'Extraordinary' heat health alerts to come into force as record May heat possible

For many parts of England and Wales, the temperature will rise into the mid- to high-20s over the weekend. Locally in the south Midlands and south-east England, it could hit 30C by Sunday, which would be relatively rare for May. There is also increasing confidence that the maximum temperature could reach 33C on bank holiday Monday. This would exceed the current highest recorded May temperature of 32.8C, set in 1944. This also happened to be on the Late May Bank Holiday. …