It has to be heat related - W.Yorks are having their hottest day - ever! Wireless Broadband is affected by the weather.
It's part of the 'levelling up' process ... ... too costly to to improve the North so they're burning up the South.
London Fire Brigade had 30 pumps at a grass fire at one point (about 120 firefighters approx) plus all the other fires. Apparently people's garden fences were going up in smoke at one point. Crazy.