The Met Office has issued a fresh yellow warning for wind just three days before Christmas, with gale-force winds of up to 70mph set to batter Britons over the weekend.

The wind warning - which follows two on Saturday - extends from midnight to 9pm on Sunday, December 22.

The warning area stretches across all of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and covers all of England's west - from Cornwall to Cumbria.

The Isle of Man, however, is set to escape the worst of the weather, and isn't covered by the warning.

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Forecasters have told those in the affected areas to get ready for "delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport" - which they say are "likely" as Christmas creeps closer.

The Met Office details how "strong and gusty northwesterly winds" are set to batter Britons on Sunday.

Across most of the warning area, "gusts of 50-60 mph are expected quite widely", it says.

But in and around exposed coastal and hilly areas, meteorologists say gusts of up to 70mph could hit - especially in the north and west.