Attractions will be staying open amid forecasts of a day of record breaking temperatures, while animals native to hotter climes soak up the sunshine.

Grace Waterfield, head of marketing at the Watatunga Wildlife Reserve, between King's Lynn and Downham Market, said: "Approximately 75pc of the species we care for originate from African or Asian regions, where high temperatures and humidity are common.

"For many of these animals, the current weather conditions are very much within their........

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