BBC NEWS | England | Storms start to follow heatwave - how the BBC see it
 

"Thunder and storms have started causing havoc in parts of the country
after days of sweltering heat."

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5144490.stm with reports of
damage and a youth who's been hit etc...
There's also a link to today's heatwave photos, the last one's
particularly spectacular !