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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West Country flooding: Live updates, January 6
Good morning. Much of the West Country remains under water this morning, as rain continues to fall on saturated ground, offering little hope of let-up.

River levels, especially in the Severn, have not yet reached their peak, as Tristan Cork explains in this morning’s paper.

7.15am The Severn was around a mile wide at Gloucester on Friday and Saturday as the bores hit, with spring tides more than doubling the effect. However, the rain has now caused problems further upstream, with Tewkesbury…

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Roads closed by flooding in West Country
Roads across the West Country remain closed this morning due to flooding.

In Somerset, the A361 at Burrowbridge and the A372 at Othery are shut, with diversions in place. Other routes, including the B3165 at Long Sutton and New Road, West Lyng, are also closed. A burst water main is also causing problems on the B3114 at Chew Stoke.

Gloucestershire, where dramatic pictures show the full extent of the Severn in flood, is badly affected, with the A417 at Maisemore still closed, as is the B4213…

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