- The UK is set for a slight reprieve from a record-breaking heatwave, which saw Tuesday become the hottest May day on record for England and Wales.
- Kew Gardens provisionally hit 35.1C and Cardiff Bute Park reached 32.9C, with temperatures expected to drop from Wednesday due to cloud cover and easterly winds.
- Despite the overall cooling trend, parts of south-west England, London, and the East Midlands could still experience highs of 30-33C later in the week.
- At least six people have died in open water incidents across the UK during the heatwave, prompting warnings from the RNLI and National Fire Chiefs Council about cold water shock and unsupervised swimming.
- Met Office scientists attribute the increased likelihood of such record-breaking temperatures to human greenhouse gas emissions, calling the current spell "exceptional" and "quite worrying".
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