For best viewing experience of this website Please enter a place name in the search bar After provisionally the warmest May Day on record in the UK higher than average temperatures will subside over the weekend Environment Agency Updated: 01:50 (UTC+1) on Tue 6 May 2025 Cloud thinning and becoming mainly dry overnight. Bright on Tuesday. Cloud thinning and breaking during the evening with showers and any remaining rain soon fading. Showers remain possible across Kent with brisk winds here, but decreasing elsewhere. Possible rural grass frost in western parts by dawn. Minimum temperature 3 °C. A chilly start to the day. Cloudier in east with best of the sunshine across western regions. Cloud building by the afternoon, with risk of showers across Kent. Winds freshening. Maximum temperature 17 °C. Settled, mainly fine weather with sunny or clear spells and mostly light winds. Showers possible Wednesday and Thursday, especially in east. Temperatures near normal. Fairly typical weather for the time of year is most likely through this period. Overall, fine and dry weather is more likely to dominate although this will be interspersed with occasional spells of rain and showers, with a risk of heavy rain and thunderstorms in places. Overall, temperatures will most likely be near to or slightly above average. How watching Sanderstead CC’s vlogs helped me hit coronavirus for six. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Two men have died and two more are in a critical condition after a house fire Another man was injured in the blaze which destroyed a two-storey end-of-terraced house on Friday night in Croydon, south London, the Metropolitan Police said. Emergency services were called to Sanderstead Road where two men were declared dead. Another man was taken to hospital from the scene where he is suffering life-threatening injuries. Two other men took themselves to hospital. One has been discharged, but the other is also suffering life-threatening injuries. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Two men have died and three others have been injured after a house fire in Croydon Emergency services were called to the scene just before 11pm on Friday in Sanderstead Road Two men were pronounced dead and a third was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition Two more men later took themselves to hospital with one of them suffering life-threatening injuries An investigation has since been launched into the cause of the fire Read more: Man charged with murder after 'Good Samaritan' father killed in Sheffield car ram attack Read more: New Year's Eve terrorism fears in France amid Israel-Hamas war, as 90,000 police officers on duty A Met Police spokesperson said: "Police were called by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) at 22:48hrs on Friday 29 December to a house fire in Sanderstead Road "Officers attended along with LFB and the London Ambulance Service "Two men were sadly pronounced dead at the scene Officers are working to inform their next of kin "A third man was taken to hospital where he remains in a life-threatening condition "A fourth and fifth man later self-presented at hospital One of the men is in a life-threatening condition and the other has since been discharged "The cause of the fire is under investigation by LFB and police." A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "On Friday 29 December at 10.45pm we were called to reports of a fire in Sanderstead Road "We sent a number of resources to the incident We remain on scene alongside colleagues from the London Fire Brigade." See more More Latest News See more Latest News See more The News Explained See more Royals See more Highlights & Opinion See more More Topics