Fallen trees continue to cause problems throughout Dorset - as gale force winds of nearly 70 miles an hour batter the county.

There are long delays through Ferndown with the Ringwood Road closed both ways between St Marys Church and the Fire Station.

Earlier, scaffolding crashed down onto a Sunseeker yacht at the company's yard in Poole, while Brittany Ferries crossings between the town and Cherbourg in France had to be cancelled.

Flood alerts and severe weather warnings are in place for the whole south west - as well as other regions in England and Wales.