Watch - we find out how Gosport residents have been coping with the record-breaking temperatures
Watch as we speak to residents in Gosport which was record-breaking for its temperatures this week
This week’s heatwave has seen schools close, are conditioning units fail and shops selling out of fans and paddling pools as residents battle against the heat - with supermarket shelves also being left empty.
Yesterday (June 24) Gosport recorded the UK’s highest official temperature for June at 36.1C - smashing a record set in 1976. This has been surpassed today by Yeovilton in Somerset which recorded temperatures of 36.4C.
Today we paid a visit to Gosport to see how residents have been coping with the heat.