The UK recorded its warmest night ever from Monday into Tuesday as it prepared for the daytime record to be broken in the coming hours. The mercury never got below 25C in places, the Met Office said. The previous night-time high of 23.9C was set in Brighton in August 1990. Forecasters in the UK have for days been predicting the current national daytime record of 38.7 degrees Celsius, registered in 2019, would be broken Tuesday and 40C breached for the first time. Monday's 38.1C reached in Suffolk, in eastern England, made it the UK's third-hottest day ever, as Wales broke its record temperature after the mercury climbed to 37.1C. Experts blame climate change for the latest unprecedented heatwave, and note the more frequent extreme weather will only worsen in years to come. It is playing havoc with Britain's transport network, as some rail lines close Tuesday and other services are hampered. "A lot of our infrastructure is just not built for this temperature," Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told Sky News. Records broken in France Across the Channel in France, a host of towns and cities recorded their highest-ever temperatures on Monday, the national weather office...