major incidents have been declared on the isle of wight and in hampshire. hundreds of schools are closed in southern england in some areas people are being urged to stay indoors. the latest from the south coast in a moment, but first graham satchell on the situation injersey. storm ciaran hit the channel islands with a bang, thunder and lightning and massive hailstones. the power of the storm, remarkable. winds reached more than 100 miles an hour, ripping rooves from buildings. this terrifying moment was caught on a baby monitor. the woman grabs her baby and makes her escape. the emergency services injersey said they responded to hundreds of calls overnight. they worked through horrendous conditions to clear roads and rescue people. there s been a lot of structural damage, a lot of roofs and chimneys down, trees down obviously, a lot of roads are blocked, there is a lot of debris on the roads. at first light, people ventured out to assess the damage. there are trees down al
Another week, another avenue of pleasure narrows. A think tank recently recommended that wood stoves come with warning labels, a bit like those on fag packets, from what I can gather, to point out that stoves are polluting smoke bombs, ruining small children’s lungs, threatening the planet and our general wellbeing. “Lighting this stove may cause asthma,” perhaps, or “wood burners may affect sexual performance”. (Yes, they may improve it, if anything, because what would be lovelier than a quick…