OXFORD is set to swelter in warmer temperatures than Ibiza this week.

After a milder start to the week the Met Office has forecast highs of 27C today and 30C tomorrow and Thursday, two degrees hotter than the forecast for the Spanish Island. 

It will be hottest today at around 5pm this evening and from 2pm until 6pm tomorrow.

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With dry and warm weather expected and the Government’s Covid-19 alert level lowered to three, emergency services and council groups are urging people to continue to respect the two-metre social distancing rule today – which is expected to ease in tonight’s announcement by the Prime Minister.

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