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'I had to tell my pregnant wife and daughters I won't 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 after emergence of new Covid-19 strain Decision meant Port of Dover was dramatically closed t...

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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. Footage showed a handful of officers attempting to push back a crowd of protesting drivers in Dover....

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 announced another new variant of the virus has been found in the UK. "This virus is yet more transmi...

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 used at Manston airfield and on the M20, the DfT said About 170 military personnel are on the ground