Gravesend Sikh community rallies together to deliver thousands of Domino s Pizzas and more curries to lorries stranded in Kent
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Updated: 09:20, 29 December 2020
More pizzas, curries and snacks are winging their way to stranded truckers courtesy of Gravesend s Sikh community and Domino s Pizza.
Hundreds of HGV drivers are currently stuck in Operation Stack which has seen queues of lorries on the M20 and at Manston Airport.
Khalsa aid and the Gravesend Sikh community deliver pizzas to trapped truckers
Pictures of their plight in increasingly colder conditions with few washing facilities and no guarantee of a hot meal have been beamed to audiences around the world.
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France was today accused of over-reacting to the new strain of Covid-19 in Britain after 1,500 tests on truckers came back with no positive results.
The French authorities slapped restrictions on hauliers crossing the Channel following the emergence of the VUi202012/01 coronavirus mutation which is believed to spread faster than other strains.
The UK and France agreed to a testing regime to allow trucks to start flowing again on the Dover-Calais link.
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Lorry drivers speak of relief as they head home after days of chaos at Port of Dover over Covid-19 border closure
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Updated: 14:32, 24 December 2020 I m never coming back here, declared one irate lorry driver as he finally made his way home.
He was sat in a monstrous queue along Dover seafront as a military operation continues to clear the 6,000-lorry backlog which has built up in Kent since French President Emmanuel Macron shut the border on Sunday.
Leigh Serjeant is on his way home
Others reacted with relief but also aired their frustrations at being stranded in a town where the public toilets were locked throughout.