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She added: "Because of wonderful people like Nikita, I hope that it shows that there is light at the end of the tunnel, that there are supports available to people, and that there is justice at the end of the day."

The Conwy Valley and Heart of Wales lines - which run from Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Swansea to Shropshire, via Carmarthenshire and Powys, respectively - will be closed on Saturday and Sunday because of the storm's expected impact.

The Championship meeting between Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth was postponed following an 11:00 GMT inspection because of a waterlogged pitch.

According to a Suffolk University/Los Angeles Times poll conducted in March 2023, Los Angeles residents strongly back the city’s earthquake retrofit law, despite conventional wisdom that it would be politically unpopular because of its cost.

The Coast Road in Ballygally is also shut because of a rock fall, which is believed to be related to Storm Bert.