TEMPERATURES are set to soar today across the borough.

Parts of the north west could see an official heatwave in the coming days, with temperatures expected to rise to almost 30°C.

The Met Office said people in Oldham sweltering heat and sunshine from today and tomorrow.

Although the heatwave predicted for August failed to deliver, temperatures are due to rise today to around 25°C in Oldham.

Tomorrow there's plenty of sunshine with a manimum temperature of 28°C feeling very warm to locally hot. Skies clouding over later as cloud moves in from the west.

Tonight will be dry throughout but feeling humid.

Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said: "It's not uncommon for the UK to get warm spells heading into early September.

"There's a chance of some areas reaching heatwave criteria, but that is fairly borderline and the breakdown that is happening on Wednesday will subdue the temperatures as well.

"So it will be touch and go for some places whether a heatwave is officially in the forecast."

The mercury is expected to exceed the average for September, which is 18C (64.4F) in the UK.