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07 Sept 2025

In Pictures: UK basks in heatwave ahead of more dangerous temperatures

In Pictures: UK basks in heatwave ahead of more dangerous temperatures

The current heatwave is expected to last into the weekend with an amber weather warning for extreme heat issued across a large part of the UK ahead of further soaring temperatures this week.

The rare warning was first issued last July. It states that there could be a danger to life or potential serious illness as a result of the scorching temperatures.

The record temperature for this year so far is 32.7C – recorded at Heathrow last month.

For people not at work in South Wales, a day at the beach beckoned.

And for some Londoners a sky-high pool was a great alternative to the seaside.

But it wasn’t only humans finding ways to deal with the heat…

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