The UK is set to be hit by winds of 70mph as Storm Kathleen batters the country this weekend. The Met Office has issued weather warnings up and down the country ahead of the storm.
The weather system is expected to bring gusts of up to 60mph-70mph in exposed areas along the west coast of England and Scotland on Saturday, and 50mph more widely.
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and Greater Manchester is at the centre of it On Saturday yellow warnings of wind have been issued across the entire west coast of England and Scotland and all of Northern Ireland.
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