Rail services and flights have been axed, with rare red weather warnings issued for Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Met Office extended its rare red weather warning at 11am to cover more of Scotland until 5pm, while Northern has issued a 'do not travel' warning for much of the north, including Greater Manchester.

A British Airways flight was forced to abort an initial attempt to land at Manchester Airport in Storm Eowyn winds on Friday.Simon Whittaker captured video of the plane approaching the runway. As it almost touches down,