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Northern Ireland is set to bask in sunshine this week - with temperatures soaring as high as 23 degrees.

After a week of dark clouds and rain interrupting the blue skies, the Met Office is predicting much more agreeable weather over the coming days.

The south east of England looks set to roast in temperatures as high as 27 degrees, but Ireland will not be left out, forecasters say.

Met Office forecaster Paul Arbuckle told Belfast Live: "The projected temperature on Monday in Belfast is a high of about 19 to 20, by Tuesday it is 20 to 21 degrees and Wednesday 22 to 23. On Thursday, the warmest part of Northern Ireland will be in the west, at 23 degrees, and on Friday 22 to 23 is forecast.

"When it comes to seasonal averages, Northern Ireland is only 15 or 16 degrees at this time of year. So 23 degrees is very warm.

"To compare that to England, tomorrow it will be 25 to 26 degrees in London. By Thursday that will reach 26 or 27 degrees."