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we re point lincolnshire police said trees were falling faster than they could tweet about them. we have been sent dozens tweet about them. we have been sent d oze ns of tweet about them. we have been sent dozens of photos from around the county. in the centre of lincoln the wind down a wall, county. in the centre of lincoln the wind - down a wall, damaging a wind brought down a wall, damaging a car but thankfully no one was injured. there was a big gust and we sort the wall come down. it all happen in slow motion and you heard this loud bang. it was estimated which is afternoon 4000 homes will —— were without power in lincolnshire. this could prove to be be the biggest challenge as darkness falls. and driving rain and gale force winds signalled the arrival of a storm boris. 0n the a53 wins and gasping upwards of 70 mph and high sided vehicles are struggling and it has been a busy day for our fire and rescue teams. as winds strengthened

it proved too much for these hgvs as we toppled over. there were no injuries but fire crews battle against the elements to rescue the driver from the scalp. he was unable to get out due to the vehicle being on its side but he has sustained no injuries. she was to bring wild she was forecast to bring wild weather and storm doris lift up to her name with hundreds of trees brought down across the region, chaos on the roads and trains, buildings are battered and car was crushed. this is a royal mail van with the driver having a lucky escape. as did this three—year—old and his dad, seconds after crossing the road a large branch falls exactly where the boy was standing. if chris did not see him and recognise they might have brought on

as it does not bear thinking about. with so many fallen trees across liverpool the council asked the public to avoid every park in the city because of the danger of trees falling. transport has also been affected with this aeroplane aborting its landing at manchester and declare an emergency. it finally landed safely. we went round three times and tried to go to different airports. everyone around us was being sick and fainting and that. a difficult drive in the snow on the m80 afterl lorryjackknifed, m80 after a lorryjackknifed, resulting in gridlock. daily commutes to and into three and a half hour journeys. commutes to and into three and a half hourjourneys. it has taken me four and half hourjourneys. it has taken me fourand a half hourjourneys. it has taken me four and a half hours to go four

miles. this is the dot heading to the motorway but at least here in gritter has gotgthrough . . , . . traffic is getting through but the conditions are dreadful. traffic is getting through but the conditions are dreadfullj traffic is getting through but the conditions are dreadful. i have come from five miles that we sat here for two hours to try to get to the meeting but i am just going home. back on the m80 the usual advice to stay in your vehicle could not contain this one is the captain of falkirk football club was determined not to miss out on his training. using the standstill to show off a feud the bbc has learned that around 10,000 motorists were still driving last month, despite having too many penalty points on their licence. usually drivers are banned when they exceed 12 points. but magistrates are allowed to waive the rule in cases of "exceptional hardship." supporters say it gives drivers another chance, but critics say bending the rules puts other people at risk.

0ur correspondent david rhodes has more. from speeding to drink—driving, failing to have insurance or causing a collision on the road, penalty points are given to banned for a minimum of six months. but figures obtained by the bbc, showjust under 10,000 drivers are still on the roads despite having 12 or more points. most are found in england, with the largest number being in greater london. although one driver in west yorkshire is still on the road despite having more than 60 points on their licence. the law doesn't seem to be working at the moment. we've got people obviously being caught and going through the justice system but actually this whole points system seems to be making a mockery of that. drivers are getting away with repeatedly breaking the law. motorists with 12 points can appeal to a magistrates' courtjust as this one and claim that a driving ban would bring exceptional hardship upon their lives,

meaning they'd lose a job or be unable to care for a family member. there is no definition in law though, as to what exceptional hardship means. so one magistrate may decide if a driving ban would cause someone to lose theirjob, that is exceptional hardship. another magistrate may decide it isn't. every ban is considered on a case—by—case basis. the government says the vast majority of drivers with 12 points are automatically disqualified and only in exceptional circumstances can judges decide not to issue a ban. the fact remains though, that there are drivers who have continually broken the law, who are still on our roads. david rhodes, bbc news, bradford. joining me from our bristol studio to explain how that's possible is solicitor ian kelcey. thanks forjoining us. i suppose the

danger of this is there are those who will take advantage and those who will take advantage and those who are genuinely caught out by perhaps a new speed on a road the user regularly. the first thing i wa nt to user regularly. the first thing i want to say is 10,000 sounds a lot but it is a minuscule amount compared to the drivers that are on oui’ compared to the drivers that are on our roads, probably down to far less 196. in 1%. in effect, you have a very than 1%. in effect, you have a very small amount of drivers who are able to claim exceptional hardship. some people will say they have lost the license and see that is 10,000 too 1.255; 539 iii 11351 i% mafia 5‘th there 155555 555 555 5555 i5 mafia 555 there will also be some people many. there will also be some people who are still in work and able to continue in work and keep other people in work. in my experience exceptional hardship is often where

a small firm would be closed and four or five people would lose their jobs. it is easier to persuade a court in those circumstances. exceptional hardship is defined as more than mere inconvenience and in those circumstances there obviously isa those circumstances there obviously is a divergence of opinion in certain courts and you will always get that. on the other hand my get that but on the other hand my view is if a case is well presented and well put to the court and backed up and well put to the court and backed up by and well put to the court and backed up by good evidence there is a realistic prospect of avoiding the potting up procedure under the penalty points act. can you give exa m ples of penalty points act. can you give examples of cases you have come across where they were exceptional circumstances? - i can think of circumstances? yes, i can think of couple were represented people the couple were represented people who have had wives or husbands who

have been very, very severely disabled who needed to be transported backwards and forwards to hospital they lived transported backwards and forwards to hospital- they lived in transported backwards and forwards to hospital - they lived in a to hospital doctors. they lived in a remote to hospital doctors. they lived in a re m ote area to hospital doctors. they lived in a remote area and in those circumstances the court found that was exceptional hardship. i can think of other cases i outlined earlier such as a small business totally reliant on the owner retaining his licence. if you had lost it four or five people would have lost their job lost it four or five people would have lost theirjob because the business would have had to have closed. those are the types of examples. they are fairly extreme and, asi examples. they are fairly extreme and, as i say, it is a minuscule proportion of those who are driving on our roads who managed to avoid a bad under this provision. how does someone bad under this provision. how does someone clock up in some cases 62 points on the license? give at that one is beyond me. the most i have

come across was somebody who clocked up come across was somebody who clocked up 25 points on their licence and that was through going through a number of speed cameras in a fairly short period of time. 65 seems an astronomical amount. again, i cannot truly comment because i do not all the facts and circumstances. i know some drivers get caught out bya i know some drivers get caught out by a new speed restriction on the road the user regularly and happens several times in one day. would that be classed as exceptional? no, it must be an exceptional hardship relating to the person or other people saw the fact i is not people saw the fact it is not relating to the fence, it is relating to the fence, it is relating to the fence, it is relating to that person and exceptional hardship it would cause to them or others —— relating to that fence. are there conditions set by the court such as if you do it again you

will lose your license? give a mac you can only use exceptional hardship argument once in three yea rs hardship argument once in three years so hardship argument once in three years so if you had a severely disabled relative, if you acquired more penalty point you would not be able to i back and use the same able to go back and use the same argument again within the next three yea rs. argument again within the next three years. many thanks i that. years. many thanks for that. fascinating. speaking to us from our bristol studio. let's get the latest on storm doris with thomas. we have had quite a battered into the. we are mostly done with the storm now as it heads towards the low countries here but let's look at some of the gusts. look at that, london itself at 62 mph, not often we see that and that this white it

was so we see that and that this white it was so disruptive and damaging. these severe gales went inland. some across of these severe gales went inland. some across - of scotland, snow across parts of scotland, winter wonderland but it was only confined to scotland. the deals were way, way towards the south. as far as the early medieval evening is concerned that the last of the deals in east anglia —— the early evening. if you are travelling this is the scene around 9pm with a win today showers around, much lighter winds and in many areas the winds are very light indeed. around 9pm we're around 28—30 mph and we were talking around 28—30 mph and we were seeing more than double that earlier in some areas. through tonight the wind is clear from the far eastern and south—eastern coastline and clear skies. some icy patches in

some areas as temperatures dropped to freezing in one or two spots. friday starts on a chilly note, nice and crisp sunny start before the brave moves into belfast and western scotla nd brave moves into belfast and western scotland and a little bit of snow lashed back before the rain moves in. a quietly across most of england and eastern wales. saturday, another big blow comes in with regular cloud, wind and rain, mild winds and temperatures into double figures throughout the country. a similar picture on sunday but the reader will be confined more toward these north—western areas of the uk. —— but the rain will be confined. this is bbc news.

i'm chris rogers. the headlines at eight. storm doris causes havoc across the uk — winds of up to 95 miles per hour have brought chaos to roads and the rail system. net migration to the uk falls to its lowest level but for two years but it's still above the government's target figure of 100,000. iraqi government forces capture mosul airport as they try to drive islamic state fighters out of the city. hs2 is on track. formal approval‘s been given for the first phase of the hs2 high speed rail link between london and birmingham. and in the next hour — ten portions of fruit and veg