Royal Ascot will allow male attendees to remove.

[Jim Scherer]

Royal Ascot will allow male attendees to remove their ties today as Britain braces itself for the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching 34C (93.2F) in some parts of the country.<br>The fifth and final day of the Berkshire races is set to be searingly hot, forcing event organisers to relax the strict dress code in a rare concession.<br>Spectators in all enclosures will also be given permission to bring in water and soft drinks to stay ‘safe and comfortable,’ <br>Men at Royal Ascot are nearly always expected to wear full morning suits, complete with top hats, waistcoats and ties.<br>Women on the other hand, are required to wear dressed and skirts of ‘modest length’ along with the famed hats and headpieces.<br>As temperatures are likely to be above the late twenties and early thirties, men may remove their ties and jackets as the day progresses but must still wear all other parts of the dress code.<br> Royal Ascot will allow male attendees to remove their ties today as Britain braces itself for the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching 34C in some parts of the country (Pictured: Mike Tindall at Ascot yesterday)<br> In a nod to ‘common sense’, male attendees at Ascot will be allowed to remove their ties and jackets after arrival due to scorcing temperatures<br> Festival goers arriving at The Isle of Wight Festival yesterday enjoyed the searing temperatures<br> A woman jogging in the warm summer weather in Hyde Park, central London yesterday.

She was among thousands who have flocked to the capital’s green spaces to enjoy the scorching sunshine<br> Today’s temperatures outstripped yesterday’s sunny weather, where the mercury hit 82F (28C), with the warmth by hot air from Spain and Portugal<br>A Royal Ascot spokesman said: ‘Race goers will be expected to arrive compliant but can remove jackets and ties as the day goes on due to the high temperatures.<br>’There is precedent for dress code not being enforced for hot weather and one year, visitors were advised to wear boots if they were using the Royal Enclosure Gardens when they were waterlogged.<br>’It’s rare to relax the dress code but common sense has to apply in extremes of temperature or weather conditions, for everyone’s safety and comfort.’ <br>Yesterday, Britons enjoyed the hottest day of the year so far by flocking in their thousands to parks and beaches – but it is set to get even hotter tomorrow.<br>The temperature reached 84.7F (29.3C) at Heathrow and Kew Gardens, according to the Met Office.

It surpasses the previous hottest day of the year on Wednesday when 82.76F (28.2C) was recorded, again at Kew Gardens. <br>Parks and tourist hotspots in the capital were packed, while beaches in places including Bournemouth, Dorset – where temperatures are at 73F (23C) – also filled up with sunbathers.    <br>The warm weather has been driven in part by hot air from Spain and Portugal.

Both countries have seen temperatures rising beyond 104F (40C) amid an ongoing heatwave. <br>The hot weather in the UK is expected to climb to a 93F (34C) ‘crescendo’ in the South East tomorrow with the rest of England and Wales set to see between 27C (81F) and 30C (86F).<br>Britain’s highest recorded June temperature was 35.6C (96F) at Southampton Mayflower Park on June 28, 1976. <br>The UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office has raised a heat-health alert issued earlier this week for London, eastern England and the South East from level two to three due to the hot weather, meaning temperatures could affect the public’s health. <br>Experts – some whom attribute the heat to climate change – warned people of the ‘serious’ dangers surrounding the hot weather.  <br>The extreme heat prompted a Leicestershire school to cancel its sports day that was planned for today due to fears children are ‘not used to’ temperatures. <br>And commuters faced rail woes ahead of next week’s crippling strikes as the hot weather forces operators to impose speed restrictions on some lines due to the heat affecting tracks.

Network Rail warned that hot weather can ‘severely impact train services’. <br>Meanwhile, in Suffolk, the A140 was closed for two hours yesterday after the sun began melting the road surface, forcing fuming drivers to sit in hot cars for two hours. <br>However, heavy showers and thunderstorms are set to break the spell of hot weather from Saturday and into Sunday across England and Wales, pinterest.com/solitaryisle with temperatures in London set to plummet to 20F.<br>The rain will begin this evening in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where temperatures will only hit 70F despite the heatwave elsewhere.<br>Next week, the dimmer outlook will continue, with sunshine marred by cloud cover and temperatures remaining far lower than tomorrow’s expected peak.<br> Britons yesterday enjoyed the hottest day of the year so far by flocking in their thousands to parks and beaches.

The temperature reached 84.7F (29.3C) at Heathrow and Kew Gardens, according to the Met Office. (Above: Sunbathers on the beach basking in the scorching hot sunshine at the seaside resort of Bournemouth in Dorset)<br> A paddle boarder having fun on the calm sea as she enjoys the scorching hot sunshine at the seaside resort of Bournemouth today<br> Temperatures in Bournemouth have hit 73.4 (23C) yesterday, prompting many to flock to the beach.

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Speaking of the dangers to people’s health amid the hot weather, Dr Radhika Khosla of the University of Oxford, said: ‘The health implications of rising temperatures in the UK are serious.<br>’Important physiological changes occur in response to high temperatures including changes in our circulatory, nervous and respiratory systems.<br><div class=”art-ins mol-factbox health halfRHS” data-version=”2″ id=”mol-fee5e8c0-ed8b-11ec-b8be-0922779a5abd” website at Royal Ascot to remove ties today as Britain bakes in 34C heat

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