Europe cooks in heatwave

BRITISH weather forecasters predict Europe could be basking – or sweating uncomfortably – in warm weather until well into the autumn.

Britain is much more likely to see hotter than normal temperatures thanks to continuing high pressure which is expected to carry on into October, according to the Meteorological Office.

The latest long-range forecast comes as up to one million Brits holidaying abroad in the Mediterranean sizzled yesterday in temperatures peaking at 45.5C, driven by an African plume of hot air that has been sweeping across the continent.