Dozens more flights have been grounded today on top of 1,200 cancellations yesterday after National Air Traffic Services (Nats) suffered a ‘technical issue’.

MARK PALMER: Unlike hundreds of planes all over Europe, the immediate future of travellers returning to Britain remains up in the air and will continue to be so for the next 48 hours.

Today’s UK air traffic control mayhem happened on one of the busiest days in the year, when more than a million people were due to fly out of or land in the UK.

The family of legendary reforming Prime Minister William Gladstone plan to travel to the Caribbean on Thursday to apologise for slavery.

Despite the fires raging on the island, the government’s guidance merely urges Brits to check with airlines and hotels before setting off.

Eight days of walkouts by Gatwick workers, including check-in staff and baggage handlers, are expected to cause massive disruption, delays and cancellations.

Throughout England 16 train companies will refuse to work overtime from 3-8 July due to an ongoing national dispute over pay. Passengers are being urged to check timetables before they travel.

One passholder took 16 round-trips to London in just 25 days, worth $125,000. Another racked up 10,000 flights in 25 years. A third took 373 flights worth $2.4 million in a single year.

Social media creator Carmie Sellitto, from Hampshire, has made a tongue-in-cheek video on TikTok outlining three reasons you should avoid visiting the pyramids in Egypt.