that is nicky shiller in the needs _ fallen. that is nicky shiller in the needs for _ fallen.er in the needs for us in - fallen. that is nicky shiller in the needs for us in the l in the needs for us in the north of england. anyone travelling around the uk is facing a range of problems on the roads, the railways and by air. simon calder, the travel correspondent for the independent, provided an update on potential disruptions to air travel in the coming days. if we can start at the airports, we have had 20 cancellations in and out of london, heathrow — the uk's busiest airport — so far today, and all of them short—haul flights on british airways to destinations like barcelona and rome as well as short—haul domestic flights to newcastle, edinburgh and glasgow. the reason that happens is the so—called flow rate of arrivals coming into heathrow has to slow down. it is the busiest two—runway airport in the world and it relies, in order to fly the published schedule, on being very busy at all times. but because of the forecast adverse weather, they will take some flights out and it

very grateful. 0ur north america correspondent david willis is in the altadena area and spoke to nicky shillerbout the evacuation order extending into the brentwood area. that's an area that includes the university of california and also the getty centre, which is home to thousands of priceless works of art. it's a very nerve—racking time, and this is also something that affects other, less populated but nonetheless quite quite busy areas encino, tarzana and so on. it's a very, very difficult time for the firefighters because they thought they were starting to get the edge on this. the biggest blaze, the pacific palisades fire, and it was just this twist in the wind last night, which caused the fire to grow a thousand acres in size overnight. that's the sort of challenge that firefighters are up against at the moment, because it is just down to the elements. ultimately, they're bombing these fires from the air or pouring water, gallons of water, flame retardant and so on. you've seen pictures of that, of course, and it's having an effect, but they can only do it when it's safe to get those air