Strong winds and heavy rain were causing further disruption as Storm Amy hit large parts of the UK on Saturday.

Much of the country was covered by weather alerts with wind gusts coming close to 100mph on Friday night.

The Met Office said the highest recorded gust on Friday was at Tiree in the Hebrides at 96mph, while a provisional October wind gust record for Northern Ireland was set as 92mph winds were measured at Magilligan in Co Londonderry.

The north of Scotland - including parts of Aberdeenshire - is covered by an amber warning for wind until 9pm on Saturday with yellow warnings covering the whole of Scotland, the north of England and north Wales until the end of the day.

A further yellow warning for wind runs until 7pm in the rest of England and Wales. Further yellow w

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