Heatwave weather warning for start of school summer holidays in Midlands
People have been urged to stay out of the sun amid a heatwave warning
It is heating up for the first week of the school summer holidays as forecasters issue a warning over sweltering temperatures.
An amber "heat health watch" warning has been issued with England braced for the hottest day of the year so far.
The amber, or level three, warning is issued when temperatures are predicted to hit 30C (86F) during the day, and 15C (59F) at night, for at least two consecutive days, a Met Office spokeswoman said.
People were urged to either stay out of the sun or at least avoid being in the sun when it is at its strongest between 11am and 3pm.
Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning group, which oversees health services across the city, is among those to issue its own warning.
Officials tweeted: The Met Office has updated the heatwave warning to level 3: "heatwave action".
"The hot weather is set to continue this week. Stay out of the sun. Keep your home as cool as possible and make sure you keep hydrated."
Weather forecast for the week ahead
Temperatures are forecast to rise to at least 30C (86F) by Thursday in Wolverhampton.
And forecasters said there was a chance of hitting 34C or 35C (95F) in parts of England.
That could put Britons in line for the hottest day since the mercury hit 34.5C (94.1F) at Heathrow on June 21 last year.
The hottest July day on record is 36.7C (98F), which was reached at Heathrow on July 1 2015.
WATCH the Met Office forecast:
Porthmadog in North Wales holds the record for the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching 33C (91.4F) on June 28.
The heat health watch warning is designed to make local services aware that these conditions are being met, and for them to take action.
Nearly all parts of the UK are seeing above average temperatures, but it will be hot or very hot towards the east or south east.
During the current heatwave, UK temperatures have been approximately 10C higher than average for this time of year.
"We advise the public to take care in the sun, especially when temperatures are potentially reaching 30 degrees or more throughout this week, either stay out of the sun or be sensible and don't go out in the strongest sunshine hours (11am to 3pm)," the Met Office spokeswoman said.
Members of the public were also urged to take the usual precautions in the sun, including covering up, wearing sun screen and drinking plenty of water.
