THE Met Office has issued a yellow warning of rain for parts of the North-East and North Yorkshire on Wednesday.

The heavy rainfall is expected to start in the North-West before moving east during Wednesday evening with many places seeing 25-50 mm of rain and 100mm levels possible over higher ground.

The Met Office said: "Spray and flooding on roads will probably make journey times longer and train services will also probably be affected. Flooding of a few properties is possible."

The Northern Echo:

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