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BBC News Published image captionAbout 4,000 lorries have been parked at Manston Airport overnight It could take days to clear the backlog of lorries waiting to cross to France, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says. Drivers have been warned they may have to spend Christmas in their cabs. About 4,000 lorries are parked at Manston Airport in Kent, with another 2,300 being held on the M20 after the French closed their border with the UK. Crossings will continue over Christmas but all drivers ar...

More than 6,000 lorries were being held in Kent as of Wednesday evening as work continues to allow them to cross the French border.

Coronavirus morning headlines as UK bans travel to South Africa over fears over another new Covid strain The new strain of Covid found in SA is said to be eve more transmittable than the one found in the south-east of England Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Wales Online - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPriv...

Thousands of lorries still stuck in Kent as France re-opens border Kalila Sangster Lorry drivers walk about on the M20 in Kent where freight traffic is parked up near to Folkestone services whilst the Port of Dover remains closed. Thousands of lorries and their drivers remain stuck in Kent despite France re-opening the border to drivers with a negative coronavirus test result. HGV drivers have been stuck in the area since the border was temporarily closed on Sunday night, with ...

Britain needs to increase vaccination rate from 350,000 people a week to TWO MILLION and have Tier 4 national lockdown to avoid 45,000 deaths from mutated Kent coronavirus, Sage model warns - but almost 40,000 more will STILL die Members of SAGE sub-group SPI-M said the variant will infect a lot more people because it spreads faster Theres no proof that it is more dangerous or deadly but more cases will inevitably lead to more deaths The variant is concentrated in London, the East and South Eas...

Tempers boil over in Dover’s ‘Operation Stuck’ as lorry drivers face Christmas in their cabs Im missing the first Christmas with my newborn baby, says one stranded driver, but I guess well do it on Facebook 24 December 2020 • 6:00am Operation Stack is the code name given by the police and Dover port authorities to manage the flow of heavy goods vehicles when crossings are disrupted over the English Channel. On Wednesday in the gridlock around the port it looked more like Operation Stuck...

Covid border chaos: Villagers lower food from M20 bridges near Ashford to truckers stuck in Operation Stack as Dominos deliver pizza  |  Updated: 20:44, 24 December 2020 Inventive villagers are ensuring truckers stuck in Operation Stack dont go hungry - by lowering bags of food to them from bridges over the M20. Kind-hearted residents from Mersham near Ashford are using a rope and bags for life to deliver goods including beans, fruit and sweets to stranded lorry drivers. While some villagers ...

France accused of over-reacting over Covid variant after 1,500 tests on truckers in Dover and zero positive results Nicholas Cecil and Sean Morrison Lorry drivers and police remain in Dover UP NEXT 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 mu...

British testers find just THREE Covid cases among 2,364 drivers stuck at Dover: Thousands of stranded truckers head for home amid questions about unreliable lateral flow tests used as 6,000 truckers remain stranded A group of 26 firefighters, armed with 10,000 testing kits, have joined the fight to clear the Kent lorry backlog 2,364 drivers have so far been tested by UK officials, of which just three have tested positive for coronavirus    France announced travel ban on all traffic from UK on...

Stella Artois, cucumbers and Heinz Baked Beans passed to stranded drivers in Manston  |  More people have come out to help the drivers stranded on the runway at Manston. While lorries have started to leave the site today as a huge testing scheme begins, there is still a massive backlog to clear. Food is delivered to the drivers being held at Manston airport..Picture: Barry Goodwin Drivers stuck at the site waiting for instruction have been given food, drinks and bottles of Stella Artois to ke...