Heatwave eases as wind and rain drift across UK

Wind and rain are drifting across the UK, bringing more mild temperatures following a wave of extreme heat, the Met Office said.

It forecast Sunday would feel fresher for most, with sun and scattered showers, and that a weather front was due to push in from the west over Monday evening, bringing a wet end to the weekend.

On Saturday, the UK experienced its hottest day of the year, with temperatures of 33.2C (91.8F) recorded in Charlwood, near Gatwick.

An amber heat health alert covering England, first issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Thursday, remains in place until 09:00 BST Monday. An amber alert warns health and social care services are likely to be "significantly" affected by the high temperatures, including through an increase in demand and a rise in deaths particularly among those aged 65 or over or with health conditions.

After the hottest weather of the year on Saturday and some late thunderstorms, Sunday has felt very different. Temperatures are lower and the humidity has dropped. Temperatures have reached around 27C in southeast England but more cloud is streaming over the UK on a brisk westerly wind that is bringing showers or longer spells of rain to many areas.

The week ahead will remain more unsettled with some rain at times, together with some sunshine. It will still be cooler and fresher than it has been but there will be some very warm weather at times in eastern parts of England.

Monday will see fewer showers and more sunshine. There could be some light and patchy rain on Tuesday. But later on Wednesday and Wednesday night, muggy air from France means there is the risk of heavy rain and thunderstorms. This should clear on Thursday with more wet and windy weather for northern areas to end the week with warmth further south.

During Saturday's extreme heat, passengers on trains in south London had to evacuate after a fault on a train near Loughborough Junction brought all services in the area to a halt.

"Without power and air conditioning on such a hot day, we pulled all resources from across Sussex and Kent to get personnel on site to safely evacuate passengers as quickly as possible along the track," Thameslink and National Rail said in a statement.

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11:50 London Paddington to Hereford due 15:04 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It is being delayed at Moreton-In-Marsh.
This is due to a fault on this train.
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15:31 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train earlier today.
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16:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:26 will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to a shortage of on train staff.
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Not really "reinstated".  Still cancelled as far as the TransWilts line is concerned.

08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 09:01
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49
10:41 Westbury to Swindon due 11:23

10:41 Westbury to Swindon due 11:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

11:32 Swindon to Weymouth due 13:45

11:32 Swindon to Weymouth due 13:45 will be reinstated.
It will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Passengers have been forced to evacuate trains in south London as temperatures soared above 30C (86F).

A fault on a train near Loughborough Junction brought all services in the area to a halt, three of them outside station platforms, Thameslink and Network Rail said in a joint statement.

"Without power and air conditioning on such a hot day, we pulled all resources from across Sussex and Kent to get personnel on site to safely evacuate passengers as quickly as possible along the track," it said.

Angela Lewis, a Gatwick-bound passenger, said it was "a bloody nightmare". Thameslink apologised to those affected for the "difficult and uncomfortable experience".

The incident began at about 10:40 BST with the evacuations of the first two trains completed at about 12:20 and the third at about 13:10, a spokesperson said.

They added that due to engineering works, this was the only route taking Thameslink services south out of London and "and disruption is expected into the evening".



Writing on social media, Ms Lewis said passengers had been left on the train for about two hours before being removed.

"Some people had luggage and infants, had been trying to get to Gatwick," she said.

Ms Lewis added that some had missed their flights due to the disruption, adding: "Who will compensate them?"

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At least eight people have died in a hot air balloon accident in Brazil, a state governor has said.

There were 21 people on board the balloon in the city of Praia Grande on Saturday morning, Governor of Santa Catarina Jorginho Mello said in a post on X.

Thirteen people, including the pilot, survived and no one is missing, the state government press office said. It added that the balloon had crashed near a health centre.

"According to the pilot, who is one of the survivors, a fire started inside the basket, so he started to lower the balloon, and when the balloon was very close to the ground he told people to jump," officer Tiago Luiz Lemos, from the Praia Grande police station, told reporters at the scene. "They started to jump, but some people did not manage to. The flames started to grow and because of the weight, the balloon began to rise again. It later fell because of a loss of suspension."

The state government press office said 13 survivors were taken to nearby hospitals.

In a video also posted on X, Mello, who is on an official mission in China, said he had sent "the entire state structure" to "rescue, help and comfort the families" and was continuing to monitor the situation.

"We are in mourning, what happened is a tragedy," he added. "We will investigate why this happened. But the important thing now is to do everything possible to reach out to the people and the families."

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva posted on X expressing his "solidarity with the families of the victims". He said he had placed "the federal government at the disposal of the victims" and that "state and municipal forces" were working on the rescue and care of the survivors.

Praia Grande is in southern Santa Catarina and is a popular tourist destination. The city is known for it's ballooning activities.

Caught the train from Melksham to Bath and back today (left just after 9, home by 2). Sadly, it's noteworthy that I successfully achieved the trip without any significant delays or cancellations - though I see it's a good job I didn't want to return any later this afternoon. Just wanted to say though that the car abandoned across the entrance to Mkm station has gone.

Close - Quorn & Woodhouse, rather.

Rothley Great Central Railway

14:19 Westbury to Swindon due 15:01
15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Looks like they've signed a track access agreement with network rail and even now it looks like instead of class 150/153's porterbrook have done a deal to lease them some class 769s.  Put my money on these being the examples previously in use with tfw.

Anyone got a 37 or 67 around on standby

No equivalence as the OP car is not on the highway, but private railway property

REE have put out their own report into the event.