I would also like to add my thanks to Manchester Control ATC yesterday. We were inbound towards OTBED and the ROSUN arrival about 1700z, when faced with two massive red paints on the weather radar - one over Birmingham and the other towards Doncaster/Hull. Managed to get radar steers between them thanks to some excellent ATC and a straight in to 24R - the controller then said that Manchester had been closed for an hour and all departures were now being routed via DESIG, ie East.
Must have been a controllers' nightmare but nothing was too much trouble for you guys yesterday. So thanks!