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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...

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 ...

COUNTRIES around the world have banned travellers from the UK with France banning British lorries coming into the country for 48 hours following the discovery of a more infectious mutant coronavirus strain.  Amid chaos at the port of Dover – which is stopping millions of pounds of Scottish exports reaching their destination – Nicola Sturgeon will attend the UK Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee later today. France last night shut its ports to UK freight and joined Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Israel and El...

Sturgeon Calls for Extended Brexit Deadline Amid New Virus Strain Crisis Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for the Brexit transition period to be extended beyond the Dec. 31 deadline amid the spread of a new strain of the CCP virus in southeast England. Sturgeon made her comments as many European countries close their borders with the UK due to the new faster-spreading variant of the virus. “It is now imperative that PM [Boris Johnson] seeks an agreement to extend the Brexit transition period,” Sturgeon wrote on Twitter on Sunday. Lorries parked on the M20 near Folkeston...

BORIS Johnson has said the Government is working closely with French counterparts to resolve the haulage blockages at Dover. The Downing Street press conference was told there were 500 lorries queuing at the motorway in Kent last night, but that’s now down to around 170. Crisis talks have been held today to prevent the UK being cut off from the continent over fears about the spread of the new coronavirus variant and the Prime Minister has chaired a Cobra meeting this afternoon. Mr Johnson said: “We are working with our friends across the Channel to unblock the flow of trade as fas...