Terrifying moment plane lands SIDEWAYS at Bristol airport
This was the terrifying moment that a pilot showed immense skill as he landed a plane flying almost sideways at Bristol Airport

The weather does its worst! Heavy rain and 90mph winds leave thousands of homes without power and give one pilot a thrilling landing (... and hail even stops play on the football pitch)

7,000 electricity customers without power in Northern Ireland, and another 3,500 in north-west England
Nearly 900 homes also lose electricity in South Wales after a high-voltage electrical cable is blown down
Air France and Ryanair aeroplanes seen landing sideways at Bristol Airport in dramatic videos and images
Environment Agency has put in place 25 flood warnings and 117 flood alerts across England and Wales
Republic of Ireland also affected as 23-year-old woman dies when tree falls on her car in Co Westmeath
Stoke City's football match against Manchester United temporarily suspended due to heavy rain and hail
Games had to be abandoned in second half in both Sheffield and Crawley due to waterlogged pitches
Man, 19, left with facial wounds after falling tree smashes car windscreen on A45 road in Warwickshire
Unsuccessful search for man, 45, who fell overboard from a small cargo ship moored on the River Trent

Strong downpours and winds were battering Britain this morning, leaving thousands without power and disrupting football matches, roads and railways.

Gusts of up to 90mph were forecast for Northern Ireland and north-west Scotland overnight, with torrential weather making its way down into England.

Storms caused by an Atlantic depression left 7,000 electricity customers without power in Northern Ireland and another 3,500 in north-west England.

Air France and Ryanair aeroplanes were pictured landing sideways at Bristol Airport as the UK was hit by winds yesterday that reached up to 75mph.

The top speed was recorded at Castlederg in Northern Ireland, with a Met Office amber weather warning for the area as well as western Scotland.

Nearly 900 homes also lost electricity in the Neath Valley in South Wales, after a high-voltage electrical cable was blown down at around 6pm.

Northern Ireland Electricity and Electricity North West said some could be without power overnight. Western Power was also working to restore power.

An NIE spokesman said: 'We are expecting the winds to peak in the early hours of the morning, causing additional disruption to electricity supplies.'

At 11pm NIE said 1,000 customers remained without power, but added that it expected further damage and more power cuts throughout the night.

Thousands were affected in the Republic of Ireland, where a 23-year-old woman died when a tree fell on her car near Mullingar in County Westmeath.

The Environment Agency had 25 flood warnings in place just after midnight in England and Wales, with flooding expected and immediate action required.

Warnings were concentrated across the South West, Wales and the North-West. There were also 117 flood alerts, with flooding possible.

Wednesday night football fixtures were hit, with a Sky Bet Championship football match in Sheffield abandoned when heavy rain left the pitch unplayable.

Sheffield Wednesday's home match against Wigan, at Hillsborough, was called off early in the second half after large puddles appeared on the pitch.

Stoke City's home quarter-final tie against Manchester United in the Capital One League Cup was temporarily suspended due to heavy rain and hail.

Referee Mark Clattenburg briefly pulled players off the Britannia Stadium's pitch, but play was resumed shortly afterwards and United went on to win 2-0.

And the FA Cup second round replay between Crawley Town and Bristol Rovers was abandoned in the second half because of a waterlogged pitch.

Debris caused havoc on roads and railways, seeing a man to be taken to hospital with head and chest injuries after the car he was travelling in was hit.

The falling tree smashed the windscreen and left the front passenger, a 19-year-old man, with facial wounds, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

He was anaesthetised at the scene and taken to hospital. Another passenger, a man in his 50s, and the male driver received minor injuries.

The accident happened at about 6pm on the A45, between Stretton-on-Dunsmore and Rugby, in Warwickshire.

An ambulance spokesman said: 'The driver of the car was also taken to the same hospital as a precaution.'

Police closed the A595 at Moota in Cumbria after the roof was blown off a hotel, with motorists asked to avoid the area.

A roof blew off another property in Seaton and disruption due to trees blocking roads was reported in Whitehaven and Hackthorpe.

There were also delays for train passengers across parts of the South West.

South West Trains reported problems due to trees on the track near Sherborne in Dorset and on a train between Exeter and Axeminster in Devon.

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