Storm Boelo brings rail chaos as 'do not travel' warnings are issued and a fallen tree halts Stansted Express
The Met Office warns power cuts and structural damage to buildings are a significant risk as the storm targets Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth and the Isles of Scilly from…
A fallen tree brought down overhead wires near Stansted, cutting the main line from London Liverpool Street and halting all Stansted Express services. Network Rail engineers laboured through the night to get the line back up, while Greater Anglia imposed emergency travel warnings. Gusts of up to 80mph left thousands of households without power. Boelo is the second named storm in under 48 hours, arriving a day after Storm Austen hit Cornwall.
Diwali on the Square at Trafalgar Square was called off after organisers decided conditions made it unsafe to put up the stage.
Gusts of 76mph were recorded at South Uist as a 24-hour amber warning remained in force across Scotland.
Halloweenville's owner Barbara Ikim cancelled sold-out nights, describing it as 'the hardest decision'.
