Police were forced to smash the window of a parked car to save a dog yesterday amid 39C heat. Officers intervened after a member of the public spotted the trapped dog on on Monday.
Temperatures stayed in the high 30s all day - with the UK recording its hottest night ever. Eyewitness John Thompson, 35, spotted the dog along with other bystanders - and caught the moment police arrived to free the animal.
He said: “I was just immediately scared for the dog and thought ‘come on, it’s the hottest day of the year’. The dog was panting on the passenger seat and then moved down to where the pedals are because it was cooler at the bottom."
