There are a number of traffic and travel problems across the region.
Updates to follow:
• Christmas at Wollaton cancelled as park closed for safety reasons
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service | 11 am
Talbot Street in Nottingham closed because of an unsafe structure.
National Grid
• Newstead: 500 properties without power
Met Office
• Updated weather warning from the Met Office
Nottingham Travelwise | 9:23 am
Bilborough Road is CLOSED at the junction of Woodhouse Way and Strelley Road
Emergency services are on scene enforcing a diversion
Nottingham Travelwise | 9:15 am
Mansfield Road A60 northbound is CLOSED at Cross Street, Arnold
Emergency services are present at the junction and are enforcing a diversion
Trent Barton | 08:45 am
‘Due to the high winds, we are seeing a few trees being blown down across our network, so sadly we are having to miss a few parts of certain routes. Delays are likely on most routes with debris and traffic travelling slower due to the conditions.
UPDATE: 9.00am Thursday 21 December
These routes are those that we are having to divert and miss stops:
comet: All stops in Little Eaton are missed, we are diverting along the A38. We will also divert from Ripley to Alfreton along the A38
I4:
Church Street, Sandiacre is closed so we cannot serve the Blue Bell stop.
mickleover:
Station Road in Mickleover has been closed so we cannot serve East Avenue and Bonsall Drive.
nines and ninety:
The Police have closed the road at Butterley, so all services are diverting both ways along the A38 from Ripley to Alfreton/Swanwick.
V3:
Due to a fallen tree near Mercia Marina, we are diverting on the A38 missing Findern.
32:
Trees are down in Stanley Village so our diversion will miss all stops from High Lane West to Kings Corner.
National Grid | 8:45 am
There is a power cut at Selston in Nottinghamshire.
National Grid said:
‘We are aware of this power cut incident which was raised at 8:07am this morning and our engineers are working to get the power returned as quickly as possible. We are sorry for any inconvenience this is causing you.’
Power is expected to be restored by 11:30 am 21 December
National Grid | 8:29 am
Power outage: Long Eaton: 1,000 properties without power after high voltage fault
National Grid said:
‘We are aware of this power cut incident which was raised at 8:02am this morning and our engineers are working to get the power returned as quickly as possible.
‘We are sorry for any inconvenience this is causing you.’
‘Reason for outage: There is a fault on our high voltage network in your area which we are working hard to resolve.’
National Grid expect power to be fully restored by 11:30 am 21 December.
Nottingham City Transport | 8:38 am
There’s a fallen tree at Redhill, congestion in the area is delaying Purple 87.
Nottingham City Transport | 8:22 am
( 8:30 am buses back to normal route )
‘There is a fallen tree at the bottom of Westdale Lane. Lilac 25 are diverting in both directions via Cavendish Road.
Stops on Burton Road, Gedling Road and on Westdale Lane between Main Road and Cavendish cannot be served.’
Earlier reports:
• Rail: Line closed Nottingham – Hucknall and Bulwell crossing damage
• Rail: Overhead cable damage affecting Newark – Nottingham services
• A6002 Bilborough Road: Avoid area fallen tree emergency services on scene