According to the Met Office, the highs seen in recent days have arrived after the jet stream 'buckled'. High pressure has brought with it 'strong sunshine' and helped temperatures rise across the ...

Thames Water has still been unable to confirm a date for when the hosepipe ban will end amid a heatwave this week. The ban came into effect on July 22 in response to the driest spring in more than a ...

Greece Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave ...