Storm Isha forces UK flights to divert to France and Germany

BBC News says Storm Isha has forced a number of UK and Ireland flights to divert to France and Germany, with passengers finding themselves stranded in airports abroad.

Planes heading for Bristol, Dublin and London ended up in Paris, as Edinburgh-bound planes landed in Cologne.

Some on domestic routes had left their passports at home, meaning they had to sleep on terminal floors overnight.

One flight from Budapest returned to Hungary, via Manchester, after aborting several landings at Stansted Airport.

Parts of the UK have seen their strongest winds in 10 to 20 years.