Met Office issues Severe Weather Warning for Scotland
A spokesman for the Met Office said: "Wednesday evening will see deepening low pressure to the North of Scotland, bringing very strong winds to a large part of the country.
"Gusts up to 60-70mph are likely but we could even see winds in excess of that. There is some concern about winds of that strength, which is why we've issued the warning.
"There's some rain – which could turn into snow – tied up with that as well, so pretty bad conditions."
The severe weather warning is in place across everywhere north of East Anglia between midnight and 6pm on Thursday.
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