The security staff of UK’s Heathrow Airport have launched a 10-day strike, joining other civil servants and workforces across the UK industries to walk out of their jobs in a demand for higher wages in face of the skyrocketing inflation.

Germany is faced with transport disruptions resulting from a cost of living mega strike. Airports, bus and train stations, across Germany have come to a standstill.

The UK’s biggest private sector union, Unite, has warned of a “summer of discontent” over pay, as the government is set to limit pay rises in order to curb the skyrocketing inflation across the country.

British lawyers involved in criminal trials stage a walkout to demand higher wages, amid a soaring cost of living crisis in the country.

India becomes the latest in a long list of countries to suspend all travel to and from the UK as fears of a new and more potent variant of Covid-19 spreads panic around the globe.

Heathrow airport CEO, has condemned the government for its coronavirus response, which puts up to 43,00 jobs at risk due to the lack of a robust testing scheme which would allow more to travel.

Following the torrential rains brought on by storm Dennis more flooding and travel chaos is threatening many communities across Britain still reeling after last week’s storm Ciara.