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Trains into Liverpool suspended due to a tree blocking the line/damaging overhead cables
My eldest has friends camping at the Creamfields Festival and they said around 6am it was bedlam, screaming everywhere as tents collapsed. As SpeckledJim said, Leeds Festival hit worse - apparently half the staff tents have blown away and two stages heavily damaged.
Martin
Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)
A TWO addict since 14/12/01
"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."
Aneurin Bevan
Storm Lilian brings power cuts and downs trees
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0n47kn5jeo
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
There was impressive footage on the BBC news of the Humber Bridge traffic in the Storm! 😱😱 I can't find a link to a vid yet.
Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons
I trust the lorry driver in the photo was crossing the bridge BEFORE it was shut to high sided vehicles!
Summer will be spray.
Originally Posted by: westv
Did you catch the clip on the news? It nearly tipped over.
Still blustery now but not as bad as this morning.
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
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