Around 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union at the rail infrastructure firm Network Rail and at 14 train operating companies are involved in two 48-hour stoppages on January 3-4 and 6-7. On January 5, thousands of members of the train drivers union ASLEF will strike across 15 train companies.
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The country is set to grind to a halt over the next two days with sweltering temperatures that pose a risk to life on Monday and Tuesday, with both days likely to break temperature records.