Northern Ireland has recorded its first heatwave in two years as temperatures rose above 25C on Saturday.

The Met Office weather station at Castlederg in County Tyrone saw the thermometer reach 25.3C.

The same site recorded heat of 29.5C on Friday and 25.7C on Thursday, meaning a heatwave threshold of three consecutive days of temperatures of 25C or above has been met.

The highest temperatures on record for Northern Ireland in June is 30.8C recorded at Knockarevan in County Fermanagh in June 1976.