Send us your photos of how you’re spending the hottest September day in the borough for almost 70 years.

It’s currently 32C in Ilford – the highest temperature in September since 1949.

If you’ve been enjoying the day in Valentines Park, headed out to the lake in Fairlop Country Waters of are just sunbathing in your back garden we want to hear from you.

Send your photos to ralph.blackburn@archant.co.uk and check out Thursday’s Recorder to see if you made it into the paper.