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From the blog of Jeremy Freedman at Jewish News

Hundreds of passengers slept at Euston Station last night as they waited for trains to run. Heavy wind that brought down a tree caused damage to overhead lines last night.

Revellers in Newcastle upon Tyne in particular were in the mood for fancy dress, with pictures overnight showing a variety of extravagant costumes and merry scenes on the streets.

An early morning walker struggles through the wind and rain in Wimbledon Common (left) and vehicles travel through standing water in Longbridge, West Midlands (right)

Revellers in Leeds in particular last night were in the mood for fancy dress, with pictures overnight showing a variety of extravagant costumes and merry scenes on the streets.

A beautiful tribute to jamess parents and we will talk to the family of another victim later on. heres louise with a look at this mornings weather. it is fathers day, can you get out and enjoy it? that question. this is this time last sunday with beautiful sunshine and warmth and we were talking about temperatures in the mid— 20s down to the east of england. it was actually warmer further west. england. it was actually warmer furtherwest. look england. it was actually warmer further west. look...

East we will see further spells of sunshine and lighter winds, thats where the heat and humidity will be building. temperatures heading upwards to 29—30 c across some parts of southeast england. and where we have that heat and humidity, thats where we expect some showers and thunderstorms to start to break out through wednesday night, drifting across the channel islands, up across the channel islands, up across eastern and central parts of england, they will be quite hit and miss, some places ...

Drier and fresher towards the north and west. through wednesday, we can see evidence of that split in our fortunes. cool conditions for northern ireland and much of scotland, with sunshine and one or two showers. the sound of cloud and rain sinking across northern england, the southwest of england, misty conditions with that. the wind quite brisk across northwestern areas, but much lighter winds further south and east. thats where well see some sunshine, and that is where the humid air will make...

Wales, northern ireland and northern scotland. temperatures are lower than in recent days, mostly in high teens and low 20s. in the south—east, still some warmth and humidity, so help to 27 celsius. but today will be the last of the high temperatures. many places will turn drier through the day. we are looking to the south—east, this cluster of rain which could be heavy and thundery, coming out of france and thundery, coming out of france and pushing towards the south—east of england. a wa...