Tyre fines warning

Rachel to confront MPs on staff hell

FOUR million motorists risk hefty fines or even their lives by failing to check their car tyres.

Research by Halfords Autocentres found that 65% of motorists were in the dark over the law about bald or worn tyres.

Drivers risk a £2,500 fine and three penalty points for each illegal tyre. AN ANGRY Thomas Cook worker is walking 200 miles to Parliament in her uniform to demand answers over the company’s crash.

Cabin manager Rachel Murrell is one of 9,000 employees hit by the holiday firm’s collapse.

Rachel, who worked for the company for 20 years, said: “I’m fuming. It’s absolutely ridiculous and I feel shattered and disgusted by the way we’ve been treated.

We need answers.

“I’m terrified about the walk but want to stand up to this injustice and make my daughter proud of me.

“I thought to myself: ‘Do

I sit and get angry or do I do something about it?’

“So I’ve put my full

Thomas Cook uniform on and am walking all the way to Parliament. I’m going to get up with the sun and walk till sunset.

“I’m going to be a bit like

Forrest Gump now – walking at the side of the road for a few days.

“It’s obviously been bad for the passengers caught up in this but it’s been terrible for all of us employees. We’ve no idea what’s happening.

“We’ve not even had a letter and are not paid next month.

“We’ve got mortgages and bills to pay, partners and dependants to support.”

Rachel set off at midday on Friday for the walk from her home in Kingsteington, Devon, with her dog Pip.

None of the workers know when they are going to be paid or handed any redundancy cash.

Rachel is not sure if she will reach London in time for a protest of more than 150 Thomas Cook workers on Wednesday.

Her husband told her she was “crazy” but is backing the walk and her child minder is looking after their daughter for free. getting