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Boris Johnson to address nation from Downing Street amid Tier 4 Christmas travel chaos - live updates Latest updates as Christmas plans in tatters as UK is gripped with Christmas travel chaos as countries stop flights from the UK Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Live updates as the UK is gripped with Christmas travel chaos with Boros Johnson giving an urgent update on the coronavirus situation live on Monday afternoon. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead the press co...

Passengers wearing face masks wait next to the Eurostar Terminal at Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Monday. France is banning all travel from the U.K. for 48 hours in an attempt to make sure a new strain of the coronavirus in Britain doesnt reach its shores. Lewis Joly/AP toggle caption Lewis Joly/AP Passengers wearing face masks wait next to the Eurostar Terminal at Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Monday. France is banning all travel fr...

Operation Brock to be introduced on the M20 to get traffic flowing amid French travel ban  |  Updated: 09:04, 22 December 2020 Operation Brock is being introduced on the M20 after the number of lorries stranded in Kent decreased today. Speaking at Downing Street a short while ago, Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to reassure the nation that supply chains remain "robust" and people should continue to shop as normal despite the travel ban imposed by France. This is how the barrier will be pu...

WHYY By Passengers wearing face mask wait next to the Eurostar Terminal at Gare du Nord train station in Paris, Monday Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly) A growing number of countries are closing their borders to travelers from the United Kingdom as a way to preemptively block the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus that is sweeping through southeast England. U.K. officials warn the new variant of the virus could be as high as 70% more contagious than the various strains already circula...

Grocers allay shortage fears amid border shutdown © Getty Images Retailers have played down fears of immediate food shortages after France shut its borders to UK hauliers for 48 hours. However, they warned of "serious disruption" if the blockade is prolonged. France made the move over fears about the UKs new coronavirus variant. Sainsburys warned it could face "gaps" in some of its fresh food supplies within days if the UK and France failed to resolve the issue. The Channel is a vital trad...

Salad leaves and citrus fruits could be missing from supermarket shelves as a result of restrictions on UK-France trade, Sainsbury’s has warned. The supermarket giant said France’s ban on freight hauliers from the UK could affect food supplies but assured customers that crucial Christmas dinner supplies are available and already in the country. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the ban on accompanied freight is “slightly surprising”. Thousands of lorries that were meant to travel ac...

Boris Johnson in crisis talks as France ban UK cargo. (PA) Boris Johnson is set to hold crisis talks today after France banned lorries from travelling from the UK. Amid the new mutant coronavirus strain found in England, a number of flights around the world were cancelled over fears the virus will spread.  The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee on Monday amid warnings of “significant disruption” around the Channel ports in Ke...

COUNTRIES around the world have banned travellers from the UK with France banning British lorries coming into the country for 48 hours following the discovery of a more infectious mutant coronavirus strain.  Amid chaos at the port of Dover – which is stopping millions of pounds of Scottish exports reaching their destination – Nicola Sturgeon will attend the UK Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee later today. France last night shut its ports to UK freight and joined I...

Sturgeon Calls for Extended Brexit Deadline Amid New Virus Strain Crisis Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for the Brexit transition period to be extended beyond the Dec. 31 deadline amid the spread of a new strain of the CCP virus in southeast England. Sturgeon made her comments as many European countries close their borders with the UK due to the new faster-spreading variant of the virus. “It is now imperative that PM [Boris Johnson] seeks an agreement to extend the Brexit ...

BORIS Johnson has said the Government is working closely with French counterparts to resolve the haulage blockages at Dover. The Downing Street press conference was told there were 500 lorries queuing at the motorway in Kent last night, but that’s now down to around 170. Crisis talks have been held today to prevent the UK being cut off from the continent over fears about the spread of the new coronavirus variant and the Prime Minister has chaired a Cobra meeting this afternoon. Mr Joh...