The Foreign Office has issued an urgent warning that "the risk of sudden escalation is high" in the Middle East, as three of the UK's four nuclear deterrent submarines are understood to be at sea in an "unusual" deployment amid rising Middle East tensions.
The Met Office has issued two new yellow weather warnings for strong winds and heavy rain following Storm Boelo, affecting western England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with gusts in excess of 70mph possible in the far north.