Emergency services responded to a medical incident on Hastings beach near Warrior Square, St Leonards, after concerns for a man’s welfare. Sussex police said the man was declared dead at the scene and there were no suspicious circumstances. The incident occurred during a record-breaking heatwave across England. Eight areas met heatwave conditions on Sunday, including locations in London, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Essex, with the threshold based on consecutive days of 26 or 27C. Kew Gardens recorded a high of 32.3C, the hottest day of the year so far, and Sunday was the warmest May day in the UK for at least 79 years.
"Emergency services responded to the emergency Sunday morning on the beach near Warrior Square, St Leonards, following concerns for a man's welfare, Sussex police said. The man was declared dead at the scene and there were no suspicious circumstances, the force added."
"Eight areas of England met heatwave conditions on Sunday amid a spell of unusually high May temperatures. The heatwave threshold, which is consecutive days of 26 or 27C heat, was met at Kew Gardens, Heathrow and Northolt in London, Benson in Oxfordshire, Brooms Barn and Santan Downham in Suffolk, and High Breech and Writtle in Essex."
"A high of 32.3C was recorded at Kew Gardens on Sunday, making it the hottest day of the year so far. Sunday was also the UK's warmest May day for at least 79 years. New national May temperature records are expected to b"
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