I've dealt with a lot of deaths in my life but none have hit me as badly as that of my grandson aged 27 from cardiomyopathy.

Those words came, amid a flood of others, when the Bridgeport Flyer Diner announced it would close, after 80 years.

By midday gusts will have reached around 45mph, according to the Met Office, with a 60 per cent chance of rain. The grim ...