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Amber heat warnings issued across southern England over weekend

Temperatures expected to hit 30C on Friday and remain high until Tuesday as second heatwave in three weeks approaches

Amber heat warnings have been issued across southern England as a second heatwave in the space of three weeks approaches.

Temperatures are expected to climb to 30C (86F) on Friday, rising to 32C on Sunday and 34C on Monday. In May the UK’s temperature record for that month was broken with highs of 35C.

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© Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock

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Investigative journalist and broadcaster Roger Cook dies aged 83

In a career spanning five decades, journalist was best known for ITV current affairs programme The Cook Report

The investigative journalist Roger Cook, best known for the current affairs programme The Cook Report, has died aged 83, his family has said.

Cook was born in New Zealand and grew up in Australia where he began his broadcasting career before moving to the UK in 1968. His distinctive style of investigative journalism, based on confronting and exposing criminals and conmen, began in the form of the BBC Radio 4 show Checkpoint, which he created in the 1970s.

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© Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

© Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

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