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In Pictures: Britons embrace warmer weather amid sunny forecasts

Temperatures well above average for this time of year have been forecast – hotter than Madrid or Rome.

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A man enjoys the warm weather on the beach in Brighton (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Britons are jumping at any opportunity to embrace warm weather after what has felt like a long, cold and wet winter.

Snow has been falling as late as the end of March this year so forecasts of UK temperatures expected to top those in Rome, Venice and Madrid this week are being greeted with excitement.

Here we take a look at Britons making the most of a little bit of spring sunshine. Will there be more to come?

Spring weather April 16th 2018
Workers eat their lunch outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Spring weather April 16th 2018
Britons should make the most of the sunny weather as it could become unsettled as early as next week, the Met Office said (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Workers make their way along rows of daffodils removing any rogue varieties at Taylors Bulbs in Holbeach, Lincolnshire (Joe Giddens/PA)
Workers make their way along rows of daffodils in Holbeach, Lincolnshire (Joe Giddens/PA)
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