Yellow weather warning issued for South East due to wind

A fallen willow tree on a railway line between Rye and Ore caused the line to be blocked at about 07:59 BST on Tuesday.

Services in the area were delayed, amended and cancelled before the tree was removed at about 10:00 BST, Southern Rail said.

The Met Office also confirmed last month was one of the wettest Julys on record, according to provisional data.

It said the UK had its sixth rainiest July since data started being collected, and its wettest since 2009, with 140.1mm of rainfall, more than two thirds higher than the average for this time of year.