Autumn blows in

Thousands of homes were left without power and travel was disrupted as Storm Aileen battered Britain. The highest wind speed was 83mph at The Needles on the Isle of Wight, and an Antony Gormley sculpture took a buffeting in Liverpool, left. In Wensleydale, North Yorks, farmer Jack Shepherd, top, helped a stranded motorist in a flash flood. The RSPCA in Taunton, Somerset, rescued two baby grey seals, above, from the storms.