Flash floods strike parts of UK

Major transport routes are expected to be disrupted for a second day after storms and torrential downpours caused flash floods across parts of the UK.

Both main rail lines between Scotland and England are blocked by landslides, while roads across the UK have closed.

Northern England, the Midlands, Scotland and Northern Ireland were worst hit by heavy storms on Thursday, as Richard Lister reports.

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