Christmas travel chaos: Bris face rail strikes and icy roads as Met Office extends warning | UK | News

1000’s of Brits have been hit with visitors chaos after 48-hour rail strikes and freezing climate circumstances induced mayhem on the roads. 

Members of the RMT Union are staging one other spherical of strikes this week after quite a lot of disputes over pay and conditios for staff.

Staff have been supplied a 5 per cent pay rise for this yr — backdated to January — with one other 4 per cent firstly of 2023 and a assure of no obligatory job losses till January 2025.

However they rejected the provide from employer Community Rail, in contrast to members of the Unite and TSSA unions, and a 48-hour strike started on Friday.

And climate circumstances throughout the nation is including to the chaos on the roads, as highway customers are being warned of anticipated delays this morning after a chilly evening noticed temperatures plummet.

The UK has seen a chilly blast this week with snow and ice attributable to air shifting south from the Arctic.

Going into Saturday there are ice warnings a lot of Scotland, northern England and Wales. And a brand new warning has now been made for the south of England.

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