A temperature of 29.7C was recorded at Kew Gardens, setting a provisional record for the hottest start to the tennis championships.

People swim in the River Nene as much of England enters a fourth day of a heatwave (Joe Giddens/PA) Sports fans basked in the sunshine as Wimbledon got under way, with it hottest opening day ever. A ...

Events to mark Armed Forces Day have taken place across the south of England. The annual occasion, which is held on the last Saturday in June, is a culmination of a week that the army say is a ...