Extreme UK weather live: Boris Johnson skips another Cobra meeting as heatwave ‘could hit 43C’ - The Guardian

1. Extreme UK weather live: Boris Johnson skips another Cobra meeting as heatwave ‘could hit 43C’  The Guardian
2. UK heatwave: Boris Johnson told to 'turn up for work' as he is set to miss third COBRA meeting  Sky News
3. Johnson defended after missing heatwave meetings as PM accused of ‘clocking off’  Evening Standard
4. Johnson Defended After Missing Heatwave Meetings as PM Accused of 'Clocking Off'  Bloomberg
5. Boris Johnson accused of ‘clocking off’ as he misses emergency meeting on heatwave  The Independent
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Evening summary

The UK is in the grip of a heatwave that caused flights to be halted and pushed temperatures above 38C in some parts of the country.

Here is the latest roundup of what’s happened today:

• The Met Office said Monday was the hottest day of 2022 so far after the mercury hit 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk.
• Flights were halted at Luton airport and RAF Brize Norton after the heat effectively melted parts of the runways.
• Wales recorded its hottest day on record as temperatures reached 37.1C in Hawarden, Flintshire. The latest record came just hours after a previous one tumbled when Gogerddan, near Aberystwyth, hit 35.3C. That earlier record exceeded the previous high of 35.2C, recorded at Hawarden Bridge, Flintshire, on 2 August 1990.
• The government said the NHS was “coping well” with the extreme heat, despite the weather adding to already significant pressures on the ambulance service, according to the health secretary, Steve Barclay.
• The prime minister’s spokesperson defended Boris Johnson’s decision to leave chairing the government’s emergency committee, Cobra, to a junior colleague and insisted that he was “fully briefed”.
  
• Millions of office workers resisted the temptation of air-con, instead opting to work from home and avoid severe disruption to transport networks, as passenger numbers fell on trains and road congestion dropped.
• The extreme temperatures forced some hospitals in England to cancel surgery because operating theatres were too hot.
  
• A climate professor said that heatwaves will get worse and more frequent in the UK.
• Network Rail warned that journey times in England may double as it urged passengers to avoid travelling by rail unless absolutely necessary, while Scotland imposed speed restrictions on rail routes. Rail services may not return to normal by Wednesday despite the significant fall in temperatures, operators warned.
• The Met Office warned that there was an outside chance of temperatures climbing to 43C on Tuesday.
  

That’s it from us for today. Thanks for following and stay safe. Here is our latest report on the travel chaos sparked by the high temperatures on Monday:

Mercury hits 38.1C in Suffolk, making it hottest day of the year

According to PA news agency, the mercury had hit 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk, by 4pm, making it the hottest day of the year.

RAF Brize Norton runway melts, halting flights

Flying activity was also halted at RAF Brize Norton, with Sky News reporting that part of the runway had melted.

An RAF spokesman said: “During this period of extreme temperature, flight safety remains our top priority, so aircraft are using alternative airfields in line with a long established plan.

“This means there is no impact on RAF operations.”

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