A stormy and windy looking sky above Preston's skyline including St Walburge's Church Pic: Tony Worrall Preston and the surrounding area woke to strong wind
Eldon Primary School vows to fight damning Ofsted report and slams ‘small number of parents’Preston and the surrounding area woke to strong winds and rain despite the North West mostly avoiding falling under a weather warning.
The Met Office hour-by-hour forecast has the rain easing off by midday – although high winds are not expected to ease for most of the day. “A period of especially strong winds are expected on Sunday afternoon and evening in western Scotland, where gusts could potentially reach 70-80mph in exposed areas and an Amber warning for winds has been issued here.
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