Feeling the heat! Mercury to hit 23C as England fans whack out the barbecue and flock to pub gardens for crunch Euros knock-out game against Slovakia

England shot fans volition bask 23C (73F) highs successful the UK contiguous arsenic they battalion retired pub gardens and instrumentality zones for the Three Lions' crunch Euros knock-out clash against Slovakia.

Supporters volition beryllium making the astir of the vigor up of much unsettled upwind returning adjacent week - arsenic Gareth Southgate's men instrumentality connected Slovakia successful the last-16 lucifer astatine 5pm, which volition beryllium shown connected ITV1 with build-up from 3.30pm.

Others volition banal up connected beers and burgers arsenic they whack retired the barbecues up of the crunch tie. 

England fans volition beryllium hoping the Three Lions tin get backmost to winning ways aft a disappointing 0-0 against Slovenia connected Tuesday. A triumph would spot England advancement to the quarter-finals and look Switzerland, who knocked retired holders Italy yesterday.

Revellers who are spending the week astatine Glastonbury Festival volition not beryllium capable to ticker the crippled connected a large surface aft organisers confirmed past period that they would not amusement immoderate England games.

After a week of scorching vigor and sunshine, contiguous volition beryllium somewhat cooler and cloudier - but day temperatures are inactive expected to scope 23C (73F) successful London, 22C (72F) successful Southampton, 21C (70F) successful Plymouth and 20C (68F) successful Cardiff. 

But the North volition beryllium cooler with highs of conscionable 16C (61F) expected successful Newcastle and 17C (63F) successful Manchester. Glasgow volition scope 17C, portion Hull, Norwich and Birmingham could deed 18C (64F).

The somewhat cooler temperatures whitethorn beryllium welcomed by immoderate Brits who person been whacking the fans connected arsenic they conflict to slumber astatine night.

Met Office Meteorologist Ellie Glaisyer said: 'It's been a spot of a cloudy commencement for immoderate of america this morning. We've seen a set of rainfall sinking its mode southwards and that yet clears its mode to the southeast implicit the adjacent mates of hours, leaving plentifulness of sunny spells for the bulk of the UK.

'It's Northern Ireland, occidental parts of Wales, and southwest England which are apt to spot the champion of the sunshine today.

'Feeling pleasant successful that sunshine, though temperatures possibly a interaction little than what we saw yesterday, 22C  oregon 23C successful the southbound and rather wide elsewhere successful those mid to precocious teens.'

England fans volition beryllium flocking to brew gardens contempt the crippled coming successful the evening earlier Monday enactment again. 

So far, England games person either fallen connected Sundays oregon midweek, leaving galore fans racing astir to effort and drawback the games aft work.

Glastonbury organisers confirmed they volition not amusement the lucifer connected Sunday, contempt broadcasting the England men's and women's World Cup 4th finals successful 2010 and 2019, respectively.

England's crippled connected Sunday is acceptable to clash with Shania Twain, who volition beryllium finishing her acceptable connected the Pyramid Stage erstwhile the lucifer kicks off, and Avril Lavigne connected the Other Stage.

It means fans astatine the tract connected Worthy Farm successful Pilton, Somerset, could beryllium near unaware of the people with telephone awesome notoriously atrocious astatine the festival that volition beryllium afloat of 200,000 people.

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis said this week that the festival acceptable up a surface to ticker fixtures during the World Cup successful 1998, but times person changed.

'We utilized to person a surface present arsenic no-one had immoderate means of uncovering retired what adjacent the effect was due to the fact that we were truthful chopped disconnected from the outside,' she added. 

'Now obviously, everyone's connected and I deliberation you cognize it's a euphony festival. I'm definite if radical privation to spot it capable they tin cheque for results oregon immoderate connected their phones.

'But hopefully I'm encouraging radical to enactment their phones distant and hide astir the extracurricular world.'

England volition spell into Sunday's lucifer pursuing an underwhelming last radical crippled against Slovenia connected Tuesday which was watched by 14.5million viewers connected ITV.

The crippled saw Southgate's broadside advancement to the European Championship knockout signifier arsenic Group C winners, contempt being held to a 0-0 draw.

Some 14.5million radical tuned successful connected ticker connected each devices, including ITV1 and ITVX, peaking astatine 15.4million.

An mean of 9.2million viewers watched ITV's afloat unrecorded coverage, which ran from 6.45pm until 10.45pm, the broadcaster said.

Fans expressed vexation astatine England's show aft they were incapable to crook their dominance into a morale-boosting victory.

But finishing arsenic radical winners resulted successful the Three Lions getting a favourable gully against Slovakia who finished 3rd successful their group.

It besides meant England avoided what appears to beryllium the overmuch tougher fractional of the gully for the knockout stages.

The goalless stalemate with Slovenia successful Cologne connected Tuesday was the continuation of England's struggles successful Germany, wherever they person besides truthful acold drawn 1-1 with Denmark erstwhile Harry Kane scored and bushed Serbia 1-0 courtesy of a Jude Bellingham header.

Fans booed England disconnected pursuing a dour show against the Danes and followed suit aft the Slovenia result, with brew cups thrown successful the absorption of manager Southgate, who has since called connected immoderate of the fans' ire to beryllium aimed astatine him alternatively than his players.

But helium volition person been boosted by Spain, Germany, Portugal, France and Belgium each being connected the different broadside of the draw, meaning England volition debar that quintet until a imaginable last successful Berlin connected July 14.

Instead, Southgate's broadside instrumentality to Gelsenkirchen connected Sunday to look Slovakia, who precocious arsenic 1 of the champion third-placed teams from the radical stage.

Victory connected Sunday would spot England advancement to a quarter-final against either Switzerland which would instrumentality spot connected Saturday, July 6 astatine 5pm.

It comes arsenic Mail Sport launched its 'We're Backing England' campaign, with Sir Keir Starmer joining Rishi Sunak and England fans successful the caller thrust to unite the federation down the squad.

Sir Keir, who has a play summons astatine Arsenal and plays five-a-side shot each week, said: 'There's been excessively overmuch disapproval [of the squad truthful far], get down them, get them implicit the line.

'This is simply a truly important competition. England ever bash a spot of this astatine the opening of competitions.

'Get down the squad – it's a afloat squad of players who've each had fantastic seasons for their respective clubs. Just get down the squad and I enactment this campaign.'

Mr Sunak, a Southampton fan, said: 'I retrieve erstwhile we could lone imagination astir England qualifying apical of their radical and being favourites successful their archetypal knockout game. And we besides cognize that this England squad tends to radiance erstwhile the pressure's on.

'So I anticipation that, similar me, the full state volition get down Gareth and the boys erstwhile they play Slovakia connected Sunday, and I'm assured they'll enactment connected a amusement for us.'

Liberal Democrat person Sir Ed Davey said: 'Let's unite down Gareth and the team. We person world-class players who tin bring it home. Our fans successful the stadiums person been amazing. Come connected England!'