty well equipped at home because we have a little paddling pool for this guy. and lots of fans so it felt