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Glastonbury opens its gates as UK temperatures soar to 30C

Organiser Emily Eavis says it is ‘best moment of the year’, as visitors are sprayed with water while they set up camp

Glastonbury attenders were setting up camp in sweltering temperatures as the 54th edition of the UK’s best-known festival got under way on the hottest day of the year so far. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAThere will definitely be a huge moment for fans of K-pop, as the South Korean superstars Seventeen make their debut on the Pyramid stage on Friday afternoon. The sweltering conditions on Wednesday, with weather warnings put in place around much of the UK, will be replaced by temperatures of about 18C to 20C for the rest of the event, with a small chance of scattered showers.

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