Yes it just spawned out of nothing 30 minutes ago.
We have thunder just to the SE now. 

Got totally soaked on my post round in Ixworth today, Sky was electric with lots more images like this one above and fork lightning going in all sorts of directions. At one point I even ducked Cannon fire thunder, huge torrents of water running down the streets and me trying to keep the post dry on the bike

Back here in Thorndon it looks like we've missed the worst of it

would i be right in saying these are convergence formed storms we are seeing forming.

Another point, looks like the Fohn effect is occuring in scotland. 25*c currently in north east scotland, warmer than the interior and western coast.

Clump of storms in the SW approaches now. Another area approaching Sussex but no recent electrification 

Dark to the SW here!

Nasty shower/storm not far away either.

Heavy shower under way here.

Sun's shining, thunder is rumbling and we've had the fattest raindrops I've ever seen!

Some of the rain is torrential at times now!

Summer has arrived.

5mms from that, no thunder though but very convective Sky's around this evening.

Way down to the SW of the UK looks interesting!

Storm near Harrogate. Why do these things never pop up over me?  

To late summer arrived here weeks ago with hot/humid and intense thundery spells weather here already.

90mms for July fall in the last week of the month!

Had quite a severe storm in Lowestoft this morning (11.10 to 11.40 am) with lots of lightning and almost continuous rumbles of thunder. It was a typical medium level type (elevated) storm. (I would post a cloud photo if I knew how to do it).

Yes, we've been the Lindo Wing of storms today, nursing them into being then sending them off to the NYM to start producing the goods up there.

BBC weather; heavy, thundery showers running NE thoughout the night for England especially.

Heavy, thundery showers in places tomorrow to again running in lines.

Here too, but I have missed the "torrential downpour" reports

(and was soaking up the French heat for a couple of weeks)

It looks like you have been in the sweet spot in the last hour or two (although there is a bit of activity in the far SW too and parts of Ireland/W Scotland)

http://www.sat24.com/gb

Nothing here but down in cornwall there looks like something interesting but dont know if it will come my way.

Just had torrential downpour and flash bangs

Radar says more on the way

Another storm approaching, can hear distant thunder. Dark skies to my south west.

I think this must be some kind of record for the number of thundery events I've seen occuring across parts of the UK without anything of note here - jelousy at a maximum, especially after my grandparents in Dorking witnessed a fantastic, very electrically active thunderstorm this morning

NetWeather lightning detector shows lightning directly to my east. Literally a mile to my east. I suppose I have to laugh or I'll just cry.