Fine bank holiday weather to continue across much of UK this week

Temperatures will dip slightly from highs of Sunday, when Plymouth reached 24.4C

The fine weather over the bank holiday weekend will continue across much of the UK, forecasters have said, even as temperatures dip slightly from the highs of Sunday.

Sunday was the hottest day of the year so far, with Plymouth reaching 24.4C (75.9F), 0.1C higher than was observed in West Yorkshire on Saturday. While the Met Office said the coming days would be substantially cooler, with temperatures unlikely to rise higher than 20C on Monday, the sunshine is expected to stick around all week.