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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.
Gravesend Sikh community rallies together to deliver thousands of Domino's Pizzas and more curries to lorries stranded in Kent | Updated: 09:20, 29 December 2020 More pizzas, curries and snacks are winging their way to stranded truckers courtesy of Gravesend's Sikh community and Domino's Pizza. Hundreds of HGV drivers are currently stuck in Operation Stack which has seen queues of lorries on the M20 and at Manston Airport. Khalsa aid and the Gravesend Sikh community deliver pizzas to trapped truckers Pictures of their plight in increasingly colder conditions with few washing facilities an...
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 ...
The second mutated variant of coronavirus has already been found in London and North West England after being brought to the UK from South Africa.
Lorry drivers speak of relief as they head home after days of chaos at Port of Dover over Covid-19 border closure | Updated: 14:32, 24 December 2020 "I'm never coming back here," declared one irate lorry driver as he finally made his way home. He was sat in a monstrous queue along Dover seafront as a military operation continues to clear the 6,000-lorry backlog which has built up in Kent since French President Emmanuel Macron shut the border on Sunday. Leigh Serjeant is on his way home Others reacted with relief but also aired their frustrations at being stranded in a town where the publ...