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As cross—channel ferry disruption enters its eighth day. with the easter holidays on the horizon, it's feared an influx of travellers could make the situation even worse. fiona lamdin is in dover for us this morning. good morning. i understand in the last half an hour one of the ferry operators, dft s, is talking about delays already. tell us what you know? —— dft ask. delays already. tell us what you know? -- dft ask.— delays already. tell us what you know? -- dft ask. yes, the ferries ou can know? -- dft ask. yes, the ferries you can see _ know? -- dft ask. yes, the ferries you can s...

What has happened today is extraordinary and it has been condemned by unions and the tuc has questioned the legality of the way workers were made redundant and the situation is likely to have an effect on the businesses and the passengers who would normally use p&0's services including on the route between dover and calais. its ferries are not running at the moment and the government has been informed that services could be suspended for up to ten days, so while other ferry operators are likely or will provide some alternatives, and level of disruption is expected. thanks for “oininu disrupt...

Moment to stay on board those ships. piano operates on a number of key routes from the uk including dover, calais crossing. it was very badly hit financially during the pandemic, affected by a drop in demand and i've got part of a statement p&o has released in the last few minutes saying it's not a viable business, we made £100 million loss, it said, which has been covered by its parent company, dp world. it said this is not sustainable and its survival is dependent on making swift and significant changes now and without these changes it says there is no future for p&o ferries. the earlier a ...

Governmentjust have to support us. since the announcement, most p&o ships have been grounded. that's led to issues — p&o is a leading ferry to travel between dover in the uk, to calais in france. and the ships have faced new safety checks, with new crews. in the last hour, the second p&o ferry has failed a safety inspection and is in the process of being detained. one is in dover. earlier this week, this ship in northern ireland failed that check because of a lack of crew training and missing documents. the longer its ships can“t sale, the more p&o“s losses increase. and it impacts trade...

Let's talk to our business correspondent, katy austin. tell us more, the government has been clear in its communications with post it needs to undo what it did, namely, sack 800 people, without consultation, which post has accepted was breaking the law. yes. accepted was breaking the law. yes, this is becoming _ accepted was breaking the law. yes, this is becoming a _ accepted was breaking the law. yes, this is becoming a war _ accepted was breaking the law. 123 this is becoming a war of words between the boss of p&o ferries peter hebblethwaite and the transport secretary, so grant shapps's le...