On coronavirus, im on twitter annita mcveigh, and use the hashtag bbcyour questions. The man who murdered british backpacker Grace Millane in new zealand is named after a court order banning his identification was lifted. Music plays and coming up, the former Scottish Rugby star organising daily street aerobics sessions. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. The french government says it will announce measures today that will allow transport links with britain to resume and trade to flow across the channel again. Borisjohnson and president macron spoke yesterday following frances decision to close its border after growing concern about the new variant of coronavirus. Thats as lorry drivers in kent spent a second night sleeping in their vehicles waiting for the border with france to reopen. Yesterday the pm said there are 150 lorries waiting in kent to cross back to the continent, but the home secretary has confirmed that figure is actually over 1,500. 0peration brock, which was initially
The at the port of dover. Government said last night almost the government said last night almost 1000 lorries parked up on the motorway, they are driving around dover this morning with hdvs everywhere. The figure is likely to be much, much higher. And that has led to concern around food supply. Salad from italy, peppers from spain. We are all right for now, but the longer this goes on, the greater the risk. Rugby League Legend Kevin Sinfield adds his voice to calls for more research into concussion. He says its important not to make assumptions about the links between rugby league and brain injuries. Good morning, another cloudy day in the south with rain at times but still mild. In the north, colder, more sunshine, and showers. I will have the details in about ten minutes. Its tuesday, 22nd december. Our top story. The governments chief scientific adviser has warned that tougher restrictions are likely to be needed in more areas of england, to control the new variant of coronavirus.
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The transport crisis at dover in the south east of england has left nearly 3000 lorries stranded, but france has now confirmed it will start letting traffic from britain back in within hours provided drivers produce a negative coronavirus test certificate issued within the previous 72 hours. The new conditions will apply to eu citizens and eu residents, freight drivers, fishing boat crews and others. Frances ban on travel from the uk was imposed on sunday in response to the rise in cases of new variant covid 19. Even after the restrictions are lifted at around 2300 gmt, it will take some time for things to be cleared, and for lorry drivers, the waits been long enough. Sangita myska is in dover. Can you hear that noise behind me . Theres all of the lorries that are gridlocked behind me into dover port beeping their horns, shouting. I think ultimately, theyre just fed up. This is a bunch of incredibly frustrated lorry drivers
More than 1500 lorry drivers are still stuck in kent, over fears the new strain of coronavirus might spread to the continent. 650 lorries are backed up on the m20, with another 873 in a lorry park. Mandatory testing of drivers could allow the border to reopen. Testing of some sort is part of the discussions that the transport secretary is having with his counterpart in france right now. Road hauliers say frustrated drivers are being offered little refreshment, and toilet facilites are difficult. Its terrible. As i said, if i knew one day before that. Hey, guys, i dont know, europe, uk, the borderwill close in one day, i would never have come here. Do you think youll get home for christmas . I dont know. I hope but i dont think so. There are hopes the border with france might reopen by the end of the day. Also this lunchtime. A warning the new mutation of covid i9, is now everywhere and that more areas may need to have tier 4 restrictions. I actually think the whole country needs to be
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