A woman is being treated in hospital after she was struck by a roof slate as high winds caused by Storm Hector sweep the UK.
Emergency services were called to Dalry Road in Edinburgh at around 9.40am on Thursday and the woman, who is in her forties, was rushed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment.
It comes amid a yellow “be aware” weather warning covering Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland.
Fallen trees have caused widespread travel problems and ScotRail said “chainsaw gangs” and overhead line teams have been deployed across the rail network to remove trees and branches that caused delays and cancellations to services. In England, police closed the Tees flyover to high-sided vehicles and the Shields Ferry across the Tyne was not operating.
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