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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Higgens

Doncaster’s residents brave unprecedented temperatures

PA Wire

Just two months after it was granted city-status by the Queen, Doncaster’s residents have been marvelling at temperatures hovering around the 40C mark.

The South Yorkshire city, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of the locomotive Flying Scotsman and pop star Louis Tomlinson was largely deserted on Tuesday as its population appeared to have heeded warnings to avoid the record-breaking temperatures.

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