Britain is set to sizzle in a 26C weekend scorcher – as police chiefs beg people to stay indoors for the coronavirus lockdown.
London is expected to be hotter than Ibiza and Athens as the mercury shoots up for Easter. Met Office forecaster Steven Keates said: “Temperatures rising rapidly once again. “Few sharp showers breaking out but look at these temperatures low to mid 20s (c.77F) perhaps speaking it 26C (78.8F) or so in the London area on Saturday afternoon.” But the Easter plume is set to be followed by cloudy and unsettled weather – as rain lashes Scotland and the North East.
Steven added: “Saturday morning will start off fairly cloudy. “This will brighten from the West although some more rain turning up in western Scotland later. “Fa