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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 Sunday night, said the “social situation” for drivers is worsening due to a lack of toilet and wa...

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 case of cross-Channel disruption after Brexit—was deployed on Monday to divert the lorries. Brit...

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 water to those lined up in the disused airfield. He began taking supplies after Hungarian drivers strand...

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 Newhaven. However, speaking to BBC Radio 4, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said goods were still moving....

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 after emergence of new Covid-19 strain Decision meant Port of Dover was dramatically closed to ...