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Submitting... And it is still to be hoped, even now, that the disruption – and growing alarm on both sides of the English Channel – actually unlock trade talks between the Government and European Union so that a post-Brexit deal can be struck without causing unnecessary disruption to a recession-hit economy. Police and port staff at the Port of Dover in Kent which has been closed after the French government's announcement it will not accept any passengers arriving from the UK for the next 48 hours amid fears over the new mutant coronavirus strain. Of course, this will require the EU to mo...

Now lorry drivers stranded in Kent are slapped with parking tickets as M20 closes for the night - with one fed-up trucker wiping out a car and another continually blasting his horn when he's unable to leave the UK Operation Brock is in place along the M20, as the motorway holds up to 950 lorries along its carriageway  An 18-mile stretch of the motorway will be shut tonight so that a barrier can be installed overnight for traffic Polish lorry driver and father-of-three says: 'My chances of going home for Christmas are going down' Emergency workers have joined Kent County Council and a charity...

France appears set to end a ban on hauliers crossing the Channel which was imposed due to fears about the spread of the new coronavirus strain. Transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said a protocol would be adopted at a European Union-wide level “to ensure that movement from the UK can resume”. The UK has been cut off from large parts of Europe – and some other areas of the world – as authorities imposed bans on passengers because of concern about the more infectious mutant coronavirus. The most dramatic intervention came from France, which put in place a ban on hauliers crossing ...

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Salad leaves and citrus fruits could be missing from supermarket shelves as a result of restrictions on UK-France trade, Sainsbury’s has warned. The supermarket giant said France’s ban on freight hauliers from the UK could affect food supplies but assured customers that crucial Christmas dinner supplies are available and already in the country. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the ban on accompanied freight is “slightly surprising”. Thousands of lorries that were meant to travel across the English Channel on Monday have been told to stay away from Kent ports. HGVs turning up at D...