PA REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2022 File photo dated 19/07/22 - People under umbrellas being punted along the River Cam in Cambridge, one of the hottest places in the UK. Temperatures have reached 40C for the first time on record in the UK, with 40.2C provisionally recorded at London Heathrow, the Met Office has said. Issue date: Tuesday December 20, 2022.