KB: 'Has the PM checked out?' Grant Shapps: 'That's literally not true, in fact, exactly the opposite is true'. KB: 'What's he doing flying typhoons?' The transport secretary is quizzed by KayBurley on Boris Johnson's response to the UK heatwave.
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"Just to put that in context, the previous high was 23.9C reached in Brighton in August 1990," says Moore."There is a very close relationship between night-time temperatures and the risk of death," he says. As we reported throughout yesterday, Britain's transport infrastructure is struggling to cope with the extreme heat and there is expected to be widespread disruption across roads and rail today.
It'll be cooler and more cloudy in the North West with outbreaks of rain that may turn heavy at times.That will clear away overnight, along with showers over north-eastern England.It'll be another warm night, especially in the south and east, but cooler and a little more comfortable than last night.It appears the UK has broken its night-time temperature record as 26C was recorded in Emley Moor, West Yorkshire.
There will be no Thameslink or Great Northern trains running in any location north of London, from London Blackfriars via St Pancras, or from London King's Cross or London Moorgate.
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