Many rail services are being cancelled or delayed as Storm Éowyn roars across the north-west of England. Transpennine Express has urged customers not to travel between Manchester and Liverpool and there are no Avanti West Coast services north of Preston. Northern said no trains were running between Manchester Victoria and both Chester and Leeds.

Storm Eowyn Friday continued to cause power outages for hundreds of thousands, knocked down trees and disrupted transportation as it moved across Scotland and Northern Ireland into Britain's West Midlands region.

Storm Éowyn has caused power cuts, disrupted rail travel and brought down trees in the. While the region escaped the high winds seen in northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, there were gusts of more than 50mph (80kmph) in places.

The storm brought record-breaking winds as it battered Ireland, Scotland and northern England on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of electricity customers were in the dark.