Ross Moran, rail director for Network Rail in Scotland, said lines have experienced a ‘devastating’ impact due to the high winds and debris.

A new community space opening at the new Brent Cross Town development needs an experienced operator to run it.

Mr Black will leave the role at the end of August with an interim chief executive being appointed in due course, the regulator said.

Mr Iliescu assumed power after Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed on December 25 1989.

Ruth Szymankiewicz was being treated at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire when she was able to shut herself inside her room and self-harmed.