The palace, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, is closing the the light trial around its landscaped gardens, the Christmas market, and the ice rink that it introduced for the first time last week. Organisers are "monitoring the forecast" for Sunday and have made no further announcement as yet.

A town's official Christmas lights switch-on has been cancelled due to the expected arrival of Storm Bert. Redcar's Illumination Parade was set to take place on Sunday but has been scrapped due to the impending bad weather.

The impending Storm Bert has claimed another Christmas lights switch-on which has now been cancelled due to "safety reasons".