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Tempers boil over in Dover’s ‘Operation Stuck’ as lorry drivers face Christmas in their cabs 'I'm missing the first Christmas with my newborn baby,' says one stranded driver, 'but I guess we'll do it on Facebook' 24 December 2020 • 6:00am Operation Stack is the code name given by the police and Dover port authorities to manage the flow of heavy goods vehicles when crossings are disrupted over the English Channel. On Wednesday in the gridlock around the port it looked more like Operation Stuck – and tempers started to fray. Amid the chaos, thousands of road haulage drivers stranded h...

Covid border chaos: Villagers lower food from M20 bridges near Ashford to truckers stuck in Operation Stack as Domino's deliver pizza  |  Updated: 20:44, 24 December 2020 Inventive villagers are ensuring truckers stuck in Operation Stack don't go hungry - by lowering bags of food to them from bridges over the M20. Kind-hearted residents from Mersham near Ashford are using a rope and bags for life to deliver goods including beans, fruit and sweets to stranded lorry drivers. While some villagers have lowered food from the bridges, David and Jan James walked along the M20 to dish out donations...

France accused of over-reacting over Covid variant after 1,500 tests on truckers in Dover and zero positive results Nicholas Cecil and Sean Morrison Lorry drivers and police remain in Dover UP NEXT France was today accused of over-reacting to the new strain of Covid-19 in Britain after 1,500 tests on truckers came back with no positive results. The French authorities slapped restrictions on hauliers crossing the Channel following the emergence of the VUi202012/01 coronavirus mutation which is believed to spread faster than other strains. The UK and France agreed to a testing ...

British testers find just THREE Covid cases among 2,364 drivers stuck at Dover: Thousands of stranded truckers head for home amid questions about 'unreliable' lateral flow tests used as 6,000 truckers remain stranded A group of 26 firefighters, armed with 10,000 testing kits, have joined the fight to clear the Kent lorry backlog 2,364 drivers have so far been tested by UK officials, of which just three have tested positive for coronavirus    France announced travel ban on all traffic from UK on Sunday night after emergence of new Covid-19 strain Decision meant Port of Dover was dramaticall...

Stella Artois, cucumbers and Heinz Baked Beans passed to stranded drivers in Manston  |  More people have come out to help the drivers stranded on the runway at Manston. While lorries have started to leave the site today as a huge testing scheme begins, there is still a massive backlog to clear. Food is delivered to the drivers being held at Manston airport..Picture: Barry Goodwin Drivers stuck at the site waiting for instruction have been given food, drinks and bottles of Stella Artois to keep them going. Cucumbers were slotted through the wire, boxes of beer handed and bread launched over...