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PM chairs Cobra meeting as Europe isolates UK over new Covid strain Former chief scientific adviser says government needs to accelerate plans for a new nationwide lockdown Boris Johnson PA 21 Dec 2020 Boris Johnson today presided over an emergency Cobra meeting after much of mainland Europe cut off the UK because of fears about the spread of a virulent new coronavirus strain. The prime minister convened the government's civil contingencies committee to deal with the growing crisis at the border with France following yesterday’s decision by Paris to suspend all traffic for 48 hours. Hauliers...

Don't show me this message again✕ Lorries queue to enter the Eurotunnel site in Folkestone, Kent, due to heavy freight traffic on 18 December 2020. (Gareth Fuller/PA) Concerns around food supply and the importation of goods are rising after France banned the entry of UK freight lorries in response to a new strain of Covid-19 identified in the east and southeast of England.   The chief executive of the Road Haulage Association (RHA) said maintaining the supply of fresh food will be a "challenge".   Richard Burnett told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme "fresh food supply where it’s short...

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...

UK holds crisis talks as France closes border, countries ban arrivals amid fears of new coronavirus strain Trucks waiting to get in and out of Britain backed up for kilometres and people were stranded at airports as many countries imposed stringent travel restrictions over concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus that is spreading in southeast England. Countries across the world have halted air travel to the UK while France has banned trucks from entering for a period of 48 hours while the new variant is assessed. There were rising hopes Monday, however, that France would allow traffic ...

FTSE 100 index of UK's leading firms fell by 2.6 per cent this morning in London But it rallied this afternoon, closing the day with drop of 1.7 per cent to 6,416.32   France banned lorries carrying freight from UK amid new mutant Covid-19 strain  Travel firms in Europe also see losses this morning with German Dax down 1.9%