Central and eastern England forecast to be hottest areas on Tuesday as conditions nudge towards official heatwave threshold
Temperatures are to reach up to 30C in parts of the UK on Tuesday, with an official heatwave likely to be recorded in England before thunderstorms arrive in the south-west.
Conditions were forecast to be in the mid-to-high 20s across England and Wales, while Scotland and Northern Ireland could reach temperatures of about 24C to 25C.
