Lightning pictures: Thunderstorms light up the skies across England

Twin bolts of lightning splinter through the skies over Chesterfield

Spectacular flashes of lightning lit up the skies in parts of the Midlands and northern England on Saturday as thunderstorms rolled across the country.

BBC Weather Watchers captured the brilliant light show over Chesterfield, Brinscall, Wakefield, Penistone, York and Oswestry.

The storms also brought flash flooding to parts of the country, with one music festival in Birmingham having to be abandoned.

Rain also disrupted play at both Wimbledon and the men's Ashes.

Lightning strikes in Brinscall, Lancashire

A bolt of lightning snakes across the skies above Oswestry

Sue shared this image taken as the storms struck in West Yorkshire

Lightning pierces the sky above Penistone, in South Yorkshire

Gary Gimmick captured the storm as it hit Heworth, in York

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