UK sees hottest June day on record as 36.1C recorded in Hampshire
Heat records were broken when temperatures soared across southern England on Wednesday afternoon.
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"To see temperatures like this in the UK in June is sobering."
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Heat records were broken when temperatures soared across southern England on Wednesday afternoon.
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