specific lines themselves, no trains, gwr says, between plymouth and penzance until at least one o'clockeen bristol temple meads and portsmouth, no services because of debris on the line near westbury. those delays are likely to get worse as we hear about more blockages on the line in the next few hours, gwr, the operator which runs trains throughout this area, has been persistently saying passengers should, wherever possible, try to rearrange their travel plans or not to travel at all. we have spoken to people who are hoping to keep their plans this weekend, one a man who hasn't seen his daughter in many months and is trying to get to swindon today but doesn't hold out much hope in getting there and is worried about the journey back evening, even if he does make it there. we spoke to someone else who is trying to see their daughter at university in london, their trains have been cancelled, so a tough time if you're trying to get the train in the south—west of england today. tomos mentioned cardiff airport closed until a little later today, bristol airport is open but lots of flights are

specific lines themselves, no trains gwr says between plymouth and penzance until at least one o'clockl temple meads and portsmouth, no services because of debris on the line near westbury. those delays are likely to get worse as we hear about more blockages on the line in the next few hours, gwr, the operator which runs trains throughout this area, has been persistently saying passengers should wherever possible try to rearrange their travel plans ought not to at all. we have spoken to people who are hoping to keep their plans this weekend, one a man who hasn't seen his daughter in many months and is trying to get to swindon today but doesn't hold out much hope in getting their and is worried about the journey back this evening even if he does make it there. we spoke to someone else who is trying to see their daughter at university in london, their trains have been cancelled, so a tough time if you're trying to get the train in the south—west of england today. tomos mentioned cardiff airport closed until a little later today, bristol airport is open but lots of flights are cancelled,

gwr, the rail operator, has urged people only to travel if absolutely necessary. close its runway for most of the morning and bristol airport, severe disruption there as well. many flights cancelled today. it's just too windy at the moment for those planes to attempt take—offs and landings and it does feel like, as i say, those gusts continuing certainly for the rest of the day and probably into tomorrow as well. jon kay is at the bbc�*s media centre in cardiff and sent us this report. well, normally, at this time on a saturday morning a couple of weeks before christmas, the centre of cardiff would be really busy with people arriving for christmas shopping or to open their shops or their christmas market stalls, but right now, as you can see, and i'm holding my phone with both hands because it is so windy, there's hardly anybody out. lots of those businesses aren't opening, this morning at least, sports events have been cancelled. the trains, there's the station behind me, not running normal services and the bridges across the river severn, the bristol channel, th

the operator gwr is urging people not to travel.o try and rearrange their plans. to build in flexibility into their journeys. we had the bristol airport as well is facing significant disruptions and many cancellations to flex there, the eppleton said that if you're planning to fly from bristol to get in touch with your airline. we are expecting these gusty winds to continue, at least for the rest of the day, and possibly into tomorrow as well. . ~ day, and possibly into tomorrow as well. ., ~ , ., day, and possibly into tomorrow as well. ., ~ ., �*, ., as well. thank you. that's our correspondence. _ as well. thank you. that's our correspondence. travel - as well. thank you. that's our correspondence. travel has i as well. thank you. that's our i correspondence. travel has been seriously affected by storm darragh, simon williams has the latest. good morning, the impact of the storm on drivers isn't too bad in many ways because lots of drivers are heeding the warnings is not heading out and that is the kind of thing to do in these si

gwr, the rail operator, has urged people only to travel if absolutely necessary.rt, as you heard, has had to close its runway for most of the morning and bristol airport, severe disruption there as well. many flights cancelled today. it's just too windy at the moment for those planes to attempt take—offs and landings and it does feel like, as i say, those gusts continuing certainly for the rest of the day and probably into tomorrow as well. jon kay is at the bbc�*s media centre in cardiff and sent us this report. well, normally, at this time on a saturday morning a couple of weeks before christmas, the centre of cardiff would be really busy with people arriving for christmas shopping or to open their shops or their christmas market stalls, but right now, as you can see, and i'm holding my phone with both hands because it is so windy, there's hardly anybody out. lots of those businesses aren't opening, this morning at least, sports events have been cancelled. the trains, there's the station behind me, not running normal services and the bridges across the river sev

gwr, which runs train services throughout this area and south wales, has warned passengers to expecte plenty of extra time for the journey. also with the high winds, it will be inevitable that there will be full on trees, fallen power lines, that will impact further on the transport situation. bristol and cardiff airports also warned of delays across the weekend and urged passengers to check before coming to the airport.— coming to the airport. clive. stay safe, coming to the airport. clive. stay safe. both- _ tens of thousands of people are fleeing the syrian city of homs, as rebel islamist fighters close in. and the speed at which the armed opposition is advancing across the country has astonished everyone, with the syrian army, loyal to president assad, simply falling away. the civil war began in 2011, but rebels, with links to al qaeda, were forced into retreat five years later. now they're back, and injust ten days have taken the whole of syria's second—largest city, aleppo. another major city, hama, fell yesterday, and now their sights are on homs. success there could see the m

gwr, the train company that runs services through south wales and south—west england, have urged passengersplans over the weekend wherever possible. bristol airport has warned passengers to expect disruption tomorrow and cardiff airport in the last couple of hours has said it will close its runway between 3am and ham, any passengers due to fly from cardiff it says should get in touch with their airline. . ~ should get in touch with their airline. w' . ~ should get in touch with their airline. w ., ~ i. tens of thousands of people are fleeing the syrian city of homs as rebel islamist fighters close in, and the speed at which the armed opposition is advancing across the country has astonished everyone, with the syrian army, loyal to president assad, simply falling away. the civil war began in 2011, but the rebels, with links to al-qaeda, were forced into retreat five years later. now they're back, and injust ten days have taken the whole of syria's second largest city of aleppo. another major city, hama, fell yesterday, and now their sights are on homs. success there could see the main road f

gwr expects to run trains between swansea and london, they still need to do several checks on the linee information is on the national rail website, so the advice again, do check your journey before website, so the advice again, do check yourjourney before you leave this morning. in terms of the roads overnight the severn bridge, one of the main bridges licking with them wales reopened, and in terms of the power cuts, the latest information from the energy networks association was around 7pm yesterday, seeing 180,000 people still without power but we expect that to be a much improved situation this morning, so after the damage of storm darragh, things are getting very much back to normal this morning and improving through the day. normal this morning and improving through the day-— normal this morning and improving through the day. the rapperjay—z has been accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13—year—old girl alongside sean "diddy" combs at a party in the year 2000. the lawsuit — which was initially filed in october against mr combs — was refiled last night, naming his fellow rapper.