Drivers barred from Dover Eastern Docks after France closed its borders to the UK over the new coronavirus variant
Drivers barred from Dover Eastern Docks after France closed its borders to the UK over the new coronavirus variant | Updated: 13:50, 22 December 2020 Lorry and van drivers told of their frustration at being held up at Dover because of the border closure. French authorities imposed the 48-hour blockage from midnight on Sunday to prevent a new variant of coronavirus in the UK reaching their shores. A policeman at the docks tells a driver to turn back Romanian Peter Ionescu, left his lorry in the UK after finishing work and was travelling by car to join his family in his home country for Chr...