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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Layton

Parts of UK hotter than Ibiza and Rome as temperatures break 80-year record

Britain experienced its hottest day in the first half of April for 80 years on Wednesday as temperatures soared to 26.6C in Kew Gardens, southwest London.

The Met Office confirmed the record-breaking heat, marking the highest temperature recorded in the UK during the first half of April since 1946.

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