Official: UK is hotter than the sun
This article showing "space images of the UK sweltering" demonstrates how hot the UK has gotten over the past couple of weeks. According to the BBC site, we are now as hot as the sun. Compare this image of the UK:
With this image of the sun from NASA:
In fact, I think the UK looks slightly hotter.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Space images show UK sweltering
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