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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Miriam Burrell

London swelters in 32.7C heat as hottest day of the year recorded

Saturday is provisionally the hottest day of the year so far, with a scorching 32.7C recorded in Heathrow, west London, the Met Office has said.

The UK has already sweltered through five days of temperatures above 30C in September for the first time, with that record likely to continue for another day before temperatures dip next week.

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