Heavy winds topple Broseley garden wall
Heavy winds which battered Shropshire brought down a 6ft wall outside the back garden of a house.
The incident happened in Barratt's Hill, at the top of High Street, Broseley, yesterday afternoon.
Most of the wall was destroyed, but nobody was injured in the incident, which did not cause any disruption on the road.
It is understood Shropshire Council officials were called but left the repair of the wall in the hands of the home owner.
The strong winds, which saw gusts of 40mph, also brought down trees in across the Shropshire border in Belbroughton.
The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for Shropshire yesterday because of the wind, while the Highways Agency put an amber warning in place for large parts of the country.
Mark Seltzer, a forecaster with the Met Office, said the strong winds were caused by a deep area of low pressure coming in from the west.
He said: "It is unusually deep for this time of year. Normally we don't see this sort of winds often at this time of year."
The strongest gusts were around the coastal areas and hills of the South West and South West Wales.
The Highways Agency issued an amber alert for high-sided vehicles, caravans and motorbikes.
In a statement, the agency said there was an 'increased risk of vehicles being blown over'.
