Four children were fighting for their lives on Monday, after being pulled from an icy lake as an Arctic blast sent temperatures tumbling across the UK.
It was forecast since last week, when the Meteorological (Met) Office issued its first-ever red warning of danger to life from extreme heat, but nothing could have prepared for the sweltering effect as the temperatures soared to cross the 40 degrees Celsius mark across London and other parts of the
As Europe is facing an intense heatwave, France and the UK have braced for temperatures to hit another high. Meanwhile, a high alert has been issued in Spain as wildfires raged in many parts of the country.