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UK to see 27C and hotter than Hawaii before May Bank Holiday
According to the Met Office, temperatures in London and East Anglia could climb to around 27C at the end of the working week, making Friday the hottest day of the year so far.
It will be hotter than Honolulu, where highs of about 26C are expected.
However, thick cloud along the central spine of the UK – from parts of Scotland down through the Pennines and into the Midlands – could bring some heavy rain and thunder on Friday, meaning not everyone will see warm, sunny conditions.
After a sunny mix the weather for the weekend looks a little different, will you get a shower? Most will but it won’t rain all weekend.
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“We’ve got some very warm, humid air coming up from the south,” Met Office meteorologist Simon Partridge told the Press Association.
“That means we will see some very warm weather, particularly in the east and the South East, because there we’ll see the best of the sunshine.
“Unfortunately, it doesn’t mean everybody’s going to get a warm, dry, beautiful day.”
“Certainly the odd rumble of thunder is possible there, particularly over the Midlands,” Mr Partridge said.
Friday’s highs in London and the South East will be around 10C above average for the time of year, which is 15 to 17C, the Met Office said.
Meanwhile, Cardiff could be warmer than Athens, where forecasters are predicting a high of 14C on Friday, which is 5C cooler than the estimated top temperatures in the Welsh capital.
The warm weather still falls short of the record high in April of 29.4C, which was recorded in Camden Square, central London, in 1949, Met Office records show.
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What will the weather be like over the weekend?
Sadly, the weekend will be “a different story” though, with changeable conditions forecast across the UK.
“The weekend is a bit of a different story, really,” said Mr Partridge.
“There will be some bright spells in there as well on Saturday, but there will also be showers, particularly across northern and western parts of the UK.”
Rain is forecast across the country on Sunday and temperatures will continue to cool towards averages for April.
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Shakespeare Drive in Bicester is set to be shut for the next week, according to a local councillor to repair a burst water main.
Councillor Donna Ford said on social media: “Road closure required to repair urgent mains burst by Thames Water.
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“We are waiting for the submission of the diversion route and will process asap through the normal channels once received.”
The closure began today at April 30 and has been confirmed on the causeway.one.network website.
Specifically the incident is by Dryden Avenue and Browning Drive, and near to King’s Meadow Primary School, and is set to end on May 7.
The former Top Gear host has become well known in recent years for the series Clarkson’s Farm, which has so far run for four seasons.
Set on his 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton, it has been renewed for a fifth series, which is set to come out this June.
However, this isn’t the only show he helms, having also been the lead presenter for the successful revival of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ on ITV since 2018.
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The show has been so popular that a spin-off called Millionaire Hot Seat was launched, with the first episode televised back in January.
Although hopes were high for the show, it garnered mixed reviews with many fans criticising the “waffling” of contestants.
On X, after the show’s initial broadcast, one user called it an “awful concept” and described it as “terrible”.
Meanwhile, viewers also picked up on a potential way that contestants bend the rules.
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The central aim of the game is to be in the hot seat at the end of the game, and when the first contestant to take the chair decided to pass his question, Mr Clarkson asked whether it was “strategic”.
While the contestant said it was “maybe strategic”, the host was more certain and said that by doing so, he was giving himself a better chance of victory.
He said: “If you use your pass now, there’s a greater chance of you being back in that chair before the game ends!”
According to the Daily Express, some fans said that Mr Clarkson had “shot himself in the foot” by exposing the flaw in the game show.
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Now, despite the mixed reviews, Millionaire Hot Seat has reportedly been renewed for a second series on ITV.
The new episodes are set to be televised later this year in the Autumn, according to the publication.
A statement from TV Zone this week said: “Millionaire Hot Seat will return to ITV next year for a new series, with the show returning to the studio later this year.
“It will follow a new run of 10 episodes – recorded as part of its first series – which are expected to air this Autumn on ITV.”
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