Storm Frank batters large parts of UK as weather misery deepens

Hundreds of homes evacuated, thousands without power as high winds fell trees and heavy rain brings new flood warnings

Large parts of the UK were battered by Storm Frank on Wednesday, with hundreds of homes evacuated and thousands of people left without power, as high winds and heavy rain brought yet more weather misery.

In Scotland, there were two severe weather warnings - signalling danger to life - for Whitesands in Dumfries and The Tweed in Peebles, and one severe weather warning in England, in Croston, Lancashire, which has already been hit by the recent floods.