{"id":201404,"date":"2025-10-04T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/201404\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:00:08","slug":"west-midlands-market-closures-as-storm-amy-hits-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/201404\/","title":{"rendered":"West Midlands market closures as Storm Amy hits region"},"content":{"rendered":"

An artisan market is among events cancelled as Storm Amy brings rain and strong winds to large parts of the West Midlands.<\/p>\n

The autumn market, which was due to be held at Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Saturday, has been postponed by a week until 11 October. <\/p>\n

“There’ll be delicious food, activities for kids, a full day of family-friendly inspiration and the chance to roam a beautiful landscape among the autumn colours,” said organisers. <\/p>\n

Other markets in the region, including Tamworth Market and Stratford-upon-Avon’s Rother Street Market, have also closed. <\/p>\n

The West Midlands is included in the Met Office’s yellow warning,<\/a> which is in force until 19:00 BST.<\/p>\n

Wind gusts between 45-55mph are expected, occasionally going up to 65mph in more exposed areas.<\/p>\n

These wind speeds<\/a> have the potential to bring down tree debris and possibly whole trees, leading to power cuts and travel disruption.<\/p>\n

Organiser LSD Promotions, which runs the Tamworth and Stratford markets, said it was “not safe to proceed” with Saturday’s events and on Friday it closed all trading markets.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Moseley Park was closed on Saturday, with its trust warning people not to access it for their safety due to strong winds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An artisan market is among events cancelled as Storm Amy brings rain and strong winds to large parts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[28,112],"class_list":["post-201404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-business","tag-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}