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Truckers call for help after being stranded in Kent Top Story December 23, 2020 KENT: Stranded truck drivers are calling for immediate help from the government with thousands stuck while the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel remain closed to traffic leaving the country. More than 1,500 lorries are backed up in Kent, unable to make the crossing to France, with drivers having spent a second night sleeping in their cabs. Ronald Schroeder, 52, from Hamburg, Germany, who was turned back from Dover on S...

Unblocking Dover Port to Take Days Despite Drivers’ Frustration It will take a few days to unblock the Port of Dover, a UK minister said on Wednesday. Drivers are growing impatient as thousands of lorries have been stranded in Kent since the French government on Sunday suspended all travel from the UK for two days, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a new variant of the CCP virus found in the UK could be 70 percent more transmissible. Operation Brock—a contingent trafficking system in...

Stranded truck drivers have called for immediate help from the Government as hundreds face a third night sleeping in their cabs. More than 2,800 lorries were being held up in Kent while the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel remained closed to traffic leaving the UK. Hauliers unable to make the crossing to France have been told to go to Manston Airport, near Ramsgate, which is being used as a lorry park. (PA Graphics) Truck driver Laszlo Baliga, 51, from London, spent Tuesday delivering food and wate...

Covid-19: Drivers urged to avoid ports as France shuts border Published image captionAll outbound traffic from Dover has been halted for 48 hours Lorry drivers have been urged not to travel to ports in Kent, East Sussex and Hampshire after France closed its border with the UK for 48 hours. In a bid to ease congestion towards Dover, Operation Stack has been activated on the coast-bound M20. Passenger ferries and lorry freight bound for France have been suspended from Dover, Portsmouth and Newhav...

Kent lorry chaos could get WORSE: Officials are performing as few as 200 tests an hour - meaning 10,000 stranded truckers could take DAYS to clear threatening food shortages after clashes with police and blockades 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 af...

Testing, testing! UK and France wrangle over screening regime for truckers to get Dover moving again after Brussels calls for end to border blockade as 4,000 more lorries head for Kent carpark France announced travel ban on all traffic from UK on Sunday night after emergence of new Covid-19 strain Decision meant Port of Dover was dramatically closed to all freight vehicles leaving the UK for next 48 hours UK and France still trying to agree on measures to reopen the border as hundreds of lorri...

Today European Commission urged 25 other states to lift blanket travel bans Countries around the world have halted UK arrivals over new infectious strain  Tough new measures adopted by Greece and Cyprus   Travellers from Britain will have to meet the following requirements to enter both countries.  Greece: Rapid lateral flow test on arrival followed by 10 days of self-isolation;  A second PCR test afterwards.  Cyprus:  PCR on arrival, followed by seven days in self-isolation;  A second ...

Boris Johnson plans to test ALL lorry drivers taking goods across Channel in bid to appease Macron - after blustering through pointless press conference without giving a single answer about when truckers will be allowed into France Port of Dover in Kent was dramatically closed to all freight vehicles leaving the UK for the next 48 hours  Hauliers coming to UK will still be allowed but there are fears drivers wont travel to avoid being marooned Countries including France, Germany, Italy, Belgiu...

Frances border closure to UK causes major disruptions22/12/2020|2min Europes closure to the United Kingdom has caused major disruptions to the nations transport and trade industries with lorries lining up for kilometres only to be turned away at the border. France has joined Ireland and a growing list of European countries to impose travel restrictions on the UK after the outbreak of a novel strand of the coronavirus. Many of the lorry’s from the UK are being kept in an airfield nearby the ...

Shellfish suppliers also warned their products could be in short supply. They said the perishable products were stranded as the French border closed. Britain faces shortages of fresh vegetables, salad, raspberries and strawberries in the New Year if the vast queues of lorries at Dover cannot be resolved today, experts have warned.  ADVERTISEMENT Timing is crucial with the backlog of trucks stuck at the port, say industry insiders, as panicked shoppers queued outside supermarkets from 5.30am t...