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1800 GMT: That’s it for our live coverage of the problems affecting the
Christmas getaway. As it stands, the Heathrow Express is still not running
as Network Rail continue to test the new signalling gear. Please check the
website later for a round-up of the day’s events and all the latest
developments. Thanks for reading.

1744 GMT: The AA attended more than 320 callouts yesterday that were
due to vehicles getting stuck in floodwater, and a further 108 today, a
spokesman said.

1710 GMT: Further flooding is forecast as up to 20mm of rain is set to
fall in some

Winter is officially drawing to a close today and despite the ups and downs in
temperature it was a fairly average winter, overall — so much for the
three-month Arctic freeze that some newspapers had predicted