They gave another exemplary performance in stifling heat and appeared to have set up the game for England.

The iciness of the first winter, followed by the stifling heat of summer.

Gibraltar has had to set up special holding zones for cars and pedestrians stuck in stifling heat.

The stifling heat in the studio - a recurrent problem at this venue - provided an extra layer of discomfort.

The general was fed up with the war, with Afghanistan, with the airport on this sunbaked plain and its stifling heat.