UK weather: Conditions expected to improve after Christmas travel disruption
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Conditions are expected to improve this week after bad weather caused disruption during the Christmas getaway period. The Met Office has forecast a “grey Christmas” with some sunny spells and “extremely mild” temperatures. It comes after a “perfect storm” of adverse weather conditions and road congestion led to widespread disruption during the Christmas getaway.
The Met Office issued yellow warnings for wind which remained in place until 9pm on Sunday. The warnings were in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in England the warnings covered the North East, North West, South West and West Midlands as well as Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Hampshire.
The forecaster also issued a new yellow warning for ice in parts of north-east Scotland, which came into force at 9pm on Sunday until 10am on Monday. An airport was forced to enact emergency procedures on Sunday after a plane’s nose wheel collapsed as it landed in Belfast.
There were four crew on board and no passengers when the “hard landing” occurred on Sunday afternoon. The incident triggered emergency procedures at Belfast City Airport and forced the runway to close for the rest of the day. In a statement on social media early on Monday, the airport confirmed the affected runway “has reopened and is operating as normal”.
The statement continued: “Passengers impacted by yesterday’s runway closure or those due to travel today should check the status of their flight with the airline.”. Heathrow Airport confirmed around 100 flights had been cancelled on Sunday and passengers were advised to check with their airline before travelling.
