Europe heatwave live: UK issues rare red heat warning as record-breaking temperatures in France bring power outages
About 68,000 households lose electricity in northern France as Italy issues red alerts for 16 cities
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Grahame 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.