Scotland has recorded its hottest day of the year so far, with Threave in Dumfries and Galloway reaching 30.7C on Monday.

The Met Office confirmed the country is now officially experiencing a heatwave after an extended period of hot weather.

A number of weather stations across the country have reached 25C or above for three days in a row.

The temperature recorded in Threave was the warmest June day for the station.

Records go back over 60 years.

Scotland’s previous hottest day of 2023 was recorded in Auchincruive, South Ayrshire, on Saturday.

A “completely unique” Roman mausoleum has been discovered by archaeologists in south London.

The remains of the structure at the Liberty of Southwark site in Borough have been described as “extremely rare” and feature preserved floors and walls.

Archaeologists think the site was used as some form of burial ground or tomb for wealthier members of Roman society.

Work on creating a permanent display is planned, says the team behind the find.

The discovery was made at the Liberty of Southwark excavation site

The dig was led by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) on behalf of Landsec and Transport for London (TfL).

MOLA believes the quality of preservation makes it the most intact Roman mausoleum ever to be discovered in Britain.

Alongside the central mosaic, raised platforms were found and steps on the lowest side were still intact.

Excavators were surprised to find two layers to the site, with another similarly designed mosaic found beneath the first floor. They believe that the building was modified at some point, with the floor raised.

“All signs indicate this was a substantial building,” says MOLA, “perhaps two storeys high.”

Nigeria population commission is optimistic that the 2023 population and housing census will still hold this year.

The federal commissioner while hosting media executives and practitioners in Osogbo said almost all required facilities are available.

Despite the fact that the conduct of the 2023 population and housing census has been suspended till further notice, activities are still underway preparatory to the exercise.

At this breakfasts session with journalists and media executives in Osogbo,Osun State capital, the commission is seeking the cooperation of all stakeholders and citizens in ensuring a credible and acceptable population census in the country.

Mudasiru Hussein noted that the digital census will play vital role in enhancing national development by providing accurate data and statistics.

Hussain said one million adhoc staffs have been trained for the exercise.

The commission said the postponement by the last administration was to give the president Bola Tinubu led administration ample opportunity to have robust input in the exercise.

He said the aim of the breakfast is to update the media and Nigerians on the level of preparation for the census.

He stressed that the Delimitation area demarcation, pretext and trial census and other preliminary exercises including payment and remuneration have been conducted .

Former president Buhari had postponed the 2023 population and housing census from 3rd to 7th may 2023 till further notice.

The Flaming Cliffs, also known as Bayanzag, is a site that features unique red sand cliffs that are located in the Ömnögovi Province, in the southern part of the State of Mongolia.

Named after the red and orange colors of the cliffs which are much more emphasized at sunset, it was the American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews who came visited the site in 1920s and gave the name.

As they are definitely glowing at sunset, accentuating the impressively gorgeous and dramatic features of the entire valley, the importance of the Flaming Cliffs comes from the first discoveries of dinosaur eggs, in addition to the specimens of Velociraptor and eutherian mammals.

Still, there were plenty of dinosaur fossils which were uncovered here, and as the site is in the Gobi Desert, it is certainly one of the most important ones in the world for fossil hunters. According to some scientists, the cliffs are estimated to be some 71 to 75 million years old.

Nevertheless, among the discoveries here, there were discovered skeletons of Maniraptorans: Saurornithoides and Ceratopsians: Protoceratops with Ankylosaurids: Pinacosaurus.

All in all, even though located in a more remote part of Mongolia, the Flaming Cliffs are definitely one of the greatest treasures with which this nation in Central Asia can be really proud.