The Met Office has announced that 2006 is about to go down as the hottest on record for Britain with an average temperature of 10.84 C.

As the news broke wild life TV presenter Sir David Attenborough listed his pet hates: 4×4 cars, electrical standby facilities and lights being left on. He said it was immoral to waste energy because it put ‘our grandchildren’s lives in danger’.

The Met Office say there is a link between global warming and human behaviour.