Eurostar cancellations cause misery for New Year travellers

LONDON: All Eurostar trains were cancelled on Saturday due to flooded tunnels in southern England, causing misery for New Year travellers in the second major disruption in 10 days. The latest cancellations follow a wildcat strike by French unions days before Christmas and weather warnings from the UK’s Met Office for rain, snow and ice across large parts of the country. Hundreds of travellers were left stranded at London’s St Pancras station after Eurostar cancelled all services for the entire day. Newly-weds Nicole Carrera, 29, and her husband Christopher, 31, visiting from New York said their plans to spend New Year’s Eve at Disneyland Paris had been “ruined”. “Now we won’t get into Paris tomorrow until about 6:00 pm,” Carrera…