Parts of the UK are set to be hotter than Ibiza and Corfu on Thursday for the first official day of spring. Thursday marks the spring equinox and temperatures could reach 19C in the south of England.

A couple who were fined £1,500 after they found an “immigrant” in their motorhome’s bike rack have had the penalty cancelled. After returning home to Essex from France, Joanne and Adrian Fenton found ...