Half-term is on again!

DailyMail.co.uk: Half-term is on again! Met Office now says there is NO THREAT of volcano ash cloud ruining the Whitsun holidays for thousands
By Ray Massey and David Derbyshire

The Met Office today confirmed that the volcanic ash cloud posed no threat to families planning a getaway over the bank holiday weekend.
A spokesman said the situation was 'improving' with a much reduced concentration of ash drifting over the UK at 35,000-55,000 feet.
The Civil Aviation Authority confirmed no flights from the UK would be disrupted at the weekend.

However despite the optimism, the Met Office emphasised that it was a forecast and their predictions were dependent on Mother Nature.

The agency recommended travellers keep up to day with their airline for any changes.

Eruptions from Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano have now stopped.
The statement comes after the Met Office was attacked by Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary who blamed the agency for a ‘totally inaccurate’ forecast that showed a dense cloud of ash engulfing the UK just in time for tomorrow’s bank holiday and half-term getaway.
On Tuesday night the organisation had insisted it stood by its prediction that an ash cloud of the highest density would cover the whole of the UK from 35,000ft to 55,000ft.

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said the new forecast meant the bank holiday getaway could go ahead uninterrupted.

He has also put in place a new structure to deal more efficiently with any future eruptions by Icelandic volcanos.

‘The threat to the bank holiday has been lifted,’ he announced.

It means a big sigh of relief for millions of Britons preparing to fly out on half-term holiday ahead of Bank Holiday Monday.

The news follows days of uncertainty which saw hundreds of flights cancelled to and from Scotland and northern England as the ash cloud moved across the Continent.

Mr O’Leary told Channel 4 News last night: ‘You cannot shut airspace on the basis of these entirely inaccurate Met Office forecasts of where a volcano ash plume may move 2,000 miles south of Iceland. It makes no sense.