Tens of thousands of homes remain without power and weather warnings of high winds remain in place in some areas as Storm Amy slowly pulls away.

There will also be some disruption to rail services on Sunday as work continues to repair damage after the storm swept in on Friday.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), the distribution network operator for the north of Scotland , said 34,000 customers remained without power due to the storm as of 8.30pm on Saturday, while almost 50,000 had been reconnected.

It said that hundreds of tree cutters and engineers have been clearing routes to reach network damage and carrying out repairs where possible, and this work will continue from first light on Sunday.

A yellow warning of wind is in place for the east and north-east o

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