The national weather service forecast temperatures above 35C in the south west on Tuesday and likely higher on Wednesday.

A court heard the horrors at Hull-based Legacy Independent Funeral Directors included bodies left to rot on racks and an unborn baby in a paper bag.

The 50-year-old is level with Stephen Hendry as the most successful player in the World Championship’s modern era.

Peaty’s “battle plan” failed to pay off as he was forced to settle for another bronze medal in the men’s 50 metres breaststroke final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Ramsay-Peaty had vowed to ...