Portugal has recorded a new highest temperature for May of 40.3C as countries in Western Europe grapple with sweltering-hot weather ... beats Portugal's previous record of 40C set in May 2001.
There is plenty of ripe wheat in the field, but rain, though welcome, and humidity have kept moisture high unless there was disease or freeze damage or grazed acres ... .
Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk. Adult swallows travel across the world to breed in Britain’s supposedly temperate climate. Instead, this week’s temperatures have been deadly ... ....
Temperatures have again reached the mid 30s today, making it the hottest day in May on record, according to the Met Office. That follows the hottest ever night – for the second night in a row ... .