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The UK is set for more travel chaos this weekend with thousands of people looking to get away on holiday over Easter and they face long delays whether travelling by land, sea or air

People advised to allow extra time for journeys

Travellers have already faced flight cancellations this week and queues for cross-Channel ferry services look set to continue.

Airlines are struggling to cope with staff sickness and shortages, with more than 100 flights being cancelled every day by easyJet and British Airways, while road and rail travel is also expected to be frustrating

Some 13.6 million motorists are expected to hit the roads on Good Friday alone

This Easter will be the first celebrated without Covid restrictions since the pandemic began

Daily Mirror agony aunt Coleen Nolan advises a woman who is struggling to deal with her recovery from alcohol addiction. Last year she had a relapse but then started attending AA meetings

Alcoholics and narcotics anonymous are 12-step peer support groups where people who have alcohol or other drug problems are supported by others who have had similar problems (“peers”), rather than professionals. They are called 12-step programs because there are 12 steps members are expected to work through.

Daniel Cashman was given a 36-month warning on his registration after an isolated incident in 2020, where he repeatedly swore at a vulnerable service user and told his colleague to not let the patient sleep

The AA says since the start of the year motorists have been hit by a 20p-a-litre surge in fuel prices

YANGON: When Japanese brewing giant Kirin called time on its Myanmar operations last month, the news made little difference to Kyaw Gyi -- like many drinkers, he had long boycotted the beer it produced with a military conglomerate.