All fun of the furnace as UK boils

PUBS across the land have sent out an SOS for more beer as Brits swelter in temperatures hotter than Bangkok.

- by ALISTAIR GRANT

Bars were pleading with breweries to send more supplies as the nation got sozzled in the heat.

And as the “furnace” level heat pushes the 35C (95F) June temperature record, it triggered the biggest beach rush of the year, with Lyme Regis, Dorset, right, a popular choice.