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Alerts for wind and snow in much of scotland, the north of england and northern ireland. hundreds of schools across the uk have already confirmed they will remain closed due to storm eunice. travel has already been affected in wales and the southwest, with transport for wales cancelling all trains on friday, roads are closed across the uk and more than a hundred flights have been cancelled. and ferry services between southampton and destinations like cowes and the isle of wight have been suspend...

The lack of rain is a big help, but i havent seen a wind as strong as this for a while. the seafront here in porthcawl really bore the brunt of the weather here this morning, as within the hour of the red warning coming into force it coincided with high tide, meaning waves came crashing over the promenade here. although the met offices red warning has now ended, the whole of wales is now under an amber alert for winds until this evening. seas in holyhead disrupting ferry services across the iris...

Storm dudley approaches, the fourth storm to hit scotland in three months. it meant that rush—hour started early, trains were cancelled across much of the country, as winds of up to 80 mph were forecast. this was the last train arriving in bathgate in west lothian, some travellers had to make alternative travel arrangements. i got to edinburgh and realised just about every train out of edinburgh to the west was cancelled, i have had to jump on the last train out of town, the bathgate train, an...

Guess being nosy and seeing how much this storm is affecting us. dover town, we have seen a couple of lorries, they will not be going anywhere because ferry services are not running and many of them travelled back to france on a thursday anyway. in terms of dog walkers, a few people out, just seeing how bad the storm is here. will there be a knock—on impact? until we know when these ferry services are back up and were running and they have said until further notice, the weather gets better, th...

Seas in holyhead disrupting ferry services across the irish sea. elsewhere on the transport front, eunices impact on the road overturned a lorry on the m4. fallen trees damaged a car in swansea, with both severn bridges now closed. all trains have been postponed for the first time ever in wales. i have been on the railway 30 years in wales and i do not recall a storm of this magnitude where we have taken the decision of suspending the service in advance. over 25,000 homes are now without power, ...

Back to france on a thursday anyway. in terms of dog walkers — theres been a few people out, just seeing how bad the storm is here. is there going to be a knock—on impact? until we know when these ferry services are back up and running — and they have said until further notice, until that weather gets better — there could be delays that will impact for future services. josie, you said the port of dover is closed — how unusual is it for the whole port to be closed in this way? it is unu...

Travel around the south-east is getting more difficult.- travel around the south-east is getting more difficult. lucinda adam in briuhton, getting more difficult. lucinda adam in brighton, thank _ getting more difficult. lucinda adam in brighton, thank you _ getting more difficult. lucinda adam in brighton, thank you for _ getting more difficult. lucinda adam in brighton, thank you for that - in brighton, thank you for that update. lets speak to our reporter, josie hannett in dover. a lot of the...

The port of dover has closed, meaning no ferries can operate between dover and calais. our reporterjosie hannett is in dover. well, the port of dover is closed and ferry services between dover and calais have been cancelled until further notice for the safety of passengers and freight traffic. it really feels like were being battered here in dover. incredibly the sun is just coming out but its extremely windy — gusts of up to 66 mph. we have been seeing some amazing scenes of tugs pulling thes...

Well, in terms of getting information, it has not been easy. what has been happening within the organisation, only those working within it actually no. but on the external face as well as the internal actions they need to carry out in terms of continuity and operations, hr functions, they need to be communicating in channels such as this and on social media. they are using social media to update customers on the ferry services and giving them information in that way, so thatis information in tha...

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