Anthony saw 78 mile per hour winds hit some parts of the uk today, blocking 100 miles of railway between exeter and penzance. About half a months penzance. About half a months worth of rain fell in some areas with a number of people having been evacuated from their homes in North Yorkshire due to flooding. The south west had flooding. The south west had severe road and rail disruption. Weatherjournalist nathan rao explains the conditions wind speeds of this storm. Storm anthony , are expected storm anthony, are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55mph inland. Its not the strong storm that weve seen, but because of the time of year, the leaves , the trees are all in leaves, the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The schools are off and where its going to be hitting the impact of this storm hitting today is likely to be greater than had the same sort of thing happened later in the year. Pakistans former prime minister, imran khans party is call
Region as a war crime. Storm anthony saw 78 mile per hour winds hit some parts of the uk today, blocking 100 miles of railway between exeter and penzance. About half a months penzance. About half a months worth of rain fell in some areas with a number of people having been evacuated from their homes in North Yorkshire due to flooding. The south west had flooding. The south west had severe road and rail disruption. Weatherjournalist nathan rao explains the conditions wind speeds of this storm. Storm anthony , are expected storm anthony, are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55mph inland. Its not the strong storm that weve seen, but because of the time of year, the leaves , the trees are all in leaves, the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The schools are off and where its going to be hitting the impact of this storm hitting today is likely to be greater than had the same sort of thing happened later in the year. Pakistans former prime minist
Police and Crime Commissioners. Katherine forster has the latest. Yes, dreadful results for the conservatives so far. Labour are buoyant. Much, much more still to come. But keir starmer, speaking a little bit earlier, saying its a shout from blackpool we want change. Are we heading to a Labour Government later this year . Later this year . Boris johnson was turned away from his local polling station after forgetting to bring an acceptable form of photo id. Did the same happen to anyone you know . So the morning after the night before, tories look like theyre waking up with a bit of a hangover and a bit of a headache. Theres still plenty to come though, but i think they would have known that this was going to be a bad time for them. I mean, its, you know, nobody knows what to do about them. Its very sad, but such is life. Its very sad, but such is life. I tell you what, im looking forward to the london Mayoral Election result, which comes tomorrow night. All eyes on that. And. Yeah lots
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