As Europe suffers… UK set for a new heatwave & it’s all down to Lucifer

THE hellish heatwave that has ravaged Europe is set to bring some pleasantly warm weather to the UK.

Lucifer has wreaked havoc on the Continent, killing at least five people and causing raging forest fires.

But it will bring a moderate heatwave to the UK at the weekend, with the mercury hitting the high 20Cs, breaking the current streak of unsettled weather.

With temperatures reaching record highs of 47C in southern Europe, Lucifer has engulfed countries including Spain, Croatia and Italy. Wildfires have swept regions, with 5,000 hectares destroyed on the French island of Corsica alone.

Forecasters say the stifling conditions there will ease this week as weather patterns shift in northern Europe, bringing a hot spell to the UK. James Madden, of Exacta Weather, said: “Despite the mixed weather pattern of late, a significant change to warmer and more settled conditions is on the cards.

“High pressure will see temperatures reaching the mid to high 20Cs in parts of the south by the weekend. Even parts of the country further north will see

TOURISTS on holiday in Europe are being targeted by anarchists.

Footage has emerged of holidaymakers in Majorca being swept up in angry antitourism demonstrations.

Spanish radicals carrying flare guns and yelling “go home” left diners at a restaurant in Palma marina cowering in fear.

The attack was condemned by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who temperatures in the low 20Cs.” But we will have to be patient for the hot spell, as the Met Office predicts more rain and strong winds over the coming days, with temperatures struggling to exceed 21C.

Forecaster Marco Petagna said: “The southeast will be mostly fine on Monday before persistent rain moves in on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“We could see heavy downpours in parts, with the risk of gales along the east coast of England and Scotland.

“A small ridge of high pressure will build on Thursday but on Friday we expect further spells of rain.”

Holidaymakers planning to escape this week should prepare for turmoil as delays continue at European airports due to stricter border checks.

Further industrial action is expected at El Prat airport in Barcelona today, with more strikes at the weekend and possibly an all-out strike next Monday.

Firefighters were called after two houses were struck by lightning yesterday afternoon during a freak storm in West Heath, Birmingham. A chimney breast partially collapsed and a roof caved in, but no one was injured.

intervened after the anti-tourist anger turned physical. He described the activists as “extremists going against common sense”.

The campaign group behind the attack, Arran Paisos Catalans, have carried out similar protests throughout Spain, in Barcelona, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, over the past two weeks.

They have held up a tourist bus and slashed the tyres of bicycles for hire.