Bridge collpased in North Yorkshire

Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team posted a picture of a collapsed bridge in Grinton on Facebook appealing to motorist not to travel as many routes are impassable due to flooding.

The damaged bridge near Reeth, was due to be on the route of the cycling World Championships held in Yorkshire in September.

The Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for Arkle Beck at Reeth and Low Fremington .

A holiday cottage business in Reeth has to cancel future bookings after being flooded. Guests in three cottages owned  by Rose and David Atkinson had to escape upstairs to avoid flood water.

Some routes in the Yorkshire Dales remain shut and Northern Rail said trains had been suspended between Ribblehead and Kirkby Stephen because of landslip.

The main road along Swaledale linking Richmond and villages including Reeth and Keld has been washed away near Grinton and another road from Grinton over to Leyburn has now a gaping hole, as violent hail and rain storm further west caused a landslide to block the main Settle to Carlisle railway line between Kirkby Stephen and Garsdale.