The UK experiences one of its hottest days on record, with a high of 38.1C recorded in Suffolk.
Adam is joined by BBC Weather presenter Matt Taylor and Dimitri Zenghelis, from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, to discuss the warm weather.
And Tom Tugendhat has been knocked out of the Tory leadership race. Adam and Alex go through the results from the latest round of voting.
This episode of Newscast was made by Tim Walklate and Clare Williamson, with Alix Pickles and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.