Nottingham is seeing its hottest day of the year with temperatures reaching highs of 33 degrees.
Temperatures here in the Midlands have been the hottest in nine years, hotter than Cairo.
The MET office has warned people to spend time in the shade, wear a hat, t-shirt and shades.
Cancer research UK recommends using Factor 15 sun cream with a high star rating.
On the hottest day supermarkets in Nottingham have struggled with refrigerators breaking down, causing an inconvenience to shoppers, on such a humid day. Engineers have been at Tesco in Top Valley repairing their refrigerator units.
Take a look through the gallery of people out enjoying the sun in Notts today.
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