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Agreement Expected To Allow Resumption Of Movement From UK To France Mon, 21st Dec 2020 11:16 (Alliance News) - 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 EU-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 co...

Premarket stocks: US futures slump as new Covid-19 variant spoils the stimulus party CNN 12/21/2020 By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business © Steve Parsons/PA/AP Lorries are parked on the M20 near Folkestone, Kent, England as part of Operation Stack after the Port of Dover was closed and access to the Eurotunnel terminal suspended following the French government's announcement, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. France banned all travel from the UK for 48 hours from midnight Sunday, including trucks carrying freight through the tunnel under the English Channel or from the port of Dover on En...

France 'could have helped UK tackle new Covid strain if not for Brexit' French commissioner's comments come as France says lorry drivers must register negative test on arrival for freight ban to be lifted 21 December 2020 • 6:16pm Lorries queue on the M20 on December 21, 2020 in Sellindge, Kent, after France temporarily closed its border with the UK Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe The French government could have "helped" Britain tackle the infectious new strain of coronavirus if not for Brexit, France's EU commissioner said as the country demanded tests for lorry drivers to lift it...

Operation Brock to be deployed in Kent tonight Highways England has tonight repeated calls to drivers not to travel to Kent as the border to France remains closed. From: 21 December 2020 Operation Brock is part of a plan to keep traffic moving on the M20 during periods of cross-Channel disruption. The company said any HGVs which arrive in Kent tonight will be diverted to Manston Airport to park. Operation Brock is being set up tonight on the M20 motorway in Kent as part of a plan to keep traffic moving on the M20 during periods of cross-Channel disruption. It involves using a cont...

news PM to chair emergency meeting amid travel bans © PA Media The prime minister will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee later after France closed its border with the UK for 48 hours. The move, announced on Sunday, means no lorries or ferry passengers will be able to sail from the port of Dover. France said the action was necessary because of the prevalence of a new variant of coronavirus in the UK. Countries including Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Irish Republic, Turkey and Canada are stopping UK flights. European Union member states are due to meet in Brussels to dis...