Eurostar strike promises holiday misery for travellers

Eurostar rail workers are to take seven days of strike action this month in a dispute over unsocial hours and duty rosters, the RMT union says.

Staff will walk out for four days from 12 August until 15 August, and for three days over the UK Bank Holiday weekend from 27 August.

Eurostar runs services between London and mainland Europe and the first planned walk out coincides with the Assumption Day bank holiday in France and Belgium on 15 August.