Thousands of people flocked to beaches over the weekend, and the trend is continuing with parks also full and ice cream vans doing a good trade.
According to the Met Office, today is warm and dry with plenty of sunshine for most, aside from parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Most areas will see good weather persist throughout the week, but the South West should brace for storms on Wednesday.A woman enjoying the hot weather at Warleigh Weir, Bath, today Swimmers enjoy the hot weather at Warleigh Weir, Bath, on the first day of meteorological summer Tomorrow, temperatures in London are expected to hit 27C and isolated spots in the South East might even go above 28C – which would make it the hottest day of the year so far.
From Thursday to Sunday, the outlook will be ‘generally fine and dry for most with some sun, though cloudier in the west with some showery rain’. Three-year-old German vizsla Willow joins swimmers to cool off in the water during the hot weather at Warleigh Weir, Bath People walk by Centenary Square in Birmingham today