Trains cancelled, schools start late & 2 MILLION Brits to call in sick as morning after Euros final off to chaotic start
TRAINS have been cancelled and schools are starting late as millions of Brits call in sick after England’s Euro 2024 final defeat.
Hundreds of thousands of football fans flocked to bar and pubs across the country to tune into the huge match last night.
And millions woke up this morning hoping to either work from home or call in sick.
But commuters are facing travel chaos today as trains to and from London Euston are disrupted.
Damaged overhead wires in the Watford area are causing services to be cancelled or significantly delayed.
It comes as schools across the country are starting late today, allowing kids a lie in after last night’s final heartbreak.
Supermarket chain Lidl also opened an hour later than usual, giving its 30,000 staff extra time in bed to recover.
Up to two million workers are expected to call in sick today in what has been termed Hangover Monday.
Data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed the scale of workplace absence expected today.
An average of 425,000 Brits call in sick every day, but that figure is expected to jump five-fold in the wake of last night’s events.
The day after England’s Euro 2020 defeat to Italy at Wembley, sickness rose by 232 per cent, MailOnline reports.
Gary Spracklen, head teacher of the Prince of Wales school in Dorchester, Dorset, said pupils would be starting later today.
He said last night’s kick-off was “quite late” for his pupils aged between three and nine years old.
Mr Spracklen also said he “didn’t want the excuse of being tired” to affect their schoolwork on Monday, so the school will start at 11am rather than the usual time of 8.45am.
Sam Kaye, head teacher at Wooburn Green Primary School in Buckinghamshire, also offered children a “soft start” where pupils can come in until around 10.30am instead of the usual 8.30am.
Mr Kaye said the reaction from parents had been “positive all round”.