Over 100 flights from Heathrow were cancelled due to bad weather on Sunday, with another 80 expected to face severe delays throughout today – mostly short-haul domestic flights

Saturday also saw disruption, with a number of ferries between Northern Ireland and Scotland cancelled, speed restrictions in place on some trains in Scotland, a "small number of flights" cancelled at Heathrow Airport due to "strong winds and airspace restrictions", and some road closures in exposed areas.

A video shared on Heathrow's Instagram showed the festive update on their display board, featuring Santa's flight number, "SANTA1," scheduled to land at midnight.

Q We saw loads of pre-emptive flight cancellations at Heathrow again recently. I’m struggling to see why... Ashley Q. A The basic issue: concern that strong winds would disrupt