UK has hottest day of the year, beating Thursday’s record

Met Office says heatwave is first time temperature has exceeded 30C for five days in a row in September

UK temperatures have reached their highest point of the year, with 32.7C provisionally recorded at Heathrow, the Met Office said, beating the previous provisional high of 32.6C, recorded on Thursday.

The heatwave in England and Wales is the first time since records began that temperatures have been higher than 30C for five days in a row in September, according to the Met Office.