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Monday’s national headlines lead on the record temperatures forecast across the UK, with 40C forecast in some areas of the country over the next two days.
The sizzling temperatures have brought more reports of wildfires across Europe, while news of the political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka continues.
Elsewhere, the UK’s airlines are in for a roasting on Monday evening (18 July) from BBC’s Panorama as the fallout continues from the aviation sector’s staffing crisis.
Here are the key travel headlines making national news on Monday 18 July.
Panorama names British Airways and easyJet as worst for delays
A total of 17,000 flights have been cancelled at the last minute this year, BBC’s Panorama will say tonight. EasyJet and BA have called off about 3% of their flights within 72 hours of departure. Ryanair and Jet2 were among those with fewest cancellations, with just one in every thousand flights not taking off. (The Daily Mail)
UK gears up for record day of hot weather
The UK could have its hottest day on record on Monday, with temperatures forecast to hit up to 41C. The Met Office has issued a red warning for heat from York and Manchester to London and the south-east. The current highest temperature in the UK is 38.7C, recorded in Cambridge in 2019. (BBC News)
Wildfires spread throughout Europe
France has evacuated more than 16,000 people threatened by wildfires in the south-west, as fires also spread in Spain, Croatia and Greece. Authorities in France’s Gironde have evacuated staff from campsites, while in southern Spain, more than 3,200 people fled fires in the Mijas hills near Malaga. Portugal’s fires are contained for now. (BBC News)
British arrivals in Spain face e-passport queue lottery
British tourists heading for Spain this summer will be at the mercy of police at passport control, with some permitting the use of e-passports and others not. Spanish authorities agreed to let British holidaymakers with e-passports use them at the busiest airports at peak times. However, police at each airport will have the final say, a diplomatic source said. (The i)
State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe has again declared a state of emergency as his administration seeks to quell social unrest and tackle an economic crisis gripping the island nation. A government notice said it was “in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community”. (The Guardian)
