Travel disruption and closures as Storm Floris hits

A yellow weather warning stretches across much of northern England

A yellow weather warning for strong winds of up to 70mph across North and West Yorkshire has been issued, bringing travel disruption and visitor attraction closures.

Castle Howard, Forbidden Corner, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Nunnington Hall and Nostell Priory were amongst sites to announce they would be closed on Tuesday.

Trains travel is also affected; LNER and TransPennine announced services would not be operating north of Newcastle; Northern employed a reduced service between Leeds, Ilkley, Bradford and Skipton.

Storm Floris is expected to also bring heavy rainfall to some parts of northern England, and the warning is expected to stay in place until 23:59 BST tonight.

York Maze, Thorp Perrow Arboretum and Beningbrough Hall also closed, and the Yorkshire Arboretum will shut from12:30 BST.

Tuesday's Pickering Market was cancelled, according to North Yorkshire Council.

Piglets Adventure Farm in York announced on social media it had made the "difficult decision" to not open to the public.

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