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Updated Lorries parked on the M20 near Folkestone, Kent, after the Port of Dover was closed. Picture; PA. Inset: Rachael Maskell and Julian Sturdy There's no need to panic buy: that was the message from York's two MPs today as the UK found itself being temporarily blockaded by the rest of Europe due to worries over the new, mutant strain of coronavirus. York Central MP Rachel Maskell called on the city's people to buy 'only what they need'. "Just get what you need and there will be enough for everybody and we will get through this," Ms Maskell said. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy, meanwhil...

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 ...

JANE FRYER highlights plight of lorry drivers stuck in Dover queues Jane Fryer for the Daily Mail © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo The lorries begin a good 30 miles before you reach Dover. They fill every metre of every lay-by and parking bay. They are perched on the side of roads.  They clog up country lanes, line the verges and loom out of the fog in ghostly phalanxes. There are thousands of them, from Romania, Poland, the Ukraine, Spain, Turkey, Ireland and, of course, the UK. Most look empty, but none are. Some drivers are sleeping in their cabins.  Others are...

France’s Covid-19 ban on freight from UK raises warnings over Christmas supplies By RFI with Mike Woods LISTEN REUTERS - PETER NICHOLLS France's decision to suspend travel from Britain for 48 hours in response to the emergence of a new coronavirus strain on Sunday will have an impact on the movement of supplies with hauliers prevented from entering the continent for the holiday season. On Sunday evening, France joined other European countries in banning travel from Britain after UK authories confirmed they had identified a new and more contagious strain of the coronavirus that causes Co...

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 ...