Parts of Britain expected to be warmer than Athens and Istanbul this weekend with temperatures soaring to 16C . The Met Office said the heat wave would continue into next week as it was forecast to hit southern England on Saturday night and Sunday.
Parts of Britain expected to be warmer than Athens and Istanbul this weekend with temperatures soaring to 16C . Today was the start of a stretch of increasingly warm spring weather that is expected to peak on Saturday . The warm temperatures will be six degrees higher than average and have been bettered only once so far this year . Early bursts of spring and a milder winter have led to the year 's first crop of strawberries arriving a week early . Experts say Mother Nature running two weeks behind schedule after February 's cold snap slowed spring 's arrival .