Christmas market closes early due to bad weather

Bath Christmas Market closed early on Thursday evening due to bad weather

A popular Christmas market in Bath has closed for an evening due to bad weather.

Storm Darragh, the fourth named storm of the season, is set to bring strong winds and heavy rain from Friday afternoon.

The organisers of Bath Christmas Market said on X: "The safety of our staff, stallholders and our visitors is our number one priority.

"We are planning to open tomorrow [Friday] as usual and the team will be continually assessing the weather."

A Met Office amber warning for strong winds is in effect for western parts of the region from 03:00 to 21:00 GMT on Saturday.

All of the region is under a yellow warning for strong winds from 15:00 on Friday until 06:00 on Sunday.

The market said people could keep up to date on opening hours via social media.