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Drivers barred from Dover Eastern Docks after France closed its borders to the UK over the new coronavirus variant  |  Updated: 13:50, 22 December 2020 Lorry and van drivers told of their frustration at being held up at Dover because of the border closure. French authorities imposed the 48-hour blockage from midnight on Sunday to prevent a new variant of coronavirus in the UK reaching their shores. A policeman at the docks tells a driver to turn back Romanian Peter Ionescu, left his lorry in the UK after finishing work and was travelling by car to join his family in his home country for Chr...

Traffic building in Folkestone, Hythe and Dover due to Eurotunnel and TAP delays  |  Updated: 16:01, 16 December 2020 Delays are building on Kent's motorways for the second day in a row as freight issues continue in the county. There are queues in Dover and Folkestone due to delays at the county's ports and Eurotunnel. Traffic is building on the M20. Photo: Highways England The Dover TAP remains in place on the coastbound A20 at Aycliffe due to high volumes of freight. It means a 40mph speed restriction will apply to all vehicles approaching Dover from the west via the A20. When traffic rea...

Michetti has been jailed for more than four years A man who attempted to smuggle a group of illegal migrants into the UK hidden amongst tyres in the back of his van has been jailed for more than four years. Italian national Mauro Michetti, 54, was stopped by Border Force officers at Dover’s Eastern Docks in the early hours of 22 October this year. The officers searched the vehicle and found the seven illegal migrants hidden under a pile of old tyres that Mr Michetti claimed were bought in Brussels to sell in London. The illegal migrants had been concealed in a boxed section of the van unde...

People smugger who was stopped at Dover jailed for more than four years Published: 06:00, 13 December 2020 A man who attempted to smuggle a group of people into the UK hidden under tyres in the back of his van has been jailed for more than four years. Italian national Mauro Michetti, 54, was stopped by Border Force officers at Dover’s Eastern Docks in the early hours of October 22 this year. Mauro Michetti has been jailed The officers searched the vehicle and found the seven men hidden under a pile of old tyres that Michetti claimed were bought in Brussels to sell in London.