Your photos as West Midlands basks in the sun
Thursday marked the hottest start to May on record in the UK.Temperatures across the West Midlands reached a balmy 26C in places, just 2C cooler than London.Enjoy some of the best photos of the day taken by our BBC Weather Watchers.The long run of warm weather looks set to end over the bank holiday weekend however, dipping to 14C by Monday.
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