Brits heading home for the holidays today are facing a “traffic nightmare before Christmas” with strike delays and heavy rain set to cause travel chaos.
Roads are already snarling up as hordes of motorists leaving town to spend the festive period with friends and family are causing heavy traffic in parts of the UK.
Many drivers are also battling a band of torrential rain which is moving north from southern England and Wales to southern Scotland and Northern Ireland throughout the day.
