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:00:13. > :00:18.already - and it's not over. There's a risk to life.

:00:19. > :00:21.This latest storm hit the South West first before heading up the country

:00:22. > :00:32.- there's already been widespread damage. The gales have now started

:00:33. > :00:36.hitting the coastline. These wind speeds would be considered

:00:37. > :00:39.extraordinary out on the open sea but what makes it exceptional is

:00:40. > :00:42.they are hitting inland. A month's rain is expected in the

:00:43. > :00:45.next few days alone - in some places the Thames could reach its highest

:00:46. > :00:52.level for more than 60 years. We'll be asking what's been causing

:00:53. > :00:55.the extreme weather. Also tonight: Guilty - the two men who helped the

:00:56. > :00:57.serial killer Joanna Dennehy during her 12-day killing spree.

:00:58. > :01:01.The Bank of England governor says interest rates will stay low for

:01:02. > :01:11.another year, as he gives a more optimistic economic forecast. Now we

:01:12. > :01:15.know it's not random. The men who went behind enemy lines

:01:16. > :01:18.to rescue art looted by the Nazis - George Clooney tells us why he

:01:19. > :01:22.wanted to make the film. Tonight on BBC London:

:01:23. > :01:24.The rescues continue - we're out with the emergency services still

:01:25. > :01:27.helping flooded families. And the Londoner who posted videos

:01:28. > :01:46.glorifying the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.

:01:47. > :01:54.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six. Hurricane force winds

:01:55. > :01:58.have been battering the west of Britain today. It follows a red

:01:59. > :02:01.warning from the Met Office - the first this winter - meaning there's

:02:02. > :02:05.a risk to life and widespread damage is expected. About 60,000 homes are

:02:06. > :02:09.without power, several motorways have been closed and a section of

:02:10. > :02:13.the West Coast Main Line will be shut from seven this evening for a

:02:14. > :02:19.couple of hours. Wind speeds of 108 mph have already been recorded at

:02:20. > :02:22.Aberdaron in Wales. The South West was the first to feel the brunt of

:02:23. > :02:28.this latest storm, before it worked its way up the country through Wales

:02:29. > :02:31.and the North West of England. As if that's not enough, forecasters are

:02:32. > :02:35.warning that a month's rain will fall in the next few days. Tonight

:02:36. > :02:39.we'll have the latest from the flood zones, and we'll be asking what's

:02:40. > :02:42.behind this extreme weather. First, Hywel Griffith is in Criccieth in

:02:43. > :02:54.North Wales, which has felt the full force of the storm.

:02:55. > :03:00.George, welcome to the red zone, a place which has experienced wind

:03:01. > :03:04.speeds of over 100 mph. A place where everyone I've spoken to today

:03:05. > :03:08.has said one thing - they cannot remember anything like this before.

:03:09. > :03:12.It is a place where the number of homes without power is increasing

:03:13. > :03:24.hour by hour. This has quite simply been an extraordinary day.

:03:25. > :03:29.What will nature throw at us next? As horror came conditions reached

:03:30. > :03:36.West Wales, they triggered sandstorms on the coast. --

:03:37. > :03:39.hurricane conditions. I'm over 60 years old and haven't seen anything

:03:40. > :03:46.like this. We haven't had a break-up really. Day after day. It's really

:03:47. > :03:50.building up, the wind, and you can feel it pushing up your body and up

:03:51. > :03:57.your clothes. Anybody would be advised to stay at home today. It's

:03:58. > :04:03.amazing. Let's hope it stops soon, cos we're getting rather fed up with

:04:04. > :04:08.it. Dozens of schools were forced to close their doors. Few want to do

:04:09. > :04:12.hang around as the storm took hold. It's horrendous. It's the worst

:04:13. > :04:18.weather I've ever worked on. The children were coming out crying

:04:19. > :04:23.because the sound was hurting them. John Dunn has decided to evacuate

:04:24. > :04:28.his home. The caravans on the site he runs are being chained down in

:04:29. > :04:31.case they are carried by the gusts. It feels as though I'm in the middle

:04:32. > :04:34.of a nightmare and someone is going to pinch me and make we up but I

:04:35. > :04:40.know that's not going to happen. -- wake me up. For several months the

:04:41. > :04:44.coastal defences have been tested and all people living here can do is

:04:45. > :04:51.hang on and wait to see what the latest storm will bring and how much

:04:52. > :04:57.destruction it leaves behind. As the gales swept inland, they brought

:04:58. > :05:01.down trees and mangled power lines, leaving over 50,000 homes without

:05:02. > :05:07.power. These are not seafaring conditions. Ferries were unable to

:05:08. > :05:13.make it onto the Irish Sea. The coasts have to be kept clear. The

:05:14. > :05:22.waves are impressive but be aware that there is a lot of day bree

:05:23. > :05:27.inside the wave. -- debriefed. These exceptional conditions are spread

:05:28. > :05:33.around Britain's coastline. In Lyme Regis, the waves grew with every

:05:34. > :05:39.hour. In Plymouth, seaside shops and businesses had to prepare for the

:05:40. > :05:42.worst. At the Met Office's own weather centre in Exeter, the

:05:43. > :05:49.growing force of the wind was clear. It has issued a red warning. It's a

:05:50. > :05:53.rare warning. We don't often issue a red warning. The last time we issued

:05:54. > :05:59.a red warning for wind was two years ago. Forecasters promised these

:06:00. > :06:02.winds will eventually lost but Britain's brutal winter remains with

:06:03. > :06:06.us and won't be forgotten for some time.

:06:07. > :06:09.Our correspondents have been out and about as the storms headed inland

:06:10. > :06:13.off the Atlantic. In a moment, we'll hear from Judith Moritz in

:06:14. > :06:20.Blackpool. But first, Jon Kay is in Lyme Regis - one of the first places

:06:21. > :06:26.to feel the full force of the winds. Jon, it still looks bad with you.

:06:27. > :06:31.Yeah, these southerly winds just slapped a straight into the south

:06:32. > :06:34.coast of England mid-morning today and here we are nine hours later at

:06:35. > :06:40.high tide and it is still unbelievably windy. People say that

:06:41. > :06:42.even by the standards of this terrible winter, this is the

:06:43. > :06:52.windiest and wildest they've known it. I'm quite a big bloke and this

:06:53. > :06:55.afternoon I was inside the sheltered part of a famous landmark year in

:06:56. > :07:00.Lyme Regis and it was almost impossible to stand up there. And

:07:01. > :07:05.the spray as it hits your exposed hands was like pins or needles were

:07:06. > :07:10.being stuck into your skin because it was so hard with the rain and the

:07:11. > :07:13.spray from the sea. It is a sign of The Times that over the last couple

:07:14. > :07:19.of weeks we've seen people out here taking pictures of the waves. Today,

:07:20. > :07:23.it's been too wild even for that. It isn't just Lyme Regis. This whole

:07:24. > :07:29.post has taken the brunt of it as it has carried on its journey up into

:07:30. > :07:34.other parts of the country. We can cross to Blackpool and that's where

:07:35. > :07:46.Judith Moritz is. Judith, all this is heading to you!

:07:47. > :07:52.So sorry. Very, very difficult conditions, as you can imagine, so

:07:53. > :07:58.we've lost to Judith. We might go back to her later if we can.

:07:59. > :08:03.Our science editor David Shukman is here. Look at what Judith was

:08:04. > :08:08.putting up with their! Phenomenal conditions. Take a look at this

:08:09. > :08:11.video to get a sense of the scale of what's happening. These are

:08:12. > :08:16.satellite pictures over the last fortnight. Britain is in the top

:08:17. > :08:21.right-hand corner. You can see this barrage of storms crossing the

:08:22. > :08:27.Atlantic, driven by the jet stream. The Met Office says they reckon the

:08:28. > :08:31.path of the jet stream is partly governed by the cold spell we've

:08:32. > :08:34.heard about in America. That was partly the result of a jet stream in

:08:35. > :08:39.the Pacific so there's a kind of global chain reaction in the weather

:08:40. > :08:43.and right now, unfortunately, we are at the wrong end of it. We hear

:08:44. > :08:48.people saying this is about climate change. Scientists who study this so

:08:49. > :08:52.they cannot give a definitive answer to that. More research us to be

:08:53. > :08:56.undertaken. But they point to a couple of things. One is unusually

:08:57. > :09:03.warm to bridge is in the Atlantic waters, which can drive the increase

:09:04. > :09:05.in the atmosphere. Secondly, they talk about increasing intensity of

:09:06. > :09:13.the storms the Atlantic. Nothing definitive. But if global warming is

:09:14. > :09:15.involved, there will probably be more scenes like this in the days

:09:16. > :09:19.and weeks ahead. Well, as we've seen, the storm is

:09:20. > :09:22.bringing more rain with it. Today, the Prime Minister repeated his

:09:23. > :09:26.pledge to spare no effort in helping flooded communities to get back on

:09:27. > :09:28.their feet. He said ?5,000 will be available for households and

:09:29. > :09:35.businesses to protect their properties for the future. There'll

:09:36. > :09:41.be a ?10 million fund for farmers. And businesses could qualify for a

:09:42. > :09:44.100% rate relief. But, of course, the crisis isn't

:09:45. > :09:54.over for thousands of people. Our environment correspondent Claire

:09:55. > :09:59.Marshall is in Datchet. You can see, George, the centre of

:10:00. > :10:03.Datchet is still under water. The people here were first flooded in

:10:04. > :10:06.January. The first thing they put on in the morning is a pair of

:10:07. > :10:09.Wellington boots. There has been military action here over the course

:10:10. > :10:15.of the day and people are just getting used to what life is like in

:10:16. > :10:19.a flood zone. The new landscape of southern

:10:20. > :10:24.England - ground water levels at record highs and it could be like

:10:25. > :10:30.this for months. Look closer. What is actually in the floodwater? We

:10:31. > :10:37.brought a microbiologist to a Surrey home. The Thames is now running

:10:38. > :10:45.through this house. It is a small abs all but pad and it has been

:10:46. > :10:49.soaked in a substance which is a food that encourages the growth of

:10:50. > :10:53.certain bacteria. This testing kit has been used in disaster zones all

:10:54. > :10:59.over the world, from the Congo to the Philippines. Inside, a cosy

:11:00. > :11:06.environment for bacteria, trapped on the membrane, fed and multiplied.

:11:07. > :11:11.The results won't be pleasant. Today, it's a 16 hours on and the

:11:12. > :11:18.storms are back again. But the results are in. Let's see what's in

:11:19. > :11:20.the floodwater. It shows a high-level of contamination of the

:11:21. > :11:24.bacteria associated with faecal matter. If you can avoid it, don't

:11:25. > :11:29.go near it and make sure you take essential precautions. But it isn't

:11:30. > :11:34.just the physical dangers of the floods - it's the mental pressures.

:11:35. > :11:39.Darren's just heard things might get much worse and history may be

:11:40. > :11:45.flooded to save another larger area. -- his street. The last thing we

:11:46. > :11:47.heard is that the army are considering putting a complete

:11:48. > :11:52.sandbag wall down the centre of the road and flooding these houses even

:11:53. > :11:58.more. They're talking one metre, to save others. Which I can understand

:11:59. > :12:05.but is not nice news to hear when you are fighting day and night. And

:12:06. > :12:09.it is affecting his family. It's the only house I've grown up in and the

:12:10. > :12:14.fact that they might flood us to save other people - well, they say

:12:15. > :12:21.they're saving other people - I don't think it's fair. But how do

:12:22. > :12:29.you react to this - a situation that has never been faced before? At

:12:30. > :12:34.today's Cobra committee meeting, the man coordinating the military

:12:35. > :12:39.response said that two -- 2000 military personnel are involved.

:12:40. > :12:42.I've seen a fair bit of command and control in my career and we're

:12:43. > :12:47.seeing a really good multi-agency co-ordinated effort. It's a really,

:12:48. > :12:53.located problem in the face of an unparalleled natural crisis.

:12:54. > :12:58.Difficult decisions are being taken in other parts of the country. In

:12:59. > :13:02.Winchester, these sandbags will block the river itching. It will

:13:03. > :13:13.save 100 homes but sent millions of gallons of floodwater elsewhere. --

:13:14. > :13:15.River Itchen. Here, ?10 million has been spent on defences. They have

:13:16. > :13:19.been built up and are holding for the moment.

:13:20. > :13:21.And you can get all the latest on the severe weather on the BBC News

:13:22. > :13:29.website - that's bbc.co.uk/news. And there are, of course,pdates on your

:13:30. > :13:32.BBC Local Radio and TV stations. In today's other news, two men have

:13:33. > :13:35.been found guilty of helping Joanna Dennehy - the woman who admitted

:13:36. > :13:39.killing three men in Cambridgeshire last March. Gary Stretch was

:13:40. > :13:44.convicted of attempted murder; Leslie Layton was found guilty of

:13:45. > :13:52.preventing the burial of two men. Ed Thomas reports.

:13:53. > :13:57.A female serial killer like no other. Joanna Dennehy wanted to kill

:13:58. > :14:03.as many men as she could, painfully and violently. Today, her

:14:04. > :14:10.accomplices were found guilty at Cambridge Crown Court. This man,

:14:11. > :14:14.seven Gary Stretch, helped her. So too did petty criminal Leslie

:14:15. > :14:18.Layton. For the first time, those who face the killer can tell their

:14:19. > :14:25.stories. What could you see her doing? Stabbing me repeatedly. She

:14:26. > :14:30.was stabbing me in the chest. Speaking exclusively to BBC News,

:14:31. > :14:39.John Rogers was stabbed 40 times by John Dennehy as he walked his dog.

:14:40. > :14:45.-- Joanna Dennehy. She said, "look, you're bleeding. I'd better do so

:14:46. > :14:53.more". When it did finally stop, I just thought, "well, this is it. I'm

:14:54. > :14:57.going to die". This police CCTV was taken minutes after she attacked

:14:58. > :15:00.John Rogers. She was calm, even joking. Listen to her answer when

:15:01. > :15:16.asked if she is dependent on drugs. That hectic week began here in pita

:15:17. > :15:22.bread, with three murders. The first to die was her boyfriend, Lukasz

:15:23. > :15:26.Slaboszewski. Next was John Chapman, her housemate. The final

:15:27. > :15:32.victim was Kevin Lee, her landlord and lover. All were stabbed through

:15:33. > :15:37.the heart. The bodies were taken here, dumped and forgotten, murdered

:15:38. > :15:42.by Joanna Dennehy, someone they thought was a friend. Someone they

:15:43. > :15:47.thought they could trust. Instead, they were all killed for her own

:15:48. > :15:51.enjoyment. And all this from a mother once responsible for two

:15:52. > :15:56.children. By the time she killed, she was an alcoholic who had

:15:57. > :16:02.abandoned her family. I hope she never sees daylight again, ever.

:16:03. > :16:06.This is Joanna Dennehy's sister. In her first TV interview, she said

:16:07. > :16:11.Joanna rebelled. The child they once knew became someone they no longer

:16:12. > :16:15.recognised. There was a girl that we loved and then turned into a

:16:16. > :16:19.monster. I don't think you can describe it any other way. Can you

:16:20. > :16:26.understand at all why she's done this? No and, to be honest, I don't

:16:27. > :16:31.think I'd want to understand how a human being is capable of doing so

:16:32. > :16:35.much damage. So, what motivated to an Dennehy, a psychopath with

:16:36. > :16:40.several personality disorders? On the run from police, she came to

:16:41. > :16:45.this house. Inside was Sean Keeble, one of the few to ask her why. She

:16:46. > :16:50.just felt happy that she was like a murderer or something. She told us

:16:51. > :16:54.she was wanting to write a book about it. She wanted to be a serial

:16:55. > :17:01.killer, someone well-known and write a book and be famous. And with this,

:17:02. > :17:08.no remorse or regret. Joanna Dennehy will be sentenced next week.

:17:09. > :17:14.Our top story this evening: Hurricane force winds batter

:17:15. > :17:16.Britain. The Met Office issues its first red warning of the winter.

:17:17. > :17:27.And coming up. Are you not a little old for that?

:17:28. > :17:30.Yes. We talk to George Clooney about the

:17:31. > :17:34.inspiration for his latest film. Later on BBC London: The animal

:17:35. > :17:36.victims of the floods. We're with the rescuers taking pets and

:17:37. > :17:38.livestock to safety. And the man who inspired Beyonce.

:17:39. > :17:39.The incredible Japanese dancer bringing his ground-breaking moves

:17:40. > :17:51.to London. Interest rates are likely to stay at

:17:52. > :17:53.their record low level of half of one per cent, despite strong growth

:17:54. > :18:02.forecasts and unexpectedly good unemployment figures. That was the

:18:03. > :18:10.guidance from the Bank of England 's opener Mark Carney today. But he

:18:11. > :18:11.warned that Britain 's recovery was "neither balanced nor sustainable"

:18:12. > :18:19.as yet. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh Pym, reports.

:18:20. > :18:24.Forward guidance and interest rates, was Mark Carney 's big idea when he

:18:25. > :18:27.arrived Bank of England last summer, today the government faced with

:18:28. > :18:30.unexpected developments in the economy had to announce an overhaul.

:18:31. > :18:38.Growth is stronger this year and lower -- and he believes the repair

:18:39. > :18:47.job in the economy is not yet complete. The economy is not yet

:18:48. > :18:55.balanced or sustainable. A few quarters of a love trend growth or

:18:56. > :19:01.not sufficient. One illustration of the possible level of Banchory in

:19:02. > :19:05.the medium term can be derived from the latest forecast of the bank that

:19:06. > :19:12.is based on a market curve which itself approaches only 2% interest

:19:13. > :19:15.rate three years from now. This is a change of tactic by the Governor and

:19:16. > :19:20.his colleagues at the bank, it interest rate decisions had been

:19:21. > :19:24.focused on unemployment falling to a certain level but now the 7%

:19:25. > :19:30.threshold has nearly been reached, policymakers will concentrate on a

:19:31. > :19:34.range of economic variables. So what do businesses make of it? This

:19:35. > :19:38.Barnsley -based engineering firm invested in new machinery after the

:19:39. > :19:44.Bank of England 's assurances about low rate last summer. The boss has

:19:45. > :19:48.urged the bank not to abandon its commitment to keeping a lid on

:19:49. > :19:51.borrowing. We would like to see interest rates remaining glow and

:19:52. > :19:57.knowing what is going to happen in the long term is important. --

:19:58. > :20:01.while. Critics argued the Bank of England 's and ability has been

:20:02. > :20:06.dented because it forecast was wrong and it has dropped the threshold.

:20:07. > :20:16.The bank argues it simply moved into a new phase and the challenge now is

:20:17. > :20:18.how to communicate its views. The BBC has learned the

:20:19. > :20:21.Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats were declared

:20:22. > :20:26.tomorrow whether forms a government will not agree to allow an

:20:27. > :20:35.independent Scotland to use the pound. Our correspondent is in

:20:36. > :20:41.Westminster. George Osborne and as that -- and Ed

:20:42. > :20:46.Balls are agreeing, and Danny Alexander. We say the weather is in

:20:47. > :20:52.the Treasury after the next election, whatever government it is,

:20:53. > :20:57.Tory or Labour or a coalition, they would not agree to share the pound

:20:58. > :21:02.with an independent of Scotland if the people of Scotland folk that we

:21:03. > :21:05.in the referendum this September. They were speaking after the

:21:06. > :21:09.publication of a Treasury review written by civil servants and not

:21:10. > :21:15.politicians that say each country would underwrite each other 's banks

:21:16. > :21:19.and spending policies. The SNP say it is threats and a deal could be

:21:20. > :21:23.reached and the three parties are saying, forget it, no way, it will

:21:24. > :21:26.not happen. Thank you.

:21:27. > :21:30.The BBC has learned the identity of the first British suicide bomber to

:21:31. > :21:35.blow himself up in Syria. He has been named as Abdul Waheed Majid, a

:21:36. > :21:37.41-year-old from Sussex. He is believed to have carried out a

:21:38. > :21:42.suicide truck bombing in Aleppo last Thursday. Detectives from the South

:21:43. > :21:49.East Counter Terrorism Unit have spent the morning searching his

:21:50. > :21:52.address in Crawley. Our home affairs correspondent, Matt Prodger,

:21:53. > :21:57.reports. This is Abdul Waheed Majid, a father

:21:58. > :22:02.of three from Crawley in Sussex. And this is his house, today searched by

:22:03. > :22:08.police who believe he carried out a suicide bombing in Syria. His family

:22:09. > :22:15.await confirmation. They last spoke to him six days ago, they thought he

:22:16. > :22:20.was an aid worker in refugee camps. The family is quite shocked,

:22:21. > :22:27.devastated. Quite confused, because they are getting this news from

:22:28. > :22:32.different sources. All they are hoping and waiting for is that

:22:33. > :22:48.somebody somewhere broken firmware he is. -- will confirm. If Abdul

:22:49. > :22:57.Waheed Majid was indeed involved... It was driven into Aleppo.

:22:58. > :23:03.Neighbours in Sussex find it hard to believe.

:23:04. > :23:10.He was always friendly, jovial. I am shocked, I feel sick. What else can

:23:11. > :23:15.you say? The BBC has been told the man who lived here, Abdul Waheed

:23:16. > :23:20.Majid, used to be part of a group run by radical Islamists in Crawley,

:23:21. > :23:26.another member of that group was jailed for life for plotting to bomb

:23:27. > :23:32.targets. Not in Syria, but in the UK. Tonight, police say no arrests

:23:33. > :23:39.have been made, there is increasing concern that the radicalisation of

:23:40. > :23:48.British men travelling to Syria find.

:23:49. > :23:52.During World War Two, a small group of men managed to get behind enemy

:23:53. > :23:54.lines and retrieve art work which had been stolen by the Nazis. The

:23:55. > :23:58.Hollywood star George Clooney was so inspired by the story that he

:23:59. > :24:01.decided to make a film about it. So he wrote, produced, directed and

:24:02. > :24:04.then gave himself a starring role in The Monuments Men. He has spoken to

:24:05. > :24:09.our arts editor Will Gompertz at the National Gallery in London.

:24:10. > :24:16.You have been tasked for finding and protect over 5 million pieces of

:24:17. > :24:19.stolen art. The Monuments Men was a wartime

:24:20. > :24:25.collective who took on the task of finding art looted by the Nazis and

:24:26. > :24:27.returning it to the museums and collectors from which it had been

:24:28. > :24:32.thundered. What was it about this story you wanted to pursue?

:24:33. > :24:37.It was my producer and writing partner, Grant, we were sitting on

:24:38. > :24:47.the floor of my office and we said every film we do is cynical and

:24:48. > :24:52.angry, and have we, -- and angry. We should do something that has got a

:24:53. > :24:56.happy ending, where the good guys will win. This is a model of his

:24:57. > :25:03.planned museum. One of the biggest in the world.

:25:04. > :25:11.It will be hard to fill it. Hitler bombed London. I know.

:25:12. > :25:17.It is a tricky subject. You mention Rembrandt and people start snoring.

:25:18. > :25:23.I do not know much about art, I grew up in Kentucky, what we came to

:25:24. > :25:26.understand was in telling this story that it was so much less about a

:25:27. > :25:31.specific piece of art and so much more about Hitler was trained to

:25:32. > :25:39.do, which was systematically not just kill you and conquer you, but

:25:40. > :25:46.to make it as if you never existed. It hasn't had fantastic views. It

:25:47. > :25:52.was received well in Germany and Italy, sometimes you hit the box.

:25:53. > :25:57.I sat at the premiere and they loved it and they cheered, I have been

:25:58. > :26:01.beaten up a lot. Millions of pieces of art were found

:26:02. > :26:06.and returned but thousands more remain missing or the ownership is

:26:07. > :26:10.contested, suggesting there is still a role to play for The Monuments Men

:26:11. > :26:23.today. The last time we tried, our link

:26:24. > :26:31.broke down because conditions were bad, it was looking atrocious.

:26:32. > :26:39.It is absolutely extraordinary here. Like Paul is blowing all over the

:26:40. > :26:44.place. -- back Paul. Various disruption across the Northwest.

:26:45. > :26:50.Most notably on the road where the M6 has been closed and the 62 closed

:26:51. > :26:57.high sided vehicles, and the railways, the West Coast Main is

:26:58. > :27:00.being disrupted and close. Because from Euston, Virgin Trains have

:27:01. > :27:10.suspended services. And we are hearing about damaged stations at

:27:11. > :27:13.Crewe. A fire began here. Also at Manchester Airport, it has been

:27:14. > :27:21.damaged because of high winds. Crewe station, 500 people have been taken

:27:22. > :27:31.to nearby hotels. This is not the worst yet. Wind speeds have reached

:27:32. > :27:37.up to 98 mph. Time to get out of the wind!

:27:38. > :27:44.Time for a look at the all-important weather. Here is Jay Wynne.

:27:45. > :27:53.Has been incredible weather today, wet weather and the strength of wind

:27:54. > :27:59.has been incredible, an unusual red weatherworn ink from the Met Office.

:28:00. > :28:06.-- red weather warning. Only take a journey if it is absolutely

:28:07. > :28:12.necessary. A large part of the UK can expect very violent winds. This

:28:13. > :28:16.is the culprit, cloud and low-pressure coming in from the

:28:17. > :28:21.Atlantic. Bringing further strong winds and heavy rainfall. Let's

:28:22. > :28:28.focus on the winds, it using down, but still 90 mph or more into the

:28:29. > :28:33.West of Wales -- using down. 89 per hour gusts across the North West of

:28:34. > :28:37.England. The Isle of Man getting a battering, and parts of Northern

:28:38. > :28:59.Ireland. Over the Pennines, atrocious travelling conditions

:29:00. > :29:01.here. Rain, snow, gales, it keep up-to-date on your local radio. At

:29:02. > :29:08.the centre of that low pressure, more of that tonight. A bit of snow

:29:09. > :29:13.in Northern Ireland and further South. As temperatures get close --

:29:14. > :29:21.get close to freezing, a risk of ice on Thursday. A better day, no heavy

:29:22. > :29:26.and persistent rains, but winds not as blustery. Sunny spells and wintry

:29:27. > :29:30.showers from the West to the East, top temperature, seven, eight

:29:31. > :29:36.agrees. Will it calmed down by the end of the week? No. Had Russia

:29:37. > :29:37.heading our way and wet and windy again. That is all from