Weather forecasters predict a wet and windy weekend in Suffolk and Essex - but the rain is set to make way for sunshine next week.

Saturday is set for a dry and cloudy start, with the rain expected to start to fall from around noon.

There will be similar conditions on Sunday, but Monday will bring a small chance of thunderstorms in the evening.

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The poor conditions are set to end by Tuesday, as temperatures reach highs of 24C in the middle of next week.

Chris Bell, of East Anglian-based forecaster Weatherquest, said: "Tomorrow through much of the morning it will be mostly dry. We will see a scattering of showers from lunchtime.

"Sunday will be a similar story - in the afternoon there is another risk of rain.

"It'll be a bit drier next week. I suspected that by Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday there will be drier conditions."