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Swathes of the country reported being disturbed by a series of loud noises. Not the storm that rocked much of England in the early hours of Tuesday morning, but the sound of parents effing and blinding.

The previous top temperature of 35.6C, set during the legendary ten-week heatwave, was surpassed when the mercury reached 36.1C in Gosport, Hampshire..

Beyonce Lazarus, 26, preyed on worried parents by sending them spam messages posing as children who had lost their phones in the so-called 'hi mum' scam.

A British mother who suffered a horrific skull fracture after collapsing on a marble hotel floor was forced to pay £30,000 to return to the UK.

Repairs are being done following damage from the high heat

BBC Breakfast was speaking to the RSPCA on the banks of the river in leafy Richmond-upon-Thames, south-west London , on Wednesday morning.

Greater Anglia has cancelled more than 60 train services throughout today due to the hot weather.

Greater Anglia has cancelled more than 60 train services throughout today due to the hot weather.

Brooklyn Beckham snubbed his dad David on Sunday by ignoring Father's Day, but he did celebrate the 'best father-in-law' on Wednesday with a gushing birthday post.

A Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) is now in force for at least three years across the entire Braintree district

The Met Office warn that adverse health effects are likely to be experienced by those vulnerable to extreme heat

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected complex organic carbon in ancient Martian mudstones. The measurements were taken by the rover's Sherloc instrument and the organic carbon that was identified was from the Bright Angel outcrop, "a dried-up river that carried water into the planet's Jezero crater billions of years ago," notes The Guardian. From the report: The form of carbon detected, known as macromolecular carbon or MMC, can originate from living organisms. Geological processes can also produce the material, meaning its detection does not amount to proof of past Martian life. Dr Ashley Murphy at the Planetary Science Institute in Arizona said MMC can be found in different settings and types of rocks. "It may originate from biological sources such as fossilized organic matter found in microbial mats and coal," she said, but could also form in reactions between rocks and water or arrive on impacting meteorites. The mudstone rocks from the Bright Angel outcrop caused a stir in 2024 when the Perseverance rover discovered intriguing surface spots and nodules that resemble features produced by fossilized microbes on Earth. When the scientific details were published last year, Sean Duffy, the former acting head of Nasa, said: "This very well could be the clearest sign of life that we've ever found on Mars." [...] The discovery means Nasa rovers have now found organic-bearing mudstones more than 2,000 miles apart on Mars. The others were reported by the Curiosity rover which is exploring the planet's Gale crater. It "indicates that the habitability of Mars, and the availability of organics, may have been widespread across the planet billions of years ago," the authors write in Science Advances.

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The former Bayern Munich and Manchester United star's comments have sparked debate across the country.

Several schools have closed either fully or partially today following an 'extreme heat' weather warning

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT MIAMI STADIUM: If Steve Clarke's worst fear was a drubbing, then he ought to avoid seeking anything positive from the fact Scotland suffered a mere 3-0 defeat in Miami.

TOWIE star Lydia Bright has criticised her daughter's primary school for announcing a last minute closure due to the UK heatwave.

Brazilian-born Raphaella Richer Martins Burns, based in a small village in east County Cork, had been warned she could face an 18-month prison sentence if convicted.

The agony was etched across the faces of those in the Tartan Army who had watched Brazil run rings around their Scotland side on Wednesday night. 

Essex is set to face continued disruption throughout today, with schools closed and many disrupted due to the red heat alert.