A weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers is in force across much of southern England and Wales. The Met Office says damage to buildings as a result of lightning strikes, disruption to public transport and flooding should be expected within the affected areas.

Large parts of Wales could experience heavy showers and thunderstorms this weekend. As the period of settled weather comes to an abrupt end, the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorm for large parts of the country.

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning. Spotlight's David Braine has the information.

The UK has a weekend of thunderstorms to look forward to, with yellow weather warnings in place on both Saturday and Sunday. But don’t expect the situation to return to the warmth and sunshine we’ve been seeing this week,