The first anniversary of the Sousse terrorist attack - which left 30 Britons dead - will be marked by families of the victims on Sunday.

A total of 38 people were killed when gunman Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire in the coastal Tunisian resort of Port El Kantaoui on 26 June last year.

Rezgui was eventually shot dead police, while Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack.

On Sunday, memorial services will be conducted in remembrance while on Monday one-minute silences will be held by government staff abroad and domestically.

Among the remembrance services to be held is one by the family of 66-year-old Lisa Burbidge, from Gateshead.

In a statement ahead of the service in Whickham, the family said the past 12 months had been "incredibly difficult".

The minister for North Africa, Tobias Ellwood, has travelled to Tunisia for meetings with officials from the country's government.

He said: "As we mark the first anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack in Sousse we remember the 38 people brutally murdered, including 30 British nationals.

"A year on, we keep in our thoughts and prayers the family and friends who lost loved ones, those who were injured and others who witnessed this horrendous attack.

"We continue to work closely with Tunisia to enhance security and support economic development and reform. Tunisia will not stand alone in the face of the terrorist threat and the UK will be by its side".

Suzanne Richards from Wednesbury, West Midlands said she was left devastated by the deaths of her son Joel Richards, mother Pat Evans and sister Adrian Evans in the attack.

"We will never come to terms with what happened," she explained.

"We just hope the inquest process can shed some light on exactly what happened so that all the grieving families can begin to understand how their loved ones died and whether more could have been done to protect them."