dw. strikes by security guards at london heathrow airport will go ahead as planned from today, after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute. the walkout will end on easter sunday. it threatens disruption at the uk s largest airport at the start of the easter school holidays. i spoke to our transport correspondent katy austin a little earlier. well, it s security guards who work at terminal five at heathrow, which is only used by british airways. they are walking out today, and also security workers who deal with cargo coming in and out of the airport as well. but even though it is only those specific groups of security officers taking part in the strike, it does mean that staffing is stretched when it comes to security, and this is a very busy few days. today, the weekend, is the start of the easter getaway, so lots of passengers expected to be turning up to go on those holidays. and i think the impact on the ground, when we were at terminalfive earlier, to be fair,
england and sharper ones on the sharp south coast, but across south eastern counties we could see ice first thing on wednesday and the west of scotland also looks chilly. more cloud around elsewhere and it should hold the frost at bay, plenty of cloud spreading across the uk and through wednesday and onto a north easterly breeze with grey skies, despite the temperature being average for the time of year, so highs of eight or 9 degrees and it will feel on the cooler side. step outside, and it will feel closer to five or six. for thursday, and the changes are subtle, there is the high, keep an eye on the isobars in the gaps between them and the gap opens up and the winds become lighter and that is the change for thursday. lighterwinds lighter and that is the change for thursday. lighter winds across the uk, so it might mean things will slightly be less cold but we are still sitting under a lot of cloud, so don t expect temperatures to alter dramatically and we are still look
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