Europe heatwave live: UK breaks temperature record for June as parts of France hit 40C - as it happened

West Sussex reports temperature of 35.8C, beating previous record from 1976; red weather alert extended to 72 of France's 96 mainland departmentsGrahame Madge, a Met Office spokesperson, said the agency is forecasting 39C as a headline maximum temperature on Thursday in the UK, most likely for somewhere in London or the south-east."It is possible we could see temperatures higher than the 39C if the final values are at the upper end of our narrow range," he said, according to the Press Association. Continue reading...