Met Office names 21 areas facing heavy rain on Tuesday - full list
Met Office names 21 areas facing heavy rain on Tuesday - full list
The Met Office's weather map forecasts show where rain will bring the heatwave to an end.
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Add us as preferred source Comments By Holly Kintuka 07:20, Mon, Jun 29, 2026 Updated: 07:55, Mon, Jun 29, 2026 
The Met Office has forecast rain to hit 21 areas on Tuesday as weather maps show the UK's heatwave coming to an end. Temperatures peaked last week, with parts of the nation experiencing some of up to 37C. However, it now appears conditions are set to do a U-turn, with forecasts showing there will be no more signs of extreme heat but instead rainfall.
The weather agency warns that showers will begin tonight across the northwest, bringing in strong winds, before the showers progress tomorrow across the rest of the nation.
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The Met Office map shows showers across most of the UK, with the southeast just about escaping the rain. Showers will dominate across Scotland, with Glasgow and the Scottish Borders included in the areas expected to receive heavier rain.
Outbreaks are also forecast for the north of England, particularly the north west, and for scattered areas across Wales. The Met Office added that there will also be risks of thunder in the North.
The wet weather is expected to clear up by the end of Tuesday, according to the weather agency's forecast for Wednesday to Friday.
It said: "Turning increasingly warm in the southeast through the outlook with dry and bright weather. Cloudier in the north and west with spells of rain at times and temperatures around average."
The full list of areas expecting rainfall can be found below:
Met Office forecasts rain in 21 areas on Tuesday
Cornwall
Devon
Somerset
Staffordshire
Lancashire
Merseyside
Cheshire
South Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
Cumbria
Northumberland
Scottish Borders
Dumfries and Galloway
Perth and Kinross
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Stirling
Fife
Aberdeenshire
Moray
Highland
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
