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Coronavirus LIVE UK updates as Matt Hancock announces more Tier 4 areas as cases - and deaths - soar Mass testing of lorry drivers is planned to ease border congestion. Well have live updates throughout the day The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Another 39,237 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK in 24 hours, the government said, as it recorded 744 deaths. It brings the total number of deaths in the UK to 69,051, the highest deaths figure on a single day since April ...

“You have to admit that a mutated virus, a no deal Brexit and the Channel Tunnel being closed is a hell of an end to Season One.” The resilience of the British to make humour out of disaster is one of our better attributes, as evidenced by the better parts of Twitter. Putting a light hearted spin cannot, however, hide the fact that this has been an utterly dismal year. We have all, one way or another had to make sacrifices. The latest news of the South East going into a new Tier 4 as ...

Those who return a second positive result will be offered “Covid-secure” hotel accommodation. Mr Jenrick said he hoped HGVs would begin crossing the Channel on Wednesday morning as drivers undergo Covid-19 testing. He said, as of 7pm on Tuesday night, there were just under 3,000 lorries at the disused airfield site at Manston, Kent. Drivers protest as they try to enter the Port of Dover in Kent (Steve Parsons/PA) Between 700 to 800 were part of Operation Stack on the M20, he said, b...

France imposed the travel ban in response to fears about the spread of the more infectious coronavirus strain, which is spreading in the UK. Hauliers must be able to show proof of a negative test carried out within the past 72 hours in order to be able to cross into France. The Manston Airfield site has become the main testing centre for hauliers, with drivers required to self-administer the tests in their cabs under supervision. Police hold back drivers trying to enter the Port of Dover in Ken...

Department of Health data shows Covid infections are growing rapidly in London, the South East and East But the presence of a new strain of Covid-19 could extend Tier 4 out to the South West, Midlands and North  Birmingham was spared from Tier 4 lockdown today - but new rules could be announced as soon as today No10s scientific advisers blame spread on a mutated form thought to be up to 70 per cent more infectious Deaths have also started to soar in line with the spike in cases across the thre...

I had to tell my pregnant wife and daughters I wont be home: Thousands of lorry drivers stranded in Kent face Christmas heartbreak as testing stops overnight - amid clashes with police and fears of food shortages Truckers try to force their way past police guarding Port of Dover as hundreds leave cabs and walk along road  Jeering and whistling with some shouting: Open the border, We just want to go home and F*** you, Boris! France announced travel ban on all traffic from UK on Sunday night aft...

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Man arrested as stranded lorry drivers clash with police PA Coronavirus - Wed Dec 23, 2020 A man has been arrested after lorry drivers stranded by the French travel ban clashed with police in Kent. More than 5,000 HGVs are being held in the county, with drivers being tested for Covid-19 before they are allowed into France. There were reports of disturbances at Dover and at the lorry holding facility in Manston involving those waiting to cross the Channel on Wednesday morning, Kent Police said. ...

Covid Tier 4 latest news as Matt Hancock announces huge swathes of UK to enter toughest restrictions Yet another new more transmissible variant of Covid-19 from South Africa has been found in the UK The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now More areas of England will enter Tier 4 from Boxing Day as the new strain of Covid-19 continues to spread, Matt Hancock confirmed. Parts of the East, South East and parts of the South West will enter the toughest restrictions, as the Health Secretary an...

Image: Police removed a man lying on the road in front of a lorry In a 6pm update on Wednesday, the Department for Transport (DfT) said the port of Dover would be clear later in the evening, after which the first ferries would leave. There are two mobile COVID-19 testing sites at Manston airfield, the department added A further two can be found at Operation Stack, and one at Jubilee Way in Dover Five more are said to be arriving soon Hundreds of lateral flow tests have been use...