North East temperatures in the are expected to be double those in Greece this weekend as the UK looks set to enjoy the warmest weekend of the year so far.
After a cold start to March, warmer weather is finally on the way, with the Met Office predicting "plenty of sunshine" on Saturday and a maximum temperature 14 °C in Newcastle and County Durham. Temperatures in the region are expected to be higher than Mykonos in Greece, where forecasters predict highs of 7°C.
"The weather is really settling down, there is going to be a lot of dry weather, probably for the next week or so," said BBC weather forecaster Darren Bett.
