Hangs onto your hats - it's looking like we're in for a breezy few days .

Gusts of almost 50mph are forecast in Manchester on Monday afternoon with strong winds expected to batter most of England and Wales over the next 48 hours. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind on Sunday and Monday.

It comes after the forecasters confirmed that the first name to be used for a storm in the 2025/2026 season will be Amy. But the windy weather is not expected to become a named storm.

Most of England and Wales will feel 45 to 55mph gusts and exposed locations could see these reach 70mph, the Met Office said. A yellow wind warning will run from 8pm on Sunday to 6pm on Monday and was expanded on Friday morning to include most of England and Wales, except the north of the Lake

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