UK weather: How hot will it be this weekend and when will the heatwave end?

Rain forecast for today, but the heat returns over the weekend and is set to stay

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The unrelenting dry weather with finally break today with thunderstorms and rain forecast across much of the UK.

The Sun reports that "northern rain will move into south Wales and the English Midlands, leaving western Scotland and Northern Ireland with late sunshine. The south east will become hot, triggering hit-and-miss thunderstorms later."

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