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England could break May heat record again with 35C possible in some areas Forecasters are warning temperatures could reach 35C in parts of England on Tuesday as a record-breaking heatwave continues.

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What happened

England could break May heat record again with 35C possible in some areas Forecasters are warning temperatures could reach 35C in parts of England on Tuesday as a record-breaking heatwave continues.

Why it matters

On Monday, the UK recorded its all-time highest May temperature as part of London reached 34.8C.

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web search NEUTRAL — 23 hours ago ... ... first quarter) explains some of the change. In the bigger picture, Porter says the past year of weakness can be pinned mostly on the trade war.
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Claim 3: “Forecasters are warning temperatures could reach 35C in parts of England on Tuesday”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that forecasters predicted temperatures could reach 35C in parts of England on Tuesday.
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Claim 4: “Attorney General Lord Hermer says he had "no doubt" about referring the case of teenage boys who raped two girls to the Court of Appeal after they were spared jail time”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales (Welsh: Twrnai Cyffredinol Lloegr a Chymru) is the chief legal adviser to the Sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales a…
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Claim 5: “That provisional figure, recorded in Kew Gardens, also surpassed the hottest …”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that the provisional figure of 34.8C was recorded at Kew Gardens in London.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London founded in 1759 that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Its living collections include some o…
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Claim 7: “On Monday, the UK recorded its all-time highest May temperature as part of London reached 34.8C”
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Multiple independent sources (BBC and other news reports) confirm that the UK recorded its all-time highest May temperature of 34.8C in London on Monday.
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