Today is the start of the hot weather week Bolton will experience with highs of 30 being reached.

It’s only Sunday and the weather warnings are in place for Monday and Tuesday with some places reaching 40 degrees in the country.

It started off at 17 degrees, already a few degrees hotter than any other morning.

By 2pm, temperatures reached the predicted 30 degrees.

It’ll only drop slightly to 27 degrees by 7pm but anyone wishing to sleep well tonight will need to kick those duvet covers off as it remains a warm 25 degrees from 9pm before it cools at 1am at 22 degrees.

A health boss has warned the forecast for high temperatures could result in people dying while Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said people should be resilient enough to “enjoy the sunshine”.

College of Paramedics chief executive Tracy Nicholls said the “ferocious heat” the UK is predicted to experience over the next few days could have a detrimental effect on Britons.

Scorching temperatures are predicted for Monday, with Peterborough expected to hit 37C and Milton Keynes, Norwich and Lincoln set to hit 36C – while temperatures could hit 40C in London on Tuesday.

Climate attribution scientist at the Met Office, Dr Nikos Christidis, has said the 40C prediction is a result of climate change.