Kent's record-breaking top temperature could be beaten this week, according to Met Office experts.

Forecasters say there's a 20% chance tomorrow will be hotter than the 38.5C recorded in Faversham on Sunday, August 10, 2003.

It's currently the hottest temperature recorded across England and Wales since records began.

The record was first broken by Gravesend, on the very same day, when a temperature of 38.1C was recorded.

However, Faversham was found to be even hotter when the results at Brogdale were collected a week later.

Unbelievably, a number of sporting events were held on that day, including cricket matches and the Canterbury Harriers Red Lion 10K.

Out of 337 entrants, a staggering 272 runners completed the race at the course in Hernhill, near Faversham.

Theo Bately, of the Deal Tri club, was the winner of the men's race, with a time of 35:59.

Shelley Hillier won the women's race with a time of 42:18, followed closely by Annabelle Stearns of Gravesend Road Runners and Athletics Club, who had a time of 43:21.

Thousands flooded to the coast to enjoy the sunshine, motorways were jammed, and across Europe as a whole, it was the hottest summer for at least 500 years.

Chris Williams, who co-founded Edible Culture in Faversham, has lived in the area all his life.

The 28-year-old entrepreneur used to work at Brogdale, where the hottest temperature was set, occasionally taking readings from the weather station.

He said: "I always found Brogdale and Faversham to have its own micro climate.

"I remember it being incredibly hot on that day, but less humid than it seems to have been lately.

"I think the temperature probably could be topped this year - obviously we all know it's been incredibly hot.

"The heat's been building and building, and we've already had temperatures of around 35C, so we're not many degrees off of the record already."