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Flood fears across Scotland as Storm Bert heads into second day

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Flood fears across Scotland as Storm Bert heads into second day

A total of 11 SPFL games were called off with kick-off times delayed on another three, including two in the Premiership.

One of those called off was a league two match between Cove Rangers and Stenhousemuir, after the away team’s bus got stuck in snow at Broxden Services outisde Perth.

Over 3,000 homes in England and Wales are without power. Scotland has not been hit as hard, with both Scottish Power and SSE reporting just a few localised faults.

The Met Office has warned a rapid thaw and subsequent rain may cause further disruption.

A yellow weather warning for rain and snow remains in place for most of Scotland until 09:00 on Sunday.

The Highlands and Argyll and Bute will see winds of up to 65mph on Sunday, with a yellow warning has been in place from 12:00 until 00:00.

Forecasters say Storm Bert will be quite slow moving and will only start to clear from Monday.

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