Met Office issue yellow weather warning update for rain and wind
as a result of very heavy rain and speeds have been reduced on lines by Network Rail amid safety fears.
The is a risk of potential disruption with flying debris, damage to buildings and cancellations on road and rail networks across the region. Roads and bridges could also be closed with power supplies and mobile phone coverage affected. In their reasoning for issuing a warning they said: "There is a chance of a deep low pressure system bringing gusts of 70 to 80 mph to some northern parts of the UK on Wednesday. Should this develop disruption would be expected. However, the most likely scenario is for gusts of 55 to 65 mph within parts of the warning area, most likely areas adjacent to the northern Irish Sea and parts of eastern Scotland, bringing some more localised impacts.