and destinations around the uk. but some of it will be lost for good and particularly in hospitality, where you have to be in the restaurant, in the cafe or the bar to spend the money. if you re not there, it is never spent. with many people avoiding the railways, some people have opted to travel by road instead. as for the railways, services won t resume until the morning of 27th december when many will be heading back home after christmas. noor naji, in paddington. earlier, simon calder, travel correspondent for the independent, told me the impact of the industrial action for travellers. well, as we have been hearing, it s absolutely devastating for people who depend on the railways. from london waterloo, the busiest station in the uk, you can go anywhere you want to this afternoon, as long as it is woking, and let sjust check, yep, the last train is going in eight
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is also having a huge impact on the airports. we re joined now by the independent s travel correspondent simon calder. he s outside heathrow. simon, i m going to start with some news we havejust simon, i m going to start with some news we have just had from south eastern railways in the last few minutes, they are advising passengers not to travel this morning as a result of severe disruption to allow network rail to check the rails are clear of snow and ice. we can see the weather affecting all forms of transport now. , ., , affecting all forms of transport now. , . , , now. yes, that is definitely the case. now. yes, that is definitely the case- this now. yes, that is definitely the case- this is now. yes, that is definitely the case. this is the now. yes, that is definitely the case. this is the company i now. yes, that is definitely the | case. this is the company which now. yes, that is definitely the i case. this is the company which runs trains from kent into london, they a
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tens of thousands of airline passengers have had their travel plans disrupted by the closure of manchester airport this morning due to a heavy snowfall. both runways at the airport which is the third busiest in the uk were closed for several hours, and dozens of flights have been diverted or cancelled. the runways have now reopened but disruption is expected simon calder, travel correspondent of the independent, has been following events. hello, simon. what has the airport said about all of this? inert; hello, simon. what has the airport said about all of this? very simply, the airort said about all of this? very simply, the airport closed said about all of this? very simply, the airport closed both said about all of this? very simply, the airport closed both its - said about all of this? very simply, the airport closed both its runways| the airport closed both its runways shortly before 9am and this was due to heavy snowfall, of course. the airport stresses that safety is