Glorious scenes as country basks in 日光 ahead of 21C bank holiday 週末 when Britain will be hotter than Majorca

• South to see best of 週末 天候 - but there will be rain in Scotland
• Police enjoyed Hampshire sun today and walked around in pink flip-flops
• Britons soak up sun after long winter that saw second-coldest March ever
• Water 使用者s are ありそうもない to 直面する hosepipe 禁止（する）s this year, 当局 say
  

By Liz 船体 for MailOnline and 示す Duell

Published: 17:08 BST, 2 May 2013 | Updated: 23:21 BST, 3 May 2013

After a long winter and a spring that has barely sprung, many Britons will jet off to Europe today in search of a better bank holiday.

But によれば 予報官s they would be better off staying at home as Britain will bask in some of the warmest 天候 of the year so far ? makin g it hotter and drier than parts of the Mediterranean this 週末.

The south is 予報するd to see 気温s of around 22C (72F) and could even 越える 期待s and reach 23C (73F), making it the hottest day of the year so far.

Pretty picture: Two-year-old cousins Sophia Thorpe and Mia Dike play の中で tulips at Markeaton Park in Derby

Beautiful scenes: People enjoy the glorious spring 日光 today on the picturesque River （機の）カム in Cambridge

Fun in the sun: Chloe Hammond, four, enjoys herself as she plays in the bluebells 近づく Clanfield in Hampshire

平和的な: People enjoying the warm 天候 in St James's Park, central London, as Britain looks 今後 to a hot 週末

Looking out: People enjoy the warm 天候 in St James's Park, central London, which was packed today

Parts of northern England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, however, may be 攻撃する，衝突する by にわか雨s and the 水銀柱，温度計 will struggle to get above the 中央の-teens.

Tom Tobler, MeteoGroup 予報官, said: ‘The southern half of the country will get the best of the 天候, 特に as we get into Sunday and Monday, when it will be mostly 罰金 and incredibly warm ? on a par with parts of Majorca and other 目的地s in Europe.

‘その上の north, in Scotland and Northern Ireland, there will be やめる a lot of cloud and some にわか雨s.’

予報官s said the bank holiday will see the nicest 天候 of 2013 so far. The 週末 will get 徐々に warmer, with much of the country reaching above 20C (68F) on Monday, compared to 16C (61F) on Majorca and 18C (64F) in the south of フラン, によれば the Met Office.

Yesterday, supermarkets 報告（する）／憶測d a 殺到する in sales of outdoor 取調べ／厳しく尋問するs and a nasal spray （人命などを）奪う，主張するing to 扱う／治療する hay fever twice as 急速な／放蕩な as other 麻薬s was 開始する，打ち上げるd as pollen levels 攻撃する，衝突する a springtime 頂点（に達する）.

Dymista, 連合させるing a corticosteroid and an antihistamine, will be 利用できる from GPs from today. The Met Office 率d the pollen count ‘high’ for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Bank holiday 予測（する）: Tomorrow in central and southern England is 推定する／予想するd to be 罰金 with 20C 天候

Flip-警官，（賞などを）獲得するs: Police wearing pink flip-flops on the paths of Winchester, Hampshire, supporting 地元の street 牧師s

Day out: Sophia, 17 months, and her mother enjoy the sunny 天候 at a park in Wokingham, Berkshire

Glorious day: Tulips in bloom in 前線 of Buckingham Palace, central London, as Britons enjoy the warm 天候

Bring out the deckchairs: Large numbers of people enjoy the 日光 in Green Park, central London

But with 7million people 推定する／予想するd to take to the roads for the three-day 逃亡, there are 警告s of travel 大混乱.

Police made the most of the 天候 today as they 攻撃する，衝突する the streets wearing 有望な pink flip-flops.

Hampshire Constabulary Sergeant Richard Holland and PCSO Rebecca Williams teamed the bizarre footwear with their usual uniforms as 気温s 急に上がるd to 19C in Winchester, Hampshire.

Officers were showing support for Winchester Street 牧師s, known 非公式に as the ‘flip-flop and lollipop 旅団’, who 申し込む／申し出 help to drunken revellers on nights out.

'There is high 圧力 to the south of England and this is giving the south 一般に 乾燥した，日照りの and 罰金 天候 over the 週末'

Tom Tobler, MeteoGroup 予報官

They give the flat footwear to girls struggling to get home in high heels - and lollipops are said to 減ずる the noise made by （人が）群がるs leaving clubs, as they are too busy 消費するing them to shout.

The warm 予測（する） - at least for the South - is good news for those planning to make trips. Drivers will be able to take advantage in the 最新の 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of supermarket 石油 and ディーゼル 削減s.

一方／合間, a 調査する of 2,000 parents by 保険 company Elephant.co.uk 設立する that children who become ill travelling in cars are likely to feel sic k just 22 minutes into a 旅行.

The 投票 設立する that two in five families with children who get car sick 避ける long 旅行s altogether.

In another 調査する, Autoglass 明らかにする／漏らすd that 人物／姿／数字s gathered from 14 police 軍隊s in England and Scotland showed 968 記録，記録的な／記録するd 出来事/事件s of 運転者s 存在 attacked by ミサイルs last year.

Shoes off: Hundreds of people were seen enjoying the warm 天候 in Green Park, central London

Spring scene: A woman photographs her child sitting in the daffodils in St James's Park, central London

Out and about: Horses trot through Hyde Park today in central London as their riders enjoy the warm 天候

Amazing sunrise: The day began beautifully 近づく St Mary's Lighthouse at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside

The 人物／姿／数字s, from a Freedom of （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 行為／法令／行動する request, also showed that 逮捕（する）s were made in 75 per cent of the 出来事/事件s, which 含むd bricks thrown from 橋（渡しをする）s. The 2012 統計（学） compared with a 調査する for 2011 which 明らかにする／漏らすd 395 ミサイル 出来事/事件s に引き続いて （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） from 10 軍隊s.

Last year’s 人物／姿／数字s 含むd 212 出来事/事件s 記録，記録的な／記録するd by Leicestershire Police, 190 by Nottinghamshire Police and 119 by Thames Valley Police. Avon and Somerset Constabulary 記録，記録的な／記録するd just six 出来事/事件s.

Autoglass managing director Matthew Mycock said: ‘It is alarming to discover that the number of 運転者s attacked with 橋（渡しをする） and 道端 ミサイルs is on the 増加する.’

Channel Tunnel high-速度(を上げる） train company Eurostar said it was 始める，決める for its busiest 週末 of the year, with more than 100,000 乗客s 推定する／予想するd to travel over the bank holiday 週末. The 会社／堅い starts a new 週刊誌 direct service to Lyon and Provence in southern フラン on Saturday.

KEEP ON WATERING: GARDENERS UNLIKELY TO FACE HOSEPIPE BANS THIS YEAR

Not this year: Those who introduced the 禁止（する） in 2012 影響する／感情d the usage habits of 20million people

Water 使用者s are ありそうもない to 直面する hosepipe 禁止（する）s this year, 当局 said today.

A year ago, 率 payers in some pockets of the UK were in the puzzling 状況／情勢 of having to 耐える water 制限s at a time of 普及した 激しい 降雨 which 与える／捧げるd to 2012 存在 the second wettest year on 記録，記録的な／記録する.

Those who introduced the 禁止（する） last year 影響する／感情d the usage habits of 20million people.

But what may have seen like months of almost relentless 降雨 have helped 補充する 在庫／株s at 貯蔵所s across the country, minimising the prospect of 制限s or 干ばつs 存在 宣言するd this summer.

Victoria Williams, 干ばつ 助言者 at the 環境 機関, said: ‘Our 最新の water 状況／情勢 報告（する）／憶測 詳細（に述べる）s a 肯定的な 見通し for water 資源s in the coming months.

‘(Last year) was the second wettest year on 記録，記録的な／記録する, and にもかかわらず a 比較して 乾燥した，日照りの start to 2013, river levels are normal or above normal at the 大多数 of our 監視するing 場所／位置s.

‘The results show a 肯定的な picture even if 降雨 is below 普通の／平均（する） and point to the 危険 of 干ばつ this summer 存在 no greater than 普通の／平均（する）.

‘However it is still as important as ever to use water wisely. If the 天候 does turn hot and 乾燥した，日照りの there could be localised 衝撃s on rivers and the 環境 .’

Seven water companies - Thames, Southern Water, South East Water, Anglian Water, Sutton and East Surrey, Veolia Central and Veolia South East - introduced hosepipe 禁止（する）s in the spring of 2012.

It （機の）カム after the 異常に 乾燥した，日照りの winters left some groundwater 供給（する）s and rivers as low as in the 干ばつ year of 1976.

But the 制限s introduced 早期に in April were followed by 記録，記録的な／記録する 降雨 across the UK for that month and June, with more rain between them in May.

Most of the 禁止（する）s were 解除するd by 早期に summer, while floods featured throughout November and December across some parts of the country.