A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers has been issued in the North East for the weekend.
The Met Office forecasts a chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms across the region, which could cause localised flooding. The alert runs from 9am to 11.59pm on Saturday, covering Newcastle, Gateshead, Northumberland, North and South Tyneside, Sunderland and County Durham.
And while the weather warning is in place across much of England and Scotland, the forecasters predict that heavy showers and thunderstorms will be "mainly focused over northern England and Scotland by late afternoon/evening."
