Expect a wet platinum jubilee weekend, Met Office says

Best of weather set for Thursday with showery spells forecast on Friday and Sunday

Many of those attending the 16,000 street parties planned for the platinum jubilee weekend have been warned to expect showers but not the kind of lengthy downpours that washed out the diamond jubilee celebrations in 2012.

The best of the weather is set for the start of the bank holiday on Thursday when most areas of the UK will enjoy periods of dry and fine weather, according to the Met Office.