New 12 months celebrations for 1000's of individuals have been ruined yesterday because the nation was hit by thick freezing fog at airports and strikes and engineering works on the railways.
As an alternative of flying off to sunny resorts or ski resorts, travellers have been left stranded in departure lounges at Heathrow, Gatwick and London Metropolis airports as about 75 flights have been axed and others have been delayed by as much as 16 hours.
Revellers planning to have a good time Hogmanay in Scotland have been additionally affected as flights from London to Edinburgh and Glasgow have been both cancelled or delayed.
As an alternative of flying off to sunny resorts or ski resorts, travellers have been left stranded in departure lounges at Heathrow,(pictured) Gatwick and London Metropolis airports as about 75 flights have been axed and others have been delayed by as much as 16 hours
Revellers planning to have a good time Hogmanay in Scotland have been additionally affected as flights from London to Edinburgh and Glasgow have been both cancelled or delayed. Pictured: Windsor Citadel in fog on Saturday
Margeaux Ridgewell, a physiotherapy pupil from Manchester, was stranded in Geneva when her flight dwelling after a household snowboarding vacation was cancelled
Folks stroll and buses journey over Westminster Bridge in dense fog in London on Friday morning, a day earlier than New 12 months's Eve
Fog shrouds St Paul's Cathedral, seen from the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames in London on Friday morning
Not a lot of a view: Folks speak amidst the fog on the Clifton Downs close to the Suspension Bridge on Friday morning in Bristol
In the meantime, skiers making an attempt to return to Britain have been badly affected as Geneva airport – a significant hub for these taking holidays within the Alps – was hit by thick fog.
Margeaux Ridgewell, a physiotherapy pupil from Manchester, was stranded in Geneva when her flight dwelling after a household snowboarding vacation was cancelled. She mentioned: 'We try to rearrange one other flight to Manchester. New 12 months's Eve has been ruined.'
There have been extreme delays on trains as conductors on Southern began a three-day strike yesterday, whereas lots of Community Rail's 200 Christmas engineering tasks usually are not scheduled to finish till tomorrow.
Certainly one of London's busiest stations, Paddington, will undergo disruptions till Tuesday. In Wales, there are rail alternative bus providers throughout the complete Arriva Trains community till Tuesday.
On Friday, Britain was shrouded below a thick blanket of fog for the third day in a row right this moment as roads have been lined in ice and temperatures fell to -5C.
Drivers have been urged to take additional care as a fog warning was issued for the South East with visibility below 300ft.
Stunning pictures confirmed how the mist lined swathes of the UK from the Midlands to the South West.
The foggy situations lifted and thinned steadily, even lingering into the afternoon in some elements of East Anglia.
Lined: This satellite tv for pc picture taken on Friday morning reveals intensive fog over the South East of England
Tower Bridge: Visibility is poor on the River Thames on Friday morning after a assume blanket of fog dropped onto the capital
Fog shrouds the London Eye on the south financial institution of the River Thames in London on Friday morning as visibility plunged
A canine walker out on a freezing however clear morning by the River Cam in Cambridge on Friday
Fog shrouds Tower Bridge on the River Thames in London after forecasters warned of visibility as little as 300ft on Friday
Fog shrouds the Homes of Parliament in London throughout the Thames on Friday after the Met Workplace issued a climate warning
Poor visibility: Fog shrouds a Thames Clipper passing the Homes of Parliament in London in foggy situations on Friday morning
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