‘Big change’ in weather as thunderstorms and downpours forecast after heatwave

Thunderstorms were forecast across the UK through much of the coming week (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Archive)

Thunderstorms and heavy downpours are due to hit the UK in a “big change” in conditions after the end of the heatwave, the Met Office has said.

It comes after record-breaking temperatures baked the country earlier this week, with 35.1C measured in Kew Gardens, west London, and 32.9C recorded at Cardiff’s Bute Park, on Tuesday.