Scorching temperatures have not put people off attending the first day of one of England’s largest annual agricultural shows.
Held at the Costessey showground on the outskirts of Norwich, the Royal Norfolk Show usually attracts up to 85,000 visitors every year for a two-day event celebrating the best of the county’s farming and livestock.
Despite a red extreme heat warning, external issued by the Met Office for parts of the country from 09:00 BST on Wednesday to 21:00 on Thursday, organisers said the event would still go ahead as planned.
Caitlin, 23, said she had been drinking copious amounts of tea to try to stay cool and was staying in the shade with her fan.
In Norwich, near to where the show is being held, temperatures were expected to reach up to 33C.
The weather has led to a number of disruptions to services, external, including two emergency school closures in the county. Poringland Primary School & Nursery partially closed from 13:15 on Wednesday.
Include Schools Norfolk also announced it would be closed from Wednesday to Friday due to “extreme heat and distance pupils need to travel to school” which was deemed unsafe.
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