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Boris Johnson in crisis talks as France ban UK cargo. (PA) Boris Johnson is set to hold crisis talks today after France banned lorries from travelling from the UK. Amid the new mutant coronavirus strain found in England, a number of flights around the world were cancelled over fears the virus will spread.  The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee on Monday amid warnings of “significant disruption” around the Channel ports in Kent. Hauliers were urged to stay away from the area amid warnings of potential problems as the end ...

Brits told 'no need' to stockpile as France bans travel days before Christmas France is one of many countries to ban travel to and from the UK to block the new strain of coronavirus that is sweeping across England. The new strain is said to be "out of control" The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll in...

Kent Police said they were implementing Operation Stack in a bid to ease potential congestion, while the Department for Transport said Manston Airport was also being prepared as another contingency measure against the anticipated level of disruption. Countries including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, and Bulgaria announced restrictions on UK travel following the disclosure that the highly infectious new strain is widespread across south-east England. Italian authorities also announced the mutant strain had been detected in a travelle...

By Press Association 2021 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 (Steve Par Crisis talks are being held to prevent the UK being cut off from the continent over fears about the spread of the new coronavirus variant. French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebarri said he hoped a protocol would be agreed by European Union states “to e...

Passengers wearing face masks wait next to the Eurostar Terminal at Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Monday. France is banning all travel from the U.K. for 48 hours in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of the coronavirus in Britain doesn't reach its shores. A growing number of countries are closing their borders to travelers from the United Kingdom as a way to preemptively block the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus that is sweeping through southeast England. U.K. officials warn the new variant of the virus could be as high as 70% more contagious than the various strains...