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The recent warm weather is expected to make way for downpours and cooler temperatures throughout the week.

All nine regions of England face ‘very high’ levels of birch pollen today

Highs of 24C are forecast for parts of the UK on Friday and Saturday.

Imagine heading into space, landing on the moon and walking in the dust. As you adjust to the weightlessness, you see something unexpected on the horizon. You’re looking back at the Earth, experiencing the “overview effect”. How would you feel? What would you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?

It comes after Izaiah Smith, 15, died in a park lake in south-east London

It comes after Izaiah Smith, 15, died after getting “into difficulty” in a park lake in south-east London last week.

Settled conditions will lead to above-average temperatures this and next weekend, the Met Office said.

The Met Office said it was ‘very warm for early April across the south’.

SCOTLAND could see its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures higher than European holiday hotspots, after firefighters battled wildfires…

Met Office is forecasting 22C for London on Friday afternoon - but other parts of the UK could be even hotter

The UK is about to bask in a spell of gloriously warm and sunny weather, with forecasters saying we could be heading for proper T-shirt temperatures.