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In the UK, the Great Western Railway and East Coast Main Line are experiencing severe disruption

Flights across Europe have been cancelled, while travellers by rail and road face severe disruption

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Flights are starting to resume while ‘efforts for full restoration of the technical issues are continued’, according to Athens airport

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Dozens more KLM flights to and from Amsterdam have been cancelled, while the West Coast Main Line is closed in multiple locations