Footage shows flooding around Bolton after being battered by Storm Francis

massive landslide which has shut a major Scots road. An estimated 5,000 tonnes of sludge dropped onto the A83 Rest and Be Thankful and Old Military Road in 24 hours as heavy rain lashed the country.

Storm Francis sweeps across the country. The B724 at Cummertrees, near Annan, is currently inaccessible to traffic.

Wigan, on Tuesday evening. As Storm Francis batters the region, 'low lying land, roads and farmland' in the area could be at risk of flooding.The warning covers an area of Mosley Common Road and Worsley Business Park between 5.30pm and 7pm.With further rainfall predicted over the next 24 hours, the Environment Agency has warned that river levels in the area could reach as high as 1.1 metres.In a statement on its website, it added: "We are closely monitoring the situation.

Storm Francis is currently making its way over Scotland with heavy rainfall and high winds expected to batter the country. A yellow weather warning for rain has been put in force by the Met Office for large parts of the country between midnight today and 6am tomorrow.

hereForecasters say the rain and wind will continue into the evening, and persist through the first half of the night, but the rain will  gradually ease towards dawn.The conditions are down to a deep area of low pressure crossing the UK, bringing wind gusts of 60 mph and potentially 70 mph in exposed western locations, as well as heavy rain for many.Things are expected to improve by Wednesday, with early rain quickly dying out, leaving a mostly dry but cloudy morning with light winds.There will

flooding has been issued for Scotland as Storm Francis sweeps its way across the country.Up to 90mm of rain is set to fall, with gusts of 70mph predicted.The warning came into force at midnight and stays in place until 6am on Wednesday.Met Office forecasters say the 'bands of rain' will 'hang around for most of the day' north of the border.The warning covers southern Scotland and the central belt, with cites including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth and Stirling expected to be hit.Most of northern

Storm Francis has brought gusts of more than 50mph overnight ahead of the wet and windy weather impacting vast swathes of the country on Tuesday.The heaviest of the rain is expected to fall across Northern Ireland and south-west Scotland with the Met Office warning of the potential for flooding and issuing a yellow warning.It said up to 90 mm of rain could fall while a yellow warning for wind is in place in Wales and most of England with gusts of up to 70mph predicted.Mount Batten, Plymouth,

mountain with his daredevil antics caught on camera by a Glasgow snapper. Tim Howell, 31, was videod leaping from the 4,000ft peak of An Teallach in the northwest Highlands by photographer Hamish Frost.