UK June heat record broken again, France postpones Pride and Poland warns of wildfires as heatwave grips Europe – as it happened
by Aneesa Ahmed (now) Jakub Krupa and Taz Ali (earlie from World news | The Guardian on (#76JVJ)
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Over in the UK, firefighters are still trying to bring a large wildfire in Derbyshire under control.
The blaze, which has burned over 500 square metres of moorland and woodland on Tintwistle Moor, near Glossop, broke out on Wednesday evening, with fire crews from Manchester and Derbyshire deploying a water-dropping helicopter and six fire engines on Thursday.
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