Storm Floris latest: Winds hit 108mph, flights grounded, events cancelled and 10,000 homes without power

Around 100 Edinburgh Fringe performances cancelled, chief exec tells Sky News

Around 100 performances at Edinburgh Fringe have been cancelled, the event's chief executive tells Sky News.

Tony Lankester says around 100-105 performances were unable to go ahead.

"Those are mostly performances that were due to take place in outdoor venues, in tents, in marquees and so on," he tells Sky News.

He adds: "Obviously, we've had to restrict certain types of performances, those performances that require more aerial work and performance.

"You don't want [performers] to come down in the gust of wind.

"So we're having to be super careful in the way we plan those performances and choose which performances happen. 

"But the streets are still buzzing. They are still alive."

Of the more than 2,000 events going ahead, the cancellations represented less than 5% Lankester says.

"We've got to put safety first," he adds.

But he warns he didn't think the worst of the storm had hit yet.

Fallen trees hit rail lines as fire reported at train station

Teams from Network Rail Scotland have been working quickly to remove fallen trees from train tracks and overhead lines.

Engineers were tasked with safely removing part of a snapped tree from overhead wires at Cornton level crossing, near Stirling.

Fallen trees have also been removed from the tracks at Giffnock in East Renfrewshire and from the Maryhill line at Summerston in Glasgow.

Network Rail Scotland said: "A massive thanks to our teams for their hard work out in these conditions."

Fire at train station

A fire has been reported on overhead lines at a train station in south Glasgow.

Network Rail said: "We're responding to reports of a fire on the overhead wires near Kings Park station in Glasgow's south side.

"Our local team are arranging a response to check this out as quickly as we can."

-SKY NEWS