Some disruption as strong winds hit South West

People have been urged to take care as strong winds hit the South West, with a number of venues closing as a precaution and some events being cancelled.

In Devon and Cornwall, a Met Office yellow weather warning for wind is in place between 20:00 BST on Sunday until 18:00 on Monday.

Among places closed on Monday are Dartmoor Zoo and St Michael's Mount, with about 150 properties without power near Chagford, according to National Grid.

The highest recorded gusts so far have been 53mph (85kph) in St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly and at Chivenor in North Devon.

A yellow weather warning has been issued for wind

Devon County Council Highways (DCCH) said it was monitoring the winds in exposed areas like Taw Bridge in Barnstaple.

It has teams responding to a couple of fallen trees on minor roads, including one on Park Road in Silverton.

The A375 between Honiton and Sidmouth is also partially blocked near the Hare and Hounds pub due to a fallen tree.

On Sunday, two stages were closed at at the Little Orchard Cider and Music Festival at Penhallow ahead of expected strong winds.

Tom Bolt from Falmouth Coastguard advised anyone considering going to the coast to "watch from a distance" and not get too close to the sea.

High tide on Monday is just after 11:30 at Perranporth and shortly before 12:30 at Croyde.

'Monitoring the weather'

Jen Murphy from DCCH said disruption had been relatively limited.

"It hasn't been as bad as first forecast, the only weather issue we have now is the tree down on the A375.

"We are monitoring the weather and we will continue to throughout the day."

She added: "Our crews have as always been on the ground overnight clearing trees but we haven't had an onslaught."