The UK Health Security Agency issued yellow heat health alerts on Wednesday covering parts of central and southern England, valid until July 15.

According to the Met Office, temperatures are expected to reach 27-29C widely across England and Wales on Thursday afternoon, with isolated spots in the West Country and London area potentially seeing highs of 31C.

UK households must not allow clothes to dry outside as the temperatures ramp up this week, bringing 34C highs to the country.

UK bonds risk being hit by a wave of forced selling by highly leveraged hedge funds, the Bank of England warned on Wednesday, underscoring the perilous market backdrop that threatens to turn against Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.

The hottest areas will be in the south of England, with parts of the south to see temperatures of around 30C to 35C. In the Midlands, maps from WXCHARTS show that on Monday July 21 at 6pm, temperatures will sit at around 31C to 35C. READ MORE: UK weather maps show 15 cities to be scorched by 30C heatwave this weekend

An asylum seeker has admitted that illegal migrants flood to the UK and get black market jobs which do not require them to pay any taxes. The Iraqi man, who arrived in Dunkirk after just seven days, also conceded that the scale of the migrant crisis is making Britons less welcoming to migrants.

Indeed, pay growth in the first quarter came in at 5.5 per cent, below the BoE’s forecasts of 6.2 per cent made in February and 5.8 per cent made later in May. With employment falling and pay falling short of previous expectations, it would be an exaggeration to say the UK labour market is cracking, but it is creaking noisily.