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• British weather: UK has more days above 30C this year than 1976 - with no significant rain forecast this week

  The UK has now had 25 days this year when temperatures have exceeded 30C as the country experiences its third heatwave of the summer, the Met Office has said.

• UK teenagers to face social media curfew and no infinite scrolling - but can switch it off

  Sixteen and 17-year-olds will face an overnight social media curfew and the disabling of addictive features under government plans - but critics say it won't achieve anything as the settings can be turned off.

• Police name man whose body was found in suitcase in Kent as Dale Mundell

  Police have named a man whose body was found in a suitcase as 34-year-old Dale Mundell.

• UK will run the biggest home defence exercise in decades next year

  The UK will hold its largest home defence exercise in decades next year to better prepare the country for the possibility of war.

• What is a 'firewave'? And when will the risks from blazes during this heatwave end?

  At least 19 wildfires are burning across the UK as a third heatwave in as many months continues - causing a phenomonon experts have previously called a "firewave".