Speed limits were put in place to ensure safety

Temperatures climbed above 30 degrees Celsius in many areas across the country.

Rail disruption was caused after track operator Network Rail made the decision to impose speed restrictions as a safety precaution.

The restrictions will be removed on Monday evening and rail operators would reassess the situation on Tuesday.

The Glasgow to Edinburgh shuttle train service was halved during rush hour, while services between Edinburgh and Bathgate and those in Fife were also affected.

As warm temperatures crossed the country, a 10-year-old girl was knocked down by traffic trying to pass a vandalised water hydrant.

The accident happened shortly after 1400 BST on Arrochar Street in the Summerston area of Glasgow.

The injured schoolgirl was taken to Yorkhill Hospital for treatment to leg injuries.

Skin cancer

A safety officer from Strathclyde Fire and Rescue said that the incident showed the possibly tragic potential of children vandalising hydrants.

Meanwhile, a report has warned that Scotland has suffered from an epidemic of skin cancer over the last 30 years.

Experts from NHS Scotland have found that more men than women now die from the disease.

They blame the outbreak on the popularity of sunbathing at home, abroad and in tanning parlours.

Skin cancer warnings have been issued as temperatures soar

Since 1975, cases of skin cancer in Scotland have tripled - but it is men who are now most at risk.

The number of diagnoses in men of the most serious form of the illness, malignant melanoma, has risen four-fold.

Although more women than men suffer from it, more men die - possibly because of their reluctance to get suspicious moles checked out.

The death toll from malignant melanoma has doubled in the last 25 years.

Weekly fatalities

In 1975, there were about 40 cases of skin cancer every week in Scotland, but that has now risen to 140.

Researchers discovered that almost four patients die every week, compared to 1975 when there were between two and three weekly fatalities.

Scientists found a 60% rise in deaths among men, against a 9% rise in women.

Cases of skin cancer have levelled out in the last five years, since their peak in 1997 - but there are still 5,000 more cases annually than 25 years ago.

People with different hair colours were used in a research project

Met Office weather forecaster Peter Sloss said that Monday has been the hottest day of the year so far, but he doubted whether temperatures would top the record of 32.8C a couple of years ago in the Borders.

"On average, one year in every three sees temperatures somewhere in Scotland top 30C," he said.

But forecasters predict the sizzling conditions will cool by two or three degrees on Tuesday.

Scientists at Edinburgh University last year launched a study into how people with different hair, eye and skin colours react to sunlight as part of a study into skin cancer.

The study, funded by the Medical Research Council, was described as one of the most extensive to be carried out in the UK into skin cancer.