LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 16: A general view of the city where people are set for a scorching end to the week as temperatures are expected to reach highs of 35 degrees in London, United Kingdom on June 16, 2022. It has been reported that the southeast and east of the country, including the capital London, are under a heatwave. While the air temperature that has scorched the country since Wednesday is expected to reach 35 degrees tomorrow, the hot weather will lose its effect with rain on Sunday. Rasid Necati Aslim / Anadolu Agency (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

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UK correspondent Harry Taylor discusses the heatwave that’s led the government to urge shops to stop selling barbeques because of fire risk. The UK is on track for its hottest summer on record; in London it hasn’t rained for over a month. The government will announce proposals to stop releasing dangerous or serious criminals early, and confirmed two men who killed a police officer in 2016 will not be released halfway through their sentences.

A record was broken this week for the most migrants on one boat crossing the Channel from France – at 230 on a 15-metre dinghy. And many across the UK have watched the country’s first solar eclipse since 1999. 

Harry Taylor is a parliamentary reporter for PA Media