BANG HOLIDAY

Thunderstorms set to rumble in

- PHIL CARDY

THUNDERY, wet weather will today stretch its tentacles across the country and wash away most of the May Bank Holiday sunshine.

Yesterday's dry, fine conditions meant giant octopus kites could be seen soaring along the coast.

But the sky-high octopi on Majuba Beach in Redcar, North Yorkshire, will be brought back down to earth today as storms are expected to make the good weather go out with a bang.

Thunder and lightning are set to start rumbling their way across the Midlands and the North this afternoon with a yellow warning in place until 8pm.