azadeh moshiri, bbc news. can see here, the pool is suspended between two apartments, allowing some brave swimmers to soak in the sun as well as views of the london eye and the houses of parliament. yes, some great views there. not sure i would want to be in there! we had the business is coming up in about five minutes. join us for that. plenty more on zoom! you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @ v fritz news hello again. tuesday was the hottest day of the year so far. a title that will last until, well, later today when temperatures are expected to get a little higher still. most of us had skies like this, then, plenty of sunshine around and it was warm widely. 26.1 celsius was the highest temperature — that was in cardiff where we have the heat as far north as northern scotland at kinloss at 25 celsius. here, just 11 celsius. here we had low clouds and fog. there is another batch waiting to move across the north sea over the next few hours. meanwhile, over in france, we have some thunderstorms beginning to spr