UK weather: south of England forecast to be as hot as Ibiza this weekend

A cobweb on rose hips at first light in Dunsden, Oxfordshire, on Tuesday. The south-east is expecting some unseasonal hot weather at the end of the week. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock

Parts of the UK could be as hot as Ibiza at the weekend, with predicted temperatures up to six degrees above the October average, the Met Office said.

The “unseasonably warm weather” will cover much of the south of England, where temperatures are expected to reach the mid-20s, and possibly even higher, on Saturday and Sunday.