Weather forecasters have said that they were targeted for “scary” abuse over their reporting of this month's heatwave.
A new record for the hottest UK day ever seen, of 40.3C, was registered in Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, on July 19, beating the previous record of 38.7C in Cambridge three years ago, by 1.6C.
Forecasters reported on the unprecedented high temperatures in the UK and the rest of western Europe which have been put down to climate change.
