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The Met Office has identified 11 areas that could face rain on Saturday as the rest of the UK is sweltered by a new heatwave. Scotland will be in the firing line at 7am with heavy rain on the tip of Aberdeenshire and the north of the country.

Heavy rain will fall in parts of Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland and Inverneshire in the morning, with showers forecast to continue throughout much of the day in northern Scotland. The south of Scotland will be largely dry throughout the day, as will Wales, England and Northern Ireland.

By 10pm, weather maps show showers will extend into the south of England, as far as Northumberland. By Sunday, most of the rain will subside and dry weather will remain across the country.

Scotland will also be spared the extreme heat, with the Met Office predicting highs of 35C and 36C in some southern parts of England on Thursday and Friday; Temperatures of 21C are expected on Friday and 17C in Aberdeen on Saturday.

Although temperatures will gradually ease across southern and eastern parts of England over the weekend and into next week, very hot weather is expected to continue as the highest temperatures shift towards the south-west.

Deputy chief forecaster Tom Crabtree said: “While temperatures are expected to ease in south-east England over the weekend and into next week, there will be no direct end to this hot weather.

“High pressure is expected to persist for much of next week, but will gradually move northward. This means an easterly wind will settle in the south and the focus of the warmest conditions will move southwestward.”

“As a result, some places that have seen the highest temperatures in recent weeks will begin to cool, but the weather will remain very warm, particularly in the south-west, and heatwave thresholds may continue to be met in some places.

“The general signal is that the weather will continue into next week for many parts of the UK, but there is a possibility of storms spreading to parts of the south and south-west.”