Temperatures soared to 35.1C in Kew Gardens, south-west London, according to provisional figures.

The sentences of boys spared custody over the rape of two girls in Hampshire will be referred to the Court of Appeal, the prime minister has said.

The 30-year-old woman was on a night out to celebrate the bank holiday weekend, police say.

BP declined to comment on whether bullying behaviour was part of the reason for his immediate dismissal.

Three teenagers were found in water in separate incidents across England on Bank Holiday Monday.