Bargain hunters are expected to snub this year's Boxing Day sales amid poor weather, the cost of living crisis and rail strikes.
But roads are set to be packed as Brits return home from family Christmases and commuters do their best to avoid rail strikes.Network Rail announced another day of rail closures due to strikes by the RMT.
Services ended early on Christmas Eve as workers began two days of industrial action over pay offers considered inadequate by union members. Most rail services do not run on Boxing Day, although operators including Merseyrail and ScotRail provide limited routes.Poor weather, the financial pinch and rail strikes are set to wreak havoc on UK retailers.Meanwhile the Met Office's Rachel Ayers said blizzards could hit high ground in parts of Britain.
She said: "Showers, which will be wintry in places, will continue across Scotland, Northern Ireland and far northern England, locally these could be heavy with hail or a thunderstorm possible. "Any accumulating snow will be mainly over high ground where there is a risk of blizzards. Showers [will ease] into the later part of the afternoon.
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