Here comes the sun: Forecasters predict the hottest October day ever as temperatures are set to soar to 90f... just four weeks before the clocks go ba

By TAMARA COHEN, SIMON NEVILLE and ANDY DOLAN

Going swimmingly: Young men relax on the River Cam in Cambridge as temperatures climbed today to 29.5c -the hottest October in 26 years

Hot on the heels of the warmest end to September on record, today was Britain’s most scorching October day ever.

Just four weeks before the clocks go back for winter, Britain is in the middle of an Indian summer like no other.

Met Office forecasters said there was a strong chance temperatures in the south could today nudge above the previous high recorded in October– when the mercury hit 29.4c (85f) in March, Cambridgeshire, 16 years ago to the day.


Beachgoers bask in the sunshine at Seaburn where the heatwave has brought people outside to make the most of the Indian summer


Here it comes: The sun rises over River Thames this morning ahead of what is forecast to be the hottest October day ever


Warm daybreak: An early morning jogger makes the most of the sunshine today in Cambridge

One forecaster even predicted temperatures could reach 32c (90f) – close to the highest temperature recorded this year, 33.1c (92f) in Gravesend, Kent, on June 27.

Tourism chiefs said hotels in Brighton and Bournemouth were almost all full as up to 400,000 sun worshippers were expected to flood to the resorts over the weekend.

Tesco predicted it would sell an extra 3.5million sausages in the next three days compared with the number it usually would at the start of October.


Summer leaves in the fall: Esme McDonald, six, from Darlington, County Durham, enjoys the the warm autumn weather today


The sun sets over the West Pier in Brighton, East Sussex, on the final day of September, as the predicted warm weather continues


As one day ends... Met Office forecasters said there was a strong chance temperatures in the south could today nudge above the previous high recorded in October - when the mercury hit 29.4c (85f) in March, Cambridgeshire, 16 years ago to the day


Splash! Students Melina Kukinski and Madita Becker enjoy the sun at the Diana Memorial Fountain in Kensington Gardens yesterday


Parklife: Londoners soak up the rays on the hottest late-September day for a century


Met Office forecaster Dave Britton said yesterday’s warmest spot was Cambridge, which recorded 29.2c (85f) – hotter than the Costa del Sol, Turkey, Cuba and Mexico.

It was around ten degrees above average for the start of autumn.
The previous record for the last day of September was 27.8c (82f), set in 1908 in Maidenhead, Berkshire.


Laid back: Enjoying the deckchairs at Brighton beach yesterday

Jonathan Powell, senior forecaster at Positive Weather Solutions, a network of UK-based independent meteorologists, predicted a 60 per cent chance that temperatures could hit 32c (90f) in the south today.

And Mr Britton said: ‘I will not be surprised if temperatures reach 30c (86f) in parts of the south.’

He added: ‘The high temperatures will continue through Sunday, but by Tuesday temperatures will start to slip back towards the average for this time of year.’


Frolicking: Students Alex Loveridge, Aimae Eleran and Cassie Gruitt enjoy the sun on Bournemouth beach on Friday


Sun worshippers: The Victorians dressed up and headed out to the beach to enjoy the hot weather of September 1895


Contrast: Modern-day sunbathers are rather less inhibited in their choice of attire


Taking a dip: But children were dressed in petticoats even as they went paddling in the sea


Packed: These pictures, from Southsea beach in Hampshire, show that the UK's love of the seaside is no novelty


Rowing: The Victorians took to the water to cool off when temperatures exceeded 80f in late September

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The mysterious case of Kate's disappearing ring: Why we saw the Duchess's sapphire sparkler... then it was gone

By TAMARA ABRAHAM

Mysterious case: The Duchess of Cambridge was wearing her sapphire engagement ring when she arrived at the Royal Marsden in London yesterday (left) but it had vanished by the time she left two hours later (right)

It is probably the most famous engagement ring in the world. So it didn't take long for a few people to notice that the Duchess of Cambridge's ever-present sapphire and diamond sparkler had mysteriously vanished yesterday.

Catherine, who was with her husband, Prince William, for the opening of a new cancer centre, was wearing the £250,000 Garrard ring, once owned by Princess Diana, when she arrived at the Royal Marsden in south London.

It was a distinctive shock of colour against her oatmeal-coloured Amanda Wakeley dress.


The most famous engagement ring in the world: It didn't take long for a few people to notice that the Duchess of Cambridge's ever-present sapphire and diamond sparkler had vanished

But one inside the hospital, the only jewellery remaining on her left hand was her plain gold wedding band.

Of course, there was a simple explanation for the missing ring. Rather than misplacing it, or making some ill-timed statement about the state of her marriage, the Duchess had simply stowed it in her LK Bennett clutch bag for hygiene reasons on the advice of hospital staff.


Hospital protocol: The Duchess left her ring and clutch in the care of hospital staff for hygiene reasons. The Duke had removed his jacket, tucked away his tie and rolled his sleeves for the same purpose

A palace source told People magazine: 'The plan was always to take it off when she went into the ward in the same way the Duke and palace staff rolled up sleeves and tucked ties into their shirts.'

They revealed that William's jacket and Catherine's clutch were left in the care of hospital staff while they were given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Oak Centre.

And before their audiences with young patients, they followed strict hospital protocol by rubbing antiseptic gel onto their hands.


Sparking form: The Duchess also wore a small silver, diamond-studded cross on a chain and diamond earrings by Kiki McDonough, which she was not required to remove


Elegant: Catherine wore an Amanda Wakeley dress with an LK Bennett clutch and heels for the hospital visit




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Here comes the bridal lingerie! M&S unveils new range outside hotel where Kate stayed on night before Royal Wedding

By MAYSA RAWI

Not just any bridal lingerie: Models unveil the new Marks & Spencer bridal collection available to buy today

Staff at the Goring Hotel are no doubt used to witnessing a bit of drama.

They were the first to see the Duchess of Cambridge in her wedding dress just moments before her marriage to Prince William in April.

And it has since become a regular haunt for the Middletons and the Royal set.


The range, available in up to DD, includes vintage-inspired lace and 1950's corsets

But the sight of half-naked models standing at the steps of the entrance would probably have come as something of a shock to onlookers.

The lingerie-clad girls, wearing nude heels, stockings and suspenders, were promoting M&S's new range of bridal lingerie at the Victoria hotel where Kate spent her last night as a Middleton.

The vintage-inspired collection, available to buy from today, includes corsets, bras and bodices made of silk and lace.


Fit for a princess: The range was unveiled outside the Goring Hotel in Victoria, London, where Kate spent her last night as a Middleton before marrying Prince William


Affordable: Prices starting from £12 for silk knickers to £45 for a glamorous basque


Kate stayed at the Goring on the night before her wedding, left, and sister Pippa as Maid of Honour

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Following in Diana's footsteps: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit cancer-stricken children at Royal Marsden hospital

By MAYSA RAWI and REBECCA ENGLISH

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet with patient Digby Davidson today as part of their tour of the Oak Centre, a new £18m cancer unit at the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton

He hadn’t slept after a frantic night of emergency rescues in his RAF helicopter.
But no amount of drama in the air was going to stop Prince William making one important stop on solid ground yesterday.

Almost 30 years after Princess Diana toured the Royal Marsden Hospital in Surrey on her first solo engagement in 1982, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited to meet young cancer sufferers.


William, president of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, poses with patient Ellis Andrews at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in South London, while Kate, right, chats to patient Fabian Bate


Kate is spending her time trying to get to know various charities and good causes so she can decide what her future role will be. She is pictured chatting animatedly to 18-year-old Beth Ansell

And they chatted animatedly to the patients in the hospital’s new £18million Oak Centre for Children and Young People, sharing a joke with leukaemia sufferer Digby Davidson after making themselves comfortable on his bed.

The 14-year-old, who thought he had beaten his cancer but has spent much of the past three months in hospital after a relapse, said: ‘They were really laid-back.’

The Duke also rolled up his sleeves as he met seven-year-old Ellis Andrews, who is waiting for a bone marrow transplant, while the Duchess chatted to Fabian Bate, nine, who was in the middle of four hours of chemotherapy to treat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia for the second time.


The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were greeted by a huge cheer and fans carrying Union Jacks


The Duchess wore an Amanda Wakeley dress with L.K. Bennett court shoes


Kate is a natural with the crowds, obviously becoming more comfortable with the attention


Welcome wagon: Kate greets some if her younger fans


Children and hospital staff wait for the couple to arrive carrying a welcome banner


Prince William, greeting hospital staff, was also invited to unveil a plaque to officially open the centre


The sleep-deprived Duke flew a mercy mission to take a sailor to see a seriously-ill relative just hours before today's even, left, while Kate looked as glossy as usual


Kate received a bouquet of flowers from Alice Marples, a cancer patient who interviewed Prince William two years ago


First solo trip: Diana visited the Royal Marsden in 1982


The Royal Marsden is a cancer centre specialising in diagnosis, treatment, research and education


ate & William Royal Marsden Hospital




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Cut price Kate: Duchess shops at Topshop... and hesitates over £8.50 pair of earrings

By LAUREN PAXMAN

Duchess of the High Street: Kate Middleton shopped at High Street Kensington's Topshop on Monday night

The Duchess of Cambridge has almost direct access to The Crown Jewels. She wore the Queen's Cartier Halo tiara on her wedding day, and borrowed her grandmother-in-law's maple leaf brooch for her official trip to Canada.

But refreshingly down-to-earth Kate is not yet past hesitating over buying a pair of £8.50 earrings.

The young royal shopped at Topshop on High Street Kensington, West London on Monday evening. And although she splashed out more than £100 on three items, she left an extra pair of earrings with the cashier at the last minute.


Keeping it local: The young royal visited Topshop on High Street Kensington

That extra £8.50 obviously seemed just a little too decadent.

It is the first time Kate has been spotted in her local Topshop, which is just a couple of minute's walk away from her London residence, Kensington Palace.


By royal appointment: Topshop's cobalt-blue velvet trim boucle jacket (£65) and teal spotted pencil skirt (£38)


To buy or not to buy: The Feather-like earrings that Kate purchased (left) and the ones she left behind


Kate, who had a wallet through of rewards cards, splashed her cash on a trendy teal spot pencil skirt (£38) that was seen on dozens of fashionistas at London Fashion Week.

She also bought a more classic cobalt-blue velvet trim boucle jacket (£65) and a pair of golden roundish earrings with a feather motif.


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'You wouldn't look twice at Kate Middleton on a New York street': Nordstrom fashion director claims Duchess of Cambridge is 'no trendsetter'

By MAYSA RAWI

Plain Kate? The fashion director for US department store Nordstrom claims the Duchess of Cambridge 'blends into the crowd'

She has graced countless magazine covers and anything she wears sells out within days, in a phenomenon dubbed the Kate Effect.

But it seems the Duchess of Cambridge’s style has fallen foul of the sharp-tongued members of New York’s so-called fash-pack.

Gregg Andrews, a fashion director at leading U.S. department store chain Nordstrom, sniffed: ‘She is stylish, but she’s not setting trends, she’s following trends.


Dress debate: Jill Martin, author of 'I Have Nothing to Wear!' thinks this spring, there will be many brides walking down the aisle in dresses with sleeves, paying tribute to Kate

‘If you take Kate out of the Royal Family, put her on a street in New York, you wouldn’t look at her twice. She’s a beautiful woman, but she blends into a crowd.’

Indeed, most figures at the city’s Fashion Week had their claws out for Britain’s blossoming style icon.

One leading journalist insisted that Kate was the very opposite of fashionable and that the public is becoming obsessed about what she wears only because of her royal status.

Elle fashion news director Anne Slowey said: ‘Is she a style icon of the likes of a Kate Moss? Absolutely not. Is she in the public eye? Are people going to become obsessed with everything she wears regardless of what it is? Yes.’


Lauren Conrad recently launched a fashion collection with Nordstrom

The £385 blue Issa knee-length dress she wore when her engagement to Prince William was announced sold out within 24 hours, while chain store Reiss saw its website crash when she wore its £175 taupe Shola bandage-style dress to meet Michelle Obama in May.

There were some good words for Kate. Fashion writer Jill Martin predicted that her wedding dress, by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, would be a style followed by many brides next spring.

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'I truly despise you and you’re unattractive inside': Serena Williams’ extraordinary outburst at U.S. Open umpire lands her a $2,000 fine

By Alanah Eriksen


Have a word: Serena Williams launched an angry tirade at the umpire after she was penalised for yelling 'come on' before her opponent had reached the ball


Serena Williams launched an angry verbal attack on an umpire during the U.S. Open final, calling her 'unattractive inside' and a loser - and she's been fined $2,000 over it.

The American had received a code violation for yelling 'come on' after battling to hang on to her serve during the start of her second set against Samantha Stosur yesterday.

The ball had not yet reached the Australian and, under grand slam rules, a deliberate hindrance, such as an intentional shout during a point, sees the perpetrator lose the point.


Williams, who eventually lost 6-2 6-3, found out on Monday that the Sunday night outburst cost her $2,000 - a drop in the bucket consider the $1.4million she earned at the Open.

She earned $900,000 for reaching the final, plus a $500,000 bonus for finishing first in the standings of the U.S. Open Series, which takes into account results at hard-court tuneup tournaments.

The USTA also said Grand Slam committee director Bill Babcock determined "Williams' conduct ... does not rise to the level of a major offense." She was under probation because of an outburst at the 2009 U.S. Open.

Hitting out: Williams argues with Greek umpire Eva Asderaki during her grand slam defeat to Sam Stosur


The incident follows her infamous verbal attack on a lineswoman which cost her a point penalty and her US Open semi-final against Kim Clijsters in 2009.

She was given a hefty fine and was still playing under a two-year suspended ban this year.

Yesterday, Williams was being outplayed by Stosur at Arthur Ashe Stadium and had already lost the first set when she let out a huge cry.

Chair umpire Eva Asderaki then told her the point would go to Stosur because she had committed an intentional hinderance.

Williams asked for a replay but when the Greek umpire refused, the tennis star accused her of being involved in the 2009 incident.

Pointing her finger, Williams yelled: 'Aren't you the one that screwed me over last time here? Yeah you are.

'Seriously, you have it out for me?

'I promise you, that's not cool. That's totally not cool.

'I truly despise you.

And during the break, she continued her tirade.

Sitting in a chair while drinking water, Williams warned her: 'If you ever see me walking down the hall, look the other way because you're out of control.

'You're a hater and you're just unattractive inside.

'Who would do such a thing? And I never complain. Wow. What a loser.

'You get a code violation because I express who I am. We're in America last I checked.

'Can I get a water? Or am I going to get violated for a water?

'Really, don't even look at me. I promise you don't look at me... Don't look my way.'
Ms Asderaki didn't respond as she listened to the rant.

Williams hugged Stosur after the match but then immediately walked off, ignoring Ms Asderaki as the Australian athlete reached up to the umpire's chair to shake her hand.

Ranting: Williams called the umpire 'unattractive inside' and a loser and warned her to 'look the other way' if she sees her in the hall


Williams refused to apologise and was unwilling to discuss the incident in a press conference.

She laughed as she told reporters: 'I don't even remember what I said, I'm sorry.

'It was just so intense out there. It's the final for me. I guess I'll see it on YouTube. I don't know. I was just in the zone. I think everyone when they play kind of zones out.'

But she spoke highly of her opponent, saying: 'She was cracking 'em today. She definitely hit hard and just went for broke.

Pointing her finger, Williams yelled: 'Aren't you the one that screwed me over last time here? Yeah you are'

Williams laughed in a press conference afterwards, saying she didn't remember what she said but would probably 'see it on YouTube'

Still going: Williams continued her rant during the break while sipping water and drying herself off with a towel


'And I think sometimes, a lot of people were putting me as the favorite and I definitely was trying not to put myself as the favorite. I was like 'It's anyone's game' as you can see after the result today.'

The United States Tennis Association decided today to fine her.

A statement from the organisers yesterday said : 'Any impact this code violation might have on Serena Williams' Grand Slam probation would require the incident being ruled a major event. That determination will be made by the Grand Slam Committee Director.'

The match was Stosur's first at Arthur Ashe Stadium where she secured a maiden grand slam title.

The 27-year-old became the first Australian woman to win a grand slam title since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.

Stosur said it was intimidating playing against Williams.

Sealed with a kiss: Stosur celebrates her first her Grand Slam success in New York

Big crowd: Thousands watched Williams' rant during her defeat by Stosur


'She's probably the best player of at least my generation of playing. Not only is she big in stature and all that, she's got a huge game.

'But it kind of becomes more irrelevant and becomes about the task on that day, playing the match.'

She added of her win: 'I'm still kind of speechless. I can't actually believe I won this tournament.

'I've played matches where I feel like I can't miss a ball, and it's fantastic, but to do it under these circumstances in this kind of final against a player like Serena, for sure I'm going to think it's one of the best days of my career.'





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