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This year's 24-hour programme from SVT Play, the streaming platform for Sweden's national broadcaster, began on Tuesday - a week ahead of schedule because of the warmer weather this April.

The following summer was, albeit circumstantially, wetter, duller and slightly warmer than average.

Scotland has seen a number of fires over the last few weeks as the weather gets warmer and drier.

The abundance of sunshine helped to make it a warmer than normal month for most of the UK, especially in Scotland.

Recent studies suggested modern power consumption habits mean energy savings made by reducing evening lighting were now offset by increased energy consumption, in the warmer lighter evenings.