Major rail disruption and unsettled weather threaten to wreak bank holiday havoc

This week’s bank holiday may not be as warm as others this year (Picture: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock) Another bank holiday is nearly here – but if you’re hoping to go away, you may be out of luck. Plans for the three-day weekend, including travel to Reading and Leeds festivals and London’s Notting Hill Carnival, could be thwarted thanks to disruptions to busy rail routes, coupled with unsettled weather as this year’s unusually hot summer draws to a close. A train operator has warned of disruption to its services over the bank holiday weekend because of a strike by workers in a dispute over employee safety. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at East Midlands Railway (EMR) will strike on Sunday and bank holiday Monday over safety disputes. EMR will run a ‘significantly re