elsewhere on the trains i outside euston station and i was talking to commuters. 0ne lady i spoke toe has been trying to get to liverpool since 11:30am and are still not got there and she said it is a stampede on the platform when a train departs with so platform when a train departs with so many people trying to get on. as we heard from danny virgin trains 5.5 “55" ""”" “eh"? 5”??? "e”? people 55 h55"‘ ""”" “5hh5 5”??? h5”? people should 55 h55"‘ ‘h‘h' “5hh5 5"fl’h ”eh? people should not travel today said people should not travel today and they should travel tomorrow and they sheulé travehgw obviously and they eheetei treyehemerfeae obviously makes it difficult which obviously makes it difficult for anybody getting out of london. there was chaos at king's cross with link and east midlands thames link and east midlands trains also asking people not to travel and try to get home tonight is also very from king's cross. lots of difficult from king's cross. lots of problems on the underground what the ba ke rloo problems on the underground what the bakerloo line problems on the undergroun

this was euston station — the red virgin trains on the left going nowhere.n cancelled, so i'm unsure how i'm going to get home. i might have to stay an extra night, i'm not sure, which would be rather an inconvenience. we didn't know until we got to the station that all the virgin trains had been cancelled, so we're stranded here, and we can't get back to manchester, back home again. and we do need to get back home today. there was no hope of 120 mph on the east coast main line — there was a 50 mph speed limit because of the wind before virgin eventually asked people not to travel today. and spare a thought for those aboard planes landing in strong crosswinds — a bumpy ride was assured for arrivals here at manchester airport, with some planes needing more than one attempt to get on the ground safely. the sea off the west coast of the uk turned white, whipped up by storm—force winds, caused by what forecasters called a weather bomb. storm doris is an example of a weather bomb, a rapidly intensifying area of low pressure that had brought severe gales across la

they are now running a very reduced service euston station and euston station is a sea of people at thesafety in these high winds. they have speed restrictions on the wines in addition to individual problems such as flash flooding, trees on lines, power outages as well, liverpool lime street was without power earlier on today. the roads, dozens and dozens of incidents of trees down, some affecting main motorways. the motto mac 27 has a three down in the southampton area, the m1, the wind has dislodged something, close to the lanes, chaos on the m1 around nottingham at the moment. that is in addition to all the smaller roads affected and councils everywhere are trying to sort that. at the airports, we have problems at heathrow which has had a knock on effect of cancellations there, some cancellations at manchester, we saw the extraordinary pictures of that plane trying to land in the wind. belfast and sta nsted plane trying to land in the wind. belfast and stansted also seen delays. the advice is to check before you travel tonight. catherine, thank you. in a week's time, the people of no

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including the west coast main lines, including the west coast main line and earlier departures from eustone suspended but have now started running again. the centre of the storm is due to track towards the north sea, but the strong winds are expected to last throughout the afternoon. and in scotla nd throughout the afternoon. and in scotland crews have been out clearing roads, with poor driving conditions caused by a combination of snow, sleet and high winds. the biggest problems have been on the higher routes mainly in central and southern areas, and in places up to 30 centimetres of snow is expected during the day. daniel birch, bbc news. in a moment, we'll be talking to lorna gordon who's near dunblane, but first let's cross to alison freeman who's on the golden mile in blackpool. we saw you a little earlier almost unable to stand up, it doesn't look much better now. it isn't, and actually we just watched this storm u nfold actually we just watched this storm unfold throughout the morning as the wind has become more and more powerful. it is so strong at the moment i can't look into it a

main line and an early departure from houston was suspended but they have now begun running again —— eustonthe storm is towards the north sea but the strong winds are expected to last throughout the afternoon. in scotland, crews have been out cleaning the roads. driving conditions caused by a combination of snow, sleet and high winds. the main problems have been on high roots in central and southern areas and in places up to 30 centimetres of snow is expected. 0ur news correspondent alison freeman has the latest from the blackpool coast. we've just watched this storm on full throughout the morning as the wind has become more and more powerful. it's so strong that i can't look into it and this form that has been blown from the sea is actually more like being in a blizzard. if you look behind us, the barometerfor blizzard. if you look behind us, the barometer for how strong the wind has been others bending sculptures which are meant to bend in the wind. they have become almost parallel with the ground at points today and if you look out to sea, those waves a re really if you look out to sea,

there is a complete block on all trains leaving london euston station. has been causing disruption, as we have been hearing, with this winds causing the pressure to drop hugely in 24 hours. the strongest gusts so far have been in anglesey in wales, where there are reports of thousands of people without power. winds are gusting up to the 70s regularly, and we are going to see further transport impact even though the strongest winds have passed now. generally this afternoon, 50 to 70 mph winds are going to continue and we will see disruption to transport and transport as well. snow is crossing scotland and whilst it might look pretty, it have to be said that it has been causing disruption. the ma te motorway has been shut in both directions and there is more snow to come in scotla nd there is more snow to come in scotland across the rest of the day. very, very windy continuing to spread across england and wales with a high chance of disruption. strong enough to bring some trees down, hence the risk of trees down for the rest of the day. this is bbc newsroo

euston had done an event in the parks in almost a decade ago.that the permitting rules had changed significantly. we wanted to alert mr. euston so that he could prepare adequately. what are the basic permitting requirements? i put them up on the board. public safety part protection neighborhood impact. one of the questions i came up is why do they change? summa you were not here in 2009 but in december of 2009 we came in the permits division at the request of the commission to do a presentation on how we were going to improve special events. we were also required to make a presentation to a committee of the board. that was after the prior two years really had a series of events that are raised a lot of concerns. they were summer level with stock and power to the people. one of the major issues we have had with committees in the past is that they would get a permit and then not follow through with the requirements. we do not check on it beheaded a permits it to these things and they never happened. examples. no road closures signs the notice to n

wary of ice on the roads in the north of the country. 0ur correspondent nick quraishi is at london eustonwe are told things will get back to normal today. services were suspended for several hours yesterday. things started running around 5pm but obviously there was huge backlog. the station stayed open overnight to cater for many stranded passengers. people are being told they can use tickets which they didn't use yesterday this morning and tomorrow. similar situations down the road at king's cross and st pancras. there were wins of 94 mph, there were trees on the line and even a shed in nuneaton on the west coast main line. —— winds. with the strong winds, it brought the death of a 29—year—old woman in wolverhampton city centre. she was walking past starbucks and this masonry fell on her, something the size of a copy to help could be seen the size of a copy to help could be seen being taken away. west midlands police and wolverhampton city council investigated in. and a schoolgirl is in a life—threatening condition we understand after a ceiling at a sports hall in milton keynes fell on h

euston had done an event in the parks in almost a decade ago.that the permitting rules had changed significantly. we wanted to alert mr. euston so that he could prepare adequately. what are the basic permitting requirements? i put them up on the board. public safety part protection neighborhood impact. one of the questions i came up is why do they change? summa you were not here in 2009 but in december of 2009 we came in the permits division at the request of the commission to do a presentation on how we were going to improve special events. we were also required to make a presentation to a committee of the board. that was after the prior two years really had a series of events that are raised a lot of concerns. they were summer level with stock and power to the people. one of the major issues we have had with committees in the past is that they would get a permit and then not follow through with the requirements. we do not check on it beheaded a permits it to these things and they never happened. examples. no road closures signs the notice to n

this was euston, where west coast main line services ground to a halt.n cancelled so i'm unsure how to get home. i might have to stay an extra night, which would be rather an incovenience. we didn't know till we got here that all virgin trains were cancelled, so we are stranded here and we can't get back to manchester, back home. 145 miles north in retford tonight, they were very laid back 145 miles north in retford tonight, they were very late back but they knew it could have been worse. are you thankful to have got back tonight? absolutely. ‘cause there's a lot of people in london? yes, it was awful at king's cross, hundreds of people. i spoke to a lady and she got on the 1:10pm train, sat there for an hour and had to get off the train, and she was still in king's cross at 5pm when i was there. and look at the lucky escape a driving instructor in spalding had this morning. spare a thought for the bumpy landings endured by air passengers. this was a service coming into manchester. storm doris will be remembered for its southerly track. it's now gone, bu

this was euston station — the red virgin trains on the left going nowhere.been cancelled, so i'm unsure how i'm going to get home. rather an inconvenience. we didn't know until we got to the station that all the virgin trains had been cancelled, so we're stranded here, and we can't get back to manchester, back home again. and we do need to get back home today. there was no hope of 120 mph on the east coast main line — there was a 50 mph speed limit because of the wind before virgin eventually asked people not to travel today. and spare a thought for those aboard planes landing in strong crosswinds — a bumpy ride was assured for arrivals here at manchester airport, with some planes needing more than one attempt to get on the ground safely. the sea off the west coast of the uk turned white, whipped up by storm—force winds, caused by what forecasters called a weather bomb. storm doris is an example of a weather bomb, a rapidly intensifying area of low pressure that had brought severe gales across large areas of the uk. we've already had wind gusts over 90 mph,