The UK has been basking in a record heatwave for weeks, but the end of the hot weather could be near as a tropical storm heads towards British shores.

Tropical storm Chris is likely to become a hurricane as it crosses the Atlantic and could bring wind and rain to the UK by the weekend.

Nicola Maxey, the Met Office spokesman, said that tropical storm Chris, which is currently gathering off the US east coast "will influence the weather but we cannot tell what that influence will be at the moment because it is still developing".

There is still "uncertainty" about the possible track the storm will take and, if it did hit the UK, it would no longer be at hurricane strength.