Great Western Railway has warned that it will be reducing services in Devon and Cornwall tomorrow, as Storm Austen could bring gusts of 60mph (96km/h) or more in Cornwall and west Devon. The Met. Office has issued an amber weather warning which applies between 03.00 and 10.00, and speed restrictions will be imposed between the start of service and 13.00. Some trains will be cancelled, particularly early in the day.

LNER managing director David Horne has been named as the integrated chief customer and commercial officer at Great British Railways. He was formerly the managing director of East Midlands Trains and then joined Virgin Trains East Coast. When that franchise failed in 2018, he was appointed to run VTEC’s nationalised successor LNER and will now start his new job next month.