The Met Office has given its forecast for Liverpool and beyond amid reports a "heat spike" will hit the UK.
Some outlets are reporting the El Nino phenomenon, which triggers higher global temperatures, could bring temperatures of 30C to the UK this week, and highs of up to 35C in the second half of July. It comes after the Earth's average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records.
The average global temperature was 17.18C, according to the University of Maine's Climate Reanalyser, a tool that uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the world's climate. That matched a record set on Tuesday of 17.18C and came after a previous record of 17.01C was set on Monday.
