Storm Bert causes widespread rail disruption

GWR said services moving from South Wales done Bristol Parkway to London are suspended indefinitely, arsenic are services betwixt Bristol Temple Meads, Swindon and London.

The institution said its unit were "working hard" to reopen the lines.

"Disruption is expected to proceed for the remainder of the day," GWR said successful a connection connected X.

The enactment betwixt Westbury and Weymouth was besides closed owed to a fallen tree, blocking the enactment astatine Yeovil Pen Mill.

Businesses including Longleat Safari Park adjacent Warminster and Cotswold Park Farm successful Cheltenham closed connected Sunday owed to the yellow upwind warnings.

Meanwhile, some Wiltshire Police and Gloucestershire Constabulary urged radical to question lone if necessary.

The A3102 betwixt Lyneham and Tockenham successful Wiltshire was closed connected Sunday day owed to flooding.

It comes arsenic properties are without power and motorists look question disruption crossed the region.

In Somerset, the A3088 adjacent Yeovil was closed from the junction for Montacute to the Garadore roundabout, aft a five-vehicle collision - which included an overturned tanker.

Cineworld successful Shaw Ridge, Swindon, said it had to "temporarily close" owed to the interaction of Storm Bert.

"Any customers whose screenings were cancelled volition beryllium automatically refunded," bosses said successful a statement, apologising for the inconvenience.

Avon and Somerset Police said officers were called to the clang astatine astir 06:30 GMT connected Sunday and 2 radical person been taken to infirmary with injuries that are not thought to beryllium life-threatening oregon life-changing.

In Lydney successful Gloucestershire, Newerne Street was closed connected Sunday day owed to flooding.

According to travelling monitoring tract Inrix, successful Gloucestershire, the A4136 is closed successful some directions owed to flooding betwixt the Yew Tree and Old Hill.

The M48 Severn Bridge was besides closed successful some directions owed to beardown winds, but has since reopened.

In Longhope successful the Forest of Dean, the A48 was closed successful some directions connected Sunday owed to flooding.

Due to the important hazard from flooding, Lydney Practice volition beryllium closed connected Monday.

The country volition interaction patients who had booked appointments to marque alternate arrangements.

Both the Quays Ice Rink and Hempsted Household Recycling Centre are closed successful Gloucester on with the Flight Before Christmas grotto lawsuit astatine Cotswold Airport.

A fig of trees person been blown down successful Pittville Park successful Cheltenham.

First Bus West of England said services crossed Bristol and the West "may acquisition delays, last-minute cancellations oregon diversions".

Henbury Ford successful Bristol is closed owed to flooding, and autobus services 1 and 2 are being diverted via Crow Lane, Old Crow Roundabout and Rugby Club.

Bus work 3 is being diverted on Station Road.

In Wiltshire, according to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), about 1,900 radical are without power.

Wiltshire Police is urging residents to lone telephone 999 successful an emergency, and is signposting those who privation to study obstructions and debris connected roads to section authorities oregon National Highways.

"We are presently receiving a precocious fig of calls related to the upwind specified arsenic fallen trees oregon debris successful the road," it said.

"Please lone question erstwhile necessary. Be cautious connected the roads and set speeds and braking distances accordingly," it added.

The unit besides said it was awaiting a tanker to wide the A350, which is closed successful some directions betwixt Bumpers Farm roundabout and Cepen Way South roundabout owed to extended flooding.

Road users are being told to find alternate routes.

Longleat Safari Park said it volition reopen connected Monday aft having to adjacent for information reasons implicit the weekend.

Guests who had booked to see the Festival of Light volition get refunded, the attraction said.

Scott Ashman, caput of operations, said: “Our teams person been moving hard to wide roads and bid track, rebuilding fences arsenic good arsenic securing and repairing the lanterns for The Festival of Light.

“Refunds are inactive being processed and this volition proceed arsenic a precedence implicit the adjacent mates of days."

There is besides reported flooding successful the Malmesbury, Crudwell, Norton and Sherston areas.

In Swindon, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service said Maxwell Street and Lorne Street had been closed until further announcement owed to an unsafe building.

"Please debar the area," it added.

Meanwhile, Somerset Council said their teams had been "busy overnight responding to reports" of much than 30 fallen trees and areas of flooding.

"Please carnivore with america contiguous arsenic we're dealing with a precocious telephone volumes and volition beryllium prioritising main roads," it said.

It besides encouraged motorists not to thrust done flood h2o and to instrumentality attraction if travelling.