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Rachelle Abbott

The Leader podcast: Snow & travel ‘advent calendar of woe’

A Southeastern train makes its way through Ashford in Kent as rail services remain disrupted in the icy weather (Gareth Fuller/PA)

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Snow, ice and freezing fog has brought the capital to a halt.

Drivers have been left stranded on the M25, flights cancelled, there’s mayhem on the rails and school closures a plenty.

With adverse weather conditions and a series of strikes from various workers, December, the most magical month of the year, is shaking up to be an advent calendar full of woe.

Ross Lydall, City Hall Editor and Transport Editor of the Evening Standard, gives you a definitive guide to the travel chaos and looks ahead to the rail strikes.

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