But Monday morning saw early thunderstorms in southern Scotland, where a yellow warning was in place until 6am.
This followed thunderstorms across Northern Ireland, northern parts of England and Wales as well as northeastern Scotland.
Cooler temperatures are in store this week, although swathes of the southeast are set to cling on to warmer weather for another day, with highs of 27C forecast around London today.
The mercury is expected to remain in the low 20s in northern parts of England and southern Scotland, with slightly warmer conditions across the midlands.
Sky News weather producer Chris England says temperatures will “be around the seasonal average” this week.
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Image: A beach in Broadstairs, Kent was packed with people on Sunday
“Cloud, rain and cooler air spreading from the northwest will bring an end to the hot spell, although the southeast will be quite warm and humid into Tuesday,” he said.
“Thereafter, temperatures will be around the seasonal average, but it’ll be unsettled, with further rain and strong winds moving into the northwest on Wednesday night, then sinking south.
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“Central Britain looks like being mostly wet into the weekend, with some heavy rain likely, while gales are possible around northwestern coasts. The southeast looks mostly dry after tomorrow.”
Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said “a few thunderstorms” can be expected on Monday.
“For the vast majority they will be a bit more scattered in nature than (on Sunday),” he added.
Saturday proved to be the peak of the heatwave with temperatures just about topping 33C at London’s Kew Gardens.
Saharan dust had generated vivid sunsets and sunrises last week in the clear conditions.
Image: Sunsets and sunrises were vivid over the course of the week
Image: The temperature recorded at Kew Gardens topped 33C
That’s now given way to a band of rain moving southeast, bringing cooler temperatures in the northwest from Monday.
Mr Morgan said that the heatwave was “unprecedented”.
“We have never seen anything as long lived in terms of a heatwave in September before,” he said.
But by Tuesday, most of the UK can expect temperatures to be around average for September, with highs of 18C in northwest England and just a touch higher in the midlands.
Parts of the southeast will likely remain at around 23C even into Wednesday.
The Met Office predicts it will be “cooler for all by Wednesday with some sunshine”, although it will likely be “cloudier with rain from the west later” until Friday.
Further spells of rain are forecast on Thursday and Friday.
Prince Harry has denied having a fight with Prince Andrew after it was claimed “punches were thrown” between the pair in 2013.
The allegations appeared in excerpts from a new book on the Duke of York being serialised in the Daily Mail.
It claims a row started after Prince Andrew said something behind Harry’s back, with Andrew “left with a bloody nose” and the pair needing to be broken up.
It also claimed the Duke of York once warned his nephew about marrying Meghan and suggested it wouldn’t last long.
However, a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex strongly denied the claims.
“I can confirm Prince Harryand Prince Andrew have never had a physical fight, nor did Prince Andrew ever make the comments he is alleged to have made about the Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry,” a statement said.
They said a legal letter had been sent to the Daily Mail due to “gross inaccuracies, damaging and defamatory remarks” in its reporting.
The book – Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York – is billed as the first joint biography of Prince Andrew and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
It’s said to be based on interviews with “over a hundred people who have never spoken before”.
He said his brother once knocked him to the floor amid a confrontation over Meghan’s “rude” and “abrasive” behaviour.
“It all happened so fast. So very fast,” Harry wrote in the book.
“He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me.”
“I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out,” the prince added.
Harry claimed his brother wanted him to hit him back “but I chose not to”, and that William later returned and apologised.
The Duke Of Sussex has described his relationship with his family as extremely strained after he quit as a working royal and took legal action against the media, and over the removal of his UK police protection.
He claimed earlier this year the King wouldn’t speak to him and there had “been so many disagreements between myself and some of my family”.
Martin Lewis says motorists who were mis-sold car finance are likely to receive “hundreds, not thousands of pounds” – with regulators launching a consultation on a new compensation scheme.
The founder of MoneySavingExpert.com believes it is “very likely” that about 40% of Britons who entered personal contact purchase or hire purchase agreements between 2007 and 2021 will be eligible for payouts.
“Discretionary commission arrangements” saw brokers and dealers charge higher levels of interest so they could receive more commission, without telling consumers.
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Speaking to Sky News Radio’s Faye Rowlands, Lewis said: “Very rarely will it be thousands of pounds unless you have more than one car finance deal.
“So up to about a maximum of £950 per car finance deal where you are due compensation.”
Lewis explained that consumers who believe they may have been affected should check whether they had a discretionary commission arrangement by writing to their car finance company.
However, the personal finance guru warned against using a claims firm.
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“They’re hardly going to do anything for you and you might get the money paid to you automatically anyway, in which case you’re giving them 30% for nothing,” he added.
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Yesterday, the Financial Conduct Authority said its review of the past use of motor finance “has shown that many firms were not complying with the law or our disclosure rules that were in force when they sold loans to consumers”.
The FCA’s statement added that those affected “should be appropriately compensated in an orderly, consistent and efficient way”.
Lewis told Sky News that the consultation will launch in October – and will take six weeks.
“We expect payouts to come in 2026, assuming this will happen and it’s very likely to happen,” he said.
“As for exactly how will work, it hasn’t decided yet. Firms will have to contact people, although there is an issue about them having destroyed some of the data for older claims.”
He believes claims will either be paid automatically – or affected consumers will need to opt in and apply to get compensation back.
The FCA says you may be affected if you bought a car under a finance scheme, including hire purchase agreements, before 28 January 2021.
Anyone who has already complained does not need to do anything.
The authority added: “Consumers concerned that they were not told about commission, and who think they may have paid too much for the finance, should complain now”.
Its website advises drivers to complain to their finance provider first.
If you’re unhappy with the response, you can then contact the Financial Ombudsman.
Any compensation scheme will be easy to participate in, without drivers needing to use a claims management company or law firm.
The FCA has warned motorists that doing so could end up costing you 30% of any compensation in fees.
The FCA estimates the cost of any scheme – including compensation and administrative costs – to be no lower than £9bn.
But in a video on X, Lewis said that millions of people are likely to be due a share of up to £18bn.
The regulator’s announcement comes after the Supreme Court ruled on a separate, but similar, case on Friday.