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Glastonbury Festival 'open for business' after huge traffic delays

Glastonbury Festival is "fully open for business", organisers say, after traffic jams caused hours of delays and chaos.

Earlier on Wednesday, festivalgoers who had not started their journey to Somerset were advised to "stay put" after "wet weather and ground conditions" resulted in congestion in surrounding roads.

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Glastonbury: AA President warns of severe road delays

Traffic at a standstill on the A303 in Wiltshire as people head to Glastonbury Festival. Credit: PA Wire

AA President Edmund King has warned of "heavy and widespread congestion" on the roads around the Glastonbury Festival site, including severe delays on the A361, A37 and A39.

"We would advise festival-goers not yet on the approaches to Glastonbury to travel later," he said.

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