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BBC News Published image captionAbout 4,000 lorries have been parked at Manston Airport overnight It could take days to clear the backlog of lorries waiting to cross to France, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says. Drivers have been warned they may have to spend Christmas in their cabs. About 4,000 lorries are parked at Manston Airport in Kent, with another 2,300 being held on the M20 after the French closed their border with the UK. Crossings will continue over Christmas but all drivers are required to test negative for Covid-19 before being allowed into France. Tests are being administ...

More than 6,000 lorries were being held in Kent as of Wednesday evening as work continues to allow them to cross the French border.

Coronavirus morning headlines as UK bans travel to South Africa over fears over another new Covid strain The new strain of Covid found in SA is said to be eve more transmittable than the one found in the south-east of England Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Wales Online - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time...

Thousands of lorries still stuck in Kent as France re-opens border Kalila Sangster Lorry drivers walk about on the M20 in Kent where freight traffic is parked up near to Folkestone services whilst the Port of Dover remains closed. Thousands of lorries and their drivers remain stuck in Kent despite France re-opening the border to drivers with a negative coronavirus test result. HGV drivers have been stuck in the area since the border was temporarily closed on Sunday night, with business chiefs estimating thousands more are stuck across the UK because of backlogs. The transport...

Britain needs to increase vaccination rate from 350,000 people a week to TWO MILLION and have Tier 4 national lockdown to avoid 45,000 deaths from mutated Kent coronavirus, Sage model warns - but almost 40,000 more will STILL die Members of SAGE sub-group SPI-M said the variant will infect a lot more people because it spreads faster There's no proof that it is more dangerous or deadly but more cases will inevitably lead to more deaths The variant is concentrated in London, the East and South East of England but is spreading elsewhere  Two cases of a second, potentially even faster spreading ...