1 week ago Bank Holiday getaway chaos as major motorway sees huge tailbacks after crash while ferry passengers at Dover face nearly two hours of queues

Traffic warnings were issued this morning as 17 million people are expected to take to the roads today and 'do not travel' warnings were issued ahead of rail strikes.

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1 week ago The Bank Holiday getaway begins: Traffic chaos warnings issued as 17m get set to hit the roads while rail firm says 'do not travel' ahead of train strikes

Motorists hitting the roads for the August bank holiday should brace for long delays on major routes, with peak traffic hours expected between 10am and 7pm.

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1 week ago Britain is facing an autumn of discontent: Essential services to be crippled by weeks of strikes

Britain is bracing itself for an autumn of discontent with essential services across the country crippled by strikes in coming weeks by rail workers, GPs, junior doctors, nurses and bin collectors.

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2 w. ago Train outages and flight delays: Simon Calder’s big bank holiday travel guide

Exclusive: All CrossCountry trains, serving England, Wales and Scotland, are cancelled due to a strike

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2 w. ago Bank Holiday getaway warning to 17.6million drivers: Chaos on major roads and rail strikes as revellers make most of last long weekend before Christmas

Drivers are being urged to set off early or be ready to spend longer in traffic if they plan to go away at the end of this week - the last long weekend before Christmas .

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2 w. ago Rail strikes to cause travel chaos over bank holiday weekend

Disruption is expected for the entire bank holiday weekend

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3 w. ago Rail strikes resume with bank holiday shutdown on CrossCountry trains

In previous strikes, CrossCountry has maintained a skeleton operation with a sharply reduced number of routes and trains

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