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Temperature is measured using Stevenson screens, which ensure consistency across the country’s weather observatories.

It comes after around 100 firefighters tackled a blaze in the village of Wennington, east London, on Tuesday afternoon.

Romanian Necolai Paizan, 64, hit his petite victim Agnes Dora Akom at least 20 times over the head with a jigsaw power tool.

As well as taking care not to drown in open water, swimmers should be wary of the risks to health posed by taking a dip.

Most of England is at ‘exceptional risk’, according to the Met Office.

The penultimate leadership ballot of Conservative MPs saw Foreign Secretary Liz Truss perform well.

The Thirsk and Malton MP, Kevin Hollinrake, called for reform following the death of 15-year-old Leah Heyes in 2019.

Mr Justice Hayden described what happened to Archie, from Southend, Essex, as a ‘tragedy of immeasurable dimensions’.

The Prince of Wales spoke as he visited a farm near Launceston.

Philip and Laura Borrell benefited from a fraud by a woman who pretended she was bedbound and unable to feed herself.

Less stressful and better paid jobs are often available to NHS and prison service workers, including at supermarkets, MPs have been told.

Abiola Akerele was stabbed to death in East Ham, London, in December 2020.

Schools’ core funding will increase by £1.5 billion next year.

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to top the ballot again but all eyes will be on the contest to decide his likely challenger.

Temperatures have reached 40C for the first time on record in the UK.

The park covers an area of more than 40 square miles with 180 freshwater lakes.

‘For those with good oral health we expect to see recall intervals more usually to be 12 months, or even 24 months,’ guidance says.

The investigation also found the disciplinary process was ‘not fit for purpose’ and ‘potentially prone to factional interference’.

Emergency services have been called to the scene and a major search and rescue is under way for a missing man.

The founder of Care4Calais called details that were made public on Tuesday ‘shocking but not surprising’.