BA flights grounded after baggage handlers strike

BRITISH Airways has cancelled all flights into and out of Heathrow Airport until this evening because of the unofficial strike by baggage handlers.

Up to 70,000 passengers will be prevented from travelling until at least 6pm after the airline decided it could not run any flights to Europe, Britain and long-haul destinations.

The airline decided to take the drastic step of cancelling services because of a wildcat stoppage by several hundred baggage handlers, loaders, cargo staff and other workers.