Third person dies and plane skids off runway as Storm Babet batters UK

A man in his 60s died after getting caught in fast-flowing flood water in the town of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire on Friday, after two people died in Scotland

Members of the emergency services help local residents to safety in Brechin, Scotland, as Storm Babet batters the UK. Picture:  Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

A third person has died as Storm Babetswept across the United Kingdom causing widespread flooding and high winds which also forced a passenger plane to skid off a runway.

A man in his 60s died after getting caught in fast-flowing flood water in the town of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire on Friday, West Mercia Police said, after two people died in Scotland.