Met Office records hottest ever May day as 35C heatwave hits London

Today is the hottest day in May on record as temperatures have reached 35C in parts of London, the Met Office has confirmed.

The temperature has provisionally reached 35C in Heathrow and Kew Gardens in the capital.

There is currently an amber health warning in the south west, south east, London, east of England and east and west Midlands and will remain until Thursday at 5pm.

Yesterday, temperatures reached 34.8C at Kew Gardens in west London.

A Met Office spokesman said: "Until yesterday the highest temperature in May was 32.8C, but we've now exceeded that record on consecutive days by a full two degrees Celsius."

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