Sunshine and showers: UK set for warm and wet bank holiday weekend

Temperatures expected to reach 30C in Scotland on Friday but weather warnings issued for heavy rain moving across UK

Temperatures are expected to reach 30C in Britain this weekend, but the warm bank holiday weather is expected to be interrupted by thunderstorms and heavy rain.

Forecasters have issued three weather warnings for rain over the next four days, covering Northern Ireland from 4pm on Friday, the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Saturday, and southern England from lunchtime on Sunday to midday on bank holiday Monday.