It's set to be a difficult day to get around on the rails in the north west and Midlands on Friday after a power outage ground the network to a halt on Thursday

The outage is expected to last until the end of the day and is impacting five rail companies in the North West and the Midlands.

National Rail has warned of 'major rail disruption' in the Greater Manchester area, the Midlands and North West of England, with trains cancelled, delayed by an hour or rescheduled