The weekend is set to be changeable with temperatures around the 24C mark but accompanied by occasional showers

Give yourself a break from daily depilation, says Rebecca Gonsalves

The images showed the Duchess sunbathing on the balcony of Château d’Autet, Viscount Linley’s home in Provence

More than 80 per cent of people diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, will now survive the disease, scientists have said. Yet British sunbathing habits mean the number of cases continues to rise.

Heat and humidity will bring a good chance of heavy showers and even thunder

It is not the most Radio 4-friendly of rock festivals

It is no unfamiliar sight on a British day averaging above 20 degrees – men and women of all shapes and sizes shedding their clothes and taking to public places.

21-year-old woman had fallen asleep with headphones

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View From the Sofa: From a rev-counter to the Ashes Zone, there's a whole new look to the game in the living room

Until play actually started the BBC must have been quietly satisfied with its Wimbledon coverage. Or at least relieved. With an hour or so gone and virtually the whole country watching, at least none of their commentators had triggered a Twitter-storm – as John Inverdale had done the day before with his less-than-chivalrous remarks about Marion Bartoli and the hitherto unexplored Appearance/Trying Really Hard nexus.

Thermometers expected to read 30°C or higher by the end of the day in the south

If mountain air and lake views aren't enough, try zipping through the trees, says Lucy Fry