UK drivers face ‘hat-trick of hold-ups’ over Easter bank holiday weekend

RAC says 19m leisure trips planned over four-day break with peak congestion expected from Thursday to Saturday

Drivers heading off for Easter getaways face a hat-trick of hold-ups" as the four-day weekend coincides with the end of the holidays for many schools.

Traffic will be equally severe", the RAC said, on Thursday, Good Friday and Saturday, with an estimated 2.7 million leisure trips by car planned across the UK each day.