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It surpasses the previous high of 38C recorded at Lingwood, Norfolk, on 26 June. The Met Office warns this summer is on course to be the UK's hottest since records began.

I couldn’t help choking up when the writer Katriona O’Sullivan told me her life story. Now I’m on a mission to get everyone to read her memoir, writes Adrian Chiles

Activists under threat from Beijing are facing strange difficulties with UK immigration. Their safety must not be traded for warmer relations with China, says pro-democracy activist Nathan Law

It’s silly, singular and occasionally tearjerking: this tale of a mechanical companion to an elderly widow is shot through with love and care

Rachel Reeves, John Healey, and the surprising story of Britain’s return to manufacturing. With some big explosions along the way

Ryanair has also warned passengers travelling to Europe this summer to prepare for extended waits.

Devolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few years, says economist Jonathan Portes