Roads closed in Wiltshire, January 9
The following roads are closed in Wiltshire this morning:

A30 Wilton Road Barford St Martin, both ways at B3089 West Street
A30 Wilton Road in Barford St Martin closed in both directions near the B3089 West Street junction, because of flooding.

A303 Deptford, eastbound at A36
A303 Wiltshire – A303 in Deptford closed and slow traffic eastbound at the A36 junction, because of flooding. Diversion in operation – via A36 into Salisbury.

A4 Pewsham, Chippenham, westbound between King Henry Drive…

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Roads closed in Gloucestershire due to flooding, Jan 9
Flooding is still causing problems for motorists across Gloucestershire this morning. The following roads are closed.

A417 Maisemore, both ways between The Rudge and A40
A417 closed in both directions between Maisemore and Over Roundabout, Gloucester, because of flooding.

B4213 Haw Bridge Tirley, both ways between Ham Road and Wick Lane
B4213 Haw Bridge closed in both directions between Tirley and Apperley, because of flooding.

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Edinburgh Airport closed due to suspicious package
A busy airport has been closed and is not accepting inbound flights after a suspicious package was discovered in the search area.
Edinburgh Airport was evacuated and a police cordon set up after the discovery of a “potentially suspicious bag” at 1.50pm.
Bomb disposal experts are on the scene.
Some passengers congregated on a nearby car park while others were moved to a nearby hotel.
Police have urged others not to travel to the airport.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police at Edinburgh…

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Region battered by a 'perfect storm' of rain, high tides and…
The worst of the battering from storm surges, freak waves, tides and floods could well be over as the West wakes up this morning – after another day taking a pounding from the elements.Weather forecasters are predicting the rest of this week will be ‘quieter’, as floods ease and the stormy seas calm.Yesterday saw another day of a huge storm surge sending 40ft waves pounding the Dorset and Somerset coasts, with Chesil Beach, Lyme Regis and the famed Jurassic Coast bearing the brunt of a…

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