ben schofield| forjoining us. ben schofield is in manchester. what is it like where you are?ny — like where you are? welcome to a rather sunny but _ like where you are? welcome to a rather sunny but very - a rather sunny but very blustery west yorkshire and we are over the m62 not far from huddersfield, and a lovely beauty spot is just over to my left. the traffic is flowing rather well in this part of the world, it heads off to manchester in that direction and it becomes the highest motorway in england as it travels west. there are parts of the major road network that are closed today, the humber bridge and the river severn crossing, closed to high sided vehicles at least, and the a 66 which links scotch corner with carlisle and penrith is closed to all traffic today, notjust high sided vehicles, that was from midnight overnight. you can see why because there are at least four reports of overturned lorries on the road today, one of which was on the a 19 in county durham, and another one on the m6 near carlisle and two i have seen reported by highways england, one near darlin

that was ben schofield showing some of the pictures there. of the plane coming into land. these pictures tell you everything you need to know about the wind speed. who would like to be a pilot in those conditions? that is really tough. almost the last few metres before the wheels touched the runway, it was going sideways. well done to that pilot. we were trying to go to david in glasgow. the conditions defeating us at the moment and we have not been able to re—establish the line. i spoke to him about an hour ago and he gave us the latest. yes, in south lanarkshire, not a million miles from here, we have had winds of over 100 mph recorded, and we are actually shielded by quite a big building where we are standing, but a few people, one got knocked over by the wind, and a hat was blown off and it went straight into the river clyde, which is more like the sea today. this particular bridge over the clyde, it has plastic sheets as part of the roofing and we have watched as some of them have actually been ripped off, so that gives you a sense of th

joining me now is ben schofield in manchester sarah, i'll start with you, and just give me a sense ofthis day has been like. yeah, well, it does _ this day has been like. yeah, well, it does feel _ this day has been like. yeah, well, it does feel like - this day has been like. yeah, well, it does feel like thingsl well, it does feel like things are coming here on the coast of county down in northern ireland, just at the moment there i say. it's a big change from early on today when the gusts were so strong that it was difficult to stand on two feet, to be honest. and while you were speaking, the winds almost taking your breath away, it was so severe. it's a different picture now, it is still windy and it is very cold, but as i say, nothing compared to what it was like earlier on. the main issue the people on the entire island island is the disruption to power supply. the latest figures we have our 283,000 homes in northern ireland are now without electricity this evening. if we cross the border into the republic of ireland, that figure stands at more than 700,000 homes and we are told

our correspondent ben schofield is in yorkshire, monitoring the potential travel disruptions there.62 here in west yorkshire. ainley top, which is a lovely vantage point, isjust over to my left here. we're just outside of huddersfield really. and as the m62 carries on west, it becomes the highest motorway in england as it travels on towards greater manchester. the picture on the roads is that there are closures in place for high sided vehicles over in the east, in east yorkshire. part of the m62 there, the bridge is closed to high sided vehicles, as is the humber bridge as well. and since midnight last night the a66, which links up scotch corner on the a1 with penrith on the m6, that is completely closed to all traffic as well. here on the m62, as you can see, it is extremely blustery up here. as i was driving up you could feel the gusts affecting in east yorkshire. part of the m62 there, the bridge is closed to high sided vehicles, as is the humber bridge as well. and since midnight last night the a66, which links up scotch corner on the a1 with penrith on the m6, that is completel

ben schofield on the m62 — blustery appear. ben schofield on the m62 in _ blustery appear.ield on the m62 in yorkshire, - blustery appear. ben schofield| on the m62 in yorkshire, thank you very much. many transport links are expected to be disrupted today — with scotrail cancelling all of its services. travel writer simon calder is at kings cross station in london. i cycled here this morning, and that was quite windy enough, thank you very much! and if it continues, we could well see disruption at the uk's two busiest airports — london heathrow and london gatwick — that's because they are so heavily used. but meanwhile, it is very much a story, as we have been hearing — northern ireland, scotland, extreme disruption. no public transport whatsoever in northern ireland. as you say, all scottish trains cancelled — and that's notjust on the scottish operator scotrail, but from here you cannot travel further than newcastle — well within england — and on the west coast main line, then you're advised not to try to travel north of preston, which is basically about half way from lon