Parts of London enjoyed a brief period of rain for the first time in six weeks this afternoon as Britain continues to bake in record-breaking heat.
Gardens, parks and golf courses across the capital have turned into a desert amid temperatures of up to 35C, following one of the driest July months ever recorded.
While most of today’s rain fell across the north and west of the UK – with 32.4mm recorded at Kinlochewe in Scotland – Southeast England also saw a trace of just under 0.2mm in locations such as Heathrow.
The level of rainfall was not enough to bring London out of its
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