Reports emerged at around 8pm of an incident in Banbury town centre, close to the Banbury Cross, with locals saying a water pipe had burst although this has not been confirmed by Thames Water.

Videos taken at the scene show water shooting into the area onto the Fine Lady statue and cars going around the roundabout between South Bar Street and West Bar Street.

Local people on social media said that the urgent situation has been reported to Thames Water, although this hasn’t yet been logged on its active incident website.

Photos showed that the roundabout quickly became flooded, with cracks appearing in the road around the shooting water.

Some on social media jokingly commented that it is a “free car wash” or a “free shower” considering the record hot weather across Oxfordshire and the UK.

Thames Water has been contacted for comment as has Oxfordshire County Council.

If you’re feeling listless in the hot weather, you can take inspiration from this nostalgic photo gallery of people surviving heatwaves gone by.

Taking a dip in the river or writing essays in the park, this is how people in the county have dealt with hot weather in previous years.

Boys jumping off the bridge in Port Meadow during a 30 degree heatwave, 2013 (Image: Greg Blatchford)

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Anthropologist Kostantina Isidoros made the most of the weather whilst writing an article in University Parks, 2014 (Image: Jon Lewis)

Heatwave Hawaian Day at the office of Lynx Cadman, insurance brokers of Park End Street, Oxford, 1995 (Image: Darren Fletcher)

Clare Capon who works for B&Q pictured with one of the many fans the store was selling at a rapid rate due to the heatwave, 2006 (Image: Ed Nix)

Spanning the decades, this gallery includes one picture from a heatwave back in 1955, as well as periods of sun as recent as 2014.

Cooling off on a boat trip, lathering on the sun cream and taking to the pool for a dip are all valid responses to the heat, and all are pictured here.

Take a look back through this Oxford Mail archive gallery of nostalgic old photos of heatwaves in Oxfordshire, in years gone by.

Thames Valley Police has said that Jacob has not been seen since around 10.30pm on Monday, May 25 next to Dunmore Road in Abingdon.

A spokesperson for the South Oxon and vale of White Horse unit said: “Have you seen Jacob?

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“He is 16 years old and was last seen around 10.30pm yesterday evening near to the Dunmore Road area of Abingdon

Jacob, 16, is missing from Abingdon (Image: TVP)

“He is described as a white man around 5ft 2ins tall, with brown eyes and a medium build.

“He is known to frequent Abingdon and Grove areas of Oxfordshire.

“If you see Jacob, or have any information about where he could be, please call us on 999 quoting reference 43260260014.”