we were in penrith and several streets were closed, because of dangerous debris.t from last night. the west coast and east coast east coast main lines still closed. there is hope they should get back to normal tomorrow. thank you. let's get more on the situation in wales now with tomos morgan who's in bangor. how have people been affected? yes, a thousand people _ how have people been affected? 123 a thousand people are without how have people been affected? 12: a thousand people are without power still. mostly in north wales. you can feel and hear maybe the wind picking up. it is coming in waves today, the strongest waves were this morning around 90mph. there has been some disruption, rural roads have been blocked due to fallen trees and schools have been shut and the ferry between wales and ireland was disrupted. it looks like it is back on track. but compared to the darragh and bert before christmas, wales hasn't been as badly affected. this amber warning will be in place until 9pm. 0verthe this amber warning will be in place until 9pm. over the weekend there a

we're in penrith earlier. off by the police because it was dangerous to walk down them because debris was still coming off the roofs. lots of the other transport disruption in the north of england was pre—empted, though. the a66 was shut from midnight last night, that's still closed and the west coast and east coast main line still closed tonight. north of preston and north of york, there is hope that they should get back to normal tomorrow though. tomos morgan has the latest from bangor. or there'll be thousands of people without power still here tonight, mostly across north wales. and you can feel and hear maybe the wind picking up. it has really come in waves today. the strongest winds were felt this morning here in gwynedd, across the peninsula of around 90mph. there has been some disruptions. rural roads have been blocked due to fallen trees. a number of schools have been shut. the ferry between north wales and ireland was disrupted earlier today. it looks like it's back on track, but i think it's fair to

and since midnight last night the a66, which links up scotch corner on the a1 with penrith on the m6,y 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 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 the driving conditions. drivers seem to be taking it quite carefully, quite cautiously. as you can see, traffic is still flowing here. highways england have told me that they have had a report of a lorry overturned on the m6 between junction 44 and 43 southbound, and that has closed that lane of traffic, as you might imagine, while emergency services deal with that incident. but more or less, the picture is that the roads are coping ok so far with

closed to high sided vehicles at least, and the a 66 which links scotch corner with carlisle and penrithtoday, 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 darlington and another near durham. there is real jeopardy out on the roads although drivers here seem to be taking it safely as possible. the advice is to slow down in case of debris to avoid any problems there and of course to have both hands on the will encased of gusts like what we are experiencing at the moment. . ., ., , moment. thanks for “oining us. hamas have t moment. thanks forjoining us. hamas have released _ moment. thanks forjoining us. hamas have released the - moment. thanks forjoining us. | hamas have released the names of the four hostages who will be released tomorrow, the next stage of the hostage release and prisoner swap programme. we can go to our correspo

the a66 also, which links scotch corner on the a1 with carlisle and penrith over on the m6 is closede why — there are at least four reports of overturned lorries on the roads in the north of england today, one of which was on the a19 in county durham. there was another on the m6 near carlisle and two that i've seen reported by highways england, one by darlington, another near durham. so there is realjeopardy out there on the roads. drivers here seem to be taking it as safely as possible. the advice from highways england is to slow down in case of debris, to avoid exposed stretches of road, and, of course, to keep both hands on the wheel in case of gusts like the one we're experiencing now. the very latest in the last few minutes, it is reported from police in ireland that a man has died after a tree fell on his car in county donegal, that is the first death coming from the police in ireland after a tree falling on the car. let me point you to the direction of the website, the life page has all the latest details for my teams, are weather presenters and the pictures, too. keep right u

the a66 also, which links scotch corner on the a1 with carlisle and penrith over on the m6 is closed high sided vehicles. that was closed from midnight overnight and you can see why — there are at least four reports of overturned lorries on the roads in the north of england today, one of which was on the a19 in county durham. there was another on the m6 near carlisle and two that i've seen reported by highways england, one by darlington, another near durham. so there is realjeopardy out there on the roads. drivers here seem to be taking it as safely as possible. the advice from highways england is to slow down in case of debris, to avoid exposed stretches of road, and, of course, to keep both hands on the wheel in case of gusts like the one we're experiencing now. that was ben schofield showing some of the pictures there. we have pictures from edinburgh 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

on the m6, thatis the ai with penrith on the m6, that is completely closed to all traffic as well.on the m62 it is extremely blustery appear. as i was driving up you could feel the gusts affecting the driving conditions. drivers seem to be taking it quite carefully, quite cautiously. traffic is still flowing here. highways england have told me that they have had a report of a lorry overturned on the m6. that is between junction 44 and 43 southbound and that has closed that lane of traffic, as you might imagine, while emergency services deal with that. more or less the picture is that the roads are coping 0k or less the picture is that the roads are coping ok so far with these winds. since we got here about an hour these winds. since we got here aboutan hour orso these winds. since we got here about an hour or so ago the wind speed seems to have increased and it is extremely blustery appear.— increased and it is extremely blustery appear. ben schofield on the m62 — blustery appear. ben schofield on the m62 in _ blustery appear. ben schofield on the m62 in yorkshire, - blustery appea

friend will understand the importance of farming to the economy of my constituency and in penrith andway and. cumbria as a whole. with recent reports of foot and mouth outbreaks in germany and concerns being expressed over transmission to the united kingdom, would the prime minister assure this house that all government departments are on high alert and vigilant in monitoring the situation, particularly at places of entry, including airports where meat import controls can be lax? we must avoid the disaster that this would bring to uk farming. >> prime minister, thank him for his question. we will do whatever it takes, mr speaker, to protect farmers from the risk posed by foot and mouth. and thatis posed by foot and mouth. and that is why we acted swiftly to ban the imports of cattle, pigs and sheep and their products from germany to protect farmers. we will not hesitate, mr speaken we will not hesitate, mr speaker, to restrict imports from additional countries. if the disease spreads, we will keep the situation under close and careful review. >> leader of the opposition kemi badenoch.

widely the step out, cold spots in cumbria, not far from penrith.hern parts of england. temperatures four cell seasoned southern counties of the uk. showers in northern ireland, eastern england. rain, snow and sleet. snow flurries in northern scotland. for many, you will avoid them, staying dry all day long. southern scotland and much of england and wales will state sunny. early cloud in the south—east corner gradually departing as well. there could be snow on the north yorkshire moors later. temperatures are around one to five celsius. it will feel even colder than that when you step out this afternoon thanks to the breeze. —4 to —6 in the north of scotland. over 90 frost will return. an ice risk again. rain, sleet and snow into northern ireland, northern part of again. more cloud around. that will live temperatures overnight. to the north of it, —5 in northern scotland, —6 in northern ireland and south wales. more details in half an hour. thank you. the time now is 16 minutes past six. fossilised bones aren't the only way of studying dinosaurs. pr

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danny savage is in penrith. what is the impact on people living there?ct on people living there? ~ ., ., , ., there? we have to remember that compared to the _ there? we have to remember that compared to the wet _ there? we have to remember that compared to the wet weather - there? we have to remember that - compared to the wet weather warnings in northern ireland, ireland and scotland were here in the north of england we have an amber weather warning, we most of the disruption we have seen in the north of england has been pre—empted. yesterday, both avanti who operate services through here and lner on the east coast main line said they were not going to operate services north of preston and the west and north of york in the east. that is causing disruption for rail passengers. the 866 is completely closed going over the pennines to scotch corner. there have been gusting winds coming across there this morning. that is causing some problems. elsewhere are few lorries had blown over on the m6. a lot of high sided vehicles are getting up and down without an