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thank you very much for the moment, sharon barbour live in blackpool. 0ne the moment, sharon barbourseeing that around 22,500 properties are without power across the whole of scotland. as we were hearing from sean a little earlier, there has also been a big impact on the railway, and scotrail is not running services at the moment. let's get the very latest from gillian sharp, in glasgow. 0n railways, what are scotrail saying to you? that in glasgow. on railways, what are scotrail saying to you?— scotrail saying to you? at the moment. _ scotrail saying to you? at the moment. we _ scotrail saying to you? at the moment, we understand - scotrail saying to you? at the moment, we understand that| scotrail saying to you? at the - moment, we understand that perhaps it could be like mourning into the afternoon, before services get back to something like normal. all of these routes have to be safety checked to see that it is ok to run trains on them before services can resume. as you say, scott parel is not running any rush—hour trains this morning, and you can see a very sad picture on the de

sharon barbour, bbc news. the bbc�*s meghan 0wen is in the newsroom in london.ments. yes, look at this map, you can see how much of the uk has those amber weather warnings and in the last few hours we have been finding out that thousands of homes across northern ireland and the north of england and wales have lost power. we want to bring other updates, this is a nuclear site in the north of england, to stop their operations overnight, they expect to resume tomorrow, but say they are stopping them at the moment because of that severe weather. in terms ofjust how fast the wings are, the fastest wins were measured in wales at 90 mph, 130 km an hour, left us in north yorkshire and killing in northern ireland, really extensive and powerful all over the uk, in fact, it is thought to be the most powerful storm of the season. here are some of the latest pictures. there's been widespread travel disruption in belfast, these are people waiting for flights, lots of flights disrupted. this was a clock tower that came down in galway, ireland, and we saw earlier trees have bee

here's the lastest from our reporter sharon barbour in blackpool. storm isha has landed. uk is now under amber weather warnings for strong winds, some reaching up to 90 mph. if you do come near the coast, please make sure you err with caution. the idea is, even when it is rough, the wind and the waves will come over, and it could sweep you out to sea and it is hard in this weather to try and find anyone. so, please, if you do come down, or if not, please steer clear of the sea, if you can. what hasn't been able to land is a number of planes. dublin airport has cancelled more than 100 flights and strong winds meant many were unable to land. some have been diverted to france as all uk airports were full. even in london, planes struggled to land. all transport has been affected. in scotland, a tree fell on top of a car, but thankfully no one was injured. 0n the trains, there has been huge disruption, with scotrail stopping all services tonight. the extreme weather conditions brought about by storm isha means it wouldn't be safe to run passenger trains. that is in the interes

and sharon barbour sent this update a short time ago.a has landed in the uk — winds have already been recorded in wales, in the snowdonia area, of 90mph. for much of the country here, looking at winds between 70—80 mph but we don't really know what storm isha will bring. all the emergency services are warning those right across the uk of problems on the roads, problems with trains and we've already seen some problems with planes and of course, people walking around have even been warned to be aware of flying debris, particularly strong warnings around all of the coasts where the waves are expected to come right over, onto roads — so warnings of being swept out to sea, warnings of being hit by debris. the worst of the storm is farfrom here, hundreds of miles still out to sea, of course, coming over from those snowstorms that were seen in north america coming through ireland, which is seeing really, really high winds and the sea coming up here in blackpool now. as we speak, the sea is expected to reach high tide in around two hours�* time.

our health correspondent sharon barbour was outside the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle and gave, the doctors here on the picket line firstly are losing six days pay, three days before christmas, and i ask them about that, they feel so strongly about this dispute that they are willing to carry on the fight for what they say is pay restoration. they are also telling me a little bit about what conditions have been like in the number of patients they are now treating on trolleys, notjust in a&e but trolleys that are being part in wards because there is no more room. we know this hospital is at capacity, it is full, which is not where you want to be, as half your medical workforce walk out for six days, and that is days and nights, leaving the consultants to try and cover, and that has meant tens of thousands of operations have been cancelled and appointments have been cancelled, 1.2 million appointments have been cancelled through industrial action over the past year. so, that is the view of the picket line here in newcastle. and sharon, there is a concern about the impact on patien

live now to our health correspondent sharon barbour who's outside the royal victoria infirmary in newcastlethere saying about what their priority is? well. about what their priority is? well, luxm , about what their priority is? well, luxmy. the _ about what their priority is? well, luxmy, the doctors _ about what their priority is? well, luxmy, the doctors here - about what their priority is? well, luxmy, the doctors here on - about what their priority is? well, luxmy, the doctors here on the l luxmy, the doctors here on the picket line firstly are losing six days pay, three days before christmas, and i ask them about that, they feel so strongly about this dispute that they are willing to carry on the fight for what they say is pay restoration. they are also telling me a little bit about what conditions have been like in the number of patients they are now treating on trolleys, notjust in a&e but trolleys that are being part in wards because there is no more room. we know this hospital is at capacity, it is full, which is not where you want to be, as half your medical workforce walked out

live now to our health correspondent, sharon barbour, who's outside the royal victoria infirmary in newcastletors telling ou there? ., ., , my you there? the “unior doctors say the feel you there? the “unior doctors say they feel very — you there? the junior doctors say they feel very strongly _ you there? the junior doctors say they feel very strongly about - you there? the junior doctors say they feel very strongly about this | they feel very strongly about this strike action. there is no way that they are going to come off the strike unless they get what they say is a credible offer to put to members. they say all through christmas they were waiting for the health secretary, victoria atkins, to come forward with what she said it was a final offer. they didn't hear from it was a final offer. they didn't hearfrom her, and they it was a final offer. they didn't hear from her, and they say if they had they would never have gone ahead with the strike action. their strength of feeling as strong as ever, if not stronger. i have spoken to some consultants here today too. they seem to be supporting

so let's take you now to our reporter sharon barbour who is standing by hopefully can hear me here.re and what is happening. yes, i am at blackpool beach, and the rain is really strong here, quite sleety so it is quite painful. you can see people walking out there on the beach which is rather extraordinary, they are tough up north! but by eight o'clock tonight, that tide will be writing. the whole of the uk pretty much is going to be battered by storm isha, lots of warnings out around travel, ferries, roads and trains all being affected, warnings about power cuts and people being advised really to prepare bear if they lose power, and if they can't go out, warnings to not walk too close to trees, and anything else that might come down in these strong gales. i was driving across, and the visibility was terrible because there is so much water on the road, and with those really strong winds, it really whisks that water up and you can't say a lot, the trucks on the road were swaying about, so also warnings to motorists across the uk that are driving to be very wary of driving around lorr

our correspondent sharon barbour is in blackpool — and has this update on what conditions are like therere speaking to you. the wind was really strong and there was hael against our faces, it was difficult to walk across the road. a bit of a lull right now, but the uk, the whole of the uk pretty much bracing itself for a real battering from storm isha, which is coming from that direction and has already started to have a real impact in some places. we were hearing that in snowdonia they are already seeing winds of around 90 miles an hour, and the storm is still hundreds of miles away, so we do not know what it is likely to bring, but a lot of the problems we expect. energy companies are warning of likely power cuts, warning residents to get in case they do lose power and we see from other storms that power can go down for some days, but they are ready. the rac is warning of really hazardous conditions on the roads, and are saying if you must travel, please slow down and be aware of your car or truck buffeting around on the road. lots of surface water and strong winds, in northern ireland

first tonight, let's go to blackpool, where we can speak to reporter sharon barbour.e situation there? the winds have _ what's the situation there? tie: winds have certainly what's the situation there? tte: winds have certainly picked up here in blackpool, that storm isha has been rolling in across the atlantic from the irish sea, and behind my cameraman i can see the waves crashing in here and coming up, so i'll certainly be moving shortly from where we are, the rnli, the coastal authority is warning people to stay away from the coast, warning of the danger to life. as you say, plenty of disruption right across the uk, and plenty more to come. storm isha has landed, and there are widespread warnings in place across the uk for heavy rainfall and gusts of winds of up to 80mph — and worse is forecast for overnight. there's also a risk—to—life warning in coastal areas. if you do come near the coast, please make sure that you err with caution. the idea is that even when it is rough, the wind and the waves will come over and they could sweep you out to the sea — and it's h

take haley barbour, '94 rnc chair or michael steele who so many people know from the similar meeting they held when he was chair to the closed press secret meetings. this is a file photo that shows the contrast over the years, the tightening secrecy. why is it a secret? the rnc is clearly trying to duck any further pressure, scrutiny or efficacy to end the employ primaries which would have tried to declare the primaries over and trump the nominee. the rnc said haley should drop out, trump has to be the winner. this morning nikki haley did something unusual, something trump hasn't done, which is face questions from a different and more adversarial set of interviewers. she went, just like biden has, to the breakfast club and took the questions. >> he goes and pushes the republican party to say that he's the nominee to get me out. we don't do coronations in this country. two states have voted. you need 1215 delegates. he has 32, i have 17. this is far from over. we're not giving up. >> the delegate breakdown backs that up. 48 states to vote, 1200 plus delegates to go. while trump has lo

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. 0ur health correspondent, sharon barbour, joins us now from the royal victoriaing. the longest walk out in the history of the nhs. what impact will this have on patients? morning. well, it is darker in newcastle and this is a dark day for the nhs. a huge impact. tens of thousands ofjunior doctors will be walking out from around seven. they will be handing over to the consultants, who will take over theirjobs consultants, who will take over their jobs to consultants, who will take over theirjobs to a certain extent. many of the consultants are having to stop all surgery. most appointments have been cancelled. although there is a warning really to patients to say, do come in if you have a life or limb emergency. do contact 999 if you feel your life is threatened. those that haven't gotten an emergency, that are turning up at a&e, can expect very long wait. surgeons will be downing tools so to speak and going to the emergency departments to help. but there is comms, as we have been hearing in that report, at the busiest time of the year for the that report, at the

here's our correspondent sharon barbour.rnings in place across the uk for heavy rainfall and gusts of winds of up to 80mph and worse is forecast for overnight. there's also a risk—to—life warning in coastal areas. if you do come near the coast, please make sure that you err with caution. the idea is that even when it is rough, the wind and the waves will come and they could sweep you out to the sea and it's hard in this weather to try and find anyone. so please, if you do come down — or if not, please just steer clear of the sea if you can. well, the rain is here and the strong winds have already started to arrive and the sea is on its way and the real warning is around coastal areas, with large waves and debris posing a risk to life. here in blackpool, many are preparing to batten down the hatches. we are just wrapped up really warm and going to go home and stay inside, i think. we just knew that the high winds were coming in but we weren't really expecting it now, yet. this was the scene in ireland earlier, and what's abou

speak to our reporter gillian sharpe, who's at glasgow central station — but first let's go to sharon barbourwith blue lights but we don't know the details. the wind is still very strong and the sea is very rough. high tide is due in around an hour and a half. the rnli had been putting warnings out throughout the storm, throughout the night, saying there is a danger to life to go too close to the sea. the fear was that of those strong waves could catch people or bring debris and take them out to the sea. difficult to rescue them, very difficult to see anybody out there and night time and also of real concern about the cold water. also with the strong winds have been problems with lights and we have been hearing across the north west about more than 8000 homes without power. electricity north west have been saying that there is a real problems in trying to reach them because of the conditions and they can stay without power until five o'clock tomorrow. let's look at the impact on transport, especially in scotland. scotland's railway operator cancelled all of its rush—hour trains this morning.